October, 
244 
THK 
WOMSir W0SE£BS 
IN THE GAKDEN AND FIELD. 
A well-known doctor asserts that harbar- 
ous garments alone have incapacitated more 
women than over-study and over-work of 
all kinds. 
The city engineer of Montreal has found a 
woman who for sixteen months has been en¬ 
gineer in a boot-heel factory, has a perfect 
knowledge of her business, and never met 
with an accident. 
Susan Power writes of several women who 
have been very successful as florists and 
gardeners. We would like to have full ac¬ 
counts of any such successes. Many lady 
readers of The Amekican Garden ai-e prac¬ 
tical horticultui'ists, to their honor be it said. 
A woman diiving about the country, with 
a little brother or son to hold the reins, is a 
common sight. But such a woman is not 
one of the sort who believes it part of her 
life to help and care for herself. The woman 
who can do and who loves to do these little 
things for herself is the one whose name 
win have an honorable record in the pages 
of life. 
A woman may have no carriage, but slie 
can hang delicate vine leaves along her porch, 
so exquisite in delicacy that no sculptor's 
art can equal it: no conservatories with their 
wonders, yet she and the sun can build up a 
coppice of blooming things in her dooryard 
of which every floral leaflet is a wonder of 
beauty and pleasure. 
The kitchen garden would usually suffer 
but for the attention and thoughtfulness of 
the housewife. She need not do the hard 
work, but it will do her good to spend an 
hour there every morning superintending the 
work, and planning improvements; even 
pruning and weeding a little herself. 
France has agricultural schools for girls. 
One of the chief is near Ptouen, which has 
.300 girls from 6 to 18. The farm has over 
400 acres. Twenty-five sisters are the teach¬ 
ers. The pupils are in great demand on ac¬ 
count of theii- skill, as stew-ards, gardeners, 
farm managers, dairy women and laundress¬ 
es. Each girl has, on leaving, an outfit and 
a small sum of money, earned insparehours. 
If they want a home, they can always return 
to Garnetel, which they are taught to regard 
as home. 
Marriage is not the chief end of every 
woman. A Dakota girl says: There is no 
love-making in rny half section. It’s noth¬ 
ing but number 2 Wheat from May to Au¬ 
gust. That’s what we are out there for. 
Mow, 1 own and manage a fai-m of .320 acres, 
and this year I took out a crop of eighteen 
bushels to the acre and sold it, got the cash, 
put it in the bank, discharged all my men 
but one, who will look after things this win¬ 
ter, and I’m oil for a little fun down cast. 
Marriage? that’s what all the good-for-noth¬ 
ing cranks of men that I see fi-om plowing 
time to harvest can talk about. What do 1 
want to get maiTied for? There are over 
.300 of us girl farmci'S in Dakota, and we 
will hold a convention some time. J never 
saw a man yet that I would have around. 
answers to OORBESPONDENT . 
Gloxlnla8.-Af«. M. C. P., ox- 
sown nt any time, but spi pghtly, 
tremoly fine it must be shouldbe light 
and kept constantly damp; the , j,, ninnv 
andi4eh.TheseedimgswUlgenorallyv^^^^^^ 
shades and colors. Gloxinias maj 
gated by dividing the roots in .. pj,. 
usual method of propagating pyopa- 
loaves which root readily in an ordlnaiy piopa 
®™ils are about as-hardy Ger^lums 
Snull' has little effect on black ° 
bacco tea or Tobacco soap act very satisluctoilly. 
Tulip Seedlings, White Frlngo.-ff. ^ 
-There is no difllculty in raising Tulips tio 
seed. Sow as soon as the seed is ripe. When t o 
seedlings first bloom they generally produce flo - 
ci*3 without stripes, and it maybe sevoia 
before they “break," after which they retain this 
special character. _ . . 
The White Fringe Troe,;CTifo«a)n/i«.< Virgimana, 
may be propagated by seeds or cultings. It s 
also fi-cquontJy grafted on common Ash, which 
makes it grow more vigorously. 
Irish Juniper and Goiden Retinospora arc gen- 
eraliy hardy in latitude 41, xmless plixnted in veiy 
exposed positions. 
Californin Fuchsia.—/,’. A., A’cw I'oi-/,■.-There is 
no true Fuciisiix iixdigenous to Caliiornia. Tliis 
inxme has been suggested, we believe lor Zuits- 
ch 7 ieria Califomica, a very pretty plant resembling 
somewhat a Fuclisia in general appearance. 
Cure for Fllos.—J/rs. L., Smbrhjja, jV. /.—Ves, 
there is xx eoinplete and easily ixpplied remedy 
for flies, ami tliis is Buliacii. We would not be 
without Buliach in the bouse for a good deal. 
Close all the doors and windows, and dust the 
poxvder agixinst the coiling sind walls, with Uie 
little bellows made for the purpose; keep the 
room closed for half an hour, then come with a 
broom and dust-pau, and sxvecp up the flics from 
the floor by the shovelful. By keeping the room 
dai-k xvheix not used, flies xvill not trouble you any 
more that day. Mosquitoes may bo killed in the 
same xvay, and more effeotivelj' still by bui'iiing 
a small teaspoonful of Bulmeh on a tin plate, or a 
piece of paper. 
The questions about Roses were fully answered 
in our August number. 
Plants for a Small Gi-ecnhoiise.—A much 
greater variety of plants may be grown in an or- 
dinai-j- greenhouse with a temperature of about 
50^ than is generally supposed, provided proper 
cai-o is given to watering, ventilation and clean¬ 
liness. The folloxving will be a good collection 
to begin with: Azaleas, Camellias, Daphnes, He¬ 
liotropes, Acacias, .Stevias, Abniilons, Cliorize- 
mas. Jessamines, I’uchsias, Jliihcrnias, Gerani¬ 
ums, Verbenas, Cupheiis, Salvias, Calceolarias, 
Cinerarias, Caniixtlons, Callas, Primulas, Roses, 
Violets, Bouvardlas and many others. 
TRADE NOTES, 
ITE.M.S OF OENBKAI. IN'I'EltBST FKO.M 'I'|||.; SI.;|.;i> 
NUKSEItV AND FLOWEIt'rHADB AliE SOt.ICITBO. 
Clias. V. Mapos, friend of gardeners, hikes Ids 
rest in beguiling the genlle blue llsli Into liis slew 
pan. 
W. Alice Burpee Ims been spending ids vaealion 
in the mountains. No doubt lie comes buck full 
of strength and ideas for tlie work of the eoming 
)'-jM. Aiigiir A SoiiH rc.jKjrl ii roimlnj^ lull (riuk* 
in .Strawberry and oilier small fruit pliinis. It 
oiiglitto lie so, for they liave a.lewell In i.ind, new 
Strawberry. 
Tlie lliidsoii river fridt growers liave a line 
proHjieet for abig Grape erop,ii,iid so may imriiaim 
retrieve tlie losses eaiised by drouth lo Hi,, sira v 
berry and oilier early ero|is. 
Mr. nitohings, liead of the well.known llrin of 
IHUfldngs .t, Co., New York, maniilaeliirers of 
greenlioiise healers. Is dead. Hew 
fill and lionored mereliant. 
'■as a siieeess. 
The ilorlsis hope lo gain greatly by I,I,.. 
eiieo of Hie r recent meeting at (JIneInnall and 
we believe they will, q-he nurserymen and fr 
growers, as well as the didrvm,,,, .1 , ' 
liavehelpedtlielrbiislnessgriiallvbvsl'n .1'''’'’""”’ 
Hhd organizatlopq, '^•'"'"'“"^>■">•><>1- 
C. M. Hovey & Co., 31 South Market St., Boston, 
announce their succession to the late firm of Hovey 
& Co. Mr. C. M. Hovey was long connected ■with 
the latter Ann, of which it seems a pity to change 
the name. The iHovoys have a -well-laiown and 
honored name in the seed and plant toade. 
Our genial friend, Joseph Harris of Rochester, 
If Y; xvrltes that his seed crops this year are re¬ 
markably good, especially of Onion, Mangold, 
Beet and Celery, but the frequent rains ho fears 
(Sept. (1) may interfere xvith the proper cui-ing of 
tlio Onion seed. 
The A. C. Nellis Company, is the style of a cor¬ 
poration recently formed by A. C. Nellis, prest., 
F. E. Simons, vice j/rest., C. F. Wheelock, trean., 
\V. H. Flnehout, scc’y, and T. A. Howland. The 
nexv corporation will caiTyon the late seed business 
of A. C. Nellis at Canajoharle, N. Y. Capital stock, 
S.'i0,000. Wo suppose that “Mohawk Valley Seeds” 
will now bo boomed. 
W. VV. Kixwson, Boston, though a seedsman now. 
Is still a shrewd market gardener. Ho hatcly 
showed us a sample of four Montreal Musk Melons 
averiigiiig 15 lbs. cacli, whicii took first prize at 
the Massachusetts Horliculturnl exhibition, and 
then ho sold the lot in Quincy market for .?10. A 
good strain that, to get stock seed from. 
GOOD WATER. 
The Waukesha Glenn water advei^tised in this 
issue is one of the very finest of all table xvaters, 
and is last becoming knoxvn asaspcciflc for many 
diseases of the slomach and bowels. It seems 
like “carrying coals to Newcastle” to bring spring 
xvatcr from the West lo the East, but the Wau¬ 
kesha Glenn is gaining many converts to its vir¬ 
tues in all seclions. 
THE FLORAL WORLD, 
This supeib, illustrated magazine is now recog¬ 
nized as the bent Floral Nlontldy pnhlishcd in 
Amci^ica. it s]xccializcs the curiosities and beau¬ 
ties of the Vegetable Kingdom. Correspondence 
from all parts of the xvorld. .Spcoiincn copy and 
packet Finest Mi.ved Pansy seed mailed on receipt 
of three 2-cent stamps. Addi^ess Floral World, 
Higldand Park, Cldeago, HI. Tub .-iMERiCAX Gar¬ 
den and the Floral XVorlil oneyear for $1.2.5 .—Adv 
The j.ixrgest Cabbage Growei’S in the World. 
(W.M. Johnson A Co. of Chicago.) use upwards 
of live thousand acres of land for growing Cab¬ 
bages. Hast season tlxey niixnxxraetxxi-cd ixinetccii 
tlioxxsand si.x Inxndrcxl baiTcls of soxxx-kx^oxit, be¬ 
sides sbiixping foxxr luxndx-ed and sixty-seven cai^- 
toads of Cabbages to oastern cities. They xxse aixd 
rccomxnend Tillingbixsfs Pixget Sound Cabbage 
■Seeds. ’The disscnxiixator of Hiis rxxxxowncd bi'ixxxxl 
of seeds, Isaac F. Tilliiigbast, of Ha PUxmc, Pa., 
in orxicr to iixtrodxxec tlxein iixto evei^y coxxnly in 
the I'nioix, has oi^giiixized a Seed and Plant Urow- 
ei^s’ Assoeiixlion. Onex^eliixblcpixi-ty in eixclx town 
in the l iiion is being exix^olled as special xxgeixt, 
and is supplied wiili seeds ixi tx^ado-xixax^kcxl pnek- 
nges, and also Instrnetioxx books which will en¬ 
able anyone lo groxv Cabbage plants sxxecossftxlly 
liny xvbei e. Purl Ics ilesirixxg seeds xxr plants, will, 
upon Iipplleiilion to xMr.'rillinglmsi, bo fxxvnlslxed 
wlHi the addresses of agents nearest tlxenx tVxxxxi 
xvliom they may bo obtained. Pxii'eliix.sex^sai'ctliixs 
saved xiniicees.snry e.xiire.ss charges and as.sxxx^oxl 
ol oblainlng Hio best six^iiin of Cabbage seexls or 
lilants wlxleli can be proexii^ed. 
This assoelixt Ion thus furixislics xxxxo iixixn in x'xxelx 
lown—Hie iippoiuled iigeni—a gxxod eixsli-paylng 
InislnesH in selling seeds ixiixi gx^xnvlxxg mul sup- 
I’l.ving planls. 'I'lioi^e ixi^e still xxxiuxy exeelleul 
loeiilllles nnoeeuplod, iiinl anyone so situatexi us 
III act IIS iigeiil, for tills ixssoelatioix sixixuld axlilx-i'ss 
Mr. Tllllngliixst as above, forparlleiilars in l•ogllrxl 
lo It. 
Mr. Tlllinglmst has iiHsoJust iixxt upon the niax'- 
Itet a "Cablmge Pest Powder" which Is xxixtlrely 
ImrinlesH (o the plant ixl any singe of Its growth, 
and also harmless lo persons eiiHiig Iheixx, yet the 
most eiteetive dest royer of llee, fleas uml wxu^nxs 
whleh has ever heeix oompoiiuiled. l|, retails at 
31 eenls per ixxuiml_ Adv. 
IVlinl, kliitl oil oitliUo (I() (.hoy hnvual; /ftiuis- 
villo, Oliio? A, innn Mtlvorl.isos Ihnl. ho wiHits 
luvoiniiii “to wimli, Iron mul milk ouo or two 
OOWH.” 
