Tulip Sport

A neighbor of mine has in blossom a tulip bulb which has on the one stalk, which proceeds from the crown of the bulb, four distinct and well formed double blossoms. The stem is a unit for about four inches from the bulb, after which it divides into four parts, as is common in lilium and is provided with leaves at regular intervals; it is tipped with four perfect double tulips of fine coloring. Is there any possibility of this freak being propagated, by seeds or dividing the bulblets ? If so, it would prove a decided novelty in the way of spring flowers. - Edward W. Leaming, N.Y.

[Your curious sport could probably not be propagated. It is exceedingly interesting as a matter of plant variation. - Ed].

Two Early Chrysanthemums

In the gardens of Messrs. Ried & Bornemann, of Sydenham, London, two chrysanthemums have bloomed remarkably early during the past spring. The varieties are Grace Attick and Golden Shah. The former bloomed even in April, although the usual time for these flowers is two or three months later. Both varieties are beautiful and in every respect worthy of cultivation. - Gartenflora.

Two Good Plants

Delphinium formosum and Artemisia stellaris as arranged in large clumps, alternately, in a row 40 feet long, the latter five feet tall, are splendid in their colors of "purple and gold" and make a grand display of contrasting and concordant loveliness. - S. J. Hutchinson, M. D., Michigan.

Un-Dug Potatoes In California

The protracted rains of last fall prevented the digging of potatoes in many parts of California, and this spring the fields are coming up strongly with a self-planted crop. The farmers are caring for these fields in the usual manner. California promises to compete sharply in a few years with the early potato crop of the Bermudas and the South.

Unfermented Grape Juice

Cook the grapes, strain the liquid, sweeten and boil a few minutes. Seal in airtight cans ; if this is well done the juice will not ferment. If mixed with a little water it makes an excellent tonic for the stomach.

United States Agricultural Appropriations

The total sum given from the public funds for the support of agricultural experiment stations for the year 1890 is $725,000. This is about equivalent to a tax of 1% cents per capita on the population of the United States.

Use For Beans

Cheese made from beans is largely used in China. For fertility of expedient the almond-eyed Celestial can double discount the most ingenious Yankee. While such cheese would not seem to be very palatable or nutritious, yet it is said to be quite salable and profitable to the manufacturers. Introducing it into the English market is talked of. Owing to its low price it will probably encroach to some extent upon the product of the old reliable cow. Poor people will buy anything cheap that is good to eat. Their pecuniary condition compels them to do so, so this substitute will probably find a large sale. At all events it is extracted from a harmless substance. No one that we know of has ever died from the milk of a bean. Let our English cousins thoroughly test it, and if it doesn't make them sick, we will try it. Now let the American cow prepare to meet close cut-rate competition. - N. Y.

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