Decemt>er, 
28 S 
THE AMERICAN GARDB^ 
Df TIME TO COME. 
The flowers are dead that made a summer splen¬ 
dor 
By wayside nooks and on the sunny hill, 
And ■with regrets those hearts of ours grow ten¬ 
der, 
As sometimes all hearts will. 
We loved the blossoms, for they helped to bright¬ 
en 
The lives so dark with woai-ying toil and care. 
As hopes and dreams forever help to lighten 
The heavy loads wo bear. 
How like the flowers, whoso transient llfo is end¬ 
ed. 
The hopes and dreams are, that for one brief 
horn- 
Make the glad heart, a garden bright and splen¬ 
did 
Above liOve’s latticed bower. 
One little hour of almost perfect pleasure, 
A foretaste of the happiness to come; 
Then sudden frosts—the garden yields its treas¬ 
ure. 
And stands in sorrow, dumb. 
Oh, listen, heart! The flower may lose its glory 
Beneath the touch of frost, but does not die. 
In spring it will repeat the old, sweet story 
Of God’s dear by-and-by. 
In Heaven, if never here, the hopes we eherish- 
The flowers of human lives we count as lost— 
Will live again. Such beauty cannot perish; 
And Heaven has no frost. 
I’noticed that in the hundreds of conservar 
tories attached to private dwellings, Tomit- 
toes during the summer months were trained 
up on the rafters under the glass, showing ern 
the. great increase evident in the consump¬ 
tion of this vegetable. Over a dozen years 
ago 1 do not remember of finding them cul¬ 
tivated for market anywhere in England, 
nor of even seeing them groivn for private 
use in greenhouses. If they can be cheap¬ 
ened by export undoubtedl}'^ the consump¬ 
tion of them would lie much larger, and 
somebody may yet make a foi’tune in ex¬ 
porting Tomatoes. Pethh Hicndeiison. 
TOMATO GEOWING IN ENGLAND. 
IVhen in England last summer no indus¬ 
try in horticulture surprised me so much as 
the growing of Tomatoes in greenhouses. 
One establishment at Swanley, Kent, cover¬ 
ed an area of something over five acres. In 
i-unning feet the greenhouses were two-and- 
a-half miles in length b 3 ' IS feet in width. 
Such an establishment must have cost, even 
in England, not less than -SIOO.OOO. All this 
space -when I saw it last August was iilanted 
with Tomatoes, which were then selling at 
six pence sterling per lb., or about -SO.00 pei- 
bushel. At much less they w’ould not paj' 
to raise under glass. 
The wonder is that in these daj's of refrig¬ 
erators on our ocean steamers, some enter¬ 
prising firm on this side of the .Atlantic does 
not go into the business of suppiving Eng¬ 
land with Tomatoes. They can be grown 
here, and even selected for exportation at 
81.00 per bu.shel. The transit and u.se of re¬ 
frigerators would not be much more, I should 
judge, and the fjuality of our fruit gi-own in 
our trojjical summer is much better than 
that grown under glass in the cloudy atmo.s- 
phere of Britain. 
The j>roprietor of this vast establishment 
alluded to at Swanley, is Mr. I>add, a man 
hartlly yet beyond middle age. He operates 
three 8e])arate greenhouse e.stablisliments iii 
diflerent pai-ts of the suburbs of London, ag¬ 
gregating in extent nearly 20 atu-es of glass. 
One division is devoted to hothouse flrape.s, 
another to Tomatoes, and another to Hoses 
and othei- bedding plants; and when it is 
known that all the.se vast establishments are 
owned and (controlled by Mr. l.add, who less 
than twfinty-live years ago was so poor that 
he had to carry his plants in a basket on his 
head to Co vent Harden Market, it will give 
sfniie idea of the enterju-i.se and ability that 
one man in a short lifetime has thi-owu into 
horticulture. In extent his establishment 
far surpa.sses all his contemponiries; and 
some of the older ones arethoaccunmiations 
of two or three generations. 
tv needed for home use from New York. 
The cultivation of the Grape has spread over 
a large area in Northern as well as South¬ 
ern States. For a time Grapes settled in 
Virginia, Delaware, the lower counties of 
New Jersey, but notwithstanding the great 
care taken with them they did not become 
firmly enough established. The choicer va¬ 
rieties at least did not seem inclined to asso¬ 
ciate with the Concord, and sought and 
found congenial homes around the beautiful 
and romantic lakes of Central New Yoi’k. 
Here the Delavv.are, Diana and Catawba flour¬ 
ish as they do nowhere else. The Concord 
has settled along the banks of the Hudson, 
chiefiy in Ulster Co., where both soil and 
climate are remarkably favorable,,and cultl- 
vatoi’s understand their special management 
to perfection. Anyone who desires to see 
Concords in greatest excellence should visit 
M.arlboro’and the Highlands of the Hudson. 
Early geographies have told us that New 
Jersey is noted for its fine Apples and sweet 
cider. Then every farmer that could raise 
Roman Stems, Belle Flowers and Wine Saps 
w.as sui’c of realizing large profits; and a 
tree loaded with the ilelicious Sheep’s Nose 
was considered one of the greatest luxuries 
of the farm. Some may also remember -with 
delight the days when they rolled the bar¬ 
rets of sweet cider into the cellar, in anticipa¬ 
tion of the winter evening’s enjoyments 
around the open fire-place, cracking nuts as 
well as jokes, and passing round the cider 
jug. But, alas, in modern geograjihies no 
mention is made of these facts; because in 
New Jersey’ the gloi-y of the Apple has de¬ 
parted ! C. AY. IDELL. 
Water-lJlies will hereafter form a con¬ 
spicuous feature in the Central Park of New 
York, the Park Board h.aviug voted .§1000 to 
be u.sed for the purchase and planting of the 
choice.st kinds. 
MIGEATION OF FEUITS. 
As fruit growing is more and more be¬ 
coming one of the great industries of our 
countrj', the histor 3 ^ of the migratory course 
taken b 3 ' the various kinds of fruits furnishes 
a most interesting study. 
There was a time when New Yorl<’s Straw- 
berr 3 ' suppl 3 '’ was obtained almost exclusive¬ 
ly from Bergen Co., N. J. Many readers 
will remember how abundant and cheap 
these berries were, 3 '^et, as a in.-irket crop. 
Strawberries arc now h:irdl 3 ' to be found 
an 3 ^where in the count 3 "; tliey have mi¬ 
grated to Monmouth and Burlington coun¬ 
ties of the same State, where hundreds of 
acres are under cultivation; then they moved 
on to Delaware, Maryland and A^irginia, 
while others took a uortherl 3 ’^ course toward 
Connecticut and AA’estern New York. 
In the Blackberr 3 ^ we find the same roving 
habits. Formerly all the Blackberries that 
came to ourcity were wild ones, gathered on 
the uncultivated lands of Long Island and 
New .Ierse 3 ^, but when the demand increased 
more than the supply, some enterprising 
fruit growers undertook to civilize them, 
and make them yield to the influences of the 
plow and hoe; .and remarkably well they did 
succeed. The Klttatinny, the AVilson, and 
other varieties were christened and sent out 
to gladden the hearts and palates of all lov¬ 
ers of this delicious fruit. Soon the 3 ’ wan¬ 
dered all over New .Jersey, into Delaware, 
and Ulster Co., N. Y., but they did not re¬ 
main long except in -Alonmouth, Burlington 
and Cumberland counties, N. ,L, where they 
found a congenial home and are .still culti¬ 
vated succe.ssfully and lu’ofltably. 
Peaelies are not found more stationary. 
In 1818 to 18.o0 Burlington Co., N. .1., was 
literally filled with Peach trees loadcd’wi'tii 
delicious fruit. So abundant were the crops 
that Irequejitiy tiie Peaches sold I’oi- ie.ss 
than the (!OSt of transi)ortation. Now I i„,( ,ii „ ' . 
doubt whether enough Peaches are grown si'igic. 
in the county to supply the home doimind. 
VVhat became of i,hem? Some have become 
domesti(!Jited in adjoining counties wiier(! 
they ai’e giving rich returns, otiicrs went to 
Delaware and jAlaryland, and othci’s, (piite 
lately, to Ulster Co., N. Y. In these latter 
localities cultiv.ators iiave become ,so much 
jdraisral with them, that tlujy imdm P(;aeiies 
their hauling crop, and yet the probability 
is that it wiil not napiire a. life time iad’oiv 
they will have deserted tludr piesent homes. 
In fa(!t, in Delaw.an! tludr decadonc(! has nl- 
re.-uly (joinmenccd ; hiindieds of ondiardH jin! 
Iierishing for evrjry d(jy,en that arc! planted. 
It is only a few yrairs since our i»rinclpal 
supply of Hrapcis came from Nyack on flu« 
Huds(Bi; now this town receives the (juanti- 
Field flowers. Fuchsias, the blossoms of 
meadow jdants, with fantastic grasses from 
Jersey marshes, have heeii used eflectively 
the pa.st summer in decorations, both for 
out-of-doors, and home decorations. Iris 
has been very popular, as have been Hibis¬ 
cus and Abutilon. 
A doul)le Hladiolus flower is reported b 3 ' 
one of our readers. Some years ago wo ob¬ 
served such a freak of nature in our own 
garden, Imt did not consider it an improve¬ 
ment over the single form. The conn that 
produced it was i)lanted the following year. 
Itl l(' nil \ tc% ll ^__ . t' »’ 
I''or 
land, 
of wild 
fhe yellow 
a garden party given on Staton Is- 
iirches were made in the grounds, 
gras.ses, oyer which were, draped 
of the swamp which 
swung their amber bells about 
wjiy. 
in a Y(uy 
liar^o and oaivlosslv tiod 
n^ y,ises, iind bound arl.isti.’ally on the 
m'’ <"'<1 onuunental 
li "is a . " "‘"’iv.! Ferns, wild 
is-oHi s, and I,obvUu 
