^I)C laxmas illontijli) tlisitor. 



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niiiiiLier of eyes, and it was an absurd idea !o 

 sujijiose llipie coidd Ik; miy (litrpreiicc. Buds 

 Flioidd liu fully ripe l)cfore inscrled, and he never 

 InUes out lire \vn(>d,as is seiierally rrroniniended. 

 Tliis is called the Aniorican pyslOiH,!\nd succeeds 

 well in oiu- clinialo. In raising.' liie hark to in- 

 Bertiliebnd, jireat care slioukl betaken not to 

 injure the inner baik: llie operation should be 

 performed very delicately. Ju lyin,^' round the 

 malting'-, every [larlof the slit should I)r covered, 

 and lioiiuil ?o" truht as to exclude all air from the 

 wound. To succeed v.ell in luuldin;;, it was nec- 

 essary to pay attention to little thini;s. To learn 

 the art of buddins-, a per.«on had lietter witness 

 the operation, in preference to consulting books. 

 Practice, not theory, was wanted. 



He hud raised fine Pear stocks three years 

 eince, jioiii .seed sown in the pomace in the fill : 

 ihey came up well and made vigorous ^nowth. — 

 in the fall he was advised to take them up and 

 put them in his cellar, as it was .said the winter 

 would de.-troy them, but be let them stand, and 

 none died, liis soil is a li?;ht sandy one, and 

 not retentive of moisture, and therefore not in- 

 clined to lie.-ive. 



Mr. D. thought trees taken from a imrsery 

 where they were tmicli crowded ami forced, 

 would not (lo well. Trees th'.is mmatoral!y for- 

 ced have a s;reat flow of sap, uhieh eiilarires the 

 sap vessels; aiiil when planted into a poorer soil, 

 there is not sap enoiiLdi to fdl them : they con- 

 s.'r|Uenily shrive! and the tree dies, lu trans- 

 plaiuing:, it is important lo preserve the small ti- 

 iires or sponsiinles. The tree should be removed 

 h'fore the biids bejjin to start, and .should not be 

 set deep.. Whether spricij: or t;\ll is the best 

 time, he kne»v not; but h.ul succeeded well in 

 Iransplantini; in the sprin^r. Ue was opposed lo 

 stakins: trees. Fie thouyiit the stories in an or- 

 chard had better remain there. He knew an or- 

 chard which was never br.iken u}-; and in very 

 rocky L'l'oimd, yet it w.-is a very iVuitfiil one. — 

 The question was often .asked, wdijaher the qnal- 

 ity of the stock affected the fruit of the bird or 

 frrafr. i!e thotiiihl it did not. There might be 

 sotrie difti'rence in the ipiality of the .satne va- 

 riety of fruit, owiiij; lo diflir^retil soils aufl ex[io- 

 siires; but lie saiil the sap from the stock did not 

 {TO directly to the fruit, but ascended to the leaves 

 which were from the bud or ;;r;ift, and it was in 

 tlie leaf the sap was elabor.-ited into ihejuices 

 that form fruit, and lifts gives its peculiar charuc- 

 icr. 



iM '. Cole described iln^ mniiner in wiiieli he 

 raised trees from seed. There were some who 

 llionght it necessary lo expose the seed to the 

 action of frost, and therefore sowed it in l!ie 

 liill, butl!;is was not correct. On sowing a jrit 

 of apple seed in the fill, he saved a parcel of 

 seed tlr e.xpeiiment. Ht; divided it into two 

 equal parl.«. He wet one lot in the cellar, 

 (siiere it was not exposeil to frost. Next snriiiL', 

 planted it aiifl the other lot dry iti adjacem rows. 

 Those that were kept moist grew; the others 

 did not. The next year, he olit-iiued 22rpiarts 

 of apple seed after the •rroinid was frozen. — 

 In the winter wel it and put it in sand, and 

 set one-half out of doors to liveze, the other 

 h:df were put in the cidlar and diil not freeze. — 

 The next sprint; bein^ wet and backward, tlu- 

 seeds all began to sprout about alike, and some 

 of the sprouts were an inch in lenjtth before the 

 grontld was ready lo plant them in. He had 

 eoine to the concln.-ion thai it was necessary to 

 keep the seeds moist, but not to freeze Ihem. 



In planting peach trees, tie thoiighi it necessa- 

 ry to !iet the stones from fruit raised anjoiii; us, 

 rather than from that which came from the South, 

 as he iinairined the trees would be hardier. H.' 

 said the stones should be buried !i foot below 

 the siirtiice in tlie fall, to keep tlieiii from mice ; 

 in the spring', take tlieiri ii|) and crack them, nnd 

 plant as we should corn. 



Transpl.antinE may be done in the s|inn^ or 

 fall, if it be dene well. The objection to fill 

 transplanting arises from its being done too late. 

 The proper lime is from the 20th of Sept. to the 

 iOth of Ool. The earth then gets well settled 

 round the roots, antl the trees wi.l grow well the 

 next sea,50n. 



Mr. Gardener, of Seekonk, ."^ird fhere were 

 different opinions — some reeomnietided settiiiL' 

 trees in the fall, others in the spring — sonte were 

 for pl()v»ing an orchard, and others to let it le- 

 maitj in gi-ass. He had nil orelmrd of 4 or Ti 



acres, set out in the fill, nnd only two or three 

 trees died. It flourished well without plowing, 

 but in consequence of what he heard in the ag- 

 ricultural meetings last winter, in favor of |dow- 

 ing, he hail plowed it, and if what had been said 

 by some of the sentlemen this evening be correct, 

 he had done wrong. He had another orchard of 

 4 or .'> acre!!, which had not been plowed tor liS 

 or twenty years, and he got-, ti'om it successive 

 crops of grass and a large amount of excellent 

 fruit. Souie of his nel:ilibors (jlow their orchards 

 and let their swine run among their trees, but be 

 llionght they did not siicreed so well. 



The l.ady's Dream, 



rnosi HOODS maca'/.ink. 



1']tr l.-tHy Iny in hcrlicfl, 



ll'T coucll so warm .md ^i^ri. 

 I^Lit her k1pc]» was iestlc=;s niKl brnkea still •, 



Fur turnitii: oiieii antl oft 

 Frrnn side ttiside, slic tntittcrcd iind uto.'uied, 



.^ncI toss'd tier arms nlul't. 



At last stio Ptarlpd up. 



And ^aznd on tlie vacant air, 

 Witll a loots of awe, as if stlc saw 



Sonii' dreadful pfiantoni iIumt — 

 Ar.d tficn in the pillow s-hr? t.urind lipr t^ire 



From visions ill lo liear. 



Tfic very cuttain shook 



ffor terror was so exlrprne. 

 .\nd ihp ii^lit that fell on the broider'd qiillt 



Kepi a treniulniis tzieain ; 

 And licr voice was tioHow, and shoot; as she cried ; 



'• Oil mo ! that ar. ful dream '. 



" That weary, weary wallc, 



In the chiircliynrd's riisinil crrouad ! 

 Am! those horrid things, wiiji shady wings. 



That came and fiiltnd round, — 

 Doatti, dcatli, and notfdisg but dealh, 



In every sigtit ana .sound I 



" .\nd oil ! ihnse maidens youn'?, 



Who wrnu;iht in liiat dreary roiun. 

 With liinro^ droopini and s:iectro3 thin. 



And cheeks wilhnut a Iiloivn ■,^- 

 Aiid the voire that cried, ' For the pomp nf piide. 



We haste to an eaily tomb I 



'■ For the pomp and plpas-.rre of pride, 



We toil like .A'rie slaves, 

 .\iid only lo earn a lionie at last, 



Wlicrc yonder cypress waves ;' — 

 And llien he pointed — I never saw 



A gmind so full of gr.^.vcs ! 



" .\ad stiil the coffins cime, 



Witfi tfieir sorrowful trains snd slow ; 



Trilia aficr coflin still, 



A sad and sickening show ; 



From grief exempt, 1 never had dreampl 

 Of Eucli .1 World of Woe ! 



'' Of tlie hearts tliat daily l>reak, 



or the tears that honrly fall. 

 Of Ihe ipa:>y, many tr<nib!eR of life 



Tiiat grieve tliis eartldv ball — 

 Disease, and Ibln:;er, Pain and W-ant, 



But now J dreaiiipt of tlieai all ! 



*' For I'm tdiirl and the cri;r;de were tJiere^ 



And tf;e babe that pined for l)rcart, 

 .•\nd tJie liou?elp53 man, and the widf)W poor 



Who begged — to bury the de:l.T ; 

 Tlie naked, alas, that I might liave clad, 



Tlie famished 1 might have fetl ' 



'* The sorrow I might hive snotiied. 



.-\nd the unregarded tears j 

 For many a tlironging sliape was ll.cre. 



From long forgotten years ; 

 Aye. even the poorrejeeted liloor, 



Who raised my childish fears ! 



" Kacli pie 'ding look, that Iryng :»go 



I scanned with a heeiilc>s eye ■, 

 I-'. ;ch fiee was gazing as pfainiy Iljere, 



As when I [>assed it hy ; 

 Wop, woe for me, if the pit.st sliould l>e 



'Phus pre.sent when I die ! 



'* No need of sulphurous hike, 



No need of tiery coat, 

 But only that crowd of hitniftn hint? 



Wlio wanted pity and dole-,- 

 l;i everlasting retrospect — 



Will ring my sinful soul ! 



■' .\l.is ! i I ave %valkpd Ihrougti life 



To > lieediess wtvero I trod ; 

 ]Say. fielping to trampte my iellow wnrio. 



And till Ihe burial i.od— ' 

 Forizctting that even tlio sparrow falls 



JNot nnmark'd of (iod 1 



" I drank (he richest rii-aoghts r 



And ate wljatever is good — 

 Fish and flesh. iiT>d low}, aii.d fruit, 



Surpjilied with hungry lO'.iod ; 

 llnf I never remernliered the wrptcheii: i>ne^ 



Thit starve for want ofioocf t 



'* I dressed as the noble dress, 

 lu cloth of silvf rand gold, ' 



With silk, and .satin, and costly furs, 

 In many an ample fold 3 



Bui I never remembered liio naked limbs 

 That froze with winter's cold. 



*' The wounds 1 might have healed ! 



The human sorrow and smart! 

 And yet it never was in my auul 



To play so ill a part ; 

 But evil is wrought tiy want of Thought, 



As well as want of Heart 1"' 



S]ie claspM her fervent hands, 

 .\nd the tears began to stream ; 



Large, and hitter, amriiist ttiey fell. 

 Remorse was so extreme ; 



And yet, oh yet, that many a Dame 

 Would dream the Lady's Dream I 



From the Albany Cullivator 

 Ilay M.tkiiig. 

 Messrs Editors.— I have seen it recommen- 

 ded tiooi lime to time in your exccdient |iaper, 

 to s«;7 hay, I'.sa reineily for imperlect curing. — 

 Having tried this method occasionally, and ob- 

 served its effects with some care, 1 am led to 

 doubt its utility. My objections are two, viz : 

 that it is not so iiuirilious as when well oiired ; 

 and that it r.auses cattle to ,9co!(n My desire in 

 slating these ohjeetions, i,s to call forth further 

 iufm'ai.-iiion on tlie subject. The tr^mptatton is 

 very great, when hay is ne.irly dried, to flatter 

 ourselves .that it will keep, espeei.illy if well s.il- 

 ted, and in it goes. The same state oflhings oc- 

 curs the next day perh.ip.s, and temptatioii once 

 yielded to, in iliiM as in otiier things, soon becomes 

 a habit ; and in imllivorahle seasons particiilarlv, 

 our barns are filled with liay which 011 leediv:. 

 out, salt niilwithstandiiig, proves musty and un- 

 palatable. As we open these niiisly mows, and 

 see our cattle poke over and !<u\\tt at the liay,we 

 promise ourselves perhaps not to do .so again ; liiit 

 the next season the .same thing is enaclcd, and 

 so on throngh a intili's lilV'. 



This town is soinewhat celebrated in ihis re- 

 gion lor gooil hay anil fine cattle. Our best titr- 

 mers can hardly be tempied to put a lock of hay 

 into their b.-.rns until perfectly cured. There tiie 

 ■ hose among us houever, who are not so p.art:! - 

 nlar. A peep into the yards of the two clas.sies, 

 wonfd, I should think, satisty any one, whether 

 ptrl'ed or impcrfict curing is best. Siill is gooil, 

 ill a troiigli or manger where caltli! can I- lii 

 themselves; but it will not, as 1 think, make 1 ^id- 

 ly cured hay good, and well cured hay does i:ct 

 need it. 



Whilst on the subject nf hay, I will say a fe-.v 

 words more. The practice of leaiing iineured 

 hay until near night before it is cocked, is a bad 

 one. It should iiivariahly be put up by 4o'clock, 

 at which time the dew begins to eollect. When 

 iliiii put n[). it cures rapidly in the cock, require."* 

 less handling ai'icrwarrls. and loses less in Weight 

 than if put up when cold and wet with dew. 



The horse rake has recontly In en introduced 

 ani'ing us with good resnll.s, enahling one mini 

 with a horse to do the work of five or six small 

 rakes. We have al.so a broad hand rake for 

 cleaning slier cocks ami raking nfler cart, with 

 which one man ran do iis mmdi a-; two xvitit 

 small rakes, nnd with less fatigue. With Ihese 

 and othe- improvements^ hay is now gol in. ;«•/? 

 cured, at §l,/5 to Sa.9.5 per ton. .4 few yer-.va 

 ago the cost was estinwtfd at iSS to S4 per Ion. 



From the Philadi-lphia Farinpr's C.dainet. 

 Kufliii's Agriciiitural AJdre.'^s. 

 Al'ter retiirniiig from the; Agricultural survey 

 of South Caroliua, in which iltily he had been 

 appointed by the (J.)vernor of thai .Slate, a Fann- 

 er's dinner was given near the close of last year 

 to Edmund iJiiRin, .-,t Gnrysville, Va., by lii.s 

 friends and neighbors of Prince George rounry, 

 in testimony of the high value they placed upon 

 his agiienlmral labors." As editor of the Farm- 

 er's Register, and ntilhorof the Essay on Calcr.- 

 reoiisJMantne.-j._ ^50 writer, we ;>jiprehe>id, has 

 done so much for the improvement of Virginia ; 

 and it is not surprising that lii.s old neighhois, 

 who felt therr eomlitron iinprovej) by his efforls, 

 should lie ilisposed to tender him sonie token o\' 

 their appreciation of his ch.aracter. We think 

 our reaihrrs will be tnierestecj jn tl,,; (bllowing 

 extracts from an Address delivered by him on 

 the occasion. We are ind.dited for ihem lo the 

 ''harle.'toii Memipv. 



