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CONDUCTED BV ISAAC lULL. 



'Those who Lakor tN the karth are th-e cho9E:« i-eui-le of Gud, whose iih easts hk h \ti Made hi 3 pecl-liab deposit e von suiisi antial and genuine virtl*.." — Jejftnsoii 



raL. 9. NO. 1. 



CONCORD, N. H., JANUARY 31, 1847. 



WHOLE NO. 97. 



' ~ '"^T^ilii Til "~1T r T "■- -T~ '^~*^^~-^""^liM« |— — — ^— ■^-~- 



THE F.VKMEU*S MOXTHLl" VISITOU, 



prill. JJIlhU DY 



ISAAC UILL, & SONS, 



iSUED O.N TIIK LAST UAV OF EVERY MO.M'II, 



At Atheuiaii liiiildiHg. 



c^GENfBAL ,\r.E.NTs.— n. A. IItll, Kcent, N H. ; John 

 RsH, Wasliitigluu Jrt. lin^liin, >Fash-.; Charles VV'akhe >, 

 iiley Ruw, V\urce&ter. Aiab^. ; Thomas Chandleu, Bcdturd, 



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 ne nnder tJie new lerm^, will please notify us of the names 

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The Vegetable Kiii^-dom. 



•Ve co|iy tlie liilliuviiii; inieicstiiijr arlirle tVoiii 



LiliMiH V li;iii|iiiiiMiii. ft is I'riiiii till? iifii of 



III 15. Newiiiiiii, iM. D, one of mii- iiio.-t |iii|iii- 



iiiiil f;if'teil licliiieis on tlie fii^tiinle^ii <il Meil- 



le, and t'llilor ol' T^iiinr. of Ihe liest holanical 



liitiirniiis in llie i:iiiiniij. We coiiinieiiil it to 



loiiri- ol our l-cadeis. 



.le uiiicr pa\s. '• It was itiriarlied l.v a pliil- 



jiliiT, some \eaisai;o, llial it was si'aicidy |io.>i- 



e lo IhII ilie dilli'i'i'hci- liemn n a ilti:; and a 



;. '1 Ids >l:ilt'iiii't(l, lit tije I'lcaliT nnndif r of 



reiidrr... v\ lio lin\i' not n Hefied on llii; siil jifi, 



' ti|i|ie.cr liarrlly |Molialili'. Anerdoirs o| iln- 



Ht'iu atid liiiililidiies.s id' (loos are known io 



I : ,'ind I doiilit not many of lliem in our i-ity 



liossessed of more liiiinvledue and |iiaclirai 



lormaiion, and are licilcr nicn.lieis ol' society, 



an llie swarms of idle .•ind liciniis yoiitli wlio 



')«(! iinr slieets. Iliiw llieii, willi siudi fads 



■lore liiiii, I'oiild JioiiiK'l make sncli an as>er- 



II ? ] will till \()ii. Our ideas of lliu inlelli. 



re of animals are derived from ilie |iiiiols of 



■ on we see iliem e.\liiliii. Hiainj; a i-eritiiii 



I in view, lliey will elioose, with tin.' most a.»- 



isliln^' disi'iiminaiioM, out of a iimnlier of 



lis, tlie ones lie,-t adii|ilt d lo il eir |iiir|ioses, 



n riHiliive lo use these in such a wjiy as to lie 



>st iiiiifdnnly snceesslid. Nalciial history is 



e lip of fai'is in sii|i|inrt of this posilion. Our 



■ t iiiriniry will lie lo find out whether |ilaiils 



' i-show sneli instanres of ehoice and foresi;;lil ; 



iI a liitle examiiialion will prove that most nil- 



..'Siionalily iliey do. 



" Straw lierrie.s pliiiileil on moist •:rociiid give 



lit no runners; lint, mi plating' tliem in a <lry 



''! with x\aler at some distaiiee. we find rimners 



avellinsr aroimd imlil lliey diseo\er it, and then 



'iiiain a livinir uipieiliici lu supply the plant. If 



cse runners are iiiiiveil roiiiul to the other side, 



V will soon re^'ain their original poriiion with 



■rriiiii eerlainiy. If yon turn the imrler snr- 



"J' a ro.se leaf iipw aids, it will in u little while 



'- .iiienee a reliirii movement, /.■eiilly Iwisiino 



di a kind of effort on its perliinele, as on a sort 



■livot. The Alihe IMarlin liansplaiited a rose 



''e from one part of his ^■•■irden tn anoiher for 



' piirpoi--o ni' e.xperimenl. To the iij;lil of the 



jw position, the soil was hard, ilry and sterile ; 



the left, moist, rieh and lender. " The roots at 



St radinled alike to the rijiht and left. IJiit he 



111! iliseiiveri (I that the roots which had advan- 



lo the ridhi, heiit hackwjiril lownrd ihe ferule 



. d iiiellow edith, as if diviniii:; thai iheir com- 



l»jnioiis at tlie left hud found lietter pasture. To 



prevent their iiiterceplinj; iionrishiiient intended 

 lor oilier plants, he dii^' a dilch to slop the farther 

 advancement of the roots. .Arrived at ihe diti h, 

 they pliin;;ed perpeniliimlaily lielow its liottom, 

 ran aroii>>d and advanced anew toward the point 

 whence they hail discovered llie licli .soil. In- 

 flatices of their liiresiohl in f;iiardiiii; af;aiiisl ex- 

 cessive heal, wind and rain, are e(|iially nnmeron.s 

 111 France, the peasants tram llie carhine hy Iheir 

 doors lo serve iis a liaiometer, its open flowers 

 show clear wealher, lint closed, an aliimilance of 

 lain. The slieplieiii's wealllel;;hl^s has the same 

 pioperlv. II il doe.- not show ils lace to irreet 

 the son on ils ascension, the sheep remain in the 

 fold on that day. The liair-o'clock opens ils flow- 

 ers reijiilarly every alieriioon at that hour, to show 

 the lalioier iliat if he cannot atliud a walch, Na- 

 ture will provide him with the means of knowing 

 the hour wiihoiit expense. Such examples cer- 

 tainly prove a liiciilly of jtidoin;.' accordiiij.' to ihe 

 sense ill plants. And now Ihe inquirer asks, 

 ' VVh.it is ihe nam re of this pi iiiciple, and in what 

 does it ihfTer from chemical nfliuily or allraclion p 

 A perli-ct exemplilicalion of llns iliHereiice is 

 jiiveii ill llie history of its creaiion. .And God 

 iiinik i:\fi\ pluiit i>\ the field he/are it was in the 

 eailli, and evei \ hcrit of \\\f Jkld before it srreiv. — 

 Dry land and seas hy this lime were divided. ami 

 the lorces of Ihe iiinr^anii' woild ill operation. 

 These forces are called pidlcis-dowii of fiill Na 

 lure. Exposed lo their ii Hiieiice, moimlain and 

 hill CI ninlile lo dust ; and it is owin;.' to ilieir aoeii- 

 cy that votcaiioes and eaithipiakes desiroy cities 

 and swallow up nalions. 'J his is due prolmhly 

 to ihe shape of the iiliimate atoms, which fiiiiii<; 

 inlo each oiher, in ditii'ri lit wa_\s, occasion per- 

 peuial change. Hot, on llie lliiid day, a coniiol- 

 iiiii; iiifliieiice, a new set of pnwers, the luiilders 

 of Nature, appears. Ciealed, in kind and deoree, 

 ihfleient liom mailer, _\ei only manile.-liiii,' iheir 

 pre.»eiice lo lis in coiiiiecliiin w iih il. iso far lioiii 

 allowiiio llie>e aloms lo unite acciiidin;.' lo their 

 attiiiiiies, which wiiiihl soon destroy nainre, they 

 exercise the most despoiic sway, conlrolliny them 

 to the last. The cliemicd fiirces are in pei led 

 siil'|edioii while life remains ; liiii,llie moment it 

 depiirls, dll^l retnilislo dust, the win k of <le.»l ruc- 

 tion lie;>ms, and llie IhhIv v,.iiislirs inlo air. A 

 heaiitiliil example of ihis opposition is shown hy 

 seeds, which are the simple>t indeiendeiit loniis 

 olllieniiioii of ihe lile-power wiili mailer, 'lake 

 two of these, and havin;: de.-lroyid the vitality 

 of one of llieiii, liy passin;.' an electric .-park 

 ihroiioji it, pince liolli in waiiii and moist earili. 

 The de.id seed, sm roiiii<lcil li\ all Ihe coiidilions 

 liivoraMe lo it> decompii>iiiiin. is speeilily resolv- 

 ed inlo ils iialiie elemeiils, while llie living; one 

 makes slaves of ils eni'inies, rapidly spioiils iip 

 amid llie snrrouiidiii;L.' desolation, and hand's out 

 ils flowery haiiners, as tokens of victory. Seeds 

 reiain life, almosi any leiif;lh of time. 1 tioticed, 

 this week, an accoiint of an ahiindant harvest 

 reaped from llie f;iowlli of seeds foniid in an 

 E^vpliaii mummy, over two ihoosaiiil years old 

 A seed, finiliii}; ilself in a warm moist place, siid- 

 deidv liecomes aware that il has work to do, and 

 setsahoiit it wiihoiil di lay. The seed case linr.-ls, 

 a slalk and leaves appear ahove, while the root, 

 seiidiiiL' I'fl' filameiiis, remains lielow ; at the end 

 of each of these little lilamenls is a sponj;iole, or 

 hiiiidle of leech-like monllis. These siic-k from 

 the soil whalever they ifqiiire, and ilieii ad the 

 part of a stomnch in inslantly dijrestiiif; il. A se- 

 ries of asccnirnifi vessels or veins are reaily lo 

 carry it to ihe leaves to he further elahoiaied ; 

 when il arrives there, ilsoxyoeii is ;;iveii oH; and 

 a siip|ily of carhotiic acid ohlaiiied from the air, 

 is comhiiieil with it; and the pure lilood or sap 

 is carried hy the arteries lo every pari to supply 

 ils iieresfilies and form compoimds. 



I'lantsare nianiiliclm iiii' e^l.•dl ishmeiils :some 

 make the essential oils, as the < iiinamoii, sa.ssa- 

 fni8 aud lose j others eultE, as the soriel, oxalic 



acid ; the hark-lree, (piiniiie ; and the willow, eii- 

 liixy. iMaiiy a despised sliiuh li.is powers more 

 ileadly and daiiserons than u powiler iiia}.'iii:iiiH ; 

 the laurel and peach jield prussit: aciil, one iliop 

 of which will destroy life; and travellers tell us 

 thill Ihe iiimosphere of the upas tree is liiliil li>r 

 miles arotmil rl. 



The vital princitile of eiicli plmif, being sepa- 

 rate and inilepeiident in itself, expl-iiiis tlie fea- 

 soii whv two of ihelii, the one a vnideiit poi.soii, 

 the other a lalile ve;;elalile, willyrow side fiy side, 

 and draw iheir iioni ifhment from the Mime source. 

 It aUo shows the error of our modern ii^-rii-idiu- 

 lisls, who treat Ihese living exislclices, endowed 

 w iih a power of choice and liiresifihl, as il they 

 were luhes, imhiliiii;; whalever was |ilaced near 

 them liy capillary allraclion. 



.ManVeseiiihlcsa torch, in reqiiiriii); oxygen to 

 keep him limning or alive; in reimii for this he 

 iliiows out carhoiiic acid, which to him is ii viru- 

 lent poi.son. Now, what prevents this gas accu- 

 mnl.iiing ill the air, and deslfoying the aniiiiid 

 kinvdom ; and frmii what source shall the supply 

 of iixyoeii he derived lo aii>wer our coiililiual de- 

 mand ? Only from the respiration of plants ; 

 whii h we may now see not only supplies us willi 

 fiifid, hut are absolutely necessary lot our daily 

 exisience. , 



When the new Custom Mouse and Merchalils 

 E'xchange were ereciiiifi, lliey were the daily re- 

 sort of tl saiifls who flocked lo wi ss iheir 



gradual piosiress; vel how iniicli more woiidiulul 

 is the hnildnig of a vegeialile pah.ce! unseen 

 workmen are Urjiing it liirward wiOi imliring iu- 



ilu.-trv; column alter C'llii forms; sKuy idler 



story'rises; sl!,ir-case and hall and gallery are 

 soon fixeil ill their po^iliolls. We tiiiok il a great 

 Ihiiig to have ihe Ciolon waler hromiht into our 

 houses; yet in every one id the.se hllle chambers 

 there are pipes lo carry food anil water and lake 

 away the residue. It ismnde of the finest wood, 

 ehisiii-, i-apahle of beniling to llie liieeze, and, lo 

 deteiid il from Ihe rain, covered either with wa- 

 ter-proof varnish, or stiiecoed over with llie nir- 

 esl porcelain. Ami all this lime llie speciator is 

 not di-liiiheil by noise or dust, llie greater part 

 of the work being carried on under tiroimd. — 

 Will nail iscompieied, no monandi on eai ill could 

 iiliinin smdi a resideiu-e. 'I'lie very paint of is 

 walls, ihoiifih exposed to all kinds of impinily, 

 is of such a ipialily that the kind's slaleliesl lolo s 

 caniiol mulch it. Consider ihe lilie.- ol ihe field : 

 they toil not, neither do ihey spin : \el Solomon, 

 ill all his ^lory, was not luiaxed like tiiito one of 

 these.' Nny, lliey aie even glad lo obtain iis es- 

 sences at .seiMind hand, to perfume themselvK!'. 



The name of the iidiabitaiils who own the 

 house, is written on a broad iloor-plale of siir|MisS- 

 iiig beauty, so that we can tell one from another. 

 IJooks have been written on the laiigiiage of these 

 doorpliites or flowers, and it is said that uiigels, 

 by these means, write myslerioiis iriiths on hill 

 aiid field. The poet, from the earliest ages, has 

 held the most sweet and loving converse wiili 

 lliem. Hut lo the physician, llie priest of Nature, 

 lliey speak ilia hioherand more exahed strain — 

 in iheiuhe reads the success of his mi.-sion. By 

 their means he can conquer the most obstinam 

 diseases. Thai noihing has ever been Ibrmed for 

 show alone, the truly useful will always be the 

 truly heanlifid. That when the uses are perfect- 

 ly nnderslood, the fond dream of the Hosicriician 

 sliiill not want verification. The bone shall con- 

 tinue firm and the muscle strong ; llie eye ol youth 

 reiain ils lustre; and lis century afier century 

 passes away, the lapse of lime shall hut witness 

 our iriiiiiipii over the pullers down of Nature, and 

 our increase in wisdom .-ind love. The happy 

 children of Flora, that have retained iindiiiiined 

 the influence of their Creator's smile, when first 

 he protioimced hi" work :;oiid in Eden,. shall re- 

 ceive added radiiiiice and more il;.zzliiig glory :i» 

 they again behold His.tbce in the davviiiu£ luura 



.^ J-.- 9*:ii — : n 



