VII.— No. -2. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



II 



aUv implied in tliose offices. The curators will 

 have charge of the cabinet and all other proijcrty 

 of the Lyceum not appertainhig to the treasury, 

 and will be the general agents to do any busm. -s 

 for the Society under their direction. The del^- 

 o-ates from other branches of the Lyceum m this 

 county semi-annually, to adopt regulations for 

 their general and mutual benefit, or to take mea- 

 sures to introduce uniformity and improvements 

 into common schools, and to diffuse useful and 

 practical knowledge generally through the com- 

 munity, particularly to form and aid a board of 

 education. 



JlHide 6. To raise the standard of common 

 education, and to benefit the juvenile members of 

 the Lyceum, a portion of the books procured shall 

 be fitted to young minds ; and teachers of schools 

 may be permitted to use for the benefit of thcu- 

 pujnls who are members of the Lyceum, the ap- 

 paratus and minerals under such restrictions as 

 the association shall prescribe. 



Article 7. The president or any five members 

 will have power at any time to call a special meet- 

 ing, which meeting shall be legal if notice shall be 

 driven according to the direction in the by-laws. 



Article 8. The Lyceum will have power to 

 adopt such regulations and by-laws as shall be 

 necessary for the management and UBe of the cab- 

 inet, for holding meetings, or otherwise for their 

 interest. 



ArtAce 9. Tlie foregoing articles may be alter- 

 ed o. amended by vote of two thirds present, at 

 ;iny legal meeting ; said alteration or amendment 

 having been proposed at a meeting, not less than 

 four weeks previous to the one at Vi hich it is act- 

 ed upon. 



i machine for tides, another to show why there is a 

 tide on the side of the earth opposite the moon, 

 and one to show why the earth and other planets 

 are flattened at the poles. 



Tlie articles in the above list can be procured 

 for fifty dollars. 



COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS. 



Specimens in geology and mineralogy, intended 

 to represent one liundred of the most useful pro- 

 ductions in the mineral kingdom, are collected in 

 quantities snfiicient to supply such schools, ly- 

 ceiims, and individuals, as shall wish to procure 

 them, and consist of the following minerals, viz. 



Quartz, three varieties — mica, two — felspar, 

 two— granite, six — gneiss, two — mica slate, three 

 —lime, four— marble, twelve— hornblende, two- 

 hornblende rocks, five argilhte, two — talcose 



rocks (soapstone), three— sandstones, three— gray 

 wacke, three — chlorite, one — chlorite slate, two — 

 gypsum, four— porphyry, three— amygdaloid, one 

 — asbestus, two— serpentine, two— jasper, one- 

 clay, three— soils, five— coal, ten— iron, ten— lead, 

 one— copper, one— grajihite, one— rock .=alt, one. 



Each specimen will be labelled and numbered ; 

 with a description of its ingredients, proprieties, 

 ; uses, and localities, in a small volume to accom- 

 1 pany each set. 



The collection above named, with the volume, 

 can be procured for twenty dollars. 



Letters upon the subject of apparatus or miner- 

 als directed to JosiAH HoLBROoK, Bostou, will be 

 duly attended to. 



From llie Munlgomery Freeman. 



vious nausea and disgust. But in opposition to 

 all these circumstances, within sixty years past it 

 has sjiread from its native Tartarian mountains o»- 

 the hills of Thibet, to every part of the globe 

 where horticultin-; is understood ; and now bids 

 fair to be as extensively used as any other produc- 

 tion of the garden. In England it is in high esti- 

 mation. Mr. Cobbett says that not less than thirty 

 wagon loads of this article is sold every day in the 

 I London markets. 



I These remarks are made to awaken the atten- 

 j tion of the Montgomery farmers to the cultivation 

 I of this valuable esculent. It is the best propagat- 

 ed from the seed, which is now just ripe, and 

 should be planted immediately ; for if not sowed 

 until spring, it very often fails to germinate, and a 

 season is lost— whereas, let it be directly commit- 

 ted to the earth, and in a few days it ^vill be up. 

 If the weather should then be hot and dry, let the 

 young plants be shaded from the violence of the 

 sun. They will require no further attention imtil 

 the next spring, when they should be taken care- 

 fully up with as much dirt about the roots as pos- 

 sible, and transplanted where they can always re- 

 main. If the soil be deep and good, they will 

 improve for twenty years, annually producing aU 

 abundant crop. A dozen plants are sufficient for 

 a family. Those who would wish more particular 

 directions, may consult Fessenden's "New Amer- 

 ican Gardener," just pidilished at Boston. 



AGRICOLA. 



APPARATUS FOR SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND 

 LYCEUMS. 



\ «et of apparatus, of a simple and practical 

 diavacter, particulariy designed for illustrating the 

 TOOSt important branches of a popular education 

 in schools and lyceums, is already devised and col- 

 lected and consists of the following list, and nu- 

 merous other articles, as they shall be called for, 



namely, 



For the mathematics, are a diagram, to illus- 

 trate the nature and uses of addition, subtraction, 

 multiplication, and division ; several diagrams to 

 Jiow the properties and uses of the different sup- 

 erficial figures, such as circles, ellipses, squares, 

 triangles, &c. with the method of finding their con- 

 tents ; models of various solids, namely, of cylin- 

 ders, prisms, cones, pyramids, parallelopipeds, and 

 spheres, fitted to illustrate the method of measur- 

 ing wood, timber, cisterns, bins, cellars, wells, ca- 

 nals &c. &c. ; also the diflerent quantity of sur- 

 face' necessary to enclose a given bulk in different 

 shaped solids. , • i 



For natural philosophy, are a set of mechanical 

 powers, namely, levers, simple and compound- 

 pulleys, sinale and niultipUed— wheel and axis— 

 wedge- screw and inclined plane — a hydrostatic 

 bellows and syphon, intended to illustrate the laws 

 and power of water, particularly the hydrostatic 



press. 



For chemistry, are a pneumatic cistern, an iron 

 cylinder for making gasses by heat, a flexible tube, 

 and such other articles as shall be called for. 



For astronomy, are a representation of the solar 

 system, a globe for showing the change of seasons, 

 the five zones, the equator, ecliptic, and merid- 

 ians ; several articles for illustrating eclipses, a 



RHEUM PALMATUM, OR PIE-PLANT. 



Improvement in rural economy is of a tardy 

 growth, compared to the progress of the mechanic 

 arts. In the latter, some fortunate genius invents 

 a labor-sa%-ing instrument — he hastens to Wash- 

 ington — obtains a patent, and if he has in fact dis- 

 covered any thing materially useful, it is soon ex- 

 tensively known, and every where apphed. Not 

 so in rural atfairs. No farmer or horticulturist, 

 whatever improvements he may make, ever thinks 

 of asking a patent. His discoveries are noticed 

 by a few of his neighbors only, and it is a long i 

 time before his country duly appreciates the value j 

 of whatever he may introduce. The history of 

 potatos, confirms these remarks ; for notwithstand- 

 ing their intrinsic merit — notwithstanding they 

 yield their treasure so soon after planting, and re- 

 quire so easy and simple a ilressing ; it was near- 

 ly two hundred years after they were carried to 

 England, before they found their way into many 

 of the best cultivated gardens, and to the opulent 

 tables of that country. 



The pie-plant is another instance of the slow- 

 ness and difficulty with which every new vegeta- 

 ble finds its way to notice. There is every where 

 a partiality to articles of customary culture, and it 

 is with hesitation and reluctance that our cooks 

 attempt to dress new ones, or to bring them upon 

 the table. Besides, the pie-plant is three or four 

 years coming to any degree of maturity ; which 

 discourages many persons from attempting its cul- 

 tivation, and for a long period deprives the cook 

 of an opportunity of gaining, or exerting her skill. 

 In addition to all this, the true name of the plant, 

 (rhubarb) has, in some instances prevented its cul- 

 inary use, and compelled the cuhivators to give it 

 a new one (pie-plant) in order to prevent a pre- 



Teu plant.— This plant has within the last few 

 years been cultivated in Brazil, on a very large 

 scale, and with great success. It was origmally 

 brought from China, about the year 1816, by or- 

 ders from king John 6th. and duruig the adminis- 

 tration of Count la Barea ; when a number of 

 Chinese, accustomed to its cuhivation and prepar- 

 ation, were, at the same time, conveyed to Kio de 

 Janeiro, for the purpose of naturahzing it. It \va> 

 first planted at the royal estate of Santa Cruz, for- 

 merly belonging to the Jesuits and now convert- 

 ed into a perfect paradise ; and eventually it was 

 spread to several of the Provinces. In that of St. 

 Paul, where the soil and chmate have been found 

 peculiarly congenial ; the plantations are on an 

 extensive scale, and the Brazilians are said already 

 ' to grow suflicient for their own consumption. In 

 five years, it is expected, they wiU be able to ex- 

 port a considerable quantity, which certainly will 

 be considered a phenomenon. A Brazihan young 

 gentleman, who has for some years been piu-suing 

 his literary and useful researches amongst us, has 

 furnished several scientific persons in London 

 with samples of Brazilian tea ; and, on infusion, it 

 is found stronger than that of Chuia, usually drank, 

 which may, perhaps, be owing to its being of last 

 year's growth, whilst the tea consiuned in Eng- 

 land is generally three or four years old. Should 

 this new article be imported here, it is a quere un- 

 der what denomination it can be placed, unless 

 the custom-house allows it to rank with medicinal 

 herbs. — London paper. 



To remove an attack of the sick headache, e 

 correspondent in one of the monthly joiu'nals re- 

 commends the patient to take a table spoonful 

 of ginger, mixed with a lump of sugar, in a tum- 

 bler three parts full of water, with the cliill off; 

 to sit, for a quarter of an hour, with his feet in 

 water agreeably warm ; and to apply a napkin, 

 wrung out of cold water, to his temples or fore- 

 head, whichever part appears most affected. 



