Remedy For Vine Mildew

The Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Bouches on the Rhine says that in cases of vine disease - mildew we suppose - where sulphur was ineffectual the following was quite effective : "He therefore mixed five hundred grammes of sulphur sublimate with two hundred and fifty grammes of burnt lime, and two hundred and fifty grammes of carbonate of sulphur, applying the mixture as far as possible to the under side of the leaf".

Winter Nelis Pear

This variety does not prove a profitable pear generally in California, and some orchardists are grafting their trees with Beurre Clairgeau.

Pickled Indian Corn

"Mrs. E. J. D.," Nicholasville, Ky., writes : " Hundreds of small ears of Indian corn are given a 'vinegar bath' each year in this region. The ears are pulled for this purpose when about two or three inches long, exclusive of the husk. If you are fond of pickles I would advise you to try Indian corn this summer".

Planting New Forests

At the meeting of the New York Horticultural Society, Mr. Barry took sides against so much public effort to preserve the old forests and said : "I believe with Mr. Meehan of the Gardeners' Monthly, that the right thing to do for both State societies and individuals is to encourage planting. We have in our own State thousands of acres that might be profitably planted with timber trees, and every farmer having such land will do well to plant a few hundred or thousand trees every year".

Utilizing The Earth's Heat

Natural gas has been utilized, and there seems some chance to heat our greenhouses by natural heat. It is now tolerably certain that instead of fifty miles, the molten portion of the earth may be reached at ten. At Pesch in Hungary, a bore 951 meters, finds the water 1610. In some of our Colorado mines taken horizontally into the mountain sides, the heat is so unbearable that men can scarcely work.

A Hybrid Palm

A hybrid between two distinct genera is figured in the November number of Revue Horticole. It was obtained by Mr. Denis, of Hyeres, between the common Date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, and Chamaerops humilis. Mr. Naudin gives it to neither genus, but makes it a new one - Microphoenix Sahuti. The hybrid is fertile.

Ginseng

"Mrs. E. J. D." writes from Nicho-lasville, Ky., that this plant is still found in good quantity in the mountains of that part of Kentucky.

Mrs. J. S. R. Thomson, Spartanburg, S. C, writes: "If ' H. H.,' Wilmington, Del., will send me his address, I can supply his wants. Here the herb is used extensively, not only by the 'cracker' population, but by the better and more intelligent class, as a tonic, whose medicinal properties are considered very valuable".