Vol. VII.— No. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



39 



liealth ; for when i; lies in a lianl or liound state, 

 omiching showers run off, and tlie sahitary an- 

 cannot enter. Weeds cxliaust the strength ot 

 tlie ground, and if they are suffered to seed and 

 sow themselves, may he truly railed garden sins. 

 The hand and hoe are instruaients for the i)nr- 

 ])Ose. Digging where tlic spa le can go, between 

 the rows of plants, is a good in'-thod of destroy- 

 ing weeds : and as it cuts off the straggling fihres 

 of the roots, they strike afresh in numerous new 

 shoots, and are thus strengthened. Deep hoeing 

 is a good practice, as it gives a degree of fertihty 

 1.) tl'.e earth. 



MANURE. 



Manure is the great sinew of agriculture, as- 

 money is of war : and the making the best of ev- 

 ery advantage or opportunity for increasing the 

 quantity of it, is one of the most prominent traits 

 iu the character of a good farmer. 



Soundness of tlie lungs. — Dr.Lyons,of Edinburgh 

 proposes an ingenious and practical test for trying 

 the soundness of the lungs. The patient is direct- 

 ed to draw in a full breath, and then begin to 

 coiuit as far as he can, slowly and audibly, with- 

 out again drawing his breath. The number of 

 seconds he can continue counting is then to be 

 carefully noted. In confirmed consumption, the 

 time does not exceed eight, and is often less than 

 six seconds. In pleurisy and pneumonia it ranges 

 from ni}ie to fourteen seconds. But when the 

 lungs are sound, the time will range as high as 

 fron) twenty to ihirty-five seconds. 



It is delightful to see savages becoming civiliz- 

 ed ; but it is deeply disgraceful and afflicting to 

 see civilized persons becoming savage. 



Amongst tlie stock of jioultry, in the farm-yard 



,jf Robinson, Esq. of Benningholme Grange, 



near Swine, is a hen of a most aspiiing character. 

 Last year, iireparatory to incubation, she was ac- 

 customed to ascend a lofty tree, and, having laid 

 a number of eggs in an old crow's nest, succeed- 

 ed in producing a young brood in that elevated 

 station. The chickens were got down by means 

 of a ladder, and reared in safety. In the i)rcsent 

 summer the same hen cliraed up another tree, 



'and laid her eggs (also in a crow's nest) in a situ- 

 ation wholly inaccessible. She hatched her off- 

 spring ; but, as it was impossible to rear a ladder 

 to the height, the chickens, on attempting to quit 

 the nest, t<;ll to the ground and were all killed. — 

 /lull Packet. 



11. Rush, Esq. Secretary of the Treasuiy, has 

 advertised that the Revolutionary Claimants will 

 be paid their halt-yearly pensions, agreeably to the 

 Jate act of Congress, on and after the .3d of Sep- 



, -tember next. 



Prodigious.— We understand that the steam- 

 boat North America left New York on Saturday 

 lor this city, with 500 passengers ; and after all 

 uiterniediate stoppages and changes, actually land- 

 ed 380 on her arrival at this place. — Hbany Chr. 



Two signs were once opposite each other, at 

 Philadelphia — thus inscribed — "James iSAo«"and 

 " Jonathan FeH." 



The work shops in the State Prison were late- 

 ly burnt. The fire was discovered about the time 

 the convicts were returning to their cells and is 

 supposed to have been communicated by some of 

 them. 



pire, A small wooden box filled with saw dust 



in an office near Harper's Ferry, where no spark 



[]3^ Sevfal Commurncatjo/is are on hand. 



Seeds for Fall Sowing. 

 For sale at ihe New Eiigland Farmer Seed Store, a fresh sup- 

 ply of various Grass Seeds— also a great variety of vegetable 

 seeds for fall sowing, viz. Wline Portugal Onion, Slrasburg do. 

 Silver skin do. Prickly Spinach and Dutch f 'ole for early greens 

 —various kinds of leltnce, eairol. cucumber, cabbages, &c.— 

 black Spanish or winter radish, &.c. all warranted fresh. 



Orchard Grass Seed — growth of 1828. 



.lust received at the New Englaiid Fanner Seed Store, No. 

 i2 North Market Streol, 



'20 bushels of prime Orchard Grass Seed, raised, this seas .n, 

 with the greatest care, by John Prince Esq.— warranted to be 

 o.^ual in purilv to anv ever ofl'ered for sale ui New England. 



A supply of pure G'llman Wheat, raised by Payson Williams 

 and i»Ir Winchester, is daily expected. 



H'tld Geese. 

 For sale, five pairs of Wild Geese, two pairs three yea rs old 

 Inquire of the subscriber. BENJ. J. PHILLIPS. 

 Lynn. August J6, 1823^ 



For Sale, 

 A Pull Calf live weeks old of the Short Horn breed, from the 

 best Jnipoited Stock, both Sire and Dam, well known and high- 

 Iv approved. Apply at this Office for price and particulars of 

 pedigree. 41. August iO, 1 0:i8. 



Farmer TVanted. 

 An inti-lligenl, capable man is wanted to take charge of a Farm 

 a few nitlt's from the city. He must be able to produce un- 

 doubted lelerences. as to his knowledge of the bosinc^s, habits 

 of induslrv. \c. With one having the requisite qualifications 

 an arrangemant might be made for taking the farm on shares. 



FOR S\I,E, 



An excellent Mare w itli her Colt, by the celebrated Horse Bell- 

 found<'r. Also, a F?idl. two years old, by Denton— jierfectly 

 kind and good tempered. Likewise, one full blood ftlerino 

 Ram. one Ewe, and one Lamb. Apply at the office of the N. 

 E. Fanner. 3t aug. 8 



THE NEW AMERICAN GARDEA i R. 



A work with this title, compiled by the Editor of the New 

 England Farmer, with the assistanceof a number ol scientific 

 and Practical H..rticulluralisls in the vicinity of Boston nud New 

 YorK, IS just published by J. H. Russei.l, Proprietor of the 

 New England Farmer. The articles are arranged alpha- 

 betically, and comprise the most useful \'egetabi.ks and 

 Frcits which can be conveniently and economically cultivated 

 in the climate of New England and the A:iddle States; as well as 

 a Treatise on Flowers, and on Lvndscape or Picturesque 

 Gardens, on the general management of the .Silh Worm, 

 and the manufacture of Silk, rmd a Treatise on the culture of 

 Grape Vines and the Str\wb.i:rrv. The ariiclf on Fruit 

 Trees contains asi enumeranon ai d description of all the Ajiples- 

 Pears. Pea'-hes, Cherries Pliinis, Nectarines, Aprict is, &c. &c. 

 that can be raised to the most ativantage, and their relative lor- 

 vvardness in bearing, which will be fi und to be of incalculable 

 benefit to gentlemen in laying out orchards. Each of the above 

 articles is furnished by geattenien practically acquainted witli 

 the subjects on which tliey have written, 



A list of the contents of the work will be found in the New 

 England Fanner lijr August 1. 



Hesides a faithful investigstiim of all the standard works on 

 Gardening and Horticulture, recently putilished in England, 

 and the '1 ransactions of the I^Oiidon Horticultural Society, the 

 IMew American Garileiier is enriched by arliclesor extracts from 

 the writings of the tlitlowing -\merican gentlemen : 



J. Armstrong, Jesse Buel. I,. P.artleti, L \V. ISriggs, Joseph 

 Cooper, Wm ("oxe. J. G. I'oliin, T. Coulter. S. Deane, E. H. 

 Derby, H. A. S. Dearborn. Doel. Drown, Jared Elliot. J, Ellis, 

 O Fiske, Docl. Green. J. M. Gonrgas, R. Howard. T. W. Har- 

 ris, T. Hubbard, L. .M'Kcan.J. Kenrick, John Lowell. H. Lit- 

 tle. A. Landrnm, J. Mease, B M'Mahon. F. A. Michoux Wm. 

 Moody. E. Preble, .f H. Powel, L Peterson, S. W. Ponierov, 

 W. I). Peck. T. Pickering. B. Perley. A. Parmeutier. J. W. 

 Proctor, S. G. Perivins, Prolessor Sav.Docl. J. SpotTord. Josiah 

 Uuiiicv. James Thaehcr. fT. Treat,!. Tuck-r. R. Toohev, W. 

 Wilsoi"!, N. Webster, J. F. Wmgate, J. \V. V/atkins, benjamin 

 Wheeler. 



Price ,?L2o— Six copies for Sn.OO. 



Seeds for the West Indies. 

 Merchants, masters of vessels, and others trading to the West 

 Indies, can be furnished with boxes of Seeds, assorted, suitable 

 for that mai ket, at from g4. to $5 per box. — Each box contains 

 upwards of sixty different kinds of seeds, vegetable and orna- 

 menial. in quantities sufficient for a common kitchen garden. — 

 Likewise the greatest variety of seeds to be found in New Eng- 

 land, bv Ihe pound or bushel, all warranted pure, and of the 

 growth of 1827 , 



Farm IVanted. 

 Wanted to purchase, or hire, on a long lease, from 150 to 300 

 acres of the nest land. lo< ated within thirty miles of Boston — for 



b-id b-en used for many days, was found to have 'which a fair price kM be given. Address '• P. D," Boston 



taken fire near- the bottom," the saw dust in the hrond. the post-office 



upper part was untouched. 



Blackstoiu: Canal.— The weather during a few 



6t 



Aug 



Oat Meal, Oat Flour, Grafts, S,-c. 

 Just received at the New England Farmer .Seed Store, a 

 ! further supply of the above ardeles. viz. .SO barrels of fresh Gal 



weeks past has been favorable for the work of llie ni^gl (i^g bolted Oat Flour. Hulled Oats or Vermont Rice, 



Canal It is confidentlv expected that the whole Scotch Barley, &c. for sale in any quantities, wholesale or re- 



• „ t 1 J • Ki I. ,1 „ ^o„ fi.^<»-t «,,. ilail. Also a few cannisters of fine 0(J( F/OTir, neatly packed, 



will be rendered navigable by the day fixed foi | ^« '^ ^ ^^ ^^^_. ^ ■,„„i,ter. 



the Annual Agricultural Festival. - 



I Gunpowder, Ifc. 



Cure for the Dysentery. — It is probably not so Du Pom's Gun Powder, at 23 to SO cts. per pound— Shot— BaKs 

 generally known as it should be, that boUed milk, "^'.^ -l':!--^^ SaTpetre-Blue Vitriol. .<ce. constant- 

 thickened with flour, and taken in tlie tirst stages |^ f^^ ,^1^. g, ,|,p j)„po„t Pnwdcr Store, No. G5 Broad street— 

 of dvsenterv, is, in all common cases, an invaltta- i By E. COPELAND, Jr. j ., ,. 



ble remedy. Boiled milk without flour is .no CTTheDu Pon, sold as above^.s warranted fitst quality- 



harsh. 



I and is marked "E. Copeland, jr. Boslon," on the head of Ihe 

 'cask If March 11 



