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Female Loveliness — Sugar Beet — Seeds. 



Vol. IV. 



guage of the place in which he lives ; and 

 above all, let him never retire to rest without 

 writing at least a page of original comments 

 on what he has seen, read, and lieard in the 

 day. This habit will teach him to observe 

 and discriminate ; for a man ceases to read 

 with a desultory and wandering mind, which 

 is utter waste of time, when he knows that 

 an account of all the information which lie 

 has gained must be written at night. — Clay- 

 ton. 



Female lioveliness* 



It is not the smiles of a pretty face, or the 

 tint of complexion, nor the beauty and sym- 

 metry of thy person, nor the costly robes and 

 decorations that compose thy artificial beauty, 

 nor that enciianting glance, which thou dart- 

 est with such lustre on the man thou deemest 

 worthy of thy affections. 



It is thy pleasing deportment, thy chaste 

 conversation, the sensibility and purity of thy 

 thoughts, thy affable and open disposition, 

 sympathising with those in adversity, com- 

 forting the afflicted, relieving the distressed, 

 and above all, that humility of soul, that un- 

 feigned and perfect regard of the precepts of 

 Christianity. These virtues constitute thy 

 loveliness. Adori^d but with those of nature 

 and simplicity, tlrey shine like the refulgent 

 sun, and display to man that the loveliness of 

 thy person is not to be found in the tmsel or- 

 naments of the body, but in the reflection of 

 the rectitude and serenity of a well spent 

 life, and soars above the transient varieties 

 of this world ; and when thy days are ended 

 here upon the earth, thy happy spirit shall be 

 wafted to regions of eternal bliss. 



Sugar^ or Silesian Beet* 



We beg to call the attention of our readers 

 to an article at page 275 of the present num- 

 ber of the Cabinet, on the comparative value 

 of the sugar-beet, as winter food for all sorts 

 of cattle. It is from the pen of a practical 

 ogriculturist, and a highly valued friend and 

 correspondent, from whose communications 

 we hope to derive much useful knowledge, 

 and valuable assistance. Such testimony, 

 from such a source, speaks volumes. 



We agree with him, that too much has al- 

 ready been said on the mode of culture of so 

 simple a crop, and yet, venture to propose an- 

 other method, which, it is probable, on lands 

 which have been well worked, and in suitable 

 seasons, might, in the end, be preferred to all 

 others. The mode has been adopted in the 

 cultivation of the potato crop in many parts 

 of England, with very great success. 



The sugar-beet should be sown on land 

 well pulverized by deep ploughing, in the 

 autumn, and a tliorough spring working. 

 Ridge up the land with the plougli, into one- 



bout ridges, at the distance approved pf for 

 the rows, and in the trenches place the dung, 

 in as large a quantity as can be afforded : 

 then split the ridges with the plough, throw- 

 ing the earth right and left on the dung ; and 

 on the ridges so formed, drill the seed, and 

 roll it in — real hot-bed culture. 



When the plants are sufficiently grown to 

 admit of thinning, the plan pursued by the 

 late Mr. Geo. Walker, of Holmesburg, is, per- 

 haps, the best that can be adopted. A man 

 with a broad hoe, goes over the row, when 

 children follow, and, selecting the strongest 

 plant at the distance determined on in the 

 rows — take it in the left hand, by way of se- 

 curity, and pull away the remainder with 

 the right — and set the single plants upright 

 by a gentle pressure about it : thus complet- 

 ing the work as they go. The expense is 

 not great, when spread over a crop of forty- 

 five tons of roots per acre — but the profit is. 

 The after flat hoeing must, of course, be well 

 attended to: not a weed must be permitted 

 to stand — true muiticaulis management — 

 but no moulding up is necessary. — Ed. 



P. S. — The reason why the sugar, or Sile- 

 sian beet is preferable to every other crop 

 that can be grown, as food for cattle, is simply 

 this : because it contains more saccharine mat- 

 ter than is found in any other plant, the cane 

 excepted — and more even than this, in acre- 

 able produce. — Ed. 



To Save Seeds* 



All seeds keep better in their seed vessels, 

 but this can rarely be done, on account of the 

 great space occupied. As soon, therefore, as 

 the pods of cabbages, turneps, radishes, &c., 

 turn brown, and a part become dry, the stems 

 should be cut and laid on a cloth or floor to 

 dry, and afterwards thrashed out, and hung 

 up in bags in some open airy place. Let- 

 tuces should be pulled up with the roots, as 

 soon as there is the least appearance of ma- 

 turity, and hung up, and the plants will ripen 

 all of their seeds, nearly at the same time. 

 If left in the garden to ripen, the earliest and 

 best will be lost; in fact, except under very 

 favourable circumstances, very few will be 

 obtained, as every shower and every strong 

 breeze will lessen the quantity, and scatter 

 those which are mature over the whole gar- 

 den. The same course should be pursued 

 with leeks and onions. It is a prevalent 

 opinion that the bush squash cannot be per- 

 petuated among us, as such have a strong 

 tendency to run, and will in one or two sea- 

 sons become a vine. This is a mi.stake, and 

 originated, no doubt, in the manner of saving 

 the seed. If the first squashes which appear 

 be retained for seed, there is nodanger of the 

 plant running the next season ; but if these 

 be used, and those which are borne attheez- 



