The Placer herald., 1872-07-06
HOUSE AND FARM .

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the English people what large number Of
garden plants, usually supposed to require
careful cultivation, will, it planted out and
neglected. take care of themselves, and 60
Oh and flourish from year to year-in short,
become perfectly naturalized. lie proposes
that plants of this hardy nature should be
planted in such hooks and corners as almost
every large place presents, and thus from
what he calls bis "wild garden" where, in
stead of weeds the place should be filed
with pleasing flowers growing in natural
way. The idea is a happy one, and quite
as practicable with us as in England. There
is scarcely farmers wife who does not long
for garden, willie but few of them are able
to command the means and time to keep one
in order. A neglected garden is a source of
pain rather than pleasure, but if she could
have wild garden, when ore of its merits
was its freedom from care, it would
allow many a one to enjoy flowers who
might otherwise be deprived of this pleasure.
Upon most every place there is spot exactly
adapted to wild garden. If it is so rocky
that it has been left untouched, all the bet
ter Hardy bulbs, such rs snowdrops, tu-
lips, crocuses, hyacinlhs, dafods and
others, do well year after year. Almost
any of the known border plants that are
found in old gardens are suited to the wild
garden the columbnes, larkspur, moss pink,
primrose, peones, perennial phloxes, and a
host of others. Some of our more attractive
native plants would, of course, find place
here, and late Towering chrysanthemums
also We can readily see that wild gar
den can be made to the real lover of flowers
a source of daily pleasure, from the time
the first crocus pushes into early Spring until
frost has destroyed the last chrysanthemum.
En-.
To COLLECT THE ODoRs OF FLowERs.-
Roses, and all flowers containing perfumed
oils, may be made to yield their aromatic
properties by sleeping the petals or flower
leaves in a saucer or in fat dish of water,
and setting it in the sun. The petals should
be entirely covered with the water, which,
by the way, should Ee soft or rain water.
A sufficient quantity should be allowed for
evaporation, and the vessel should be left
undisturbed a few days. AT the end of this
time film will he found floating on the top.
This is the essential oil of the flower, and
every particle of it is impregnated with the
odor peculiar to the flower. il shonld be
taken up carefully and put in tiny walls,
which should be allowed to remain open til
all watery particles are evaporated. A very
small portion of this will perfume gove-boxes,
apparel ETC., and will last a long time.
PoRTULAcA is one of the most
brilliant low annuals in cultivation "A bed
-, ell a.
look at it when the sun shines. The Double
Rose-Flowered Porluaca, introduced a few
years ago, is indeed a gem; the flowers,
which are produced in great profuson, look
like small roses and are of many colors
Sow the seeds in the open ground and trans
plant six or eight inches apart into light,
rich soil fully exposed to the sun. A very
good way is 20 put these kinds in one round
or oval bed made full and rounding toward
the center. In the center put Petunias
next Phlox Drummondi, with a border OF
Portuaca. Such IA bed will commence to
flower in early Summer and make con
slant and brilliant display until frost.-Cor
respondent Ropal Nev Yorker.
NEPAUL BARLEY.-Fram Major Biggs, of
Hamilton township, we have received a
bunch of what at first glance we were dis
posed to call club wheat. Not only has il
the appearance of wheat when in the chaff
but when in the shelled grain; being per-
fectly clear of covering it is precisely like
wheat 1t is rare kind, only two fields OF
it in the State. 1t has no beard and will
outweigh all other barleys. Quite mum
ber of our farmers beg the sample for seed
Our thanks are due Tom Il. King for his
kindness and promptness in the delivery at
our sanctum. Chico Enterprise.
PIcKLED ONIONS Choose the small white
round onions, take off the brown skin, have
a stewpan of boiling water ready, and then
throw in as many onions as will cover the
top: as soon as they look clear on the out
side, take them up as quick as possible with
a slice, and lay them on clean cloth, cover
them with another, and scald some more and
so on. Let them lie to be cold, then put
them in a jar, or glass, or widemouthed
bottle, and pour over them the best white
picking vinegar, just hot, not boiling.
When cold, cover them should the outer
skin shrivel, peel it off. They must look
quite clear.
PHLox DRUMMoNDn.--Eve one who
cultivates flowers, should have Phlox. Some
of the varieties are brilliant and dazzling,
while Others are very delicate in color and
when mixed in bed, make splendid dis
play from June until hard frost. A foot
apart is quite near enough to set plants
One of the most common mistakes with all
kinds of plants is to set them too thick.
This is especially so with Phox Drummon-
dii. Plants set thick will mildew badly,
and the flowers will be much smaller than if
set good distance apart.-Correspondem
Rural Ne,o Yorker.
DELICATE CAKE.--The whites of four eggs,
two cups of sugar, one-half cup Of butter,
one cup sweet milk three cups of flour,
two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one
teaspoonful of soda, and flavor with lemon
The yolks of the eggs made up in the same
way make nice cake, and | usually make