No. 10. 



Cornwall and the Land's End. — Premhuns. 



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Cornwall and the Land's End. 



Many of the practices prevailing in Corn- 

 wall, with the modes of speaking and forms 

 of expression among the people, are so nearly 

 allied to those of New England, as to satisfy 

 me that \vc must have imported them from 

 this part of the world, and that scions from 

 Cornwall are thickly engrafted in our pil- 

 grim land. I wish we might inherit, in the 

 fullest measure, the spirit of full-souled hos- 

 pitality which I found among them. I have 

 only to regret that the rules which I have 

 prescribed to myself forbid my saying what 

 I would. But the feelings of grateful and 

 affectionate respect are not the less strong 

 for being suppressed ; and my Cornwall 

 friends, from their own generous natures, 

 may be assured that my sense of their con- 

 stant and disinterested kindness is all which 

 they themselves would desire it should be. 



On this excursion into Cornwall I went 

 to the Land's End, and planted my foot on 

 the very last rocky point, extending into the 

 sea, which I was able to reach. I had but 

 a ^e\v moments before passed a traveller's 

 home, with the significant sign, " The First 

 and the Last House in England." Nothing 

 can be more picturesque than this rude and 

 rock-bound shore, with,its white-fringed ruffle 

 of surf as far as the eye can reach, and a 

 few scattered rocks at a distance, over which 

 the swelling waves were profusely pouring 

 their showers of diamonds, so treacherous 

 to the home-bound mariner, so picturesque 

 and beautiful to the landsman, as he suns 

 himself upon the grassy shore, watching the 

 distant sails scattered upon the wide expanse, 

 full-freighted with human life and hopes glit- 

 tering in the sunlight, and floating like wa- 

 ter-fowl in their native element. 



As I stood upon the far-jutting point of 

 the promontory, and felf- that no intervening 

 country separated me from the land of my 

 birth and the home of what is most dear to 

 me, I found my head growing dizzy, my 

 heart beating as though it were struggling 

 to get out, and my cheeks quite wet, perhaps 

 •with the spray; and I could only find relief 

 in sending a thousand unspoken messages 

 of affection, and in more earnest prayers tor 

 the prosperity of the land and the loved ones 

 whom I had left behind. May the winds 

 waft the former to their objects, and the last 

 find a response in heaven ! — Colman's Tour. 



Premiums of the Pennsylvania Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



The following will be awarded at the 

 Stated meeting on the 19th inst. 

 Seedling Camellia. — For the best Ame- 



rican, exhibited at any stated meeting from 

 December to May, inclusive, $10. 



EvERBLooMiNG RosKs. — For tlic bcst 12 

 named varieties, in pots, $7. 



For the next best do. $4. 



For the best American seedling, .S3. 



Pelargoniums (Geraniums.) — for the 

 best ten named varieties, in pots, .^3. 



For the next best do. $2. 



Potatoes. — For the best forced, half a 

 peck to be exhibited, $2. 



At the intermediate meeting on the 2nd of 

 next month. 



Rocket Larkspurs — For the best, twelve 

 to be exhibited, $2. 



Strawberries. — For the best two quarts, 

 of a named variety to be exhibited, $2. 



For the next best do. §!l. 



Cherries. — For the best, three pounds, of 

 a named variety to be exhibited, $2. 



For the next best do. SI. 



Turnips. — For the best grown in the open 

 ground, one dozen to be exhibited, $2. 



At the Stated meeting on the \C)th. 



Garden Roses. — For the best, twelve 

 named varieties to be exhibited, $3. 



For the next best do. $2. 



Pinks. — For the best, six named varieties 

 to be exhibited, ."^S. 



For the best American seedling, $2. 



Artichokes. — For the best, six in number 

 to be exhibited, $3. 



Grapes (Foreign). — For the best, raised 

 under glass, three bunches, $5. 



For the next best do. $3. 



Cherries. — For the best, named, three 

 pounds to be exhibited, $2. 



For the next best, do. $1. 



To Cook Spinach. — It should be nicely 

 picked, and put into a stew pan, with just 

 sufficient water to keep it from scorching. 

 When it has boiled for twenty minutes, pour 

 it into a cullender and strain the water off"; 

 put it into the stewpan again, with a piece 

 of butter the size of a walnut, and a little 

 peppar and salt ; mince it up, and return it 

 to a slow fire ; take some slices of light 

 bread, toast them well on both sides, dip 

 them in the water in which the spinach was 

 boiled, lay the spinach on the toast, and gar- 

 nish with hard boiled eggs, and you will 

 have one of the best spring dishes. 



Old authors are profuse in their praise of 

 Sage, and it is said the Chinese esteem it 

 as superior to the best of their own tea. 

 Philips states that the Dutch send out dried 

 Sage leaves to China, for which they receivQ 

 four times their weight of tea, 



