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THE AMERICAN QAgPgg 
September, 
WOMEN WOBEEKS 
IN THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 
Martha Hamiltou, Birmingham, Penn., is 
credited with the successful supei-vision of 
60,000 silk worms. 
German women s.ay they like to work out 
doors part of the day rather than to be em¬ 
ployed every day in tlie house, and the men 
folks help about the cooking. 
Mrs. Walcott of Massachusetts, says that 
the out-tloor work of a farmer is not so hard as 
that of the kitchen, and th.at many women 
in Kentucky are doing farm work r.athcr than 
bury themselves in kitchens. 
Miss Ivreanier,of Helena, Ark., has planted 
32 acres in corn and 7 acres in cotton, having- 
done the plowing herself and attended to tlic 
crop so far without help, and expects to har¬ 
vest a bale of cotton and fortj' bushels of 
corn to the acre. 
G.ardening is peculiarlj' woman’s outside 
sphere; she takes a pleasure in it: it does 
her good—mind and body. It is not labor, 
but exercise. It has an elevating influence 
upon herself and family, and, too, upon tlie 
neighborhood. It induces in the community 
that noble contention, or rather emulation, of 
who can grow the most and prettiest flowers, 
and who can have the sweetest and most 
cheerful homes .—Hural \eic-Yorker. 
Mrs. .Julia B. Kelson, widow, formerly a 
teacher in the South, a noted temperance 
worker and a woman snftragist, was left by 
ahusband a240-acrefarm in Minnesota,which 
she cultivates successfully by the aid of 
three intelligent colored youths, former pu¬ 
pils of hers in the South. She is a good 
judge of horses, and selects with care the 
varieties of seed she plants. Ko barley is 
jilanted on her farm, because she knows the 
chief demand is from brewers. 
It is said of a Boston woman in the South, 
the daughter of a once wealthy man, that be¬ 
ing reduced to the necessity of providing for 
her own wants, she resolved to manufacture 
pickles and preserves for the market. She 
told her friends, and they promised to be 
customers. She found no diflieulty in sell¬ 
ing all that she could make with hei- own 
hands. The next yearshe enlarged the busi¬ 
ness, and the thii-d year she expanded it 
still further, her condiments having by this 
time acquired a reputation in the maiket 
Now she is making a net prolit of about 
■910,000 a year. 
The German, Flemish, and lJuteh women 
who help husband or father in his flelds ar 
strong, hardy women who rear a stalwar 
race. Half the fine hadies who now find 
few turns on a piazza almost too rnucdi foi' 
them, would be .all the belter for a graduated 
scale of garden work. Beginning with 
quarter of an hour a day, they would find 
at the close of a month that they could easily 
do their two hours, and that they ate and 
slept as tlicy never liad done before, while 
tliey forgot that sueh evils as blue devils and 
nci-ves had any existence.—i'Vor/i an Kfif/lMi 
ParltammUary llfijionar. 
ANSWEBS TO OOBBESFONDENTS. 
Failure with I,illes.-Af. 
The iiViim ««»•«««<« inontlonort In oil y ^ 
is sun in glorious bloom, some of 
bearing a dozen magnificent j 
no flowers that -(ve are more anxious t 
readers should succeed with than 
without a complete knowledge ol ' ,.,m 
conditions it is impossible to toll why I- ‘ j 
There is always less '’ '^“iring 
spring than in fall, as bulbs obtained 1> JP* ® 
have generally been dug the 
been kept out of the soil all winter. The soonei 
Lilies are replanted alter having been taken up 
the better, and for this reason fall planting Is nsu. 
ally more successful; with //. candidum It Is '* "c 
cosslty, as ll*is speoics inaltcs its lent e^fowtli c m* 
ing autumn. Paris Green will not help the bulbs 
in the least, but may Injure them seriously. It 
your soil is too heavy or wet, make raised beds, 
plant deep — except h. candidum —sand 
avoi^nd the bulbs, anil mulch iu winter. 
Some Floral Topics.—IF. W. C., Charleston, S. 0. 
—The best season for pruning Azaleas Is Just af¬ 
ter blooming, yet it may also bo done after the 
plant has made its season’s growth. The same 
applies to tiie roots. 
Primroses of last year may be readily propa¬ 
gated by division, and, if properly eared tor, will 
bloom the following winter. Tiie way usually 
pincticed by florists is to pack moss around 
and bet ween the shoots. Tids induces i-oot-growtii 
of each branch, ami insures the growth ol the sepa¬ 
rate divisions after being pulled apart. 
Violets may be forced into bloom at any time 
in winter, if the plants arc healthy and vigorous. 
The three best Hoses for winter-forcing can hardly 
be named un((ualitie<lly, but the following are as 
good as any: Catharine Jlcrmet, rose; Perle dcs 
Jardins, yellow; Xiphetos, white. 
Kestorliig Dry Bulbs.—7'. 0. P., Laprairie, Can. 
—Tlie best ivay to restore dry bulbs is to pack 
them In damp—not wet—Sphagnum JIoss until 
they show signs of growth, when they may be 
planted in soil. If the moss is kept too wet, the 
bulbs will invari.ably rot. 
Plants for 'Satne.—Carrizo, Tenas.—ll is rarely 
possible to name a pUmt from a single leaf, al¬ 
though it may be easier to say what it is not. T'lie 
leaf named “Orchid” is not that of an Orchid nor 
of anything allied to it. The plant “started from 
wild garden seeds” is Centranthus mnerosiphnu. 
Red Valerian, but it is not always red. “Heseda,” 
so far as can be <lelennined from the sitecimen. Is 
probably correct, nspecics oi Jlignonette. Xansdi- 
neriu CatifornicaU axcry prany plant; we can¬ 
not lind it in any of the seed catalogues at hand. 
Best Time for Planting Kaspberries. 
Xac Either in the fall after the leaves have 
fallen, at. any time in October or Xovemher, or in 
spring as early as the ground becomes lit to work. 
On ilry soil, aidnmn plant lag is to be preferred. 
Seeding Lawns.—/t. .Vf., Phihulelphia, /’n.—'l'he 
earlier in autumn gra.ss seed is sown the better. 
If tiie ground is in good condition tin; month (d 
.tngiist is an exeellent season for seeiiing a lawn. 
OUB BOOK TABLE. 
The American Fruit Ciiltiirlst, by .bdin .1. 
& (;o.. New York, I'ublish- 
Thomas. \Vm. Woorl 
ers. Price ^ri.tKi. iMore than thirty years ago tlie 
author imbllshed the lirst edition of his “Fruit 
Cultiirlsl,” llien the only e.xistliig eoinplele and 
reliable work on American Fruit Culture. It was 
Miibsehuenlly miieli enlarged Ihroiigh several re¬ 
vised eilitloiis until In Its new edition. Just issued, 
it Is brought Ilown to the methods, anil varieties 
offriills of Ihe, Ijresent dale. .Several olhere.veel. 
lent works on fruit eiillure have appeared wllhin 
Ihese Ihrm: deeades, but none of tliein are so ad¬ 
mirably and conveniently arranged for the use of 
Ihe busy man. as well as for the beginner in fruit 
culture, nor do any give so great a,n amountof 
liraetleal, reliable informal Ion, eluehlaleil l,y imn 
dreds of aeciirale, |ila.ln lIliistrallonH In so small li 
eomimsH. The first jiart of the work treats id' the 
general i.rliielples and ju-aetlee of fruit growing 
the second of the dlirerent kinds and varieties of 
Iriiits, containing also a convenient mimiliiy ,,u|. 
eiiderof work In Hie nursery, orchard, and frnll 
garden, also a glossary of poinologleal terms and 
other useful information. 'I’lie fruit grower’who 
does not avail himself of the aid that a book like 
tblsatt-onl8,depvivoBmm801f of one of the most 
essential means to success. 
tfreo Niagara, Nature’s Grandest Wonder. New 
York’s Imperial Gift to Mankind. Published by 
Matthews, Northrup & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Prlee 
„0 gts A highly artistic and tastefully gotten up 
pamphlet giving the histoiy and completion of 
the movement to complete the Free Niagara Park. 
Many artistic Illustrations embellish the work, 
and its typographical features are ol a high order. 
TBADE NOTES. 
ITEMS OF OENBKAI- INTBKEST FHOM TIIE SEED, 
NUKSBUV and FbO^VBR TRADE ARE SOLICITED. 
Or. T. H. Hoskins of Newport Is a lucky nurse, 
ryman. He writes us that for years he has boon 
unable to siipjily the orders received. The good 
doctor l.s very conscientious, and wo believe 
coulil not bring himself to send out poor stock. 
So his reward is great, in a good ti-ade, and the 
knowledge of well doing. May his kind multiply. 
A.BrackcnrldgeofGovanstown, Md., writes that 
his advertisement of Orchids in The American 
Garden inis paid iiim ivell, and that he proposes 
to iiave a large sale in Boston about .September 
15, at which all his best Orchids will be offered. 
The fall trade in bulbs promises to be largely 
confined to a few houses, many dealers hnv- 
ing withdrawn from the trade on account of 
the risk of loss and the competition which has 
cut. down priecs to a comparatively low basis. 
Yet the interest in bulb culture seems to be on the 
increase. 
llorticulturisls say tliat fall setting of pot-layer¬ 
ed .Sti-awberries is on Ihe Increase, but one of the 
largest dealers tells us that the trade in potted 
plants is very unsatisfactory and that tlicre is 
“very little money iu it,” and tliat the demand is 
eomiiaralively small. If this is generally true 
wliere does the “increase” come in? 
Air. B. K. l!ll.ss, who has been .spending some 
months in France at the home of his daughter, 
and visiting the European seedsmen, has returned 
to tliis country much improved in lienlth and 
siiirits. 
Mr. I). .S. Marvin of Watertown, N. Y., has been 
“enjoying poor health” of late, but now, we are 
glad to learn that he is recovering and getting 
back some of tlie enthusiasm which has prompted 
him to in-oduec some remarkably fine varieties of 
fruits. Jlr. Marvin deserves well of the fruit-grow- 
ing imblie. 
The nur.ser.t inen and fruit growers along the 
Hudson Uiverhavesutl’ercd sevei’ely from drouth 
and bad weather this year, and nothing but pa¬ 
tience and iiliick will pull them through. But 
most of them imssc.ss these characteristics to a 
marked degree and we e.vpect to sec them all 
right again before long. 
It seems to he a well-settled fact, though many 
people don't yet accept it, that tlie days of great 
profits in the seed traiie tire ended. Tliose houses 
which make money nowadays, are tliose which 
lake e.vlraordlnary care in tile imrchaso and se¬ 
lection ol slocks, and sell only seeds of iiriu'C 
i|milily, true to name. Though now and then 
some party will make a large profit on poorseeds, 
ora reintroduced old variety under a new name, 
yet his success Is sure to lie temporary and ho 
has no cause lo wonder if his trade quickly falls 
oil III volume In subsequent years. 
OOOD WATER. 
The Waukesha Glenn water advertised in this 
Issue Is one of the very finest of all laliie waters, 
iind is last becoming known asa spee.llle for many 
diseases of the stonmeli and bowei.s. 1| seems 
like “carrying ooals lo Noweaslle” lo lirlng spring 
water front Ihe West lo Ihe East, Iml Ihe Wan. 
ki’sha Glenn is gaining many converts to its vlr- 
• lU'H In ill) HiHillniiH. 
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