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NEW ENGLAND FARiMER, 



Oct. 2(3, 1831. 



shell lime probalily can ; use doulilr; the quantity 

 — t of thia The expense, we are assiireil, is trifling', 



LIME AND GREEN CROPS AS MANURE, ;^,,j^^l,,,,.g,, vvith the |.rice 'of stable manure, even 

 We were much gratified with n vi=it, on Tues- j ^yj,g,.g ^ (,„„ ijg jj^,]^ ^nd that the expense will be 

 day last, to Woodside farm, the residence of S. ^.^jj , ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ p^^p^ 

 Canby, Jr. situated in this neighborhood, between 

 three and four miles from this boroucjh. We 

 spent about two hours in walking over the farm 

 and looUing at the arrangements. Tlie farm i^l-jn^g 

 between ISO and 190 acres, and under its present 

 course of improvement, (iromises, in a short lime, 



the American Jo 



rnal of Geology. 



PRINCIPLE 



OP 



ACCLIMATING 



PLANTS 



course of hnprovement, protmses, m a snort tune, | Euphrates was doubtless the 



to be one of the most productive, as It IS one of the; lu.^.iiii '" I <■ „„..,.•„,„(-,„:,„ 



, .p , . '<., , T,, „,.,„„,;„„ n,,.i., native region of all those fine and delicious liuits 



most beautiful, in our btate. The extensive laim " 



yard struck us as a model of utility and conven- 



whicli enrich our orchards, and enter so largely 

 into the luxury of living. We thence derived all 

 the succulent and nutritious vegetables that go 



ienoe — the capacity and general arrangement of the 



out buildings, including the barn and sheds — the .-r i .if- „ 



, ' ,.*'.',. , .'^ , ,,i •,,, ,;ce.„. so far to support ife ; and even the farinaceoiis 



mode of dividing the horses and cattle into difter- . ' >', ' . „„,„„i 



, , % 1- 1 • II -.1 ..,„,„„ grains ai)|)ertain to the same region. 1 he cereal 



out yards, each of which is suppled with water »"""""* i ^', ' . , i, . u .u 



mil J.U.I. , ,• , • „, „:' i;„j ,„ „„,,;„„Iproductons began m that same valley to be the 



by hor..ie power, which is also applied to getting '„„,.,, 



out the grain, wheat, corn, &c — altogether con- ^'"" °' 



stitutes the most complete farm-yard that we are 

 acquainted with, and well deserving the inspection 

 of farmers in this age of agricultural ini|)rovcment. 

 Mr Canby has directed his attention particularly 

 to the rearing of a dairy stock, for which the 

 character of his farm, which is finely watered, 

 and has abundant meadow land, furnishes peculiar 

 facilities. His slock is already coiisidrralde, and 

 among them we saw some remarkably fine animals 

 of the Teeswater or short horn Durham breed. 

 Albeit, being unskilled in flrjcks and herd.s, we 

 could not fail to notice ami admire the features 

 which distinguished this foreign species of the 

 milky tril)e from the native stock — the small head 



Our corn, our fruit, our vegetables, our roots, 

 and oil, have all travelled with man from Mesopo- 

 tamia up to latitude 60°, and even farther, in fa- 

 vorable .situations. The cares of man have made 

 up for the want of climate, and his cultivation 

 atoned for this alienation from their native spot. 

 The Scandinavians of Europe, the Canadians of 

 North America, ami the Samoides of Asia, are 

 now enjoying plants which care and cultivation 

 have n.iiuralized in their bleak climes. Melons 

 and peaches, with iriany of the more tender plants 

 and fruits, once almost tropical, have reached the 

 45th degree of latitude in perfection, and arc found 

 even in .50°. Rice has travelled from the tropics 



and neck, short horns, fine outlines, and magnifi- to 36°, and that of N. Carolina now proiniscs to be 

 cent udders, from whose beautiful source so many j better than that of more southern countries. The 

 of our comforts and luxuries flow. In the course grape has reached 50", and proiluces good wine 

 of our walk, Mr Cauby i.ointed out three fields, | and fruit in Hungary and Germany. The orange, 



one of which was then covered with, a luxuriant 

 crop of clover hay, that had just been cut. He 



emon, and sugar-cane, strictly tropical, grow well 

 n Florida, and up to Sli", in Louisiana, and the 



stated that these fields, hail, in the course of two fruit of the former much larger and belter than 

 years, been broiigbt to the preseut flourishing thfft under the equator. 



condilion, by the aid of lime and green manure 

 alone. As it occurred to us that a knowledge of 

 the method by which this effect is |)roduced, would 

 be useful to our farmers in tliose jiarls of th.-; 

 country wb^re stable manure is not to lie obtained. 



Aminal plants grown for root?, and vegeta- 

 bles, and grain, go still farther north in ])ropor- 

 tion, than the trees an<l shrubs, because their whole 

 growth is matured in one summer ; and we know 

 that the development of vegetation is much 



we here record tlie process adopted by him. In ; quicker when spring does open in countries far to 

 the autumn of 181S he selected these three fields, ! the north, than in the tropics. In Lapland and on 

 which were worn out and exhausted by previous I Hudson's Bay, the full leaf is unfolded in one or 



cropping. After plnughing, thirty bushels of lime 

 were used to tlie acre, and the fields were sown 

 with rye. Late in the succeeding May, the rye 

 was ploughed in, thirty bushels of lime to the 

 acre again spread on the land, and two bushels of 

 corn sown broad cast. In the early part of Sep- 

 temlier the corn was rolled down with a heavy 

 roller and ploughed under, harrowed immediately 

 after ploughing, sown with wheat early in Octolier, 

 and harrowed in. The cro|i of wheat, after this 



two weeks, when spring begins, althoug 

 quires six or eight weeks in the south. Nature 

 makes up in despatch for the want of length in 

 her seasons, and this enables us to cultivate the 

 annual plants very far to the north, in full perfec- 

 tion. The beans, pumpkins, potatoes, peas, cab- 

 bages, lettuce, celery, heels, turnips, and thousnnils 

 of others, seem to disregard climate, and grow in 

 any region or latitude where man plants and che- 

 rishes them. The fig is becoming common in 



l)reparatiou, was nearly equal to that produced in ! France ; the banana, [lino-apple, and many other 

 the fidils prepared with stable mmure. One of j plants, have crossed the line of the tropics; and 

 these fields brought by this process from the low- ' tbousands of the plants valuable for food, clothing, 

 est ebb of steiiliiy, in the bric'f period of little ] a,„i medicine, and such as are cultivated for their 

 more than two years, was, within our own view, ; ijp^„ty^ f,.;,g,.aiice, or timber, are extending their 

 as we have observed, covered with a heavy crop c||,„ates^ and promise much comfort and resource 

 ef grass just cut, and the other two furnished j to man. Plants lately introduced, whose cultiva- 

 abundant pasture for all the stock of the farm ! i tion has not run through many ages or years, have 

 We should invite our agricultural friends in the acquired but little latitude in their growth, and 

 middle and lower parts of the state, where stable i show but little capacity to bear varioBs climates, 

 manure is not accessible to all, to iry this experi- ! because time has not yet habituated them to saoli 

 ment. Let a farmer set apart, for this purpose, : changes, and human cares have not imparted to 

 five or ten acres, if stone lime cannot be liad, j t|,em new habits and new powers. 



From the riiilad-l|ihi;i Daily Chronicle. 



HYACINTHS. 



As among the amateurs of the Ilyaciulb, there 

 are many who are ignorant of the care which ia 

 necessary for the cultivation of this plant, wheth- 

 er in the open air, or in the parlor, it will no 

 doubt be acceptable to them to receive some in- 

 structions respecting the treatment necessary to 

 be |)ursued, in order to bring this beautiful flower 

 to perfection. 



Of Hijacinths in the open air. — In this case the 

 flower requires a dry soil, more or less sandy, in 

 a bed which, during the winter is elevated a foot 

 or a foot and a lialf The bulbs should be placed 

 in the ground during the month of September or 

 October, at the depth of about five inches, and to 

 preserve them from the cold, shoubl be covered 

 with the leaves of trees three inches in thickness ; 

 this covering should he removed in March, and 

 replaced with a covering of old tan of the thick- 

 ness of an inch, to preserve the bulb from frost 



After flowering, and when the leaves begin to 

 grow yellow, the bulbs should be raised and pre- 

 served in a dry airy place until the following 

 Septemberor October, when they should be again 

 planted. 



On the cullivalion of the Hyacinth in Parlors. — 

 For tliis.|)iirp(ise China vases are to be preferred. 

 The common earthen flower pot may also be used; 

 but in this case the old are to be preferred to the 

 new, as the small fragmevts which so easily de- 

 tach themselves from the latter, are apt to injure 

 the roots. The earth should he light and sandy, 

 and the bulb buried in such a manner, that mere- 

 ly the point shall tippear above the surface. The 

 pot should then be planted in the open air, in 

 some sunny spot, to the depth of three inches ; 

 then they should be covered to the depth of three 

 inches with leaves, that they may be easily re- 

 moved in case of severe cold. In November they 

 should be removed to the house, and placed in a 

 sunny spot; they should be a little watered, but 

 so little, that the surface of the earth should bo 

 rather dry than moist ; the water to be contained 

 in a saucer, in which the i)ot should be placed. — 

 Those who are afraid of injuring the vases, by bu- 

 rying tbetn, should at least leave them in the open 

 air as long as possible, observing strictly what has 

 been said relative to the watering. 



The best time to plant these bulbs is in Septem- 

 ber or October. 



The Narcissus and Tulip require nearly tbo 

 same treatment. 



To succeed in the cultivation of the double 

 Jonquile, it is necessary to plant thcin in jiots, after 

 they put out their roots and leaves in open air, 

 and then to remove them to some airy and sunny 

 place ; the pots in a sauier, which should be al- 

 ways full of water, as this flower requires great 

 humidity. The best time for planting the Jon- 

 quile is in August or September. 



The frequent notices of the fine gooseberriea 

 grown in the garden of Isaac McKim, Esq. of thia 

 city, has caused numerous applications to us for the 

 mode pursued in their culture. The following 

 brief but comprehensive article, has been handed 

 to US by Mr McKim, and clearly describes the me- 

 thod pursued in the successful cultivation of his 

 gooseberries. There appears to be but one omis- 

 sion, and that was probably considir'd so palpably 

 necessary as not to retjuire special notice ; — that is, 



