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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



•which it says has been used in Holland instead 

 of earth or sand, for the purpose of striking cut- 

 tings, and up to this time we liave heard of 

 scarcely a single failure, and its success has been 

 most complete. This sphagnum (or swamp moss) 

 should be well dried and reduced to powder, by 

 rubbing it between the hands. Fill the cutting 

 pots or boxes with it, and after watering it well, 

 insert the cuttings. It dries less quickly than 

 earth or sand, and preserves an uniform humid- 

 ity, and the root fibres are developed more rap- 

 idly. It is said that some plants, that in sand 

 require several months to root, only require 

 "three or four weeks in the moss." — Maine Far- 

 mer. 



has anything like the merit which this possesses, 

 if, indeed, there is one in any other country. 

 Published by A. O. Moore & Co., 140 Fulton 

 Street, New York, and for sale by Crosby, Nich- 

 ols & Co., 117 Washington Street, Boston. 



LAJWDSOAPE GARDENING. 



There are few things that mark the progress 

 of civilization and the arts more than the ex- 

 pression of a true taste in architecture and gar- 

 dening. So long as men are indifferent about 

 the appearance of the house they lire in, and the 

 grounds that surround it, they will rarely express 

 a true taste in anything else. This is true of 

 communities and nations, as well as individuals, 

 — and as we do not remain stationary in any- 

 thing, but either progress or recede, it is evident, 

 we think, that if there is no advancement in the 

 particulars we are considering, there will be lit- 

 tle in anything else. 



Improvements in our buildings and grounds, 

 if conducted with economy, and in accordance 

 with our business and ability, are not, by any 

 means, a mere gratification of taste alone. So 

 far as architecture is concerned, they give em- 

 ployment to several classes of industrious per- 

 sons, while the high cultivation of plants are so 

 many examples for all, of what the soil is capa- 

 ble of producing when proper means and skill 

 are applied to it. When buildings are construct- 

 ed upon ti"ue architectural principles, and with 

 a highly cultivated taste, and the surrounding 

 grounds are in keeping with them, the combina- 

 tion not only gratifies the eye, but adds greatly 

 to the beauty and richness of the country. 



We have been led to these remarks by finding 



For the New England Farmer. 

 HUNGARIAN GRASS. 



Messrs. Editors : — In your last issue I no- 

 ticed you made two remarks, editorially, about 

 Hungarian grass ; that statements about its pro- 

 ductiveness were somewhat conflicting, and that 

 it was doubtful whether the seed will ripen in all 

 parts of New England. Circumstances and events 

 which led to the first are about the same as might 

 be expected about any other new thing. In an- 

 swer to your second remark, I will give you the 

 result of an experiment I made the last season, 

 without any comments, at this time, for the ben- 

 efit of not a few most deeply concerned to know 

 the truth in the matter of Hungarian grass. 



Between the fifteenth and twentieth days of 

 June, 1858, I cast up the soil in this cold, but 

 pleasant, Green Mountain town, and sowed twen- 

 ty-nine quarts of the seed. The latter part of 

 September I threshed from seven and a half tons 

 of huy gathered, two tons and eighty pounds of 

 well-ripened seed, measuring eighty-five bushels, 

 of which I send you a sample. 



I noticed you recommended to farmers to try 

 it sparingly. I recommend to every farmer to 

 try it liberally. I shall sow no oats this year, but 

 shall sow at least fifteen acres with said seed. 



Wm. Richards. 



Richmond, Mass., April, 1859. 



For the New En^^-land Farmer. 



THIN AND THICK SO WING. 



Mr. Editor : — In my communication of Janu- 

 ary 9, 1 gave a short account of my method of 

 using green manure, and growing corn. After 

 harvesting my corn, 1 plow in the fall from eight 

 to 10 inches deep, and in the spring generally sow 

 to oats and "seed down." Inthe spring of 1856 I 

 sowed on five acres seven bushels of oats ; 

 threshed with a machine ; result, 256 bushels. 

 In 1857, sowed on 1^ acres two bushels oats; re- 

 sult, 108 stooka ; threshed out part in the fall, 



yield nearly a bushel to the stook ; the rest 



upon our table a new edition of Doirning's Land-l^^^eshed out at difi"erent limes, the exact yield I 



n J ■ 1 T> 1 \ 1 u J vu cannot tell, but iudare not far from 100 bushels, 



scape Gardemng and Pair at Architecture, \\. be- - ' . J «^ ^. . . . 



ingthe sixth edition, enlarged, revised and newly 

 illustrated, with a supplement, containing some 

 remarks about country places, and the best meth- 

 ods of making them ; also, an account of the 

 newer deciduous and evergreen plants, lately in- 

 troduced into cultivation, both hardy and half- 

 hardy. By Henry Winthrop Sargent. 



The work contains nearly 600 pages, is printed 

 on thick, fine, white paper, and is illustrated by 

 numerous elegant engravings on steel, wood and 

 stone ; some of them from the pencil of Mr. 

 Moore, one of the publishers. 



No other work in this country, on these topics, 



In 1858, sowed on I4 acres 2;^ bushels ; mowed 

 for fodder \ acre, leaving 1.] acre ; threshed with 

 a machine ; result, 105 bushels. I sow as near 

 as I can, 1} bushels oats, from 12 to 16 quarts 

 herds grass, and six to eight pounds clover, per 

 acre. The richer the ground, the less oats and 

 more hay seed. Now for my reasons. By sowing 

 oats thin, they do not lodge so bad ; the heads 

 are larger, and better filled, give heavier oats, do 

 not shade the ground so much, and where they 

 do lodge, do not give so thick a coating over the 

 young grass, as to kill it near so much as if sowed 

 thicker. 



Oats are not generally considered so good 

 grain to "seed down" with, as wheat or rye, but 

 if any one will try oats at the rate of 1 to li 



