Olden Mode Of Heating

That quaint old writer, John Evelyn, in his Gardeners' Calendar for November, gives the following directions for heating a greenhouse; the date is 1676, about the period of the settlement of Pennsylvania: " If the season prove exceeding piercing (which you may know by the freezing of a dish of water, or moistened cloth, set for that purpose in your greenhouse), kindle some charcoals, and when they have done smoking, put them in a hole sunk a little into the floor, about the middle of it. This is the safest stove." The cloth for a thermometer! The "charcoals" would have been a poor protection last winter!

Oldmixon Free-Stone

This peach grows large, with a pale skin, flesh white, tender and very rich.

Olea Ilicifolia

A hardy evergreen shrub, with large handsome foliage; flowers pure white, | twice the size of Olea fragrans. and as finely scented. Japan.

Omissions

We are still compelled to omit Horticultural Societies, some Correspondence, etc, for want of room. Our printer is pretty ingenious, and can do some queer things, but he . declares he can only get a certain amount of matter in each number, and we have to submit.

Oncidium Chbirophoruv (Reich)

From R. Warner, Esq. This was a cut spike of an exceedingly curious small-flowered yellow species, much less showy than many other kinds, but of remarkable structure, and forming a pretty, free-blooming, small-growing plant. It had been in bloom for six weeks: the sepals and petals were roundish, concave, and reflexed; the lip three-lobed, with two ear-shaped projections at the base, the middle lobe roundish, and the lateral ones somewhat oblong spreading; the column had a pair of largo curved lateral wings near the top, a strong recurved tooth or horn standing up in front of it, and the crest of the lip was arched, with a pair of teeth at its base. The flowers were clear pale yellow, and slightly scented. - From the London Horticultural Society's Proceedings.

One Of The Lessons

In commenting upon the effects of the past winter, Geo. J. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis., writes us: "One of the lessons the past winter will teach us, is to thoroughly mulch in September all young stock in nursery, vineyard, and garden, to prevent root killing by the effects of dry fail and hard winters. Once in seven years we have one of these extremely hard winters, and occasionally a dry fall between. The extent of injury to roots of pears, apples, grape vines and small fruits, is far greater than the injury to the tops, and greater than at present believed. Experience is a hard teacher, but let us heed and learn to be wise."

One Way To Grow Strawberries Successfully

John Ford, a very successful strawberry grower of Detroit, Michigan, raises abundant crops for the Detroit market. He plants in drills or rows, three feet asunder; plants one foot asunder in the rows. He does not expect a crop the first season, but allows the young plants to take root and grow together in the rows, forming a mass of plants about a foot wide. The intervals between the rows are kept clean with the cultivator. He gets a splendid crop the second year, and when it is gathered the plants are turned down with the plow, and the ground prepared for some other kind of crop. He does not keep the strawberries in the same ground for more than two seasons. - Western Rural.