72 



iTe.l ir, the Gardener's~ Chronicle, l.as I.eoi. dt- I vorh.f; ils pn.i..'.!?-ui-.n. 



stroved liV Iwin^iii^' |;lan.sof ll,(; totMiiinii cluwiio 

 t.iile among ils biaiiclies The odnr ol the r.ml 

 tar of gas works is .xnrdin^'l.v otr.iisive to r^omcj 

 insects iiijurious to fruhs, and it has hef n looml 

 to drive away the wire worm, and olljer ^.'iiihs 

 that attack tlie roots of plants. The vapor .il oil 

 of toriientine is fatal to wa!»ps,Hiid that ol toba.v 

 . o smoke to the irreen flv." (p. 54.) 



" Mollis and other innerts iclikh f;/ itt ivghl. are 

 destroyed in larfje nnnd.ers In the l.llowinf: 

 mode, first discovered hy Victor A.Ionni, ol 

 France. A flat sancer or vess.l is placed on the 

 vronnd, in which is placed ;i hilht, p.'ntially cov- 

 ered with a common hell -lass_ htsmcared with 

 oil All ihe small inolhs are directly altracied 

 hV th,- liuhl, flv touards il, and in their al'empts 

 to t'ct at the l<-hl, are i-iiher c;ni!;ht hy the filol- 

 t,i(»i<si<lcsof the h. ll.v'Ia<s, or fall into the hasm 



of ..d iMOeath 1 ill elllrer case .S'pon perish. 



M. Adoniii a|i|il'nl this to the <lcsirmMion ot ihe 

 «m-ff/i's,a inolh that is very lr«ohl.:som« in the 

 ■French viiievards; with two hundred ot these 

 Jj.dils in a viiievard of tour acres, and in a sm^ilH 

 wiaSi^, S0,000 molhs were kitle.l, and foniid dead 



oirand ahonr the vessels, Hy c innint' this 



process throiii.h the season, il w;is eslima,4eil ihiil 

 lie had dotroxed females moths sufficient t.o have 

 pro<liiced pniKeny of over a nnllai'i ,,f c.rierpil- 

 lar.s." (p. .'55.) Ali.i-r rci-ommendiiii; honfires ol 

 sliaviii;;s. ami flandieaiix of low dipped ill tar. as 

 very edieieiit modes .if <leslro_\ iii'i the upple- 

 woivn iiioili, and melon-hiiL', the anllior leii.ai ks, 

 " .\ simple and most efFiiMnal mode of ridilnii; 

 ine fruit fiarilen of insects of every descriplion, 

 uliich vv^ recommend as a <:eneral exiiipaior, is 

 the following: Tiike a iinmher of comiiion iioi- 

 tles, the wider iiioiiilied the heller, and lill them 

 aliont ha.lf Inll of ji mixtine of water, iiiolasses, 

 iuid vine;;ar." Suspend these amon>; llie liiaiiches 

 .of trees, and ill various parts of ihe •.•ardeii. le 

 a forini;;hi tliev will he (i)Uird liillofdead insects, 

 of e\erv ilescriini'iii imt too lai'L'e to enli-r the 

 hollies— wasps, tiles, lieetles, slii;;s, grilhs, and a 

 yr'eat variety of i.tliers. The hollies iniist now 

 he eiiiplieil^and ihe liipiid rejieweil.. A zealous 

 amaienr of onr accpiaiiitaiice caiiiiht last season 

 in this wav, more Ihnn three bushels of insects ol 

 varibtis k'iiKl.;; and what is i|iore saiisliic-lory. 

 preservi'd his jrarden.alniost entirely against their 

 Hltucks in mw sliape." 



ghc^tumcrj iKont l; h} IMjta^^ .^__ -= ^ -4 a* 



f. I voniiL'ils ni-op.-.j.'-iiion. . Km nmil soiiie-thing looie' (or monllii; bm il inii.ti h.- c n-/lm.. »• ," i """' v?^ tikl'li 

 j-Uliall have lie.n aetiiAliy prove<l hy expenn.enX down l,y means of a cover, ni.d .. cl.Mn lieav-^v w 



' . ■ _ . . .!-_ :,... ^.C tl.o .^, Tl.,, ..:,.L-1« ...ii^r I.I' kiiilfli.'il. all! wlie W'- 



From llie All).liiy Cnltiviil.ir. 

 Disease in Ihe Potato. 



With llie exception of the Stale of Maine and 

 the Brili.-ii Provinces of New Rruiisw ick and 

 Nova Scntia, we .lliiiik Ijie pot.-ito cro|> has not 

 this vear hemi as miicti injured in this country 

 liV vv hat is called »q7, as it w.is hi eithei; <d' the 

 ■ iw.f years last piecediiif,Mlie presc'iit. In Europe, 

 liowever, the raxa^-es of the disease have Jieeii 

 more exiensive than ever heliiie. The -torcign 

 joiiriials teem wiih acconnls from all cpiarlers, ol 

 'the injury snflineil, anil with vcrioTis coiijei'liires 

 and theoVie.- as to the iialiirfc of the cause and 



The'kdinhni-fih Qiiarlerty Journal puhlishos a 

 letter lioiii Pioli'.-sor JoH.xsro.x iii whicli he 

 makes Ilii; lollnwiiiir remarks: 



"This disease in ihe polalii has already called 

 forlh many liasiv opinions, .■ihiiosl alf pailially 

 in.o. hecanse liiunded on. one or two facts, hiil 

 II -...ly nil iiiisoimd as ^leneral expre.s.simis of ihe j 

 II iiiii,' since they are cuiitradicled I'V llie (■xperi- 

 iiicc of (ilher praclie il men in odnr disti ii is ol 

 ihe ..«iintr\, \\i- are clearly onalile as yei, to 

 as.-i"ii either any ;^ener,al cause for the ili,-i:ase or 

 aiiy'liiiiverstd re'med\. Jionielhin.:' may posslhly 

 he'sn^'g'-sied hv the analysis of sonnd and dis- 

 eased poiiuccs,' for which' the llij;lilanil Society 

 has olVi-red a pieminin, ilioiifili, in the pre,«ent 

 Slate ol 1. or UtMlwled^'e upon the snhjecl, (;veii 

 this doiilillid. i'he most lliat chi'iiiistrv has yet 

 dune for llii- ipiestion is in I hi.' .^hape ol sn;.'i;is- 

 tiuns for exi'i'i imeiil." 



The HntValo J^Hol liirnishes a Iranslalion of a 

 paper oiijiiliallv prepared liy I'rof. Cins. ;MoK- 

 Iti-.N, of the Kifiversiiyof I,ief.'i\ Ife conjecliiles 

 that Ihe disease proci^eds fiom a ilesrrtpliun ot 



sli;iH have he. n uetiiAlly proved hy expernnenX 

 or practice in regard to the preveniioii of the 

 difiiciiUy complained of, we do not think it i;e- 

 eessarylo occupy innch space in tfiviii^ theories 

 ill reltirence to the cause of the ilisease or its 

 remedy. We ;;ive place iiotw illistaiKliii!; to the 

 following extract IVoiri I'rofessor Morreii's paper, 

 which we are eiiie will at least he read wiihin- 

 terest: 



"For some time I have hceti in the daily habit 

 of ohservin;: ficiiii stage to st-age, the progress ol 

 the disease in various fjelds Of (lotatoes. It com- 

 liiences, iiii()ia slionaldy, wiili the leaves and su- 

 perior parts of Ihe plimts. I have even observed 

 thetiowers and halls fir.st attacked. A part of 

 the lis^in^ hecoines iinheallhy, loses its color, and 

 chaimes rapidly to yellow;" the spots then lie- 

 come gr.iy, aiiirwitirm a day or two snhsetpient- 

 ly, Ihe under side of the leaf and ti-iiil will show 

 a'sorfo) white down or nioUI. The microscope 

 shows thai lliis down proceeds from a sort ol 

 I'lmyns, that fi m-iities npmi the pile nr iTeaid, thai 

 thicklv covers the inider .side ot' the leal of the 

 poiaio plain. 



"This linmiis is of an extreme tenuity ; but re- 

 produces in an incredihle measure, lis Iriink is 

 composed id' several erect, jiMiiied fibre*, bear- 

 in;; at liiidr sn.mniis one or more.. branches, al- 

 w.iy-s Uoi.ble, and .ai the ends of which . appear 

 llie' reproihiclive bodies, in iVie t(/riii of an e^'g, 

 tiiil >\liichdonot really exc.d in diainet.-r th- 

 ou. ■ hnndredlh part of a niillimeire, nr the 803,- 

 7tl0 part of an incli. I', rliaps it will be said that 

 Ibis IS a small all'air lo make such ravage,*, but I 

 would ask is ihe ileli a disea.-e less to be feared, 

 because llie animals prodnciiiL! it exist only in a 

 micro^copii- slaie ? 



'•Immediately lollov\ iii2 the foirnatioli of the 

 vellovv s|Kil, anil ihe developements of the hulni- 

 dis upon the polalo leal, the stem be^itis to feel 

 ihe deleterious influence. Mere ami There ^be 

 epidermis begins to turn lirowii, and finally black; 

 and when the phases of lhe<)isease are carefnlly 

 watched, ihrongh the microscope, it will be rea- 

 dily [lerceived iliat il is in ihe barkthe tiital uerni 

 exiits. The mnrbid ageiii comiuneic.iles its- ac- 

 tion fi-om the bark lo ihi; inner epidorims, and 

 allhoii^h ihis taller does not always slmw the 

 liiiigns'ilsidf vet it is iiol tJie less fatally atf.'Cted, 

 'I'oUio^e who have aiiv iilea of vegetable physi- 

 oloL'v, these efli-cls are easily eiiongh. explained. 

 The's.ip, niiidilieil into living juices into vegeta- 

 ble blood, is Ibr d in the leaf, and descends to 



the stem and rools, through the bark. Here this 

 sap, or blood, if we phrase, becomes diseased, and 

 carries tile poiioii of ihe leaf ihrongb the til.'res 

 of the whole pliiiil, and die -stalk perishes. In 

 liine, fOioon as the black siiols appear upon tlic 

 stalks, the leaves drv op -and willier, tii'e (ilanl 

 droops, dies and taJlilo the earlli, to dtssennnale 

 a milliini told, -the poisonous cankcj." 



d 



iwi 



is 



I'or riion....', "-. . . • Y'. 



down bv means of iv cover, ai.d .1 '-u-w lieav- V 

 stone. Tin! pickle must lie walcii.-d, anil win 

 any scum liepins lo rise, inp meat iniisi ■ e take^ 

 out and the liipior lebmied, am'. >cmmiied an 

 cooled a.< hefine; at tin- s.i.iie lime li. df a |ioU'i 

 moiH salt iiiiist be ,id.i..l; l"ll no r.iw s.di is 1" 

 he applieil at any li'ie-. I'h" oi' at is 1.1 be if^' 

 tinned when the picKli- is (jiiile coM, i» iV-alii-r 

 ten or twelve li iii^.. Tnni;.ies wilt r.i|iii.e a 

 nionlh, a nionth at hasl, ami are improved tiy th e ^^ , 

 aild.lion of an omi.e of b.i)s:dt added 10 ihf^ fSi« 

 above. One clove of garlic, half an oi.ii.e of |il(i« 

 alUpii-e, and as mncli whole pepper. Iioihd in '" " 

 with the ingredients, much improves .ii."—.'l/An/i'> 

 CuHiviitor. 



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The Harvesit iu Europe. 



The subject iif llie cowiparative prodncliveiiesB | 

 of ihe late baivi^st on the Continejil »\' Europe, 

 Ik s been one of much importance. A lale arli- 

 j-le in the Aiiusbnii;li G-aZ, He gives the following 

 ^talements on ibis snbj<.cl,. which seems to tie 

 deserving aiiention. VS e have not observed that 

 ttieailiiTe has appeared in ihe London papers. 

 We have therefore taken ihe trouble of traiislat- 

 ilig il for onr columns. — Bos/on Dutlij .Idv. 



" Accnrdiiii; 10 the ciislom we have adopteil, 

 we shall divnle the acconnls of the results ol the 

 last hu vest inio tw.o- parts, one (d' which w ill 

 jembr.iee the east, the other the west of Europe. 

 For s.'4eial \ears llieie have been thieaienings 

 of s.eiibly ill liie east; it began at HrsI iiiKnssia, 

 exiended'lo P..l.md and Frn,s~ia, and seenic d to 

 nive indicalions Ibis year of spreading over the 

 east of Germany. "Experience has generally 

 proveii that it) norlherii latilndes rainy seasons 

 ^eiid'ally are more nidrnitrol than dry mics. This 

 lad has recenilv been again confiiioed. It w.is 

 dampn.^ss wliich diminished the harvesl in Rns- 

 sia a few years since, and which produced a sim'^' 

 ilar efTect" in I'.ilamI, (ialicia and upper Sil. .*ia 

 dining Ihe last )ear. In Germany _w el weallier 

 has prevailed only in certain parts of the conntiy, 

 otler portions have on Uie cimli-iiry siitfi-red I'roiii 

 (trmigbt. Tlie resell.- of ihe harvest are far bom 

 salisfaclorv. Acconting 10 calcnlalions wliii' 



fOt.il 



iiiii)i 



ciiu'ii 

 mi'. 



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iligiii 

 Ml 



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CCtlll 



nfiL. 



Null, 

 irini 

 iliiii 

 lirM 

 III,) 

 liw 



ml; 

 liil 



been iiui4e, it will noi be sidficieiit I'o 



ir the 



old or tnngiis. It may he said \\,.,\ tliis tJivW.V I"" """ J'"!" 



Best Iv'KCisiFf for 'CuRi-ng Meat.— For eve- 

 ry one hmidred pounds of meat, take five pints 

 o'f good mola.sses, (or live pounds brown sugar,) 

 live onnctis saltpi'tre, and eight pounds rock .sail 

 add three !.'alloiis of wan r, and lioil the ingre- 

 dients over a gentle tire, skiimiiiiig otl the froth 

 or scum as it rises. Conlnme ihe boiling till the 

 salt, \'c., is dis.solved. Have the hams nicely cut 

 and trimmed, packed ill ca-ks wiHi ihe sliank 

 end down. ,-.s the jiickle will iluis strike in lieinr. 

 When the pieKlo prcpar.d as above is snth.'ieni- 

 h cool, lioiir il over llie ham-. Th.-_\ may he in 

 pickle lioiii two Ki six week.s, accordiiii; I" the 

 Size of the pieces, or the stale of ihe wealhrr— 

 more time hem;; reipiireil in cold than jn warm 

 wealber. I!e..f or million hams, or tongues 111- 

 leiided tor smoking and drying, may be cured 

 according to this mode, and will be found excel- 

 lent. .11 



There are olla-r mod.'s of (Mcklmg hams w li 



aiii miieh esleemjd in various connlries. _ In ihal 

 cxcelleiil and a^jreeable work enlitled " Favmiiig 

 for Ladies," we find the following direcli'ms lor 

 preparing the celebraled -llambro' I'lckle, 

 whicti is .said to be cipiatK applicable to beet, 

 pork, loiiLOies. &-C.:— "To each gnllon ol water, 

 III and a half of common salt, a 



lias ihe appear.mre of plausibility, as llie blighl 

 • ir blasi ill gram, has been jlreliy i le.nrly ir.icd 

 to a liinges ; I hi. spread .ind incre.se uf wliieb is. 



li.iwevei , L'l 



;lv ih 



iil.'i I en llie w."all;er, I; 



and uioisuire, or u dam)i bidiry atmosphere, tii- 



qnarler of a nmind of coars.- luown sugar, aid 

 iilie iinii.-i- of salljietrc; boiled, and lo lie i-are- 

 r.illy s.ummed. After ^landing in a j.roper ves- 

 sel "imiil ipiii.- ci.ld, the meal may Iki iiumer,<ed, 

 and will he til \ut Use ill ten days, and improve 



have 



pnblii- consnmpinni. 



" Uiissia will be able (o sustain herself widioiit 

 tjeirig idihged to draw on. foreign resources, her 

 ^oveinments are in a po.-iiioii to render iniitnal 

 aid to e.ich other, bill il is very donbti'id wlietli- 

 er she will be able to liiriiish any grain lo for- 

 eiiiiiers. 



"Tlie harvest in PolaiidwiU not b«^ sufficient 

 thr the consnmpiion of the conniry,and miles- il 

 has some supply of jM'ovisioiis ;dready on hand, 

 il will siitli-r from scarcity, ;md be comiielled lo 

 import !.r,iin. But w hai is to happen, if' the 

 iii'iuldx^rs <ifi*ol;md leiMlig made but an indif- 

 I.Tiiil harvest, have nol wherewilh to supply lln! 

 defi.-ieiicv. Moreover, money is wanrm;: in Po- 

 laiul, and' it would lie impossible luseiid aiiycon- 

 sidei.ible sums onl of the couinry I'or the pur- 

 chase of irrnin. 



" riie Kingdom of Prussia has siitli.'icd ;;ie»lly 



liming the past ami this year t'nnn ii daliens, 



which li.'Ve ravaL'ed ils iiio«l feriile cmmtries. 

 Peiiiny is seM-rely li-lt there, and alinosi anion:, t.s 

 Ilia leal tiimiiie. 



News fiom roineraiii .-itree in-a\ie!f lliat 

 llie lesnlls of the last In rvesis ai i- vei \ small. 



••Ill the urand diieliy ol P -s-o. tml aveiy 

 mi.d.'r.ile h.irvest las been :;.,iliere.l. ami stuns* 

 already hiid tip, can ahme prevent .•. -emcin. 

 The aiilhor does not re.^.dlecl ever-m ban- tieard 

 so nmnerons and I'eneral comn' in's. niile>s it 

 ma\ have been in' 1S04 and 1817. G.'d grant 

 ihal the sad events of those epoch- ma\ nol he , 

 renewed. 'I'here are in ihi-^ pr.ivince wliole 

 connlries wlirre the- persons v\ li.i li,.ve n.siiiilly 

 sold L'raili, will be llieii sebes iiMl.id lo ti ■••o i.e 

 pniehasers, the next sprm:. Th.- siiii iiiim nf 

 (Jallcia is still more sad, llie price of r>e arose 

 from ()() 10 100 immedi.ii. I.\ after the harve-t ; it 



is siill rising. 



"Ill llun;.:ary, g.nei„ll\ so mipi o.hiciive, llie^ 

 .jineriimeiit has hi . 1. cinpelled 10 si. .re up mien, 

 hi mih'r 111 prevem a laiinoe The hope ni a 

 i;,,.hI baiv.>t has 111. n.' erni 11) fiiled there lh.,11 

 ♦•V.'li in Sile.--ia. 



"In .XiiKliia, Moi.ivia and Bohemia, the re- 

 sults of' ti.is yejjr's harvest, are nelow ihose of a 



ill.. 



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