No. 21— Vol. VII. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



167 



ihem notwithstanding, and be attacked with the 

 tlie saHvation, they may be cured in a single day 

 by feeding them plentifully with cabbage leaves — 

 which appears to be an effectual antidote against 

 this peculiar disorder. 



"If no cabbages should be at hand, the leaves 

 of turnips, radishes, mustard and such other plants 

 of the cruciferous tribe, might probably answer 

 as well. 



"I venture to hint that cabbages, and the cru- 

 ciferous plants might, perhaps, become an effica- 

 cious remedy in the morbid salivation brought on 



ADVANTAGES OF THOROUGH CULTIVA- 

 TION. 



That more is to be gained by cultivating a 

 small spot of ground well, than a large parcel in- 

 differently, is a truth illustrated by the following 

 apologue from a Roman author : 



A vine dresser had two daughters and a vine- 

 yard ; when his eldest daughter was married he 

 gave her a third of his vineyard for a portion ; not- 

 withstandiug which he had tlie same (juantity of 

 fruit as formerly. When his youngest daughter 

 was married he gave her the half of what remain- 

 man by an excessive use of mercurial preparations, ! ed, and still the produce of his vineyard was un- 



tobacco, &c. It is by similar analogies that the 

 materia medica is often enlarged, and effectual 

 remedies are destroyed or succedaneous pallia- 

 tives adopted." 



OPIUM. 



The Opium of commerce is prepared from the 

 Papaver somni/erum, or white poppy, so named 

 from the whiteness of its seeds. Opium is mere- 

 ly the milky juice of the plant inspissated, and 

 blackened by drying. It is obtained by making 



incisions in the capsules every evening, and in the I article is' carried into the very interior of Massa- 

 mormng the sap, winch has distilled from the I ^husetts on the Worcester canal. It was no un- 

 wound, and become thickened is scraped off, and jju^t observation to say, that the Worcester canal 

 bemg afterwards worked by the hand in the sun- 



diminished. Columella, lib. iv. cap. 3. Pliny men- 

 tions a freedman, who having much larger crops 

 than his neighbors, was accused of witchcraft, and 

 brought to trial. He produced in the forum a 

 stout daughter, and some excellently constructed 

 iron farming tools, with his oxen, and said " These, 



Romans, are my charms." lie was acquitted 



Pliny's J^at. His. xviii. 6. 



Gunpowder, ^c. 



Du Pones Gun Powder, al 2310 50 CIS. per pound Shot Ball^ 

 e lims and Percussion Caps. 



Also, Alum Refined Sail Pclre Blue Vitriol, &c. constant- 



yf 1^ ^?-^^^.^\''Jl"^"'" ^'"•'^" ^""-e, No. G5 Broad street— 

 Kyi'... CurLLANI), Jr. 



0° The Du I'ont sold as above, is warranted first quality 



and is marked 

 cask 



' E. Cop^lund, jr. Bnsto7i" 

 tf 



on tlie head of the 

 March 14- 



About 326 cargoes of lumber arrived at Provi- 

 dence from Maine in the season of 1827. This 



shine, is formed into cakes of about four pounds 

 weight each. The quantity of this drug used for 

 medical and other purposes is immense. Six hun- 

 dred thousand pounds are said to be annually ex- 

 ported from the Ganges alone Drummomrs First 



Steps to Botany. 



Candlts and oil Formerly when candles were 



high and oil low, the latter was considered the 

 cheapest light. At the present time candles 

 are ten cents for dipts, and eleven for moulds ; — 

 and oil is dear. Tallow light is now considered 

 the cheapest. 



Perkins^ Plates — No better evidence can be re- 

 quired, that the monied interest approve of Per- 

 kins' Bank bills, than the fact that Majnr A. Per- 

 kins has printed for 127 banks, the bills of which 

 have never, in a single instance, been successfully 

 counterfeited. 



has completely tapped the heart of that state 



J^oah's Inquirer. 



The Morris Canal proves of great advantage to 

 New Jersey. Dover, a little manufacturing village 

 of 20 houses, pays indirectly and directly $7000 

 a year, for the transportation of articles which 

 must pass the canal, when finished. 



Setdsfor the West Indies. 

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

 Indies, can be furnished with bo.\es of .Seeds, assorted, suitable 

 for that market, at from ,^ t to go per box. — Each box contains 

 upwards of %\x\y dilTerent kinds of seeds, vegetable and orna- 

 mental, in quantities sufficient for a common kitchen garden. — 

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

 land, by the pound or bushel, all warranted pure, and of the 

 growth of 1327. 



Field Peas. 

 A consipmcnl of 50 bushels of Field Peas, from Vermont, ef 

 the growth of 1327, in good order. They will be sold by the 

 tierce at $1.15 per bushel. 



Oat Meal, S,c. 

 Fine Oat meal and Oat Flour, Hulled Oats, Hulled Barle^', 

 Barley Flour, *c. for sale by the barret or less quantity, direct 

 from Stevens' Mills, Vermont. 



American Tree Seeds. 

 For sale, a variety of Seeds of Forest Trees, Shrubs, Sic. 

 mostly native American kinds, and suitable for sending lo Eu- 

 rope, or for cultivation here. Price 25 els. a paper. Thev 

 were gathered by a gentleman familiarly acquainted with the 

 sorts, expressly for us. They will be sold by the single paper, 

 or packed to order, in any quantity. 



Also. Peach and Almond .Sioncs, and many other valuable Fruit 

 and Forest Tree Seeds for planting this fall, a catalogue of which 

 may be had gratis at this place. 



JVew England Farmer Seed Store, 



No. 52 North .Market Street— EJoston. 



A writer in the American Farmer has suggest- 

 ed the propriety and utility of digging a canal from 

 Buffalo to Detroit, along the .shore of the lakes. — 

 He says it would afford a cheaper transportation 

 than the navigation of lake Eris now gives. 



FINE VEGETABLES. 

 Mr Russell — 



In the Farmer of Oct. 2-lth, I noticed an ac- 

 count ofa crooked neck Squash, raised in Salem, which weigh- 

 ed between tO and 41 lbs. ; also another rai.-^ed in Taunton, 

 which weighed 34 lbs. K'^nm-bec beats them boih. I liave a 

 crooked neck Squash, raised in this town, from seed purchased 

 at your ofiice, which weighs now Jifty-fre lbs. It measures 

 from the centre of the stem to the centre of the blossom, 5 feet 

 2 1-2 inches. Its measure around the largest part, 2 teet ii 1-2 

 inches; at the smallest 21 1-2 inches. It was taken from the 

 vines 3 weeks since, and the man of whom I bought it, said it 

 thtin weighed 60 lbs. The correctness of this I cannot vouch 

 for, but 1 am certain it now weighs by Dearborn's balances 

 bb lbs. good weight. Yours, (fee. 



Ha/hmell, Aov. 29, 1823. F. GLAZIER. 



TOMATOS. 



I was ver^- glad to see the articles on cooking Toinatos, in 

 the Farmer of the 31. -it of Oct. ; but neither of them is exactly 

 what I want. I wish to see a recipe for cooking them as I have 

 seen them on IIh: table in Philadelphia and Bo-ton. I tli 

 they call it Tomato Sauce. As near as I can recollect it w as 

 of about tiie consistency of boiled squash, and eaten in the same 

 way. I should think the skin only was taken olV. and mashed 

 up with the seeds in. Whetlier it was boiled or stowed, and 

 how, is what I wish to know. Tt is too late for this year, but I 

 should like to see such a recipe before they are in season again. 

 I raised some of the first Tomatos from the seed I had of you, 

 last spring, that were ever seen here. I made some catsup ot' 

 them by a recipe in vol. vi, of the Farmer, which I prefer to 

 any catsup I ever bought. F. G. 



(np We shall feel under obligation to any person, who will 

 furnish us with an article on the various modes of cooking this 

 wUolesome vegetable, which is now coming into general use. 



EuixoR. 



Four years ago, eight couuties in Pennsylvania, 

 sent ilo wn the Susquehanna in one season, 823,000 

 bushels of wheat, 18,500 of clover .seed, 10,350 

 barrels of whiskey, besides much pork. The trade 

 is doubled since that time. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Ifliite Mulberry Seed. 



This day received, a few pounds of warranted genuine Wiiile 

 Mulberry Seed, raised in Coventry, Con. this season, and sav- 

 ed with care expressly for us — For sale by the lb. or ounce. 



Shallots (or fall planting, Tree and Potato Oniong. 



Roofs of the Pie-Plant, or Tart Rhvbarb. 

 A large supply of the roots of the Rheum Unduiatum, ur Tart 

 Rhubarb, or Pie-Plant, an excellent article for summer use. 

 (See N. E. Farmer, vol. vi, page 290, and page II of this vol 

 ume, and Fessenden's New American Gardener, article J?/i?/- 

 Aari, lor its culture and uses.) The roots are in tine order foi 

 trausplauting this fall. Price 25 els. per root 



Garden and Field Seeds. 

 The largest collection and variety of Garden, Field, Tree and 

 Herb See'ls lo be found in New England, at wholesale ami retail. 

 The Seeds are all raised in this vicinity, expressly for this Es- 

 tablishmeiii, by careful and experiencea growers, and are war- 

 ranted pure auil fresh. Country traders supplied with boxes of 

 prime seeds, for 'he retail trade, on liberal terms. .\ pamphlet 

 k ; c.nalogue (2d edition) of our Seeds, Trees, &c. is published and 

 will be forwarded gratis to any one who will send for it. 



Orcfiard Grass Seed. 

 A few more bushels of this valuable Grass Seed, growth of 

 1828. Also, Lucerne, While Clover, Fowl Meadow, and every 

 other kind of Grass cultivated in New England. 



Seed Polatos. 

 A few bushels La Plata or Long Red Potatos, raised by Mr 

 Gourgas* of Weston ; selected for seed, of a uniform size, and 

 much improved as to their earliness, by the careful attention of 

 -Mr fl. ipor sale at the 



J^exv England Farmer Seed Store, 



No. 52 North Market, Street— Boston. 



APPLES, best, . . . . 



ASHES, pot, first sort, - - - 



Pearl, first sort, - 

 BEANS, white, . . . . 

 BEEF, mess, 



Cargo, No. 1 , 



Cargo, No. 2, - - 



BUTTFK, inspected. No. 1, new, - 

 CHKESK, new milk. 



Skimmed milk, 



FLOUR, Baltimore, noward-.street, - 



Genesee, - - . - 



Rye, best, - - - - 



RAIN, Corn, - - - . 



P.ve. .... 



Karlev, - - - - 



Oals,' . . - . 



HOG'S LARU, first sort, new, 



LIMR, 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear, - . - . 



Navy, mess, 



Cargo, No. 1 , - - 



SEEDS, Herds Grass, - 

 ( Ircliard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - - . 



Rye (irass, _ _ - 



Tall Meadow Oats Grass, - 

 Red Top .... 

 Lucerne, .... 

 White Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 French .Sugar Beet, . 

 Mangel Wurtzel, 

 WOOL, -Merino, full blood, w ashed, - 

 Mi-rino, full blood, u^wa^hed, 

 Merino, three fourths waslied. 

 Merino, half & quarter washed 

 Native, washed, ... 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort. 

 Pulled, ^' spiiming, first sort, 



barrel 

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bushel 

 barrel. 



pound 



ban'el 



bushel. 



pound. 



cask. 



ton. 



barrel.! 



bushel. 



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FROM I To 



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 125 00 128 00 



PROVISrON MARKF.T. 

 BEEF, best pieces, - . - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 

 whole hogs, 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, .... 

 POULTRY, ... - 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, - 

 Lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail. . 

 Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIDER, iaccording to quality,] 



poun<l 



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barrel. 



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