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WOMEN WOESEBS 
• ■ IN THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 
Susan Power tells of a woman gardener 
who made $3,000 on one acre of land, presum¬ 
ably from flowers and plants. 
THE AMERICAN 0ARPE^^_ 
Answers to Correspondents. 
November, 
A New Jersey woman is one of the most 
successful small fruit growers in that fruit 
growing State. We hope to give our readers 
the particulars of her enterprise. 
Indiana has 2,252 Women engaged in the 
honorable occupation of farming; 66 author¬ 
esses ; 532 boarding-house keepers; 107 book 
agents; and in the other vocations women 
are well repi-esented. 
A lady at Whitby, England, boasts of a 
Marshal Niel Kose tree eighteen years old, 
which now measures horizontally 48x54 feet. 
The average depth is five or six feet, and last 
year 2,500 Roses were plucked from it. 
It is worth everything to a woman, if by 
misfortune it becomes necessary for her to 
look after property, and to take care of her¬ 
self, to have some practical knowledge of 
what she has to do.— Col. F. D. Carlin. 
Women are the most successful retail ileal- 
ers in fruits and flowers, on account of their 
care in selecting the best specimens foi- their 
counters. There is a woman in Boston who 
fi-om a little out-door fruit stand, has become 
“well oft'- by getting a reputation for the 
best. She is not the traditional Apple woma n, 
but looks as neat, fresh and attractive as her 
wares. 
Women who are not exactly “workers iu 
the field,-’ are the Dakota girls who are 
“holding down" quarter sections. Under 
the law, if they put up a shanty on a quarter 
section of land and sleep in it one night a 
month for six months, and then in.-ike some 
improvement on it during every six months 
for five years, it is their land. And it is said 
that many are found ready to practice “equal 
rights" with men in this easy getting of real 
estate. 
We know a farmer's daughter in Bucks 
county, Pa., who had two turkey hens this 
yearfromwhiehshegotandsetliyeggs. The 
pigs destroyed two nests of eggs after they 
were set for incubation; but she succeeded 
in getting sixty young ones raised in si>ite 
of wet weather, biid luck, and tlie usual 
vicissitudes of the business. .She says she is 
going to get enough of money out of her 
two turkey hens to buy herself a first-class 
sewing machine by Christmas, besides hav¬ 
ing a nice turkey for Thanksgiving and one 
for Christmas dinner.—/-'em Journal. 
In Fiance, a farmer’s dtiughter becomes 
the head of the dairy. She knows nothing 
about decorating ginger Jars or strumming 
waltzes on the piano, but she turns out of 
her skilful fingers delicate cheeses anti biii;- 
ter, which command the highest prita; in 
the Paris and London markets. So high do 
the Breton dairies rank, simply in conse- 
(luence of tlie persoiiiil supervision of them 
by the farmers’ wives and daughters—women 
with intelligence as well as hands—that it is 
not uncommon for a dairyimin to give his 
daughter ti dower of from $15,000 to $20,000; 
much of it the product of her own skill in 
detail work and nuinsigernent_ Trilmnc,. 
Covering: Griipevlnes.— Neto rbr*.—Loosen 
the vino ftom the ti-ollis, lay on the ground and 
cover with a few inches of soil, e.spoolnlly the 
ends of the canes. 
Stephanotls not blooming.— C. 11., IjOS Ange¬ 
les, Cal.—In rich soil this plant is apt to run too 
much to foliage to the loss of flowers. It needs 
hill sunlight, and should bo trained close to tlie 
glass; it boars severe pruning, and altor the plant 
has covered the space devoted to it, all the strong 
est shoots should bo cut back every year in De- 
oouiber or January. 
Williain Ifrancis Ileiiuett j Kose.— .Subscriber, 
St. Louis, Jfo.—This Hose was iiroduoed by Henry 
Bennett at Shepporion, iValtou-on-the-Tliaines, 
London, England. Thu stock otlered in America 
was bought by Chas. E. Evans, of Philadelphia, 
Pa., lor $3750, under the restriction that none of 
the plants should bo sold before four years. This 
time having elapsed jilants may now be had from 
all leading florists and nurserymen. Eor ilusorl])- 
tion and illustration see .luiic number of this 
year. 
Propagating Azal.-as. etc.— /•’. Hlgria, O .— 
Our greenhouse Azaleas, .-tcalea hulicu, are easily 
propagated in spring, by cutting of the half-ripen- 
ed young shoots. 
PuinseUius are increased by cuttings in May. 
The entlings should be allowed to dry a tlay or 
two before planting, when they may be set in 
small pots, or in a propagating bench, tind trans- 
planteil after becoming rooted. 
Calceolariiis arc rtiised from sceil sown in Angiist, 
anil as soon as the young plaids are of sntllcient 
size to handle, they are tran.splanteil to separate 
pots. To proihice bu.shy plants the center stem 
dioiild be pinched out. 
An occasional tip below zero does not make ont- 
dooi grow ing ot Ityaeinths an imjiossibility, pro¬ 
vided the ground is dry, and the bed is covered 
with 1-2 inches of loose leaves or straw. The 
bulbs may also be planted in pots now, kept in a 
cool cellar during winter, and in spring lie plant¬ 
ed out, without disturbing the hall. 
Various Floral Queries.—7'. /’niirie, 
Ca,imlu.-A I.emon Verbena that has been grow’, 
ing all sninmer needs rest in wintei like any 
other deciduous shrub. The best place to wintjr 
it is a Irost-proof cellar. 
The hardier .Magnolias should survive your win- 
ters without protection, we should think. .Small 
trees may be easily protected by tying evergreen 
branches around them. 
There are a great many siiecies and varieties of 
Jasmines; aniongthe most desirableare:./. ,/,iit,//i- 
rb^rnin, i/nirlL.nnilulutnm, Acoricum, ojjicimic, mnl. 
lijlitcum, tnlorutissirnum, undcftorfini, etc. 
Ceslnim noclurnnm is an old iilanlthal any lead- 
ing lloiist .shouhl be able to procure. 
Tos Bieok * Sons, Boston, this faU impoited 
throe times as many Holland bulbs as last year, 
and now report their supply fast being exhausted. 
The Matthews plows are taking well with East- 
ern market gardeners. But it is doubtful if they 
ever have so great a popularity as the Matthews 
seed drill- „ ^ . 
B *J li'arquhur* Co., Boston, are having ex¬ 
cellent success in selling the new Monarch Bhu- 
barb, which is propagated by the paternal hands 
in Scotland. 
Some skilled florists think that the Bennett 
Rose is one of the linest yet for forcing, ranking 
with the first in the list. Mr. Evans struck a good 
thing in liViporting it. 
Young & milott’s pulverized sheep manure is 
pronounced by H. T- Hubbard of New Haven as 
being the best ihing he has tried for making 
Hoses bloom freely, and for making potting soil. 
Peter Henderson .says he saw but lew novelties 
in Europe, dui’ing hi.s recent trip, that weie es- 
peeially remarkable. But ho saw many interest¬ 
ing things which he promises to tell our readers 
about soon. 
The Niagara While Crape is still held at $2.00 
per vino by Hie N. W. C. Co., iinfl those most In. 
terested in Its dissemination: but some outside 
paiTles are adverllsing it freely as low as Seventy- 
live cents a vine. 
Autumn opened auspiciously in the fruit and 
vegetable markets, after the usual languor of sum¬ 
mer. I’reserv ing season brought a rush of cus¬ 
tomers and the “reluni ol the native” has made 
an unusual stir in all departments. The flower 
trade is still dull, because entertainments have 
not yet staried. TTic demand is almost entirely 
for Hoses and Chrysanthemums. Few of the lat¬ 
ter are brought in and those are bushes in bloom, 
iibout 24 inches high and well covered with blos¬ 
soms, while Chrysanthemums so far arc searce. 
Trade Notes. 
STEICTLY EELIABLE EOOFING. 
All our readers who are troubled with a leaky 
■oof or have a new roof to lay on dwelling, barn, 
shed or other building Should write at once to In¬ 
diana Paint & Roolliig Co. (New York or Indian¬ 
apolis, Ind.,) for their illustrated catalogue, and 
samples. .Mention Ameuicax Gaudkn. 
GOOD WATEE, 
The Waukesha Glenn water advertised in this 
issue is one of the vei-y linest of all table waters, 
and is last becoming known asa specifle for many 
diseases of the stomach and bowels. It seems 
like lairi^i ing coals to Newcastle” to bring spring 
water from the West to the East, but the Wau- 
keslni Glenn is gaining many converts to its vir¬ 
tues in all sections.—.-Irfr. 
ITK-MS OK OK.N-EIiAI, INTKKKSr KItO.M ■lui.; HKKU 
.VL'nSKkV AND KLOWKIC THADB AKK SOLICITKD. ’ 
E. A. Reeves, fiO Corllandt .St., New York has 
sold out to .1. .M. .Veils. 
.lohn Lewis Childs, Floral, N. V., has Increased 
hiH UioAVuU’h by . 0,000 Cool 
The Cucumber and Melon .semi crops seem to 
be large, e-veept In the light seeding sorts. 
Chas. I„ Mitchell has erected largo Hose forcing 
houses at Oakley near Clnelnnall, liavinga eauam 
ily nl 7|>V)0 plaiitH, 
F. H. Pierson, Tarrylown, N. Y., has had so largo 
a trade In Ea.sler Lily plants lids fall that Ids 
Miock 1 h 
H. K, Bliss Is looking holler Ilian wo ovor saw 
him heloro; the result of a long rest In ... 
and at East Bridgewalor, Mass, 
P.M. Augurs,Son report a groat demand for 
tlie Jewell .SIrawherry plaids lor spring dollverv 
and they e.vpeetlo sell liio.oiio of Ihem. 
A. J, Gy wood S Sons, Marlhoro. N. i-., have 
had agood trade tills year. 'I'holr new vai'letles 
ol Grapes and Hie Rasphorry lake well, 
THE FLOEAL 'WOELD. 
lids superb, illiislrated magazine is now recie' 
luzod as the best Floral Monthly published in 
America. It specializes the curiosities and beau- 
108 Ol the \ egotablo Kingdom. Correspondence 
1 . 01.1 al parts of the world. Specimen copy and 
packet I'inesI Mi.xod I’ansy seed mailed on receipt 
of three 2 .cenl stamps. Address Floral M’orld 
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