1839] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



555 



CKDAR QUARRIES. 



From tlie Oswego Pallailium. 



"On asking a friend from Oswef^o the other 

 day, who usei! this term, what it meant, he in- 

 formed us that much of the cedar which comes 

 from Lake Ontario, is absolutely dug out of the 

 soil. On some of the islands in that lake, which 

 Curnish great quantities of that valuable timber, 

 there has not been growing a single tree for many 

 years. Generation has succeeded generation of 

 this limber, and fallen, and been successively cov- 

 ered with earth, and is now dug out for rail-roads, 

 fence posts, &c., in a perlecily sound state." 



The above is from the 'Cultivator'. Persons who 

 have been on the island have slated to us similar 

 facts. We believe, however, the quarries are get- 

 ting exhausted of their most valuable mineral, 

 tJie red cedar, or that it is so deeply imbedded, that 

 that the labor of excavation is not sufTicienlly re- 

 warded. During t'.iis season, all the cedar impor- 

 tations have been of the ic/iite species. We have 

 heard it stated that on some of those islands, the 

 Ducks and Pigeons for mstance, at the norlh-east- 

 ern termination of the lake, there are subterranean 

 passages prevading their whole area. That the 

 roof or exterior surface seems to be composed of 

 agglomerated earth, matted and held together by 

 the roots of trees which rest upon it and have 

 covered it with a thick growth of timber. The 

 vaulted passages or dens below, are filled with ce- 

 dar logs lying in every variety of position, and 

 which no doubt. formerly, like the rafters of a house, 

 gave support to the superincumbent mass. From 

 the accounts we have had, there are more won- 

 derful labyrinths constructed by nature on Lake 

 Ontario, than that of old upon the banks of Lake 

 Moeris. 



eating. In the second year they were very fine' 

 sound, healthy, and profitable. This year, equal- 

 ly fine, perhaps better flavored, more productive, 

 and more profitable. 



Paul Remley. 



Charleston, July 12, 1839. 



MODE OF PRODUCING FINE SOUND PEACHES, 

 FROM TREES PREVIOUSLY UNPRODUCTIVE. 



Fioiii the Southern Agriculturist. 



I opened the roots near the trunk, in the latter 

 part oflhe winter, to retard the vegetation and ex- 

 pose the worms. I searched the roots wherejoin- 

 ed to the trunk, and where gum oozed from them, 

 I scraped it away, killing the worms and des- 

 troying their eggs. I then directed chamber-lie to 

 be thrown daily round the roots of the trees near 

 the trunks until the 1st of May. When the trees 

 budded, I had the hole round the roots filled with 

 marsh-mud, and some of them with marsh-mud 

 and clay, in equal proportions, extending up to the 

 hard bark of the tree. Over this I threw the poor- 

 est sandy earth that I could find, all round under 

 the branches of the trees, and excluded all stable 

 manure from the trunks. If any grass grew up 

 through the sand, I had it hoed from under the 

 trees. When the trees are not vigorous in their 

 growth, I dig a trench round them from three to 

 eix feet off from the trunk, according to the size ol 

 the tree, and throw manure into that trench, and 

 cover it with barren sand. This is the third sum- 

 mer of my owning these peach trees ; two of them 

 were out in the field amonir vegetables, none were 

 in the yard among the poultry. In the first sum- 

 mer, none of the fruit was matured or worth 



ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE CAULIFLOWER, 

 AS PRACTISED ON THE FARfll OF C. J. WOL- 

 BERT, ESQ., AT FRANKFORD, NEAR PHILA- 

 DELPHIA. 



From tho Mai;azine of Horticulture. 



Having met with unprecedented success in bring- 

 ing the cauliflower to the highest state of perfection, 

 by the same simple process of cultivation as t fie 

 cabbage, and with the hope of stimulatino- others 

 to "go and do likewise," I am induced to'^lay be- 

 fore you an extract from my garden diary: 



"Purchased tho seed of Messrs. Landrelh & 

 Co.; sowed it broad-cast Sept. 19th, 1838, in a bed 

 of common garden mould. 



"October the 26th, removed the plants info a 

 cold frame of the same kind of mould. 



"April 10th, 1839, transplanted them into the 

 open garden. 



"May 29th, cut for the use of the family." 



These noble plants stood in the open garden 

 undaunted, and, with their neighbors, the cabbao-e' 

 patiently endured "the pitiless peltino- of The 

 storm." ° 



My success is fully demonstrated by the follow- 

 ing statement of the circumference of six heads of 

 the flowers, wholly divested of their leaves. 



The circumference of the largest flower, as it 

 stood in the garden, and taken at the cxtermity 

 of ike leaves, was 13 feet 7^ inches. 



I continued to cut abundance of fine flowers 

 fi-om May 29 to the middle of July. 



Wiih this I send you some remarks by the Ed- 

 itor of the United Slates Gazette, who examined 

 some of the plants on the 15th of last month. [This 

 appeared in our last number, p. 308.] 



My object in this instance, is publicity, especi- 

 ally as flowers of this immense size can only be ob- 

 tained from fall plants. I am a subscriber of yours, 

 and I shall leel a pleasure in communicating and 

 corresponding vviih you upon the subject of^horti- 

 culture. 



I am, gentlemen, respectfully yours, 



Gregory Lee. 



Franliford, IVear Philadelphia, July 31st, 1839. 



[IMr. Lee will receive our thanks for the above 

 communication, and it will give as great pleasure 

 to hear from Iiim often through our pages. Prac- 

 tical articles are of real value, and, unless profes- 

 sional men came forward readily, and give iheir 

 methods of cultivation, horticulture will make but 

 slight advancement. We trust that other cultiva- 

 tors will not only adopt Mr. Lee's plan of growing 



