Vol. VII.— No. 19. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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disaster, have been discharged, and even the fevir 

 now at work, will in another week, be no longer 

 needed. It has been proposed, in the event of 

 the sum of £100,000 being raised, to commence 

 working from the otlier side of the Thames as far 

 as they can go ; and in case of the water break- 

 ing in, as they approach the dangerous part, which 

 is the centre of the river, building up a similar 

 wall to that now placed at the end of the present 

 works and afterwards completing the centre by 

 means of the cofferdam. If such a plan be in 

 contemplation, it must be attended with consider- 

 able expense ; but is, perhaps, the most likely to 

 ensure the completion of the midertaking. — Lon- 

 don paper. 



BONES OF THE SOLDIERS AT WATER- 

 LOO. 



It is well known that the bones of animals make 

 ■.'in excellent maimre for enriching the soil, and ac- 

 cordingly are very much sought for by gardeners 

 and agriculturalists in the neighborhood of large 

 cities, as London and Paris. When thus used, 

 they are first broken, then ground by means of a 

 steam engine, and the powder sown upon the 

 land. 



After the battle of Waterloo, the bodies were 

 first searched over for money, watches, trinkets 

 and clothes. — Then came the purveyors of human 

 hair,'for the supply of the makers of false hair — 

 wigs, curls and frizettes ; then came another class 

 who extracted from the dead bodies, all the sound 

 teeth, for the supply of the dentists, and lastly 

 when the flesh had putrified, the collectors of 

 bones for maimre searched the field for ihdr har- 

 vest. This looks like barbarism. The idea of it 

 is revolting to humanity. — Richmond Fam. Visitor. 



HORTICULTURE IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 



The circumstance of Grapes, the jjroduce of 

 this Province, having been sent to the city, a« we 

 noticed last week, has led to our making further 

 inquiry respecting the extent to which the cultiva- 

 tion of the vine has been attended to, in order to 

 ascertain whether or not, practical experiment 

 will bear us out in asserting that our chmate is 

 suitable" for it. The enquiry has even exceeded 

 our expectation. The wild grape abouuds in va- 

 rious districts of the Province, particularly in 

 sandy soil, and several gentlemen have, during 

 last year, made transplantations of the vine, with 

 the view of improvuig the fruit, and of bringing it 

 to an early state of perfection. A farmer from 

 Grand Lake states that his attention had been for 

 several years past, strongly drawn to the impor- 

 tance of the subject, from seeing this fruit in its 

 wild state perfected on particular parts of his farm 

 — he has now ajjpropriatcd part of his garden as 

 a vineyard, and furnisheri it with a sufficiency of 

 the soil in which he observed the wild plants to 

 thrive. We. entertain no doubt of the success of 

 the experiment ; it is deserving, however, of pub- 

 lic notice, in order that others, similarly situated, 

 may be induced to follow the example. 



We are informed also that, both last year and 

 this, very fine grapes have been produced at St. 

 Andrews, in the open air, in the garden of Cliris- 

 topher Scott, Esq. The jmblic ])ress, both in No- 

 va Scolia, and likewise in this Province, has, with- 

 out doidit, done much for the advancement of 

 their agricultural concerns ; we should like much 

 to see it exert itself in forwarding their horlicnUu- 

 ral interests. While it has been usefully employ- 



ed in rousing the community to the belief, that we 

 can be independent of foreigners for a supply of 

 tlie necessaries of life, let it not be backward in 

 showing, both by the adducement of facts and the 

 publication of jiractical information, that our situ- 

 ation on the globe furnishes us with the means of 

 being independent of them for many of its luxu- 

 riet;. Indeed, from the enquiries we have made, 

 and the information received from different quar- 

 ters of the Province, we are perfectly convinced 

 that nothing but inveterate obstinacy and deter- 

 mined sluggishness, stand in the way of our not 

 being abundantly supplied from the interior, with 

 many descriptions of apples, pears, plums, cher- 

 ries, currants and gooseberries : — If to this variety 

 be added our wild friuts, say raspberries and 

 strawberries, which are no where produced in 

 greater abundance than in this Province ; who 

 can say that the comforts of life are not entirely 

 within our reach. 



It is gratifying to learn that the planting of Or- 

 chards is yearly becoming an object of increasing 

 interest among our farmers ; and the day is not 

 far distant when our market will be plentifully 

 supplied with the article of cider, both for exporta- 

 tion and home consumption : — Mrs Clarke of the 

 Grand Lake, will gather this year about 2000 

 bushels of apples, and a gentleman in this City, 

 will have by the month of June next, 1000 fruit 

 trees planted on his farm near this city. When it 

 is considered that this fruit can be so plentifully 

 produced, with scarcely any injury to a surface 

 crop, it is rather matter of surprise than any thmg 

 else, that the subject has been so long neglected 

 by our agriculturists. The different moiles of 

 manufacturing cider, both in Nova-Scotia and in 

 tbe United States, we shall take an early opportu- 

 nity of noticing. — St. John (IsT. B.) Courier. 



American botanist to George III. He is said to 

 have been a very ingenious mechanic, and to have 

 built, with his own hands, the house in which he 

 resided. He quarried the stone, prepared the tim- 

 ber, and engraved the following distich in front of 

 the buikling, on its completion. 



*' To God aUine ; ihe Almighty Lord, 



Tlie Holy One, by me adored.'* 



John Barlram, 1770. 



imONCHOTOJIY. 



A boy in Frycburg, iMe. who had taken the core 

 of an apple into his windpipe a few days since, 

 was relieved by tlie operation of cutting into the 

 windi)i;)e, called Rronchotomy. In Stockbridge, 

 the core of an apple was extracted from the wind- 

 pipe of a little girl, by Dr. Brewster, a few days 

 since. An incision an inch in length was made 

 in the fleshy neck of the child, and the windjnpe 

 opened ; a tube was inserted below the obstruc- 

 tion, through which the child breathed ; the core 

 of the apple was then extracted by means of a 

 piece of sponge attached by a string to the end of 

 a catheter, which entered the windpipe above the 

 tube and came out at the mouth. Without this 

 operation the child could not have survived but a 

 few hours ; it now gives every hope of a speedy 

 recovery. — Hkmp. Gazette. 



Fat Or. — A noble fat ox raised in fi'orcestcr, by 

 Governor Lincoln, came down the canal last week, 

 and was sold at auction by Mr. Stoddard, tor sev- 

 enty one ilollars. The ox is to be exhibited on 

 our shambles this day for sale. The finest roast- 

 ing piece has by order of Governor Lincoln, been 

 reserved for the Governor of this State. — Prov. 

 Journal. 



John Bartram, A quaker and self taught phi- 

 losopher, was born near Darby, in what was then 

 Chester couiiiv', in 1701, and was the lirst who es- 

 tablished a botanic garden in America. He cor- 

 responded witli many distinguished tV^rcigners, and 

 was pronounced by Liunseus the greatest natural 

 botanist in the world. He was finally ap])ointcd 



[Prepared by tlie Edilor.] 

 BEES. 



FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. 



^Continued from page 134>.) 



Straw hives are unsuitable for our climate, and 

 afford a harbor for all kinds of in.sects. It is folly 

 to talk of their cheapness. If a man intend to 

 keep bees, he must in the first place, make tbe 

 hives in the very best manner ; by this we mean 

 of good materials and good workmanship. A hive 

 badly joined by an awkward carpenter is worse 

 than a hollow tree. One half of the labor of the 

 bees, is directed to the repairs of their dwelling.* 

 It it not asserted that bees wdl of themselves, falK 

 into these hives, or that no trouble or expense 

 is necessary in the management of an ajiiary. We 

 know that both care and expense are lecjuired ; — 

 but the latter, after the first disbursement, is very 

 trifling. Vigilance and neatnees are forever in rfs- 

 quisition, and the care of bees like all other profit- 

 able business, cannot be pursued to any advantage, 

 unless it receives daily and minute attention. But 

 have we not accomplished a great deal when we 

 have reduced the thing to this certainty ? 



But althougli, as we have before observed, noth- 

 ing is more simple in theory and practice, than 

 the history and cnre of bees, yet it requires a con- 

 stant and unremitted attention if we aim eitJier at 

 the instruction or profit. Can any thing be well- 

 done and to advantage without these ? Varro, in 

 his treatise, de Re Rusiica, is the first who has 

 spoken of hires. He wrote upwards of 1,780 

 years ago ; and how many different .sorts of hive.s 

 have been constructed since his time, to say noth* 

 ing of the difterenl theories .' We wish to see 

 bees in every garden throughout America, but we 

 have no desire to see the subject encumbered more 

 than is necessary to advance the pleasure and pro- 

 fit of the pursuit. To the naturalists we will leave 

 di.scussions of organization and propagation. They 

 are foreign to our purpose, as they only serve to 

 perplex and deter us from the main points. But 

 it is proper to know the most simple mode of man- 

 aging a hive, and this includes the pasture ot food 

 that is necessary for its sustenance. Hungor de- 

 stroys as many bees as the millers. We ought to 

 cultivate such shrubs and plants as the bees like, 

 without this they will starve. The American black 

 willow and the red maple are the first trees that 

 are visited by the bees. They are fond of tiie 

 crocus, which is earhest of the bulbous roots ; and 

 these we can have in abundance, as they multiply 

 quickly and occupy but little space. They are 

 beautiful in themselve.?, aflbrding a rich treat to 

 the eyes ; and tNjy flower so early, and are of 

 such bright and vivid colors that we take as much 

 pleasure in them as the bees do. The stercorary 

 and piggery are ne.xt resorted to by these insccis- 

 These we jiresume are their medicine shops, and 



* A model of Ihc liivi-' wliith we i-cinsider of the best construc- 

 tion, may be seen ai the villaije of ilie Lebanon Shaker^, in the 

 h.Tiids (if Daniel Hawkins ; or at the seat of Theodore Sedg- 

 wick, Esq in Stockbridge. The invontor of thi.s hive has bad 

 on opporiunily of judging of its niorils by e.\pcriemc. 



