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than usual. My kind friend Steele, who kind which now adorn our city, originated. has fine specimens in his beautiful city gar- The family who lived on the farm and den, has furnished the subjoined note that planted the original trees, have since removcontains all information respecting the varied from the neighborhood, and it is unknown ety, which he has been able to obtain. ED. where they obtained them. DAYTON, June 13th, 1853. Yours truly, ROBT. W. STEELE.

DR. J. A. WARDER, DEAR SIR :-During your recent visit to Dayton you noticed and admired a variety of the Catalpa which is quite common here. We have long known that we had two kinds of this tree, but supposing that they were both cultivated in Cincinnati and elsewhere, we have made no note of the fact. The two varieties differ in several particulars, but the most striking peculiarity consists in the time of blossoming. On our public square, where the two kinds stand side by side, under precisely similar circumstances of soil and exposure, the one has been in full flower for ten days, while the other has not yet opened a single blossom. The bark of the young trees of the new kind is also lighter in color, the foliage is of a deeper green and more luxuriant, the seed pods much longer, the form of the tree more upright and compact, and the flower larger and of a purer white.

We are indebted to Dr. J. Haines for the introduction of this fine variety here. Some years since he noticed two Catalpa trees growing on a farm two miles south of this place, and was struck with their superiority to the kind then commonly planted. He procured seed from these trees, and, from this source, all the fine specimens of this

July 9, 1853.

FRIEND WARDER :-In your July number there is an article from Mr. Longworth, in the latter part of which he commits (what is very uncommon for him) a faux pas. He therein states, that I have recently enumerated all the varieties of strawberries I deem valuable, and that I omitted all the Cincinnati seedlings. I have done no such thing, but have done exactly the contrary. The descriptive list to which Mr. L. alludes was sent entire to the Horticulturist, but the editor, for convenience, divided it into two parts, and Mr. L. must have perused only the first part, as the Ohio varieties are described fully in the second part.

I think Mr. L. somewhat wanting in his usual perspicuity, by his not noticing the concluding words of the first section, where it says, "To be continued." It will be seen that I have made quite as favorable comments upon the Cincinnati varieties as he would himself have done, and McAvoy's Superior I consider as worthy the most favorable encomuims, its only deficiency as a market fruit being its dark color.

Most respectfully, WILLIAM R. PRINCE.

Editorial.

THE FRONTISPIECE,

The main building is 44X36 feet, on the by windows in each end. The height of the ground. The cellar wall may show 18 to 24 inches above the ground, and be pierced

main walls may be two full stories below the roof plates, or the chambers may run a

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foot or two into the garret, at the choice of This building is one and a half stories high, the builder. with 12 feet posts, and roof in the same style and of equal pitch as the others.

The front door opens from a veranda 28 feet long by 10 feet in depth, dropping eight inches from the door-sill. This veranda

has a hipped roof, which juts over the columns in due proportion with the roof of the

house over its walls.

These columns are plain, with brackets, or braces from near their tops, sustaining the plate and finish of their tops, sustaining the plate and finish of the roof above, which may be covered either

INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT.

The front door from the veranda of the

house opens into a hall, 18×8 feet, and 11 feet high, amply lighted by sash windows

on the sides and over the door. From the

rear of this hall runs a flight of easy stairs, into the upper or chamber hall. On one

side of the lower hall, a door leads into a

parlor, 18 feet square, and 11 feet high,

with tin or zinc, painted, or closely shingled. The walls of the house may be 18 to 20 lighted by three windows, and warmed by feet high below the plates; the roof a pitch of 30 to 45°, which will afford an upper garret or store, or small sleeping rooms, if required; and the eaves should project two to three feet as climate may demand, over the walls. A plain finish—that is, ceiled underneath is shown in the design, but brackets on the ends of the rafters, beaded and finished, may be shown, if preferred. The gables are Swiss-roofed, or truncated, thus giving them a most sheltered and comfortable appearance, particularly in a northerly climate. The small gable in front relieves the roof of its monotony, and affords light to the central garret. The chimneys are carried out with partition flues, and may be topped with square caps, as necessity or taste may demand.

Retreating three feet from the kitchen side of the house, runs, at right angles, a wing 30×18 feet, one and a half stories high, with a veranda eight feet wide in front. Next in rear of this, continues a wood-house, 30X18 feet, one story high, with ten feet posts, and open in front, the ground level of which is 18 inches below the floor of the wing to which it is attached. The roof of these two is of like character with that of the main building.

Adjoining this wood-house, and at right angles with it, is a building 68X18 feet.

an open stove, or fireplace, the pipe passing into a chimney flue in the rear. A door passes from this parlor into a rear passage, or entry, thus giving it access to the kitchen and rear apartments At the back end of the front hall, a door leads into the rear passage and kitchen; and on the side opposite the parlor, a door opens into the sitting or family room, 18×16 feet in area, having an open fireplace, and three windows. On the hall side of this room, a door passes into the kitchen, 22X16 feet, and which may, in case the requirements of the family demand it, be made the chief family or living room, and the last one described converted into a library. In this kitchen, which is lighted by two windows, is a liberal open fireplace, with an ample oven by its side, and a sink in the outer corner. A flight of stairs, also, leads to the rear chambers above; and a corresponding flight, under them, to the cellar below. A door at each end of these stairs, leads into the back entry of the house, and thus to the other interior rooms, or through the rear outer door to the back porch. This back entry is lighted by a single sash window over the outside door leading to the porch. Another door, opposite that leading down cellar, opens into the passage through the wing. From the rear hall, which is 16×5 feet, the innermost past

sage leads into a family bedroom, or nur-
sery, 16X14 feet, lighted by a window in
each outside wall, and warmed by an open
fireplace, or stove, at pleasure. Attached
to this bedroom is a clothes-closet, 8X4 tress of the house may direct.

feet, with shelves, and drawers. Next the
outer door, in rear end of the hall, is a small
closet opening from it, 6X4 feet in dimen-
sions, convertible to any use which the mis-

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Date.

WINDS, ETC.

1

Calm; light SE. Calm.

2

Calm; light S; brisk S. (fire flies.)

3

Light SW; brisk SW.; light W. (Sun 118°)

4

Calm; light SE; calm.

5 Calm; light S; calm.

6 Calm, Brisk S. and SW.

7 Light W.; brisk W.; light NW.

8 Calm; light NE.; calm."

9 Calm; light S.; brisk S.

10 Light SW., S., and SE.

11 Calm, light SE.; sun 120 deg.

12 Calm; light SE.; sun 124 deg.

13 Calm; light SE. and variable; calm.

14 Calm; variable; calm.

15 Calm; light W. and E. (Raspberries.) Sun 1230

16 Calm; light S. and SW.

17 Light W.; brisk W.: light W.

18 Light NW.; brisk W.; Tight W. (Tomatos.)

19 Light W. and S. Sun 124 deg.

20 Calm; light S.; brisk S. Sun 130.

21 Light S.; brisk S. and SW.; light W.

22 Light S; brisk S.; high S.; light S Rain at night.

23 Light S; brisk SW.; high W.; light W.

24 Light NW.

25 Calm: light NW. (Blackberries.)

26 Calm; light S.

27 Calm; light SW.; brisk SW.; light SW.

28 Light SW; brisk W.; light SW.

29 Calm; light SW.; brisk SW.; light W. Sun 122. 30 Calm; light SW and W; brisk SW; l'gt. S (Corn)

Clear days in the month.

21

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0

30

Rain in the month, inches,

Mean temperature of the month,

Variable-sun visible,
Cloudy-sun not visible,

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1.90

79.32

The mean temperature of the month is two degrees 72.36 higher than that of July for the last ten years.

73.94 Several thermometers exposed, in well-shaded situ76.29 ations, did not indicate over 94 and 95 deg. on the 29th 76.86 and 30th.

72.14

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Several kinds of fruits and vegetables appear earlier than usual in the market this season, by reason of the unusual heat.

The fire-fly is usually seen ten days in the country before we detect it in town.

The thermometer, exposed to the suns rays, has not indicated so high a temperature as might have been expected from a range of 90 to 98 degrees in the shade -a slight haze may have been the cause. I have seen it mount to 149 degrees in Tennessee in the sun. In a course of sixteen years' observations at this city, I have never had occasion to record a higher temperature than 98 degrees (blood heat) in the shade.

The mercury has ranged as high as 90 degrees and over eighteen times, which, I believe, is altogether unprecedented in this month. JOHN LEA.

UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

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