200 



RURAL GLANCES AT TIIC \VEST. 



Fig. 57. View of Interior of Grape House. 



might again repeat the operation. The 

 extra labor attendant on thi? operation is 

 trifling, being nothing more than that of 

 keeping them duly supplied with water, or 

 occasionally with liquid manure. 



A light crop may also be had in this man- 

 ner from vines the first season of planting, 



provided strong plants can be procured, 

 which have been grown two years in pots. 

 Vines of this description are grown exten- 

 sively by Mr. BuisT of Philadelphia, and 

 also by some of the Boston nurserj'men. 

 Peter Henderson. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 14, 1846. 



RURAL GLANCES AT THE 'WEST. 



BY EVELYN. 



[The following memoranda of a journey to a 

 portion of our western states, though, as we 

 are told, " slight and hastily written," are 

 full of rural interest. They are from the 

 pen of a gentleman of the finest tastes and 

 accomplishments, whose residence on the 

 Hudson combines as much of the beautiful 

 as bountiful nature has any Avhere lavished, 

 or refined art improved. Our readers will 

 gladly welcome " Evelyn " again to our 

 pages. — Ed.] 



On the morning of the 16th July, the 

 writer shot awav westward throus^hthe val- 



ley of the Patapsco, along the Baltimore 

 and Ohio railroad. 



The Patapsco affords fine water power to 

 numerous mills a"nd factories, but the coun- 

 try has not an inviting aspect in an agricul- 

 tural point of view, until j-ou reach the 

 valley of the Monocacy. As we advanced 

 toward.1 Harper's Ferry, the vein of breccia 

 or pudding stone is disclosed, from a part 

 of which the columns Avere quarried for the 

 interiors of the Houses of Congress. I 

 think, however, that there was bad taste 

 shown in using this parti-colored stone for 



