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Cultivation of the Caulijlower — America. 



Vol. IV. 



CiUtivatioii of tlic CaulUlowcr« 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Sir, — Having met with unprecedented 

 success in bringing the Caulijlower to the 

 highest state of perfection, by the same sim- 

 ple process of cultivation as the cabbage, and 

 witii the hope of stimulating others to "go 

 and do likewise," I am induced to lay before 

 you an extract from my garden dairy — 

 "Purchased the seeds of Alessrs. Landreth, 

 & Co., sowed it broadcast, Sept. 19th, 1838, 

 in a bed of common garden mould ; October 

 2Gth removed the plants into a cold frame of 

 the same kind of mould ; April 10th, 1339, 

 transplanted them into the open garden; 

 May 29th cut for the use of the iamily. 



These noble plants stood in the open gar- 

 den undaunted, and with their neighbors, the 

 cabbages, patiently endured the " pitiless 

 pelting of the storm." 



My success is fully demonstrated by the 

 following statement of the circumference of 

 six HEADS of the flowers wholly divested of 

 their leaves. 



No. 1 



The circumference of the largest flower as 

 it stood in the garden, and taken at the ex- 

 tremity of its leaves, was thirteen feet seven 

 and a half inches. 



I continued to cut abundance of fine flow- 

 ers from May 29th to the middle of July. 



I beg leave particularly to direct your at- 

 tention to the remarks of the editor of the 

 " United States Gazette," now enclosed.* 

 I am, sir. 



Respectfully yours, 



Gregory Lek. 

 Frankfonl, near Philailclpliia, ) 

 July 30, 1S39. \ 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Sir, — Having just recovered from an at- 

 tack of chill and fever by the use of the In- 

 dian Remedy, I beg to recommend it to your 

 readers generally, and especially to those 

 who, like my.self, arc careful how they sub- 

 mit themselves to what is called a regidur 

 course of medicine, which too often causes 

 an irregular course of nature for a long time 

 after, 



r found an account of this admirable, cheap 

 and very pleasant, as well as eflectual, reme- 

 dy in Baron La Ilontan's voyage to North 

 America, a very old and scarce book, contain- 

 ing his travels into the interior, where in 



* The article referred to from the United States 

 Onzette, was not enclosed «lien the communication 

 was placed in our hands —£</. 



many places he was the first white man that 

 had ever appeared. The course of his travels 

 may be seen traced on the maps of his time, 

 and his book is extremely interesting and 

 amusing. 



J. Cansel. 

 Western Shore, Md., 24th July, 1839. 



" In a conference I had one day with a 

 savage, the barbarian said, with a great deal 

 of sense, that 'good air, good water, and con- 

 tentment of mind could not indeed keep a 

 man's life from coming to an end, but that at 

 least it must be owned that these advantages 

 contribute, in a great measure, to make a 

 man run through the course of his life with- 

 out being sensible of much disorder or incon- 

 venience. They make a jest of the impa- 

 tience of us Europeans, who would be cured 

 as soon as sick ; they allege that our fear 

 of death, occasioned by the invasion of the 

 least fever, does so inflame and fortify ihe 

 disease, that oftentimes we fall a sacrifice to 

 fear itself; whereas, if we looked upon our 

 illness as a trifle, as well as our death, and 

 kept our bed with patience and a good heart, 

 without offering violence to nature by cram- 

 ming down drugs and medicines, the good 

 old Dame would not fail to comfort and re- 

 fresh us by degrees and in her own time." 



America. 



Extract of a letter from an Emigrant to his friend in 

 England. 



" Every ship comes full of emigrants — 

 thousands of Germans, who go about two or 

 three thousand miles into the western woods; 

 you would be surprised to see the cars on 

 the western rail road, they are canal boats 

 placed on wheels, and are driven along by 

 steam twenty miles. an hour; and when they 

 reach the canal, they are hoisted oft' with 

 their loading of men and merchandise, and 

 swung at once into the canal, and from thence 

 again on to the rail road, without the necessity 

 of disturbing a passenger or parcel ! On 

 board of these passage boats the passengers 

 cook their food, and proceed day and night, 

 scarcely knowing or feeling it, at a very 

 cheap rate. 



" Every one is busy — no complaining in our 

 streets ; plenty for every one to do, and no 

 mention whatever of politics. Abcrnethy 

 used to say, ' a man in perfect health ought 

 not to feel that he has a stomach,' — here 

 then, all must be healthy in the body politic, 

 for no one fcch that there is a government. 

 The chiuxhcs arc crowded, each one pays his 

 minister what he pleases, and they are well 

 paid and well supported too — none are tole- 

 rated* — all have the right to think and act for 

 themselves." D. W. 



2-2iid Mav, 1839. 



*2'oleration is the iieight ai intoUration. — Home Tookt. 



