The Placer herald., 1870-10-01
HOUSE AND FARM.

all interesting some OF vigorous habits of
growth, Others more delicate, flowers Of all
colors except blue, most Of them beautiful,
aid many Of them of exceeding fragrance
Some Of the Noisettes, in rich soils, may
be made handsome running or pillar roses. If
any one is fearful of their safety in winter,
earth may be raised over the collars of their
roots, or they may be covered with branches
of frs. If these roses are desired for parlor
blossoming in winter, they should not be
weakened By blossoming in summer.
The Practical Farmer, in an article on
this subject, says: ITO have good roses, and
a constant bloom, with the Bourbons, Teas,
and other perpetual roses, few things are
necessary. First Of all, faded aad finished
blooms should at once be clipped off The
maturing of seed eAhausts the plants. Flow
ers and not seed, are wanted. Second, the
soil around the plants having been manured
in the spring and preceding fall with stable
manure, soap suds should be applied each
wash-day, and twice a week pint Of cham
Der ley should be applied to each plant. BY
these means, and occasionally shortening i'll
too struggling branch, monthly roses may be
kept in bloom from early spring to near { hrist
mas = " Uan1ete Farmer.
Con- On AS HAIR RlsToRAT1vE.-We
heard it stated several times that Mr.. Sam
Bryan, who, heretofore, had been barefoot
ed on the top of his head, had by the use Of
eoal oil, grown a 1hiek coating Of hair on the
aforesaid sorehead. We saw Mr. BRYAN on
Monday last, and upon examination, found
the statement to be correct. MIR. BRYAN in
formed us that the way he found out the
new property of coal oi! was simply this: He
had boil Oh the bald place on bis head
which gave him much pain, and in the alb
sence OF anything else, he had rubbed coal
oil on it. He says it relieved the pain almost
Immediately, SO he continued to rub on the
oil until the boil was entirely well, hen, to
his surprise, he found q thin coating of hair
coming out over the bald place. lie continu
ed the use Of The oil a month or two, and now
has heavy coat Of hair on biz head This
is no humbug, but the simple truth, and we
advise our baldheaded friends to try the
experiment -Cmrolon (N1Ss) ConSe1va-
Nre.
BEES AND FEyTr BLOSSOMS E. Gallup,
in Western Pomologist, says that ''the facts
Of the case are, that instead Of the bees inur-
ing the fruit blossom or crop in any case
whatever, they are an absolute assistance
SO much as thatin the immediate vicinity of
an apiary il some seasons. there will be an
abundance Of fruit, whereas in localities
where no bees were kept, there was com
paratively little Bees are great assistance
il fertilizing blossoms that otherwise Tor left
to nature) would not become fcrtilized, and
the clover or buckwheat patch that produces
the most seed, invariably. The honey in
the blossom, if not taken out by bees aud
other insects, would be dried up by the sun
or washed away With rain, consequently
would be dead loss bat il we have bees to
gather it, it is much gain, not only 10 The
owner of the boea, hut to the fruit growcr
and the farmer 4
Won1u TEl1I:;a AGAIN. The following
information is worth heedng: A lady of Port
land, Oregon, says that for nine years she
has been burning coal oil without ever hay-
ing an accident. She places a small quanti-
~ of coarse salt in the bottom of her lamps,
and not only by this means is the oil purified
and the light made brighter, but, ON two
different occasions, ignited oil lamps have
overturned in her house through accident or
carelessness OF servants, and yet there never
has been an explosion. The plan is simple
one, and well worth trying; for even if it
does not prevent accident, it will improve the
quality of the light. The salt should be
changed every three months.
New METHOD OF SEARCHING "A method |
of starching articles linen, flax, cotton, etc.,
lately patented in France, consists in bring
ing them for short time in contact with
eulphuric acid diluted with one-fourth or
one-third its bulk of water, and allowed to
cool; or in immersing them in concentrated
solution Of chloride Of zinc, and Immediately
washing them out in water. For the purpose
of removing all the acid with certainty, am
mona may De eapplied afterward. The fabric,
in this way, Is not only starched thoroughly, |
but thereby is made TO receive the colormg
matter in dyeng or stamping much more
readily and permanently, andshowa brighter
impression with q less amount of the dye.
ToMAro ToAs7. Remove the stem and
all the seeds from the tomatoes; they must be
ripe, mind, not over ripe, stew them TO a
pulp, season with butter, pepper, and salt;
toast some bread, butter it, and then spread |
the tomato on each side, and send it up to
the table, two SLICES on each dish, the slices
cut in two, and the person who helps it must |
serve with two half slices, and not attempt |,
to lift the top slice, otherwise the appearance |
Of the under slice will be destroyed.
GRAFrING THE ToNATo on TIE PoTATo. =
A correspondent Of the Horticultrjst states
that he succeeded, perfectly in grating a
scion of the tomato upon the the potato vine
lie cut about one-third Of the tomato shoot |
off, just below the leaf, taking care not to
inure the buds at the base The scion, be-
ing shielded from the sun, was every. day |
sprnkled with little water, and it took /
readily. In the fall the tomato was loaded
with ripe'apd unripe fruit, and had grown to
a large size. a t... .rs
To PREVENT HAIR FROM FALLING Orr -
Moistan If with a small ouantitv of fresh henr