'^ AGntCULTtRAL ESSAYS. 



mthecuItu™ofsqu«he.,a,elons,&c.wherethevineissufficienl 

 to eusta.n the weight of the fruit without injury. 



'This may appear to some as the useless project of a visiona- 

 ry imagination. But agricultural essays should be written 

 «.th a reference to the interests of distant times, and other 

 Circumstances, whichin the progress of human affairs, we may 

 expect will be inevitable. 



Red Peppxk. This is said to be the annual pepper of the 

 botanists, of which there are two species, the grossumand 

 the Irustenaus, the latter of which is usually seen in hot houses. 

 It requires a warm soil, and if sown early, a good deal of dung 

 and a favorable exposition. The seeds may be placed in rows 

 three feet apart, or in hills, at the like distance from each oth- 

 er. In dry weather, the planta require watering, and in all 

 kmds of weather, weeding and hoeing. Ths seeds are best 

 preserved by running a string through the pods and hanging 

 them up in a dry garret." 



There are various other plants both ornamental and useful, 

 for garden culture, the particular description of which, can be 

 expected from essays devoted wholly to horticultural agricul- 

 ture. The author of these essays, hopes by publishing the 

 Me mformation herein contained, to obtain one important ob^ 

 ject he had in view, that of exciting more attention to this de- 

 Bghtful branch of rural economy. 



It has been observed thkt "Europeans who have travelled in 

 tJie United States, have observed that the people in this country 

 •at more meat than in any other." This is believed to be true. 

 Besides eating meat three times a day, among the farmers, we 



