The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-06-02
Flowers in India,

He RdTueHS nave SeeIl Ill lIluld are
not to be compared with those at home
one sees here nothing of the gorgeous
blaze of flowers which make our gardens
so gay. At present the poinsettia is the
showiest flower to be seen it grows
very freely, and its flowers, or rather its
bunch of crimson leaves surrounding the
flowers, form brilliant contrast 10 the
rich green of the other plants. The great
art here in gardening is to water well, and
the fower-beds are generally surrounded
with little canals for this purpose; but the
most valued flowers are kept in potts.
We have plenty of roses here in Dccem-
Der; they smell very sweet, but are of a
poor thorny kind, and there is no variety.
i mentioned this to gentleman who 10
fond of his garden, when he begged to tell
me that he himself had six kinds. This
would not make our gardeners at home
very proud; and | think you could pro-
duce at least ten times as many in your
garden, though it is but small one. The
palms were the first novelty that struck
me at we approached the shore of India,
and they have still charm, though NO
longer new; they are so graceful, so pic
turesque, so unlike their poor, miniature
representatives in lighthouses at home
They are of various kinds the prettiest,
/ think, are the date-palms, with their
long, dropping, feathery foliage; but they
are not at all like those we saw in Egypt,
and are valued here, not for their fruit, but
for their juice. 1t is amusing to see the
natives climbing up the stems like mon
keys, in the evenings, to take down pot
Of juice. 1t must be no easy matter to
get up, for some kinds of palms have very
tall, straight, smooth stems. The sap
soon ferments, and is made into an ardent
spirit it is also used to raise bread.
To REMOVE PAINT FROM CLOTH,
SILK, &c.-l have frequently taken paint
out Of silk, cloth, and all kinds of maleri-
ais, with soap and warm water, if The stain
was recent. | generally fold sheet in
many doubles, and place it on table !;
lay the stained part of the material on that,
and, rubbing soap. on toothbrush, dip
the brush in warm water, and with it wash
the paint away, the folds Of the sheet uu-
derneath absorbing the water. Wien the
paint is quite extracted, remove the ma
terial to a dry part of the folded sheet, and
after washing the soap from the brush,
dip the brush in vessel of clean wrrm
water, AMI wash the soap away. | then
rub with dry towel both sides of the ma
terial and hang it up to dry. Should the
paint be dry before using the soap and
water, dip bit of flannel in spirits of tur-
pentine; rub the stain till removed; then
wash as above with soap and warm water,
as the turpentine always leaves mark as
Objectionable as the stain. Some colors
are SO delicate that soap might change
them. | have recently removed paint after
many days with turpentine, washed off
with pure warm water alone, as feared
the color would change with an applica-
ton of soap-Jenny Wren.
PRoDUoT OF Six AcREs.-l see by
the Germantown Telegraph, that Mr.. John
McGowen raised, on six acres, produce
to the amount of $1,001.5O, besides a
large variety of vegetables and fruit for
home use. | have done rather better than
that, and will give you statement of it
My land is on the "Sllver Run Marsh''
/ have IS acres. Seven years ago the
farm was offered for sale-marsh Mro,cn
in. Five years ago began to underdrain,
and ! have been doing what could at it
ever since. The six acres cultivated
the first crop grown upon it except weeds
produced last year as follows: $50
bushels potatoes, all sold that had to sell
at $3.50 per bushel; 200 bushels corn,
for which am offered $165 1000 heads
Of cabbage, at S cts, $50; 1000 bundles
blades, sold at 3 cts, $50; corn fodder
worth $40; making in all $l,275; be-
sides the family was furnished with sup
ply OF tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plants,
Lima and string beans. turnips, and about
500 cabbages too small to market Also
lot of pumpkins. J. IL.