Show aay kay U L T ich I 1 aadla zedia edia edid a avla ca k WA hints for the florist 1 I deem deerns it not an idle tasks task A these ese lovely flowers to rears rear ma ta e pread their arms as they would askee ask nall if sun gun and dew are here fon for or simple wants wanta alone are theirs the pure and common too 14 TO th e beauty of refreshing airov airs the sitt sift of liquid dew nay nry yay pals lanol no dle idle thing I 1 trust nta nto 1 0 foster beautys beauty a birth ot et to lift from out the lo 10 afy dust dist one ane blos bios blosom oin ein pt the earth where barrenness before had haa been A verdure to disclose discloses and sand make the desert rich in sheen 14 T blossom like the tha roses rose roser 1 As the season for planting flowers and laying j ing 0 ott off ornamental grounds has come again it is proper to give a few timely suggestions to the ladies under whose superintendence is or ought to be the delightful task of adorning their homes with the rich and varied colors and perfumes of the flower garden the ile following a list of flowering shrubs annual biennial and perennial plants and vines which vve we find compiled in the agricultural columns of the germantown telegraph telegraphy em braces many of the choicest varieties so some of which we believe have not here been in ili t aduce ld thi s list if preserved will be found useful to our lady readers for future reference FLOWERING SHRUBS pink mareon reon dwarf dubie duble double flow flowering erinc ering almond almonds double purple tree rz ramons nys chinese while magnolia bogn oil oll 25 sweet seen ted magnolia it glasca white fringe trees tree 1 garland peat Deat deonly Deon zia zin li 0 Sc abra aura broad laburnum Labur nuna nura itose hose acacia tre red and white douvle double white double pink hawthorn via Fis flagrant giant Ci olet Clet clethra ethra bra oak oat leaved a Venit Ven llan ilan ian lan sumac sumae or purple tranee buff butir lo berry nerry male maie and female females siberian lilac the rhe or na Syr lacu isca arbore Arbo recen cens chinese double apple apples veat deat za a Gracil iid lid ati ALI the spires SpI reas sno snowball dball bennimon cn ninion though na dwart dwarf rf dogwood vyrus japonica burning bujo bah t philadelphus mock orange Wil galla rosea rotea PERENNIAL PLANTS Dlce vitra plumbago white and aud pink phlox there are from twenty to thirty common many of them dwalt dwail dwarf dwart of beautiful colors and murch much admired chrysanthemums summer summer and tail fall double pw pae nty futao white hite and red lri irl pale blue very sweet william valerjana Valer lana CLIMBING SHRUBS AND VINES some of 0 the finest and ani hardiest handiest har diest climbing ire I 1 followings i 11 arg et 1 4 tru f ma i creeper 1 qeeen of the prairie ratte I 1 I 1 t v chinese glacene Glac giac lne Wl Wt starly Jr doame uhle uble purple 4 1 1 1 Clenia clematis fia fla Flar fian unla flora i and uni S boldly anthly Fra fragrant grant grunt alm ilm if nya Y ackle te elsw trumpet s scarlet e trumpet if it ney suckie suckle J apan pan Ever evergreen green giten chinese B Virg iula lula omeder oneder osa a creper creeper tor for haly daiy CLIMBING ROSES qan ot of the prairies Pra irles liles white lar lan davoust hait half halt half bard hardy y miltimore dilt Bilt imore belle 4 TRAILING ROSES rv iton lion rolia rolla prevol ette supa suga m il rily TILT ROSES hermosa pink AV cel cele bluh and p t cres nl g pure wh h i I 1 pink uron bron PrfTo st ga giant glant at or tin the bittl cra C lom low philippe red ed louven blugh blush b u hi lux mb F boal Q Z 61 L lombardy ardy dee deeprose deep prose roge rose bam naf frans frana yellow buff boff pink these thes will ill lii anard a succession throughout the season the ile ground for gower flower seeds should be light and neb rich and made as fine as possible A few loads of fine ve vegetable eatable and leaf mould from city Creek breelor Cre elor 17 or some other kanyon will be found adapted to the growth od 0 flowers should the soil lack moisture aly all sli allow drill may be drawn in which after running a small stream of water through h the seeds should be planted care being taken not to coyer cover them too deeply from one and a half to two inches will be found sufficient covering I 1 for most kinds it will be almost needless for us to state that to successfully cultivate flowers all weeds must be thoroughly eradicated the watering pot will be found especially bene facial if judiciously u use in facilitating the growt halid hand adding to the freshness and beauty 0 of f the flowers the tha color of flowers it is said is greatly promoted by the application of charcoal A french amateur in the paris horticulture al at review states about a year ago I 1 made a bargain for a rosebush rose bush of magnificent growth and full of buds I 1 waited for them to bloom and I 1 exi exi pecked roses worthy of such a noble plant and of the praise bestowed upon it by the vender veader at le length n f th when it bloomed all my hopes were blas bias blasted t e the flowers were of a faded color and I 1 discovered that I 1 had bad only a middling stale colored enough Is I 1 therefore resolved to sacrifice fic bic it to some experiments which I 1 had in view my attention had been captivated with the effects of charcoal as stated in some english publications I 1 then covered the earth in ther tho pot ot in which my rosebush rose bush was about half an I 1 inch rich deep with pulverized charcoal some somo days after I 1 was aston shed to see the roses which bloomed of as fine a lively rose color as I 1 could wish I 1 determined to repeat the experiment and 1 therefore when the rosebush rose bush had done flowering I 1 took off the charcoal and put fresh earth on the pot you may conceive that I 1 waited for the next spring impatiently to see the result of ot this experiment peri ment when it bloomed the roses were is as at first pale and discolored but by applying the charcoal as before they soon soom resumed their heir rosy red color I 1 tried the powdered charcoal likewise in large quantities upon my 1 et unias and found that both the white and the tha he violet flowers were equally sensible to its action it always gave great vigor to the red or violet colors of the flowers and the white we petunias fet pet unias became vein edwith red or violet tints the violets colors became covered with irregular spots of a blumish or almost black tint many persons dersons who admired them thought that 1 they ey were new varieties from seed yellow rowers bowers are as I 1 have proved ia sensible to the influence 09 ozithe the charcoal there are several kinds of insects which are geat great pests to the cultivator of flowers more 9 generally ene rally raily infesting house plants however and for which a vigilant watch should be maintained in order to prevent their ravages the most common kind of these insects says la a correspondent of the country gentleman is the green louse which often completely covers the young and tender shoots of roses and other plants these may easily be destroyed byln by inverting vertin I 1 the pots over a tub of water or soapsuds and immersing the plants waving them gently fenily to and fro A soft brush will assist in removing 0 them it will be necessary to tie a piece of cloth cioth over the soil in the pot or use some other similar means to prevent the soil from frond falling calling out while performing this operation the green fly may mat be destroyed in the same manner in greenhouses green greeh houses tobacco is genera generally liy lly used to fumigate fa the plants by burning in in a furnace but this is an ive lve operation in the house it may be performed however on a few plants at a time by taking an iron vessel of any kind putting in a few live coals and a small quantity of moist toba tobacco cco and 1 turning 10 over this and the plants a 3 barrel 0 r large box lana gana tand anat andt allowing them to for some time there is a another nother insect more get et rid of which is to be found on orr house bouse plants it is a species of cons cows commonly known as the mealy bu bug they are generally to be found ta ia the axils aeils of the leaves and greatly resemble little wads of cotton they cannot be removed by washing but must be picked off by hand this is a a slow siow gow low process but it must be done when they first appear or your plants will be ruined by them as they an increase crease rapidly these are the ordinary insect pests against which it is necessary to guard your pla pia plants ants the red spider is also a nuisance these are very small in fact almost invisible except to a close observer their presence may be in f erred berred if it the foliage appear yellow and sickly on observing thia this turn up the leaves and you will probably find the little rascals at work they maybe may be destroyed by profuse and repeated syringing of the plants and particularly of the underside of the leaves constant vigilance is necessary in the cultivator of flowers to enable him to check the operations of these insects before the they have had an opportunity to accod accomplish pi i 5 h knuck much mischief chief the american amen an agifea laurist 1 ADAPTED TO THE faraj FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD we have frequently noticed the merican american 4 agriculturist in our columns because we have deemed it one ono of the most readable xea Tea dable useful and practical journals published in the country the following forwarded us by mr E sayers will show the estimation in which it is held by our most experienced and scientific horticulturists we reiterate what we have formerly former lyl bald eaid the tha jH 4 matican merican agriculturist should be in every family an edition being bein also printed in the german language germans german ts who cannot read english or who prefer whenever practicable the medium of their mother tongue will find one dollar thus expended to be a provable investment I 1 MB MR EDITOR I 1 have perused with a degree degrie of satisfaction the feby number of the thi abb above ve monthly journal which is really an interesting and practical work almost every pa page e thirty two in number gives some useful and interesting hints to the young the 0 old ola d the t b e untaught u ni the practical and the scientific gardener and agriculturist many of the articles are embellished with appropriate engravings well drawn and executed in a masterly style indeed the agriculturist contains something that is interesting to almost all classes of people and especially to a new country where information is needed on om practical cultivation mr danl dani greaves of provo I 1 am informed is an agent ament for the agriculturist and I 1 trust he will AT obtain tain an extensive list of subscribers in the southern settlements as the paper should li be in in the hands of every cultivator as a practical manual subscriptions are received at the deseret news nars Offic efrom those residing in this vicinity the agriculturist for april received a week or two since is not a whit behind if indeed it is not a little superior to the best numbers we have seen since we have been a reader of it this journal has steadily increased in the entertaining 0 and useful character of its matter the ne country gentleman and Genesee Farmer also continue to come to us laden with ical information for the farmer farmers gardener gar denet denot and cattle breeder in our opinion a high toned practical agricultural t journal is th the a mast most zealous guardian of agricultural 0 improvement and the farm farmers erys erss most undeviating assistant dr lee in the southern fi says the happiest life a rational mantan man an lead is one devoted to human progress and elevation A mere money getting machine is at best a low order of living mechanism A steam engine or water wheel can do that kind of work but it cannot cultivate either cither intellect or morals we strive to make ari arl agriculture t culture an intellectual pursuit and in that behalf all ali 11 who think thin kand and reason about crops crogg the tho quality of land its cultivation domestic animals ma mai ma i aures renovating renova ting plants and farm management generally b are earnestly I 1 solicited to cooperate operate co cd in a common eart to render agricultural thinking and reasoning the most fruitful of all human powers s A gentleman of ion lon long iong C experience and observation 1 gives t the he following advice to farmers take a good a agricultural 0 paper pay for it in advance encourage your children to read it bring up your children in the way they should goun go an in the paths of and INDU INDUSTRY s and they will wiil never depart from them the early planting platting of potatoes professional gardeners says the scientific american anve Ante rican of the ath dinst here adopt a method oe of pro aidy chic s which is probably not as well k known n 0 pvn as it deserves to be it consists in allowing the potatoes intended inte 1 n ded for seed to push forth shoots before they are panted planted with this view some early kinds are placed in i a layer layel about three 0 or r four inches in depth in some wann wane wa rm place such as a stable on the lott loft or floor of any outhouse out house honse etc the potatoes are covered co vered with straw sufficient to protect them from frost and 6 ome seme time in april or early in may the sets each with a robust t bud bu or t a couple of inches in len ien length at b more or less are planted in rows about fifteen inches apar apart tind ani and eight or nine inches from set to sot I 1 in the tha rows with respect to manure it may either cither be applied in the usual way under and in contact with the sets in im which case short stable stuff is preferred but any kind of short manure or kaswer the sets seta with the shoots retained in an upright position positions are ire covered to the depth of 06 rive five or suc sue inches I 1 with fine raold and as the plants advance in 1 growth additional earth is drawn up to them with the hoe so managed the crop cromwill will be j fit for use injune injure in june when the ground froma fr om I 1 which it has been removed may be cropped with cabbage cab base baze turnip etc af course courso thia ibis f triet 1 l i i f r i f p inith method od is 0 only ohly n cly iti ite for securing c e arly early po potatoes s and they must ie be protected with mattin matting from the late frosts which sometimes take taki place in may after severe thunder storms j the onion flyod fly we have noticed int in liis this city some patches of onions that have been affected by some ins insect ee t probably ghe the the same alluded to in the following article from a correspondent of life illustrated who aay says aj a I 1 few words in regard to this fly which has proved so destructive to the onion crops for a 3 few years past about the twentieth of last april says 1 the writer 1 I bowed to onions a piece of 1 ground containing 0 about two square rods they came up well and and grew finely until attacked by the thie fly they soon began to die and in two weeks half the plants were destroyed and the rest more ors or less affected I 1 pulled up one large fine looking plant upon the root of chichi I 1 counted thirty larvae from the I 1 to the of an inch in length they appeared api peare d like small email white whito worms I 1 saw my 1 1 crop would soon be rained at this rate I 1 removed the earth from the plants on each gide side of the rows to the depth of three fourths of an inch or down to the small roots thus leaving a trench about two inches wide these I 1 filled with boiling water poured directly from the kettle they did not need a second dose 4 it killed every larva and did not injure a bino single le onion the plants from that time grew well wells and I 1 harvested four bushels of good onions from that piece of ground raising hemp hemp heap is is a 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