Vol. VII.— No. 2. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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moved when the main shoots aie in vigorous 

 .■jroM'tli ; but cutting tlic part from wliieh buds 

 h'hould be selected would sever the arteries of 

 vegetable life, and soon relieve the gardener from 

 further care of his plant. A reason as strong 

 against the practice may be found in the fact, that 

 if the buds are allowed to remain on the parent 

 sialic until the wood is ripened, they may, at the 

 season of pinning, be safely separated, and by 

 covering with earth, converted into new vines witli 

 vigorous tops and sound roots. 



The method of proiJagation, which is called that 

 by cuttings is that reconunended by the most ex- 

 perienced cultivators and judicious writers. Its 

 .idvantages are, great economy of labor, increase 

 of t!ie number of plants, certainty of obtaining the 

 .«ame fruit with the original stock, convenience of 

 cultivation, and the sure growth of healthy raies. | 

 In the uutunm when ])ruiiing takes place, the \ 

 shoots taken from the mature wood are cut off 

 and separated in pieces. Some cultivators leave 

 thorn eighteen inches long ; others form them 

 with only one eye on wood of one year old and a 

 few inches of that of the preceding year : by a 

 third method the cuttings have only a single bud. 

 The cuttings thus prepared are preserved through 

 the winter, by covering them with earth. In 

 .-spring they are inserted so as to leave one or two 

 buds above tiie ground, and freely send out shoots 

 and fibres. This we believe is the easiest and 

 best method known for propagating the vine. 



THE VINE. 

 A number of gentlemen held a meeting in Bal- 

 timore, in June last, to form a society to promote 

 the culture of the vine. Such is our opinion of 

 !he nature of their object, that we tliink there is 

 scarcely any thing calculated to prove so useful to ' 

 the country, as this undertaking, if successful. — 

 They propose to hold fairs for tlie exhibition of 

 wine.s, about the time of vintage. Dr Monkur ilc- [ 

 Uvercd an address at the meeting, v/hich contain- 

 ed some interesting facts about the culture of 

 vines in the different climates of Europe, with 

 a statement of the comparative degrees of latitude 

 in the United States. — A**. Y. Statesman. 



that to have flowers, fruits, and vegetables in ])er- 

 fection, they must be well attended ; the ground 

 kept clean from weeds by the hoe and rake, for 

 nature is always the same, she will reward the in- 

 dustrious, but gives si)aringly and almost refuses 

 every thing to the negligent. 



Paler ipse colendi 



Hauc) faciiem esse viam voluit. — Virgil. 



From the Massachusetts Spy. 



CANADA THISTLES. 

 Having seen several articles in your paper relat- 

 ing to the Canada thistle, and having had the sat- 

 isfaction of destroying several hunches of them in 

 a manner different from what I have seen describ- 

 ed, I feel disposed to communicate it to the pub- 

 lic. In 1822, I discovered the Canada thistle in 

 a ])asture where I kept about t\venty sheej) ; I 

 mowed them twice or three times in wet weather, 

 hut they appeared to grow the faster for it, and 

 had, by the next spnng, spread over three times 

 as nnich ground as they occupied before, and were 

 in a flourishing state. I caused them to be cut 

 once more. I then took about two quarts of salt, 

 and spread over the thistles, and the sheep being 

 hungry for it, they very soon eat what they could, 

 and continued upon the spot till they had stamp- 

 ed much of the grass and thistles into the dirt. I 

 continued to throw on salt once or twice a week, 

 for several months, and frequently put in other 

 cattle, when they needed salt, so that the ground 

 in a short time was almost bare, and what i'cw 

 t'lisiles were to be seen were covered with rust. 

 The next season I ploughed the ground, and have 

 sinrc ]>lantcd and sowed it, and I believe there is 

 noiv, not a sinale thistle on the piece. I discov- 

 ered another bunch of them in another piece the 

 next year, which I treated in the same manner, 

 and have now on the ground a piece of corn, but 

 have the satisfaction to say, there are no thistles 

 in the field. A FARMER. 



nerves, are distributed, and therefore the lungs do 

 not ]>erforin their functions ; in which cases, tho' 

 bleeding is absolutely required, the quantity of 

 blood may be taken away without affording com- 

 plete relief, and if there are no symptoms of para- 

 lysis, and it is probable that the stomach contains 

 indigested food, it is advisable to give an emetic 

 Edinburgh Journal. 



It has been estimated that the steam boats be- 

 longing to and trading from New York, consume 

 during a running season of eight months, about 

 180,000 cords of pine wood, to which may be ad- 

 ded 20,000 cords for other modes of consumption, 

 making in all 200,000 cords. At Philadelphia, we 

 have 12 boats besides ferries in constant use. 

 which probably, with works and manufactories in 

 the neighborhood and iu New Jersey, use 150,000 

 cords per season, maldng an aggregate of the con- 

 sumption of the two ports, 350,000 cords per an- 

 num. This vast destruction must, we apprehend, 

 exhaust the lands within reach of uavigable wat- 

 ers in the course of a few years, when a substitute 

 luust be resorted to, or the cost will be heavily in- 

 creased. It is fair therefore to calculate, that the 

 day is not far distant, when a demand for 175,000- 

 to 200,000 tons of ccal annually, for the use of 

 steam boats, will be added to the coal rr,arket. — 

 Penn. Gazette 



HORTICULTURE. 



A proper attention to the science of horticulture 

 has ever been considered among the blessings of 

 civilized life ; and it may be observed, that the 

 more any country has advanced in the knowledge ' 

 of agriculture and gardening, the further that ] 

 country has progressed in civilization. It is very | 

 evident, that in this country, where liberty seems ; 

 to have made her abode, and the rights of man 

 are protected, that great progress has been made 

 within a few years in the science of agriculture. 

 Societies have been formed under the auspices of 

 some of our most enlightened citizens through- 

 out the comitry-^considerable progress has been 

 made, and by universal opinion, an excitement to 

 much greater improvement is anticipated. Tiiis 

 spirit has also extended to horticulture ; — and 

 almost every man possessed of a small piece of 

 gromid, may display his elegant garden enriched 

 with flowers and fruit, judiciously selected, so as 

 to have a constant succession of nature's bountiful i 

 gifts ; for a small garden well cultivated will pro- 

 duce much, and while it promotes health in the 

 cultivation, must also aflbrd pleasure from the 

 lime the blossoms first appear until the fruit ar- 

 rives at maturity. But it must also be remarked 



LIGHTNING RODS. 



Professor Fansher, of Yale College, says, — 



" In a dry atmosphere its influence extends to 

 from 30 to 40 feet. 



In a damp do. from 20 to 2-5 feet. 



When it rains profusely, from 15 to 20 feet. 



From this Etatenietif it will be obvious that con- 

 ductors should always be ei-ected witli reference 

 to the most watery state of the atmosphere. 



The Stale of Pennsylvania is going on with 

 grgat power and rajiidity witli the canal. About 

 8 miles of her caijal, tliat is from Pittsburgh to 

 the northern turnpike, v.il! be in successful op- 

 eration, it is believed, in about three months ; the 

 residue, about 30 miles to the western base of the 

 Allegany moiintains, will be put under contract 

 on tho Isl of Sspl ember; and the rail road over 

 the mountain, about 35 miles, will be under con- 

 tract this fa!!, to be completed tho next season 



The average number of hand.s employed this seas- 

 on has been above 4000, and the monthly dis- 

 bursements of money, ciglity or a hundred tlious- 

 and dollars.. The Pcnnsyivar.iaiis havii reason to 

 be proud ol' this great work, wliich tltey carry on 

 in tlic only way in v/Iiich important public jmr 

 prwements ever can be effected.— .M.?. Intel. 



THE BIG WALNUT TREE. 



This mammoth product of the American forest, 

 which was exhibited in New York and Philadel- 

 phia, has been transported to London and sold 

 for two hundred pounds sterling. It was found 

 near Lake Erie, and measures 36 feel in circum- 

 ference ; its interior presents a splendid drawing- 

 room. 



APOPLEXY. 



In gi\ing the history of four classes of apoplexy, 

 in which emetics appeared to have been exhibit- 

 ed with advantage, contrary to the general opin- 

 ion of this jiractice being dangerous, Jlr Swan 

 takes occasion to remark, that apoidexy depends 

 more frequently on the di^icult transmis.sion of 

 blood through the limgs, or from its not being 

 properiy organized, than is imagined. A stomach 

 overloaded by wholesome food, or containing a 

 small quantity of indigestible food, deranges all 

 the parts to which the par vagum, or eight pair of 



From the number of milk -men I obsened pa.s- 

 sing the Brooklyn Ferry, I was led to cnquu-c tlie 

 quantity of milk carried to the city each day from 

 Brooklyn. I find it is 975 gallons, or 3900 quarts, 

 which at Cd. is $2.34 00 per day ; $1638 00 per 

 week, and .'583,170 CO per jear ; and at a season 

 when j.cihaps the least is used. I could not guess 

 the extent of pasture it would require to supplj- 

 such a vialactra, though A Yankee. 



E. Britton, Esq. of Little Fails, N. Y. has now, 

 says the People's Friend, more than 300 swarms 

 ofiee*. 209 of them young swarms, and doing 

 well. This is making a baiinass of hoJicy-maJcing.. 



A paper i,rh!ted in the Stale of Alabama speaks 

 of a most deplorable and alarming scarcity of 

 young ladies. Every respectable female, native or 

 stranger, found there, is, as soon as possible, hur- 

 ried to tlie hymeneal altar. The young men are 

 as 100 to one of the young ladies !i ! 



The steam boat, tliat runs between Aberdeen 

 and London, is of 1000 tons, and 160 horse pow- 

 er. Steam boat exclusions from Loudon to ses^ 

 take place weekly. ^P^ 



