Vol.VII.— No. 10. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



71- 



after paying for the dressing in hemp.— Total val- 

 uo of the lint, one hundred and ei^ht dollars. — * 

 Such hemp, when broken iu an unrotted state, 

 and subjected to a water process after breaking, 

 and properly cleaned, will equal the best Russian | 

 hemp. I 



" We use the common corn cutter for cutting 

 planted hemp ; but use it carefully, so as not to 

 jar off the seed. 



" In all cases where you wish to save the lint, 

 you will be careful to put the stem under cover 

 as soon as you can, to prevent it from being stain- 

 ed by the weather. 



" N. B. — Use the common flail for threshing. 



" I am, in great baste, your obedient servant, 

 "JOSEPH HINES. 



'• Stillwater, M Y. Jlug. 21. 1328." 



From Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. 



0(1 the Holly and the Hazel, as Underwood. 

 By Mr. James Frazer. 



That holly and hazel, independently of their 

 uses, arc the principal constituents in the filling 

 up of sylvan scenery, few, I presume, will deny ; 

 some hints, therefore, relative to the treatment of 

 these shrubs, both in an ornamental and useful 

 point of view, may perhaps not be unacceptable 

 to sonic of your numerous readers. 



Although there are many extensive places 

 whore the woods, &c. do not come under the 

 gardener's superintendence, yet every gardener 

 ought to be conversant in these matters. 1 am 

 sorry lo say, however, that in tlie greater part of 

 the plantations I have visited throughout this [ 

 country (Ireland), these useful and ornamental 

 shrubs, in common with the other trees, are 

 shamefully neglected by all parties concerned in 

 tlieir management. 



The liolU, as a shrub, is unequaili^d, whether 

 we consider its stature and mode of growth, or 

 its variety, color, and i)ermanency of toliag('. It 

 is found in its natural state in various soils and 

 situations : but it appears to flourish most in a 

 loamy soil, inclining to peat, as may be seen in 

 the vast tracts of natural wood in these countries. 

 The whip-makers, as I have found, give a decid- 

 ed preference, for whip-handles, to the holly 

 grov.n on upland ; not only on account of its be- 

 ing tougher, but, by reason of its slower growth, 

 the branches are more closely set, which saves 

 !':cin considerable trouble in (■jraiing artificial 

 knots. The turners adapt the lioily grown in va- 

 riou.s situations io different purposes, according to 

 the density of the timber. Tlie hazel luxuriates 

 most in Aci;\i upland ; aud although it i^ to be 

 met wiiii in the roi;ky glen, on the mountain side, 

 and iu liie bosom (jf the forest, yet, in a prufitable 

 point of view, a strong and dry loam nill be 

 found the most advantageous. There are kw 

 plants more accommodating, none more simply 

 ^>eauti!t^^ vaii'l i' is an indispensable appendage 

 in rejiresentiiig the truly picturesque scenery of 

 our country. The coopers also prefer, for hoops*, 

 liazels of upland j'rowth, as the wliip-maki.'rs do 

 the h(/lly for handles, but for ditiei-ent reasons, as 

 quikhes" of growth and thinness of branches are, 

 with tlie coojier, principal accommodations. 



With regard to the hazel copses in this coimtry, 

 I have met with very few under what I conceive 

 proper management. In many of them prema- 



' hi livlaml, hazel poles, from four lo eisjlii years' growth, 

 are in great doniaud for hoops for butter fiikiijs. 



ture and irregular cutting takes place; iu others i feet or 9 feet length of row, 6 feet high; as I 

 they are suffered to grow till beauty and utility Ujropose driving it 18 incites into the ground, that 



are sacrificed, aud the standard trees of the wootl 

 much injured. When cut over, every shoot 

 which springs up is suffered to remain on the 

 stools till the next period of cutting, unless, in- 

 deed, when near a market town, a few young 

 shoots are cut and sold for basket roiis, &c — 

 When beauty and cover for game form the sole 

 object, with regard both to holly and liazel, the 

 princi|)al matter to attend to is to keep the bushes 

 of a moderate height, and to lop off any strag- 

 gling branches which have a tendency to produce 

 nakedness at bottom. When profit only is con- 

 sidered, a different course is to be pursued. In 

 young copses, the chief thing is to invigorate the 

 roots, and to suffer no more shoots than are abso- 

 lutely necessary, to remain in the stools till they 

 have acquired sufficient strength. Alter cutting 

 over, should the stools push strongly, the superflu- 

 ous shoots ought to be occasionally displaced, 

 leaving only what tiie stools can fully support ; 

 at.d those intended to remain for hoops and poles 

 may be much forwarded by rubbing off all unne- 

 cessary buds as they appear. This work I have 

 readily performed with children. When prolit 

 and ornament are jointly considered, which is 

 unifortnly the case in demesnes, &c. the copses in 

 ilia interior of the wood or plantation, if of any 

 tent, may be treated in the manner suggested 



It may be so nrndy fixed as not to be moved by 

 the wind. If any trouble arises in making the 

 sticks fast in the stake, it is very easily remedied 

 by driving a small wedge in to secure thein. The 

 sticks I used are elm, but hazel or any other 

 which is spreading, with small twigs or spray, will 

 do equally well. 



I have sent you a sketch of one of these jiea- 

 sticks, which may iierhaps he a better guide to 

 any of your readers who are inclined to try them, 

 than my explanation alone. 



TV E W EIVGLAIVD FARM ER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, 1828. 



GARDENER'S WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Hoe and thin your growing crops of spinach. 

 Earth up celery as it advances in growth, but be 

 careful to avoid covering the hearts of the plants. 

 Tills work should be done in a dry day. See 

 that you do aot bruise nor injure the stalks ; for 

 if they are cruslicd or wounded they will be sub- 

 ject to rot. Towards the latter end of the month 

 you may transplant all kimls of hardy perennial, 

 aromatic, and medicinal heibs, which will thus 

 become rooted before winter. This work should 

 if possible, be done in moist weather. Pull and 



■r.v profit, and those along the margins, by the [ Pi'^'^erve your ripe onions, and sow more to stand 



sides of the roads, walks, &c. managed as hinted 

 at for game covers and beauty. 



A'oh'rc nf a Mode of procuring Slicks for training 

 KriigkVs Man-oiv Pea. — By Sufi-olciensis. 



Tlie tlifiiculty and expense in procuring sticks 

 for Knight's Gigantic or Tall Marrow Pea, have 

 prevented many persons from growing that ex- 

 cellent vegetable. Having this year experienced 

 some trouble in accomplishing this object, I turn- 

 ed my attention to some plan by which the use of 

 long sticks might be superseded, and have just 

 tried one, which appears calculated to answer ev- 

 ery purpose. Altiiough it will be attended with 

 some little expense at first, I have no doubt it will 

 eventually prove cheaper to ;\. regular grower 

 than any other. 



over winter. Protect grajtes and other fruit 

 against wasi's. This may be done by hanging up 

 phials of honied or sugared water near the fiaiit 

 you wish to defend. Thoroughly clean from 

 weeds all the seed beds and nurseries of trees. 



I have provided an upright sttike or i^taiidard of 

 oak, 3 ill. by 1^ in., tibniit 7i ft. long. Holes are 

 liorcd through this with a liali-iiich auger, about 

 3 iiiches distant. Having procured sums good 

 branching jiea-sticks, liom 3 feet to 5 feet long, I 

 begin on one bide at bottom, and place them in 

 the holes, in such a way as to make them touch 

 and form a complete fan. I then fill the other 

 side in the same manner. My oak standard, 

 when compleLo, shows sufficient pea-sticks for 8 



HORriES. 



Great numbers of liorses have died within- ft 

 few weeks, in the neighboring parts of Long Isl- 

 and, of the disease known by the name of " blind 

 staggers." Opinions of practictil l^rriers so far as 

 we have heard, are various with regard to the 

 caur-e. Many horses, as we h' vc been informed, 

 which had been sent from stables in the city,, for 

 the benefit of tiie air ai;d pastures, have fallen 

 victims to this ilisorder. 



The Old Colony Memorial, published at Plym- 

 outh, Mass. ir.entions that the same disease is ver\' 

 prevaien; in tli.it vicinity, and gives the following 

 remedy, irom Tdason's Farriery. 



Bleed in the neck three times a week. Take 

 j an ounce of assafoRtida, one tea spoonful of salt 

 J pctre, mix them and give them as a drink three 

 ; liiiics a week in the morning. Give an injection 

 of meal, water, im^lasscs and lard. Rub him well 

 and exerci.se him moderately. A mash may be 

 sriven him of bran, sulphur, salt pctre, sassafras 

 tea and assafanida ; but give no drink for six 

 hours. If all this answers no purpose after a few 

 .lays, then ttike twcuty-five grains of calomel, two 

 drachms of o)iit!m, one drachm of powdered fen- 

 nel seed, mixed with some syrup ijito a ball, and 

 give it in the morning for three or four days. 



It is sail! that the following treatment, after re- 

 peated tritils has proved effectual. 



Take juice of garlic six spoonsful, and pour it 

 down the horse's throtit by means of a hoin or 

 bottle or give it as a drench. If after two or 

 three hours there is no relief, then repeat it. Thii 

 juice of the leek or onion, gi\ en in a greater quan- 

 tity, will ]iroducc nearly the same effect. 



It is iirettv well ascertained that horses coiifin- 



