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436 latch, I prefer that which swings and falls like a pendulum into a mortise in the post This gate was designed for me two years ago by the moth er of invention, and would not be exchanged for any yet exhibited. We make all gates, small and large on this pattern. “ Acorn” has most of the points. As we make it, we claim that it is the cheapest. BLOW GO. Port Gibson, Miss. Fastening for Farm Gates.— Our corres pondent W. J. 8., writing from the Michigan Agricultural College, tells how they fasten farm gates there : “ They use a piece off inch round iron bent into tlio form of a letter U. The bot tom of the letter turns square corners and the arms are far enough apart and long enough to reach by the gate and hold it closed. This is se cured by a couple of stout bolts in a notch cut into the post. Turn up the U against the post and the gate can come open ; drop it and all is more secure than when held by old wooden pins. It is simple, cheap, durable and handy.— Prairie Farmer. COM FLATTER, fco, “ Can you or any of your subscribers tell us anything about a good corn planter? Do you know Stoddard’s, and what do you think of it ? 1 was worried out, disgusted, with my laborers dropping corn this year. They were hardly able to walk over the soft ground, dropping from 1 to 1± acres per day, and very badly doiie. If I can’t do better, I shall sow with my Dow Law, as I did my peas, and cut out with sweeps on Thill, or sweeps on Sulky cultivator. There is but little use about here, to try to do anything that can’t be accomplished with mule and ma chine. It is pretty near as much as can be ex pected of the laborer to guide his mule , and not many will do even that.—lt., Grahamville, S. C.” $ oditulf ural § cprtmmt. For the Southern Cultivator. THE FLOWER GARDES. Transplanting can be successfully done this month, before the ground becomes frozen. If there are any roses to l>c planted out, dig the holes for them 2 feet square and 1| deep. Place all the surface soil to itself, go that it can be used in planting; the poor sub-sdß remove out SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR of the way, as it must not be used for putting around the plants. In the bottom of the holes put about Cinches of good rich earth, mixed with well rotted manure. In digging up bushes and roses, care should be taken to injure the roots as little as possible. Set in the hole deep enough to cover the steins just a little deeper than they originally grew ; throw in carefully among the roots the surface soil, miied with ma nure. TVlien the hole is nearly filled up, pour on water through the rose of the watering pot, so that the earth will be washed in well among the roots —giving the plant a little shake from time to time* to settle the esrth. Fill up well, and pack tight about the plant. Put around the plant a good mulching of cow T -pen qjftnure, to prevent the ground freezing. Roses should have the most of the present year’s growth cut off be fore being planted out. Evergreens can also be planted out this month. There are a number of our native ones that arc highly ornamental to the fknver garden and yard. The Gordonia Lasianthus, commonly called the Loblolly Bay, is one of the handsomest among them. It grows in great abundance along the sea-coast, but strange to say, is rarely seen out of its native w r oods. It grows from 40 to 50 feet in thick woods, but when not crow T ded, attains less height, spreads more, and forms a wider top.— Its foliage is dark green, and in the summer it is profusely covered with white flowers inch es in diameter, with their centres filled with anthere. A tree begins to bloom when from five to six feet high. The Magnolia Gran diflora is so highly esteemed, that it is seen around almost every home, where ornamental shrubbery is appreciated; also the Ilolly, the native Olive, Casina, &c. All of these can be put out this month with much better success than when planted later in the season. The Magnolia family is very attractive and de sirable, as the flowers of most of them are very fragrant. The Magnolia Glauca, which is a na li¥e in our woods, is a handsome tree, with leaves light green on the top and silvery under neath, and the flow'ers, although not attractive in appearance, are exceedingly fragrant. Some of the foreign members of this family, are now in common use in our gardens, and the delightful fragrance of their flowers makes them much sought after. Chief among them, is the Magnolia Fuscata, generally called Banana Shrul|. It grows in fine pyramidal forth, from