THE FLOWER GARDEN. CARNATIONS, Few summer flowers are more ad- mired than these, combining as they do beauty of form and color with de lightful fragrance. Some are sweeter than others. They rank among the best of town plants. The rich and highlv-pa Pill erimson clove Carna- tion is a very old favorite, and is being more extensive lv grown every. Year, aually rood growing and free bloom- sorts ean be had with white, rose, pink, ers The sooner the planting is com- ple ted in good, deey an open position, the better. plants are those that have been kept in small pots through the winter, and the soil must not be dry nor removed from the roots when planting. Carnations dug from the ground at this season of the vear do not grow and flower nearly so well as strong plants that are estab- lished in pots. In ordering, it to ask that free-growing sorts be sent, as some are more delicate than others. Picotees only differ from Carnations in having the colors round the edges of the petals, though some are also mot tled, not flaked or striped. Pinks in different colors may be plants d now from pots. The flowers smaller than Carnations and Picotees. All the kinds are excellent for and dress adornment when taste arranged h a few of their own leaves. are coat fully . % £8 OF CARNATIONS AND PINES, Dwellers in towns who for growing button-hole should grow the kinds named dens flowers in on outside window-sills. en-inch floor boards are n be obtained from cut into lengths to fit the che ap, an These, for compression. They should be ex- amined morning and afternoon, giving water to those where the soil is a littie dry, passing those which are moist, for though the leaves should never drop through want of water, the roots must not be kept in a constant puddle. Cor rect watering is a chief factor in the successful culture of these plants. As often as the shoots grow four inches in length the points may be nipped out till the end of June, for making bushy plants; but if a few very large blooms are coveted, the stems must grow tall for producing them, After supplying the roots with water, the leaves should be i day B, TO PRESERVE FLOWERS, Therelis much discussion at present as to how flowers ean be best preserved to send to far away people. When it is souvenirs there much chagrin that the perfumed beauties arrive in amashed, dilapidated and discolored condition jective point. ‘L'his can easily be recti- is surface. Another of the bottom board, as more width is cutting all the pieces true, so as to en- sure a close, square fit. Some holes, as mentioned last week, can be made moist cotton. buds flowers as at the be keep flowers brightly that cut flowers wry to sprinkle with deeply in mois- Pa a light aye r voyage the and To 18, it 1s only necess ture, and, if nece of cotton over them. "lowers can be made to last a long time if carefully watched, but they require the delicatg nurture of an experienced lover of St. Louis Globe-Democratl., -— FARM NOTES, REAry, blooms. THERE material that can be nure heap with advantage, and during the warm days of summer the materials very quickly decompose, Weeds can on which an inch or two of dryish horse- manure may be beaten down firmly. Yellowish fibrous loam is the best kind of and =a peck, or what may be SO. managed heap will The most important to have requisite with ma- is it as fine as possible, with a little decayed manure or lea mould intermixed. It should be press- ed down, but not made so hard that the f- firmer it is, subject to this simple con- dition. the better. The plants may be arranged in the box closely, or they just touch each other, sinking the roots. without taking the from them. half an inch deeper than they were in the pots; and when all is finish- 1 the surface of soil shot be half an inch from the top of the This space 1s requisite for the yal of watering effectively, and mav be filled up with water the earth gets distinctly dry on the sur- ace, 1 giving any so long as mains wet. It is most important that the soil in the pots be moist when the plants are turned out of them, but n wet indeed, and that in the i1ld be in the same damp condition. he roots are in dry soil when plant- d. good growth and flowers cannot be expected, and it will be a mere matter { f chance if they are produce d It 1 surprising what a number of button- hole flowers can be cut from a well-managed box of Pinks and Carna- 3. The former are the first to open, may be planted close to the mades others more In the centre to con- ue the supply. As the stems pus hey must be carefully secured to smal neat stakes made firm in the soil. When the flowers are over, the stems should we cut down, and the neat, bluish-green rowths will have an agreeable appear- nee. If a few bulbs of Gladiolus are planted two inches deep between the Carnations about the middle of May, they will push up spikes for flowering towards the autumno. More will be said about these beautiful and easily-grown plants. sO a the 11d the uid 4 a8 often as rot it re- Yery } JAPANESE SPIREAS. These dwarf plants with glossy leaves and white feathery plume-like flower- The used for bedding will be if cut for that pur- pose, and will also more readily act as in the manure heap. It must not be overlooked that the liquids he solids, and straw serviceable he ik ¥ + |S OF I retaining the liquids absorbent materials, Even v dirt has been found a valuable sub- stance in the manure heap when used absotbent, and as the liquids hasten decomposition they increase the value of i the best mode 1186 85 an a serve to largely the solid FECT LIME AND ASHES, are composed largely of lime and itain small proportions of pl 1 other mineral matter, their compo- ion depending on the Kind of wood 1 they were procured, Their ) t ws OF wsphates Yaiue Sy the in, Le is due to the potash they mly serving as available plant-food but also assisting to render available many other sub- stances in the soil that are insoluble, It is the chemical action induced by lime and ashes that enables them to improve ti in many ways other than that of simply adding lime and potash as plant food. No soil is fitted to pre perfect plants unless it contains all the plant fool necessary for of the objects potash not « ie soil witu © 11 tha ¢ elements of + Fer 1B rae the fulfillment of the plants, but soils may abound largely in plant food that cannot be appropriated y crops. It is this inert, unavailable plant food that is attacked by lime and ashes, its parts torn asungler by chemical action, and new compounds formed that are entirely unlike the original substances, The action of lime on plants and soils varies according to the character of the soils. 1t makes heavy soils lighter and light soils heavier, and a greater proportion of organic and mineral matter is annually delivered to the crops as food. Ashes serveas plant food to a greater extent, and its effects most admired of room and greenhouse Jlants in spring and early summer, Many are flowering now, and still more, perhaps, have ceased. What is best to ASSISTING gire to know. Those still flowering can- not have too much water. The pots may stand in it constantly in the sau- cers: or, at least, as soon as it vanishes more should be poured on the soil to pass through. Plants which have plant food, the farmer can secure better ashes by growing plowed under, some crop to in the garden, or, failing such l be stood in sancers in any shaded place outdoors, watering them as before, Clear soot-water is good for them, and is easily made by tying a handful of soot in a piece of old muslin, or any- thing of that kind, and suspending in water for a day or two, giving the bag a squeeze occasionally, and the virtues of the soot will be extracted and sus- pended in the water. The plants will not be so good next year as this, prob- ably; still, with good attention, will produce a number of their elegant spikes. * % & CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Such good care is taken of these plants that they may still be seen in some room windows and greenhouses These are the worst of places for them now; the best is an open, sunny posi- tion outdoors, where worms cannot en- ter the pots through the drainage. If the stems are growing too tall the may be taken off, and fresh shoots will push lower down. The present is a good time for amateurs to purchase young Janis, which they desire to keep dwarf for their windows. If they are in small pots they should be transfer red to others, three inches wider, using good loam with a fifth part of crumble manure and half that Juamity of sand, pressing this mixture firmly round the roots, and not quite filling the pots. The soil in the small must be moist when the work is done, and that which is used shquld be damp enough chemical action, Every crop grown de- from the atmosphere, either through the soil, which is stored up in the plants, to be again subjected to the in- fluence of lime and ashes, sown in the row, with rows four feet apart, 80 as to cultivate it. Do not cut the fodder until the ears begin to glaze, when it may be put in a silo, or cut down, cured and stored in the barn. Such fodder should never be stocked in the fields, as its quality will be injured by exposure to the sun and rains, The value of fodder is greatly influenced by the period of growth at which it is cut. If cut too soon it will contain a large proportion of water, and if cut too late it will lose its succulency. Experi. ments indicate that the proper time is when the ears are in the ‘milky stage’’ and just beginning to glaze, Loxpox PurrLe.~According to Prof. Cook of the Michigan Agricul. tural College (who cultivates a farm of his own), London purple is the best for spraying fruit trees, and one pound to 100 gallons of water is the greatest strength advisable for the first spraying. Where a second spraying is necessary, as may be p especially if the crop is light, it should not be stronger than one pound to 150 gallons, and even weaker for a third application, Unless washed off by heavy rain one thorough spraying is usually enough, ’ HOUSEHOLD, Tune sexsinLe HOUSEKEEPER OF ne Furure.~1 wish that it were in my power to persuade. young girls who wonder what they shall do to earn their Hving, that it 1s really better to choose some business that is in the line cf 2 woman’s natural work, There is a great repugnance at the thought of be- ing a servant, buta girl is no less a ser- vant to the man who owns the shop where she stands all day behind the counter, than she is where she waits upon the table or cooks the dinner in a pleasant house; and to my mind there would not be a moment's question be- tween the two ways of going out to ser- The wages are better, the free- they are in the other, If, instead of the sham service that is given by ignorant, and really overpaid servants to-day, sen- sible New England girls who are anx- fous to be taking care of themselves and earning good wages, would fit them- wiy they found available, they would would be employers, valued immensely by When one realizes houses, and It is because AlWwaAvs at 1 ready to seize the chances, work has been almost carelessly i badly done such 80 and it has 4 have taken such low rank. 3 takes the trouble to fit herself properly. women trust to being finding out their duties after sume such positions—not before, — Orne Jewett in Congregationalsst, taught ti As —— L.opsTER NEWBURG.—Cut the meat small pleces, When hot add the lobster, per, two tablespoonfuls sherry, and two of brandy, and a slight grating of nu meg: then add one cup cream and the beaten yolks of four eggs. Stir until it tl slightly. with 4 i- hickened Nerve Woints, The lobster is sometimes served whole, and is known as lobster souffle with sauce a la Newburg. It is nicer, how- ever, if cut up. First take off the the large ones, In the head of the the “lady,” so called. Put the thumb on he part that seems to have been made Press down firmly. the good v'" will be left standing up. row away the *‘lady’ and take lungs. Break the bones of the tail and take meat. The bones may be brok- en with the finger and thumb or w hammer, Of course you make it very out the brandy and it a peculiar iv liked. In place of toast pdints, points paste of chopped paste may be 1 The points are arranged around les of the dish and the lobster pour into-the centre, It has a pretty appearance, and tastes il as it looks, claws, then Snail lobster is * t i forir it al) ik out neat and the out + the $ + ¥ out the she rive Ht? eral shut taste sides i WW - orLED CocoaxvTt Ct sund of f sweet To ALLOW A STARD, grated cocoanut milk. and six ounces of sugar; beat very light the volks 1 of six eggs, stir them gradually into § Ta Iw fife i ¥ put the mixture in a vessel of boiling hot coals and summer ry smooth and thick, stirrin As As it comes take t! SOON it off ¢ fire, px . and set it to co put it into custard cups, froth the whites of the eggs tis ft, and pile it on the custards; spi over each a little powdered sugar. APPLE SNOW.— Bake six good apples In a covered dish, with water in the bottom to prevent their burning, until they are so tender a straw can pierce them: take off the skins, scrape out the pulp, mix with two secant) cups of sugar and the juice and half the grated peel of one lemon; beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth ida @ make a custard of the yolks of the eggs, a generous pint of milk and a half cup of sugar, when the custard is cold put it snow over it, - - ples, being careful not to break them, thick; put a small piece of lemon peel Take out the A new principle in steam packing, recently brought to notice, 18 claimed to meet the difficulties hitherto experi. enced in other methods, It consists in the employment of a common eccen- tric ring hooked together by a clamp, which forms a part of the ring itself, and this hook clamp limits the expan- sion of the ring and changes the whole principle of its action. The rings are cast heavy, rough turned, very much larger than the cylinder, a piece cut out, sprung together and fitted with the hook clamp or shoes, left slightly larger than the cylinder, and then returned to a tight fit; the rings can compress to a limited extent, but cannot expand, In use, when the engine is first started, and the hot piston moves to the cool end of the cylinder, the rings compress and allow it to go free, but, when both eyl- inder and piston get up to workin temperature, the rings just ft an work without any pressure and very little tendency to wear; filing out the hooks compensates for wear when it has taken place. The hook clamp Is made longer at one end than the the object of this being to break when two rings are * joints place through the gaps. A traveling electric ight has been used in Germany with much success, The arrangement is a very simple one, A dynamo, with an engine to drive it, is mounted on a wagon, something like a steam fire engine, containing boller, fuel box and water tank, complete for a night's service, A supply of wire and a number of poles, corresponding to the number of arc lights required, are added to the equipment, which is then drawn by a pair of horses to any de- sired place. On arriving there the poles are set up where required, and driven into the ground; then hung to them and properly cob- nected, and the engine is set in motion, The lights immediately kindle, and from one to fifty lamps can be operated, according to the power of the machine, As the lamps can be suspended any- where and are not affected by wind or rain, to contractols and others who carry on night work is apparent, eileen Professor Edward S. Holden, of California, gives the following infor- mation about the comet discovered there June 23d: “*Mr. Lueschner, student in the Lick Observatory, | computed tbe orbit of the comet, finds that this faint come! was already past {18 perihelion when it { ered. It was nearest to tl 20th, | on June 234 be taken as 100, its bright- ness on Jupe 29th { 12th it will have LW 16 sun on June Cp Wiis | OnLy be 76: so that this { become visible to the naked eye. On June 239d the come! was 101,000,000 miles from the sun and at the same | distance from the earth, On July 12 its distance from the had | increased to YM7.000.000 miles, and | from the earth 114,000,000, positions were: July 7, miputes north; declination, {11 minutes, July 11, R. A. 2 hours 43 minutes declination, 46 de- porth; grees 27 minutes. The cometis wo faint sun i ’ i I i to {Its whole history is given above, 1 { learn by telegraph from Cambridge, Mass,, that the comet had not been seen at all in the East up to June 30, on account of cloudy weather, whereas we have been able to observe it regu- larly here owing to unbroken good weather.” essa lia— One of the most ments In modern | electric mountain recently engineering railway i i } A test has been wade in St, Louis of using fine brick for paving purposes, The test was made In the busiest streets, A committee of engineers and others have just reported that ‘‘fire bricks show all the endurance of gran- ite, and that they make a smoother, cleaner, and less noisy streel, and are more easily repaired and give a better foothold to horses; that neither frost nor fire affects them, and that they can be used at less than half the cost of granite, ”’ ati malin ott A human skull, singularly like the famous Neanderthal skull which so engrossed te attention of archwolo- gists and ethnologists a few years ago, has recently been exhumed from a clay deposit near Podbaba, in the neighbor- hood of Prague, Bohemia, It is nota- bile for the great flatness of the fore- head, the thickened eyebrows, and a remarkably small facial angle, appar- skull above mentioned. tusk was obtained locality, A mammoth’s from the same tt Foreed to Leave Home, Over 600 people were forced to leave their bomes yesterday to call for a free trial pack- Medicive, If your order, if you are constipated and have head. ache and an unsightly complexion, don’t | to call on any druggist to-day for a free The ladies large-size sample of this grand remedy. 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