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THE LAR3EST YIELD OF HAY OH RECORD. There is an admirably managed experimental farm in Ireland, called the Glass.ncoin Farm, the managers of which report the production of thirty-five toDs of hay from an acre, as follows: First cutting, April 14th, six and three-quarter tons of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds each. Second cutting, June 4th, nine and a half tons; third cutting, July 19th, seven and three-quarter tons; fourth cut ting, seven anS a half tons; fifth and last cut ting, Nov. 22nd, six and three-quarter tons— giving a total of thirty-eight and a quarter tons of cured hay, not grass. The plant grown was the Italian rye grass, and the meadow received ten thousand gallons ofliquid manure immediately after each cutting, distributed through pipes by steam power. Cut early, the Italian rye grass exceeds all other European grasses for quantity of forage that may be grown on an acre of ground. — 111 ■ GINSENG. This is an indigenous plant of the North-west, particularly in Minnesota, which is second only to opium in the estimation of the people of Chi na. The demand for the root of the plant for exportation far exceeds the supply, and ginseng is likely to form a new staple in American ag riculture. Its culture would be easy and simple, and the Chinose can have enough to pay for all the tea we consume. The exchange would be profitable alike to our commerce and domestic industry. Dry ginseng is usually worth from twenty-five to thirty cents per pound. —MW -*«*- [Written fur the Southern Field and Fireside.] AN EXPERIMENT WORTHY OP REPETITION IN BTOPPING THE ROT IN GRAPES Dr. Lee : 1 have three or four vines that were very full of grapes, which were half grown the first of June, when I noticed that they were rotting very rapidly, and the grapes were all rotten, or rotting, in some of the bunches. I set about looking for the cause, that I might to apply some remedy. I noticed that all the grapes that were rotting looked like they had very small punctures in the centre of where the rot had commenced. I next noticed in turning j up the leaves, that there were hundreds of small white flies, not so large as a mosquito ; so I con cluded that it was these small insects thht caused the rot; and I prepared about twenty sulphur matches, and waited till after sun-down, when I placed the matches under the vines, set fire to them, and left them to burn out. I examined next day, and found no insects, and no more newly punctured grapes. From that day to this the rot has entirely ceased, and the insects have disappeared. I hope others will try the experiment and publish the results, so that if I have discovered the cause and cure of the rot in grapes, I may leave the world with the know ledge that it is a little off for my having lived in it. Will some one, wdio knows, give a cheap, prac ticable recipe for making a bushel or two of grapes into good wine, to the readers of the Field and Fireside l Leroy Patti lux Monroe, Ga., June 20th, 1859. [Written for the Southern Field and Fireside.] PORCELAIN-KAOLIN. Dr. D. Lee: In reading, just now, your high ly interesting and instructive editorial, on “ Southern Manufacture of Porcelain,'' in your issue of the 18th inst.. the thought occurred that, perhaps, it would be well to call your attention to what appeared to me, when I saw it several years ago, a splendid lot of Kaolin, the finest indeed 1 have ever seen. It is in Richmond county, about fourteen miles from Augusta—is from one to two hundred yards, (I'm not sure of the distance,) South, or South-east, of the Rich mond camp-ground. Go to the camp-ground; then take the direct road to Brothersville; go down the hill, to the ford of the little rivulet that rolls in beauty o’er its pebbly bed; cross this stream, and immediately on your left, at the very road side, you may see any quantity of Kaolin, beautiful enough, and, from its appear ance, I suppose pure enough, to excite almost to frenzy any covetous Chinaman, that ever lived. lam glad that a porcelain factory is in pro gress just over in South Carolina, (for I did not know it before,) I call attention to the above, hoping that somebody may go to work at it, for the good of all of us. Very respectfully, Wm. Hauser. Speir’s Tumont, Ga., June 21st, 1859. —— i»i From the Cotton Planter. TO REMOVE ANTS AND CHICKEN MITES. Dr. Cloud — Dear Sir.: Having noticed sev eral receipts in your Cotton Planter for the ex termination of ants, I hero give you ono, which my own experience has proved unfailing: take coffee grounds, aftey have done service for the table, sprinkle them in your safes, cupboards, or around your hearths, and you will have no further trouble with them while they remain. To get rid of chicken mites, where tobacco is grown, scatter the stalks or rubbish of tobacco, or tobacco of any kind, around the fowl roosts, and they will soon disappear. Mrs. E. D. T. South Butler, Ala., 1859. lucerne. Our estimate of the value of this plant is rais ed by our experience of this year. At the t‘ mo of this writing, May 21st, we have nearly complet ed our second cutting. We have not quite an acre in lucerne. Our working stock consists of six horses and mules and four oxen. For the past two months they have eaten no dry fodder or hay, but have been fed on lucerne—cut and thrown to them. An acre of lucerne will feed abundantly, with grain, that number of work animals during the spring, summer and fall, and leave a considerable amount for hay. But the land must be very rich to do this. We urge the cultivation of this plant upon the attention of our readers. The trouble of drilling it and working it is wholly useless, if the ground be properly prepared. A turnip crop well manured, and a large portion of the turnips fed of!’ on the ground to cattle, sheep, or hogs, is the best preparation. Break up as deeply as possible make the ground very line by harrowing—sow in February, and roll in the seed. If the planter will have a few acres of lucerne, he will after wards let the com blades stay on the stalk to increase the weight of the grain. A good two horse mower will cut ten acres of lucerne in a day. The ordinary time of fodder pulling can thus be devotod to the improvement of the farm. Southern Countryman. 3TKK SOTMEKKBJf FIELD AND OTUBSXBD. THE CORK OAK-<QUERCIJS SUBER) The cork-tree has a general resemblance to the broad-leaved kinds of Quercusllex; but when full grown, it forms a much handsomer tree. It is cultivated extensively in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France. The outer bark, the great thickness and elasticity of which is owing to an extraordinary development of the cellular tissue, forms the cork, and is taken from the tree every eight or ten years; there is also an interior bark, which is left on to protect the tree, so that strip ping off the extra bark is so far from injuring the trees, that it is necessary to their continua tion ; for trees that are never barked are said to die at the age of fifty or sixty years. The bark is taken off for the first time when the tree is about fifteen years old ; it soon grows again, and may be re-barked three times, the bark improving every time, till-the tree attains the age of thirty years. After being detached, the sheets or tables are flattened by presenting the convex side to heat, or by pressure. In ei ther case it is Charred on both surfaces to close the transverse jiores, previous to its being sold. The carbonized surface, produced by this char- ( ing, may be seen in bungs and taps; but not in corks, which, being cut in the length way of the . wood, the charring is taken off in the rounding. It was used as sandals by the Greeks; whence our cork-soles. The poor people in Spam lay broad planks of it by their bed-side, to tread on, as we use carpets and rugs. They sometimes line the walls and insides of their stone houses with this bark, which ren ders them warm, and corrects the moisture of the air. Both in Spain and Barbary bee-hives are made of cork, for which it is excellent, be ing a non-conductor of the heat. For this pur pose they roll the bark into a cylinder, five or six feet long. The acorns are sweeter than common acorns, and have been eaten as human food, in cases of scarcity. Hogs eat them greedily, and get rap idly lilt on them, while they produce a firm and very savory lard. The Spaniards eat the acorns roasted. It grows readily wherever the Live Oak (Quercus virens) will grow, and much more rapidly. It forms a very handsome ever green tree, twenty to thirty feet high and is quite ornamental. It is excellently adapted to the climate of the Southern States.— Cotton Planter. Prf.sext of Wild Animals and Horses to Her Majesty by the Emperor of Morocco. — The Himalaya arrived at Portsmouth on Satur day, with the presents of horses and wild ani mals, sent from the Emperor of Morocco to Her Majesty, consist ing of one lion, one leopard, six ostriches, ono gazelle, six horses, two mares, and an animal called by the Moorish attendants “irwy,” but which, in appearance, much re sembles the mountain sheep of California, know n by the trapper name of “ bighorn.” The horses and animals have como to England in charge of four Moors, who form no slight attraction, dress ed in their Moorish costume. The somewhat unusual spectacle of a “lion hunt” took place on board on the 2d inst. One of the Moors was engaged in feeding the lion through a door which opened for that purpose in a part of his cage or den, when, with a sudden spring, the animal dashed through the opening on to the steamer’s main deck, which, as may be imag ined, was soon “cleared.” The hatchways were at once closed, and measures promptly taken by Commander Secombe to secure the animal as speedily as possible. For this pur pose, the Commander, with the senior Lieutenaut, Boatswain, Sergeant of Marines, and two men, descended to the main deck, taking wijh them the end of a s(out line; this was riveu through a ringbolt in the deck, and a running noose form ed with the end. After some considerable ma noeuvering, the noose was thrown over the lion's head, the word given to the hands on deck, who ran away with the other end of the line, and the lion was pinned down to the ringbolt iu the deck. His legs were immediately secured, and he was dragged back to his den in safety. The animals will be landed at the sheer jetty, Ports mouth dockyard, this morning. Mark Lane (London ) Express. How to Prevent Blindness in Horses.— The Scientific. American says that blindness is very common among horses in cities, and attrib utes it to confinement in dark stables, and shad ing their eyes with harness blinders. Upon these premises it argues that the first should bo abolished, and that all stables should be dry, roomy structures, provided with windows to af ford abundant light, and should be frequently whitewashed. The horse is a native of dry, sunny regions, and requires to be kept dry and warm in order to attain the greatest perfection. Close and oonfined stables, just like those which are so common, are the frequent cause of that violent disease called the glanders. A few years since great ravages were committed among the cavalry horses of France by this disease, but it is now almost unknown in that country. This result has been brought about by simply making larger stables, doubling the size of stalls, and securing good ventilation. Iu proportion to their bulk, horses need more fresh air than men, in order to perform the functions of respiration ; yet they are commonly cooped up iu narrow stalls, The Coal Field of the United States. — Professor Rogers has furnished his long expect ed work on the United States and England. The English reviewers appear a little astonished at tho immense coal fields of the United States, be side which their own are diminutive. The coal fields of Great Britain are in extent about five thousand four hundred square miles. Those of the United States are one hundred and ninety six thousand eight hundred and fifty square miles. While the amount of workable coal in Great Britain is put down at ono hundred and ninety thousand million tons, that of North America is set down at four billions, or twen ty-two times greater in amount than the mines of Great Britain. An English paper, comment ing upon these facts, says: “When wc reflect upon what has been achieved by the produce of the coal fields of Great Britain, and then endeav or to anticipate the mining of the vast fields of the United States upon an extensive scale, we are led to forecast a future of almost boundless enterprise for that wonderful country." Mi- ——- Internal Improvement Lands of Florida. — A certified list of fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and nine acres of land in the Newnansville district, approved to the Stato by the Secretary of the Interior, under the provisions of the Bth section of the act of 4th September, 1841, has just been transmitted to the Governor of the State of Florida, by the acting Commissioner of the General Land Office. These lands are selected by the State in part satisfaction of the Internal Improvement grant by Congress of five hundred thousand acres, under the act above mentioned, the proceeds from the sale of which land by the State go to make up the trust fund of the State for Internal Improve ment purposes.— Washington Evening Star. CAKE FROM COTTON S 21D. Kirkwood, St. Louis co., Mo., ) June 13, 1859. j Eds. Co. Gent.: Your issue of June 9th con tains an article on cotton seed as food for cattle, Ac. You do not seem to be aware that the oil cake is made and used n the United States.— Messrs. Wyman and Renick of this city, have a mill for making oil from cotton seed, and manu facture large quantities. Some of the cake is shipped to. England; but a home demand is rapidly springing up which promises to consume it all. They have a patent hulling machine fir cleaning the seed, which operates to admiration. The cleaned seed is then ground; nexttrituated (I think that's the word.) under stone wheels turning by an upright shaft, like a Mexican sil ver ore mill; then steamed; then put in bags and subjected to intense hydraulic pressure.— The cakes are about two feet long by one foot wide, aud two inches thick. In this shape, I believe, they ship them. For tho homo market, Messrs. W. and R. grind up the cake, and put it in sacks—a rough looking meal. Many of the dairymen about this city use it. I am only an amateur farmer, living at Kirkwood, thirteen miles out on the Pacific railroad, and in the city daily at business—so I have not stock enough to try anything on a large scale. But I fed some oil-cake last winter with first-rate results, after die cows got used to it. At first they don't re lish it; but by- mixing it with bran, aud gradual ly dropping off the bran, they are brought to oat it readily enough. If any of your readers want to try this cotton seed oil-cake, address Wyman A Renick, St. Louis.— Country Gentleman. Report of the Charleston Agency of the American Tract Society in South Carolina, Georgia, and Eastern Florida, for the Year ending April 1, 1859.— We acknow ledge the receipt of a copy of this pamphlet, the in troduction to which is as follows : “The laborious and self-denving colporteurs connected with this agency have performed ser vice equal to that of one man for nearly four teen years. They have visited nineteen thou sand four hundred and fifty families, with nine thousand two hundred and ten of wliicli families they have conversed on the subject of religion, and prayed. From these plain, earnest, and affectionate personal conversations on religion, we have reason to believe thaw the Divine Spirit will cause most precious results to follow, in the salvation of souls, and to the enlargement of the Redeemer's kingdom. “ They have sold publications to the amount of five thousand two hundred and three dollars, and have given volumes and tracts to the amount of eleven hundred and ninety dollars, thus cir culating more than six thousand dollars' w-orrh of the evangelical literature issued by the Ameri can Tract Society. More than one-sixth of the volumes circulated have been given to the poor and destitute, and thus the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has been carried to the hitherto “ uncared for” wanderer iu the by paths and wastes of the world. Through this heaven-blessed instrumentality the glad tidings of salvation have been carried to the inmates of the hovels of poverty, and many cottagers have been led to rejoice in the blood-bought redemp tion. They have also addressed seven hundred and forty-eight public meetings. —•» Staining Outside Wood-Work. —We are in debted for the following recipe for staining out side wood-work and the coarser portions of in ternal work, to Uervase English architect, who has recently settled iu o.u ...... try = ... “ Take best resin tar, or pitch, in the propor tion of one gallon to every four gallons of the following : “Turpentine, one and a half gallons, sellac dissolved in alcohol, (in tho proportion o; one pound to ono quart.) two quarts; cold linseed oil, one half gallon ; boiled one half gallon ; beeswax, six pounds ; ox-gall one pound. “ Mix all these together, and add the resin tar first named. Lay it on with a large flat brush. “ This is a very beautiful and richly colored stain. I have seen it frequently used in the timber work of the simple country churches in Kugland. Some persons use a larger projiortion of tar, and for work much exposed to the weath er it would, perhaps, be better to do so.” A Cure foh the Botts in Horses. —Bleed the horse about one quart from the ueck, putting a little salt in the blood, as it runs, and keep it from clodding, and drench the horse with the blood; in about ten or fifteen minutes give him a table-8[)oonful of coperas, dissolved in about a gill of whisky.' The botts will let go, for the blood, and the coperas, and whisky will stun them, so that the horse will pass them off. I have used this remedy for more than twenty years, and it never failed to cure; and some of the horses that I gave it to were about as bad, apparently, as they could be. This may save you a flue horse some day. A. B. The above remedy is sent us by one of our subscribers from Tuseumbia, Ala., and, we doubt not, but it is a good remedy. It is certainly worthy of a trial.—Ed. A Large Bear —Our fellow townsman, James H. Hill, Esq., killed on Tuesday last in the Po coson, three miles West of this city, one of the largest bears we remember to have ever seen. He had a fine chase with ten hounds after it for thirty minutes. His bearship measures six feet and three inches, while one of his feet was eight inches in the clear. We are confident that had it been fat it -woutd have weighed six hun dred pounds. Truly is the Judge and his hounds a terror to this species of wild animals. Albany (Ga.) Patriot. A Good Ox.—The last of February, Mr. T. W. Field, of Northfleld. Conu., slaughtered an ox that weighed, alive, thirty-three hundred pounds. The four quarters weighed two thousand pounds, hide and tallow four hundred and nine pounds: total, two thousand four hundred and nine pounds. We think th : s animal wintered we L Guess Mr. Field looks after his stock during the cold weather. To take Ink-Stains from Books. —Procure a little oxalic acid, which dissolve in a small quan tity of warm water, then slightly wet the stain with it, when it will disappear, leaving the text uninjured. French Honey. —One pound of white sugar; six eggs, leaving out the whites of two; the juif-o of thiee or four lemons, and the grated rind of two, aud a quarter of a pound ot butter. Stir over a slow tire until it is about tho consis tency of honey.— Germantown Tcleyaph. —-*•- To Pur a Candle Out Without an Extin guisher—Hold your hand directly over it, and give a smart puff. If tiie wiek is not so long as to need snuffing, it will do it “sure,” with very little smoke. Try it on a lamp—l never have. W. THE CUBAN COOLIE TRADE. Havana, May 29.—The French ship Alexan der Balli, terrand, arrived at this port on the 27th from Macao aud St. Helena, after a voyage of one hundred aud twenty-eight days, having on board three hundred and ninety-eight coolies for Cuba service under eight year contracts. The number of coolies shipped for Havana from the Asiatic ports, according to the record I have kept since the beginning of the enterprise, now amounts to forty-live thousand three hundred aud eighty-two. of which thirty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty-seven, have been delivered alive, and six thousand nine hundred and thirty live died on the passage. The trade is now pretty generally distributed between England, the United States, Spain, France, Holland, Bre men, Norway, Chili, and Peru, but not by any means equally. England has been from- the beginning, and is still, by far the most enterpris ing and extensive shipper. Her citizens, located here, were among the earliest contractors, and for mauy years monopolized the trade. Having made their fortunes, however, many of them have retired from the field, and ato a fortunate time, as thereby they avoid the obligation to return the emigrants, “after eight years service, free of expense, to the ports from whence they were shipped," as was stipulated in their con tracts. These forty-five thousand three hundred and eighty-two emigrants were shipped hero in one hundred and six vessels, of which thirty-six were British, seventeen American, fourteen Dutch, thirteen Spanish, twelve French, and tho rest divided among the flags mentioned. The moral aud |iolitical evil of this abnormal immigration into the island is already beginning to be apparent, not only in their own insubor dination. but in that of the Africa race with which they come in contact. But what is to be done is not so clear. There does not seem to be any way of securing the return of the Asiatics, un less tho government should do it at its own ex pense. It is not likely, indeed, that over twenty or twenty-five per cent, of those brought here eight years since, could be found to-day; but, with constantly increasing importation, thercin naut will soon become a dangerous element in our social organization. As to the treatment of the coolies on our es tates, it is said to be kind; indeed, the law ex pressly forbids any cruel punishment being in flicted upon them. But their tenure of life is very frail. Debilitated by the long and immode rate use of opium, their constitutions break down on the first exposure, and render them peculiarly liable to any epidemic that may be prevailing.— The opium is brought in small quantities, the better to evade the revenue laws, and distributed by Chinese agents of the European speculators. But the evil does not stop with the demoraliza tion of the coolie. The African race quickly learn the use and become the slave of their en ervating narcotic, the evil effect of which is already daily seen on every plantation where tho two races have been domesticated together. N. O. Picayune. The coolie trade, driven from this port, where it would tie controlled, leaving even Macao where its worst abuses are checked, is now re appearing in the Canton river in its most hate ful form. Cases pf kidnapping are we had almost said, of daily occurronee, and the commerce is assuming the character of a veritable slave trade. We hear that two or. three days ago, two of the brokers convicted of being engaged in this ne farious traffic were sized by the Chinese and justly, though perhaps somewhat barbarously, exposed to the revenge of those in wiiose “«• gh borhood their crimes had been perpetrated. It is a pity that the law cannot strike not merely at the Chinese but also at the European partici pators in those enormities. While we arc on this subject, we may remark that complaints of Chinamen, especially young fishermen, being kidnapped from their boats, are becoming very numerous.— Forth China Herald, April 2. i«> -a—- DISEASES AMTN3 CATTLE. Upon the practice of taring the horns, cutting off the tails, aud similar remedies for diseased animals, Dr. G. H. Dadd, veterinary surgeon, Boston, Mass., thus writes to the Valley Farmer: “ I wonder that intelligent men, Christians, and men who have been, for mauy years, the owners of high priced and rare specimens of what we are pleased to term the inferior orders of creation, should so far disregard the feelings and claims which the latter have on them, as io permit the barbarities of by-gone days to lie enacted over again, for no earthly use than to harass and torment a sick, and perhaps dying, animal. For every intelligent man must lie aware that cattle are as susceptible to pain as ourselves, and that the introduction of a spike gimhlet, at the base of the horn, low down, must put the animal to an immense amount of tor ment; for in the region indicated, the parts are highly organized and very sensitive. It gives ine pleasure to find that you have a heart to feel' for these much abused specimens of creative power, and also, that you have the manliness to denounce the practice of cruelty to animals, al though it attempts to shield itself under the garb of science, but you and your readers may rest assured that all educated veterinary surgeons consider the practice of boring cow’s horns and cutting off tin ir tales both cruel and unneces-, sarv. Some of your readers may ask. How are we. who have not studied iirCo the matter, to kno v that such operations are cru l and unneo-s --saryt I answer, appeal to your own intelli gence; would you suffer an ignorant pretender, or a neighbor, having no more experience in the treatment of disease than yourself, to send a gimlet into the frontal siuuses of your sick friend, wile, or child, for no other reason than that the region of the same was hot aud feverish ? Where is the man who would stand by and wit ness such an outrageous procedure? Some per sons may contend that animals recover after such operations have been performed. Grant ed. but that is no proof of the efficacy of the same; the recuperative powers of the system are often strong enough to hear the animal safely through the disease and the wretched treatment.” —wato- Louisiana Wheat. — N >rth Louisiana is d siined to become famous for the production of wheat. Wheat r used iu Claiborne parish was the first iu market in St. Louis last year, and was pronounced to he of the best quality, and commanded the best price. The prospect of the crop this year, says the Clailioriio Gazette, is very good. The wheat fields are nearly ready for the harvest, which promises to be a superior one, both in quantity and quality. X O. Bulletin. ——- > « > Sheer Killed. —We understand that eighty three sheep, were killed bv lightning, one day last week, about eight miles West of Huntsville, belonging to Messrs. J. B. Turner aud S. J. Siianklin. The sh i p were under a poplar tee, which the lightning struck. HutstiUe (Ala.) Advertiser. HORTICULTURAL. WM. ». WHITE, Editor. SATURDAY JUDY 2, 1869. • HORTICULTURAL. Communications for this department aro re spectfully solicited. Address them to the editor, at Athens, Ga. Horticultural exchanges will please direct to the same address. BOOK NOTICES. Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature, by M. Schele dk \ RRF.. of the University of Virginia. New York ; A. O. Moore A Co. 75 cents. A series of Essays, on various topics of Na tural Sciences, which appeared some years since in Putman's Magazine, and were afterwards re published in book form. They aro interesting, and if in some few passages the stylo is a little turgid the author more often is really eloquent, and the book, as a whole, is a good one, of which we are glad to see new editions continue to be called for. — LAYERING. The old mode of layering by cutting a notch on the underside of the shoot is an operation re quiring to be done with groat caution, or in the majority of cases the shoot will break, and the time of the operator and the layer itself is lost. We find a new and much better method de scribed in the last Gardener’s Monthly as follows: The tongue is cut in the upper surface of the layer. On bending down into the soil the tonguo is twisted on one side, and the young shoot, intended to form the future plant, may then be be lifted up and bent towards the parent as rapidly as one pleases, without any danger of snapping off. In the old mode a chip is placed between the tongue and the layer, to keep the slit open; but in this the twisting of the tongue aside separates it from the old cut. In this way very green and strong shoots can bo operated on, Magnolias, for instance, in June; and plants be got well rooted by fall, instead of waiting for the wood to ripen in August, when we have to wait another year before our layer is sufficiently rooted to be taken from its parent. ARRANGEMENTS OF FLOWER-BEDS. Mr. Chevreul has demonstrated, in an inge nious essay upon the subject, that the contrast of colors is of the greatest consequence, whether for good or for evil and that, if to dress a bru nette in sky-blue makes her sallow, or a blonde in orange makes her ghastly, or a flesh colored girl in white makes her red, so, to place discordant colors near each other, produces just as disagreeable effects, though not quite so person d, in a bed of flowers. Wo shall not, just now, fatigue our readers with the philoso phy < 'this matter, for which we refer them to Carson, nud other divinities of the toilet; it will be suffic.ent to point out what the gardening result* »re to which Mr. Chcvreul’s inquiries have led. He says, that what are called com plimentary colors always suit each other. Now, the complimentary color of red is green: of orange, sky-blue, of yellow, violet; of indigo, orauge yellow: and, consequently, blue and orange colored flowers, harmonize with their own green leaves. White suits blues and oranges, and, better still, reds and roses; but it tarnishes yellow and violets. In all eases, how ever, where colors do not agree, the placing white between them restores the effect. The following combinations are also said to be good, orange yellow with pale blue, greenish yellow with deep rose, deep red with deep blue, and orange with violet; white suiting all these com binations more or less. On the contrary, we should always separate rose from scarlet or orange, orauge from yellow, yellow from yellow green, blue from violet blue; and even red from orange, rose from violet, and blue from vio let. Applying these conclusions to the dahlia, which is now about to be planted out, the follow ing arrangement of colors is recommended. In lines, the following succession, viz.: white, red dish scarlet, white, rose lilac, yellow, violet or purple, orange, white, red scarlet, deep purple, rose lilac, white, yellow, violet or purple, orange, white, Ac. To produce the best effect in patches of seven arranged together thus: 0 O 0 0 Owe may have 0 0 1, six orange, with a purplo or violet centre; 2, six purple or violet, with yellow centre; 3, six yellow, with a purple or violet centre; 4, six scarlets, with a white centre; 5, six whites, with a scarlet centre. 6, six rose, with a white centre, 7, six blackish green purnle, with an orange centre. The seven patches forming a straight border, may then be repeated in an in verted order, which would give thirteen patches, I and there should be a pntch of seven whites at each end. If the border is circular, without any central point of view, the foregoing arrange ment should be related ad infinitum, without inverting the order of the seventh patch. Another advantageous disposition would bo the following: White. Pink. White. Orange. Violet. Yel. 0 O 0 0 0 0 Pink. Yel. Whi. Or. Vio. Whi. Yel. Whi. Vio. 0 000 0 0000 White. Rose. White. Orange. Violet Yel. 0 0 0 O 0 0 Scarlet. White. 81. purple. White. 0 0 0 0 White. Yellow. Scarlet. White. Pink. 81. purp. 0 0 O 0 O O Scarlet. White. 81. purple. White. O O 0 0 In this arrangement, violet may be substituted for purple. These ate points that richly deserve tho consideration of those who are now about to plant out beds of verbenas, pelargoniums, and other tender annuals, for they will be found to effect essentially the display of agreeable colors. It may be difficult to apply them at first, but the attempt should be made at once, and such notes prepared during the flowering sea i son, as will enable the principles to be carried out another year. In addressing and adjusting the stands of flowers in a florist's exhibition, tho harmonious contrast of color can always be kept in view, and the importance of attending to the effect of complimentry colors observed advantageously. The ground color of such stands should be most especially consulted; and it should be remembered that the nearer col >rs are brought together, the more decided s their mutual effect — Gardener's Chronicle. 47