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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



any of the preceding, the ground should be well 

 plowed or dug, and plentifully manured for the Her- 

 baceous, and moderately so for the Bulbous Flowers. 

 "'-Fruit and OrxNamkntal Trees, Shrubbery and 

 EosEs cannot be safely transplanted in this latitude 

 until the 1st of October, and those intended for the 

 South should not be forwarded until the 1st of No- 

 vember, at which time vegetation will have become 

 sufficiently dormant for their safe removal. To the 

 Western States inland, they may be safely forwarded 

 the beginning of October. Wm. R Prince. 



Flushing, JV. ¥. 



CELERIAC OE TURNIP - ROOTED CELERY. 



Seeing this garden vegetable advertised as " unique 

 and fine," in the Fanner, I procured a package of 

 seed, and am now growing the same. Perhaps some 

 directions for its culture may be of service to your 

 readers — it was some time before I found any thing 

 relative to its growth and uses. From the Gardner's 

 Text-Book, I compile the following : 



Celeriac — J}pium rapaceum. — Sow in drills at 

 different times during the spring months, so as to ob- 

 tain a succession of crops. Water in dry weather, 

 as the seed germinates slowly. Keep the soil clean 

 and mellow — when the plants are six inches high, re- 

 move to their final quarters. This should be a mel- 

 low, rich soil, M'here they may be planted sixteen 

 inches apart, each way. Water freely in dry weather, 

 increasing the quantity with the growth of the roots. 

 When nearly full grown, earth up the bulbs four or 

 five inches — in about a month they will be suffi- 

 ciently blanched for use. The roots can be preserved 

 in sand during the winter. 



For Use. — The following are the modes of pre- 

 paration : — Boil until tender, cut in thin slices, and 

 put in soup, or meat pies. Or after being scraped 

 and sliced, they may be boiled very tender and then 

 etewed five minutes in just milk enough to cover 

 them; after which butter and salt to the taste. 



Five weeks since my seed were sown — cauliflowers 

 are large enough to transplant, the celeriac is just 

 petting the third leaf, and is half an inch high. 

 When will they be fit for transplanting ? B. F. 



CULTIVAnNQ THE EGG PIANT. 



Messrs. Editors: — In answer to D. L., of Cali- 

 donia, N. Y., on the cultivation and preparation of 

 the egg plant, I have cultivated it for a number of 

 years successfully. I sow the seed in a hot-bed, about 

 the first of March, and as soon as the second leaves 

 appear, 1 pot them off into half-pint pots, putting 

 three plants in a pot, and plunge the pots in a good 

 hot-bed, up to the rim, and let them remain till the 

 plants are four or five inches high. I then put them 

 in pint pots, putting one plant in each pot and 

 plunge them in the hot-bed, and let them remain to 

 the middle of May, giving them plenty of air in fine 

 weather; and from that to the tii-st of June, I keep 

 hardening them by keeping the glasses off night and 

 day, in fine weather. About the fii-st of June, I 

 make holes two and one half feet apart, and put a 

 good shovel full of well rotted manure in each hole, 

 mixing it well with the earth taken out, and put the 

 plants into it, giving them a little water before filling 

 in the earth. If the weather continues dry, I water 

 tb^rn', apd about three weeks after planting oat, I 



remove the earth round them (but not so as to ex- 

 pose the roots), and sprinkle a little guano round 

 them, and give them a good watering, and draw the 

 earth round them. They require little more, except 

 to keep clean and water occasionally. 



There are several ways of cooking the eggs. The 

 best method I know of is, to slice them about a quar- 

 ter of an inch, or three eights thick; peel off' the 

 rind; shake a little fine salt over them, and edge them 

 up half an hour to drain off. Dredge them with fine 

 flour, and fry in butter or lard to brown, and eat 

 while warm. Joseph Caldwell. 



Troy, JY. ¥., June 1857. 



THE CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS. 



Messes. Editors: — Among men we find a great 

 diversity of opinion respecting the beauties of na- 

 ture, and consequently we see a great diversity in their 

 feelings and practice. By some, they are admired ; 

 by others, despised. The man who makes gold his 

 idol, esteems of little worth everything that does not 

 contribute to its acquisition. A beautiful landscape 

 awakens no emotion in his bosom. The tasteful cot- 

 tage, ornamented with walks, and flowers, and shrub- 

 bery, hardly secures a passing glance; if noticed, it is 

 only to condemn the practice. He considers the cul- 

 tivation of flowers beneath his dignity, and the time 

 thus spent worse than wasted. 



But such an individual sadly misjudges in relatioQ 

 to the subject The taste that leads a person to ad- 

 mire flowers, and to delight in their cultivation — that 

 leads him in this way to adorn his home, and render 

 it pleasant — is fraught with good rather than evil 

 It gives rise to actions and states of mind that not 

 only serve to mould his present and future condition, 

 but that silently tell on the welfare of community. 

 As the mind acts on everything around it, so a reflex 

 influence is exerted upon it from objects with which 

 it is familiar; and these objects tend to bring it into 

 sympathy with themselves — they leave upon it their 

 own impress. 



Where all is deformity and disorder within and 

 without a dwelling, no wonder if we sec character 

 and actions corresponding — no wonder if we hear 

 the profane oath, the vulgar jeer, and witness man- 

 ners that are coarse and rude. In the absence of all 

 that is chaste and beautiful, we must expect this. 

 But where taste and beauty are manifest— where tha 

 honeysuckle, the climbing rose and the jessamine are 

 gracefully trained over the cottage, and the wall^ 

 are adorned with flowers of varied hue — we may look 

 for the opposite. The beautiful will impart its im- 

 press, as well as the rude; and under its mild influ- 

 ence, what is coarse and vulgar will be held in check, 

 and the delicate and refined be invigorated. You 

 may augur the character of the inmates of a house 

 by the scenery around. Where neatness, order and 

 taste reign without, you may expect refinement and 

 intelligence within; even the child that meets you 

 will exhibit a character moulded by the influences 

 around him; and the stranger may expect civility and 

 a hospitable welcome. Place the child unaccustomed 

 to admire the beauties of nature, but rather to de- 

 spise them, in the family where intelligence is culti- 

 vated, and each one is taught to admire what is 

 lovely and beautiful, and what restraint does he feel, 

 what a restlessness does he exhibit. Gladly he breaks 

 away from the influence, to associate with the Tulgar 



