THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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I have just received one ol' Barmuii's mndiinea 

 lor liealiiiji waier, .mil, 6o (iir ;ss I hsive tried it, 

 think il hcder suited to the laundress '.han the 

 liirmcr. 



[We cannot jet recommend tiie new reaping 

 machine, (IJutisey's ;) because we have not jet 

 eeen a trial ofii ; and those who have tried it difl'er 

 as to its merit and economj'. As to thrashing ma- 

 chines, our correspondent, and every man who 

 Diakes even as much as 500 husheis of small 

 grain, ought to Iiave one. \Ve cannot pronounce 

 as to the best ; but we latelj' chose and bought one 

 ofJabez Parker, ilichmond, with his horse power 

 annexed, lor four horses, lor our own use, which 

 was put up complete lor ^236. V\'e are well 

 satisfied with it. — Ed. F. R.] 



PROPAGATION oy THK HOSE. 



Eioiii tlie Soutlicrri Cultivator. 



There are reckoned by botanis's about fifty spe- 

 cies of the rose, and from tweive to fiTteen hun- 

 dred varieties. Many of the most choice kinds 

 that I have seen are hardj' shrubs, capable of 

 withstanding our winier weather in the open gar- 

 den, and, as bel()ie observed, bearing buds and 

 flowers from A()ril to November. Any oC ihe.s'e 

 n)ay be propagated either by layers or cul'ings, or 

 by budding, and may be re-produced Iroiu the 

 seed, ll'vou desire to propagate by layers, (which 

 i.s one of the surest methods,) in the month ol' 

 April or May, or even later, bend to the earth a 

 small branch or shoot of last year's growth, and 

 bury it three or four inches beneath the surlacc, 

 leaving its extreme end out of the ground, and 

 the other end in connection vviih the bush ; it is 

 also nacssary to place a flat rock, or other weight, 

 over the part which is under the ground, to pre- 

 vent it from rising up, and also to retain the mois- 

 ture about it. If the weather is dry, it may be 

 watered with advantage. The layer will take 

 root in a few weeks, when it maj' be separated 

 from the parent stem. In the month of October 

 or in the early part of November, it may be trans- 

 planted into any rich soil where it will maintain 

 an independent existence. Sometimes it is very 

 difficult to get a layer to take root ; when this is 

 the case you will be very apt to succeed by cutting 

 the layer half in two and splitting it up about an 

 inch and introducing a small wedge, and then 

 proceeding as above directed. 



To [tropagaie by cuttings, choose a slip of re- 

 cent growth, liom live to eight inches in length. 

 If the buds at the base of \Ue petiole or common 

 stalk of ihe leaflets is well developed, the slip is 

 sufficiently old ; otherwise, it is too young. The 

 ends of this cutting may be either transverse or 

 oblique, and may be planted in any month of the 

 year while the sap is up, or in the month of No- 

 vember. I usually preler the month of Apiil, Au- 

 gust or September, and place two-thirds of the 

 cutting in an oblique direction beneath the surface, 

 leaving above only one or two inciies, or one or 

 two buds ; if the cutting is planted early in the 

 spring it will take root and blossom the following 

 eummer. Damp, cloudy weather is most favora- 

 VoL. IX.-3 



ble for plantiiiir, and the cuttings should be shaded 

 until they lake root. The smallest cuttings are 

 sometimes the best, especially in the months of 

 June, July, and Augnst. Those at the extremity 

 of which the rose has lirst dropped its petals ar« 

 generally to be |)relerred, and when the buda 

 above alluded to are lidl and well-lbrmed, will ge- 

 nerally succeed with more certainty than those of 

 a larger size. These cuttings need not exceed 

 more than lour incites in length, or contain more 

 than three buds. In planting it i^ sufficient to 

 leave only one bud above ground. They should 

 be well watered, and in very hot or dry weather 

 the moisture may be retained about them by in- 

 verting a glass over them during the day. 



The process of budding is also a favorite and 

 speedy mode of propagating the rose, but may be 

 readily seen by consulting any of tlie works on 

 gardening, as also the manner of sowing seed, to 

 which source I nmst reler the reader. 



CONVENTION OF TOBACCO PLANTERS. 



Hon. Daniel Jenifer, from the committee of 

 thirteen members appointed yesterday to consider 

 and recommend as may be deemed most expedi- 

 ent to be adopted by this convention, made the 

 followinir report. 



Mr. Jenifer, from the committee appointed by 

 the President to consider and recommend sucifi 

 measures as may be most expedient to be adopted 

 to accomplish the objects ol' this convention, re- 

 ported that the limited time allowed them has 

 compelled the committee to confine their report to 

 a genpral review of the subject. 



That since the adjournment of the tobacco con- 

 vention which met m this city on the 1st, of May 

 last, there has been no change in the bunlens and 

 restrictions imposed upon the tobacco trade of the 

 United States by the nations of Europe, except in 

 some unimportant matters by one or two king- 

 doms; and the facts stated by the committee in 

 their report, to that convention are now referred 

 to, and by us reasserted, and their arguments and 

 suggestions adopted. Since the publication of the 

 documents by Congress at their last session, no 

 correspondence has been received at th.e depart- 

 ment of state on this subject, except a few unim- 

 portant communications from Sardinia and Bel- 

 gium. No change has taken place with foreign 

 governments in regard to this staple, and from 

 what has already transpired, we have no hopes 

 of a favorable action on their part until the Con- 

 gress of the United Stales shall adopt measures 

 commensiirat<! with the object. 



Great Britain still continues her excessive duty 

 of seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents per 

 hundred pounds, or eight hundied per cent, on 

 the prime cost of this article of our produce, wliile 

 we continue to receive the product of the labor 

 of her citizens at an average duty of twelve and 

 a half per cent. 



France yet continues her still more odious 

 monopoly or regit', retaining in the hands of her 

 king, or those to whom he sells the privilege, the 

 sole right to import, manufacture, and sell Ameri- 

 can tobacco in that kingdom, by which the quan- 

 tity of American tobacco consumed in France 

 has been reduced to six or seven thousand hogs- 



