Vol. X.— No. IG. 



AND HOllTiCULTUilAL JOURNAL. 



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reinaiiis on them) ; raising blisters full of a scalding 

 liquor, which has proved very troublesome for 

 several days. To be planted for seed in January. 

 [As early as frost will permit in this country.] 



' Use. They are eijual if not superior to carrots 

 for pig.-f, as they nialie the flesli whiter. Clean, 

 washed and sliced among bran, horses eat them 

 greedily, and thrive therewith. Nor do they heat 

 them, or fill them with disorders. They fatten 

 slitep and oxen ina \ery short time. According toa 

 proposition of the Jersey board of Agriculture [in 

 lli9 British Channel,] a beast quite lean, will be 

 rendered quite fat by parsnips in three months. 

 An agreeable liquor is made of the roots boiled in 

 water, with hops, and afterwards fermented with 

 yest. 



' Wild Parsnips. The root and seed of this 

 sort are sometimes used in medicine. 



'Cow Pars.nips. (Heracleum sphondylium) 

 cow parsnip, is collected in some parts of Sussex 

 [in England] for feeding swine. Its culture has 

 been recommended, as not only swine but cows, 

 sheep and rabbits are partial to it. It is of an 

 «afly and rapid growth, and the seeds are most 

 easily collected. Cow-parsnip is often called 

 Hog-wcml from swine being so fond of it.' 



Thus far from the ' Gleanings,' above mentioned. 



From wliat has been said in your number above 

 referred to and in the passage in the gleanings 

 here extracted, enough, perhaps, will appear to 

 make the experiment of cultivating parsnips in the 

 United States worthy the notice of different enter- 

 prising persons. The ' Long Dutch parsnip' is 

 advertised for sale by Mr J. H. Russell, the Pub- 

 lisher of the JVew England Farmer. Portions of 

 the seed of the garden parsnip,- raised in England 

 /as obtained from some seed imported from Eng- 

 land above thirty years ago) and which appears 10 

 Lave undergone no degeneration whatever are 

 placed in the hands of the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, 

 and the Hon. John Welles for distribution. 



From Prince's Poiiiotugical Manual. 



CHERRIES. 

 Elkoorn. Pb. Cat. Pr. IIort. Lond. Hort. 

 Cat. 

 Elkhorn of Maryland. 

 This is one of the largest black cherries I have 

 €ver seen ; its size varies little from that of the 

 Black Tartarian, but it ripens two weeks later, 

 and is peculiarly distinct from every other kind 

 that has met my observation, the flesh, when eaten, 

 having a liver-like consistence and being very 

 solid. It is |)erhaps less highly flavored than 

 some others, but still a superior fruit ; and from 

 its solidity is well calculate<l for transportation to 

 the markets, and its rijjening at a later period 

 causes it to be very suitable for filling uj) the space 

 between the ripening of the earlier Duke and 

 Heart Cherries, and the later varieties. It was 

 discovered by the father of the author on a tour 

 through Maryland about thirtyfour years ago, 

 growing, in a garden attached to a hotel who 

 finding it very difterent from any that he had seen 

 brought home some scions for inoculation. The 

 landlord called it the Elkhorn, which name has 

 been adopted for it. The tree is exceedingly 

 vigorous, and its bark of so peculiar an appear- 

 ance, that it may thereby be distinguished from 

 the trees of other varieties. 



RESII^•eTON White Heart. Pr. Cat. Pr. 

 HoRT. 

 This variety was presented to the father of the 



author in 1S23, by Zachariah Allen, Esq. of Pro- 

 vidence, Rhode Island, who transmitted a tree, 

 which he stateil was budded from the original one, 

 accompanied by the following description : 



' This is a new variety raised from a stonei 

 planted about twenty years ago by Mr Remington 

 of this vicinity. It is remarkable for being in per- 

 fection very late in the season, when all other 

 cherries are past. The color of the fruit is ye'- 

 low, tinged with carnation on the sunny side ; the 

 flesh is firm, and somewhat resembles a Bigarreau. 

 The tree bears jirofusely in clusters, and the cher- 

 ries are not perfectly rijie here until September.' 



In addition to the above, a branch was sent 

 from Rhode Island about the 10th of September full 

 of fruit, wlijch was then but just ripe. The flavor 

 of the cherries is pleasant, but not superior, their 

 greatest merit being the very late period of their 

 maturity. This is the latest variety which has 

 originated in our country, and in this vicinity 

 ripens at the end of July or in August. 



Waterloo. Pr. Cat. Pom. Mag. Hort. Tra.ns. 

 LoND. Hort. Cat. 

 This valuable variety was introduced to our 

 country by the Hon. John Lowell of Massachu- 

 setts, to whose ardor, intelligence, and liberality in 

 horticultural pursuits, his fellow-citizens are so 

 largely indebted for numerous interesting acauisi- 

 tims, and to whom I am happy to render this pas- 

 sing tribute of respect. I extract the following 

 deicriplion from the Pomological Magazine : 



Raised by Mr Knight, from the pollen of the 

 May Duke and a seed of the Ambree ofDuhamel. 

 It lipens in June. The tree partakes of the charac- 

 ter of both its parents in a remarkable degree ; the 

 wood and leaves are those of the Bigarreau tribe, 

 while the flowers are those of the May Duke, the 

 stamens being shorter than the t^tyles, a peculiarity 

 which is universal in all the Duke Cherries. For 

 this observation we are indebted to Mr Thompson. 

 The wood is strong, with a grayish cuticle ; leaves 

 drooping, large, wavy, with moderately deep ser- 

 ratures ; flowers large ; petals roundish, imbricat- 

 ed ; stamens rather slender, usually shorter than 

 the styles ; fruit very large, broad and cordate at 

 the base, convex on one side, flattened on the 

 other with a broad suture ; apex slightly depress- 

 ed ; skin dark purplish red, or almost black, cover- 

 ed with numerous minute dots of a paler color ; 

 flesh deep purplish red, darkest next the stone, 

 from which it parts freely ; tender, juicy, with a 

 rich sweet flavor ; stalks long and slender ; stone 

 small, roimdish, compressed. 



Allen's Late Favorite. Pr. cat. 



This variety was presented to my father by 

 Zachariah Allen of Providence, a gentleman dis- 

 '.inguished for his intelligence in horticultural pur- 

 suits. The tree grows vigorously ; the fruit is of 

 tine quality, juicy and well flavored, and ripens in 

 Rhode Island at the same time as the Black 

 Mazzard, which, constitutes ils particular value, 

 as most of the finer varieties are then past. The 

 fruit is sold in considerable quantities in the mar- 

 kets at Providence. 



Gridlev. Mass. Hort. Soc. 

 Maccarty. Apple Cherry. 



This variety was discovered thirtyseven years 

 ago, by Mr W^ra. Maccarty, of Roxbury, near Bos- 

 ton, growincr in the garden of Deacon Samuel 

 Gridley of that town. He states that the tree 

 was then five or six inches in diameter. The flesh 

 is firm like the Bigarreau, sprightly, and fine fla- 



vored ; the color is black ; the size that of a me- 

 dium Black Heart, but the stem is shorter and stone 

 smaller. It comes into eating immediately after 

 that variety, and is nuich esteemed as a market 

 fruit, and possesses the advantage of bearing car- 

 riage well. Its only defect is, that when near 

 maturity, if the weather be damp or wet, the fruit 

 cracks open and spoils. The tree grows upright, 

 and is vigorous when young, but is said to be sub- 

 ject to a premature decline from the abundance of 

 its produce. 



From the Uulcliess Republican. 



INTERESTING TO WOOL GROWERS. 



A gentleman of this village has politely furnish- 

 ed us with the following extracts of a letter from 

 his correspondent, dated, 



' London, Sept. I, 1831. 



' If your wool market should become flat for a 

 certain time, caused by opinions and various other 

 circumstances, we yet think it will take a favorable 

 turn for all lotv icoots at no distant period, if it will 

 at all be suscei)tible to regulate itself fairly with 

 the situation of our own European markets, which 

 latter are at the present moment in a most singular 

 position ; for Russia, Prussia, Austria, France and 

 Holland, have each large armies on a warlike foot- 

 ing. The military must be clothed, for which pur- 

 pose contracts to supply cloth and blankets to an 

 enormous extent are now executing by continental 

 manufacturers, who overrun all the districts where 

 wools are produced, and eagerly buy up all the ]ovf 

 wools fit for their purposes. For this reason all the 

 good low U'ools, costing here 2s. per lb. and under, 

 will be consumed on the continent of Europe ; none 

 or, comparatively speaking, very little, will reach 

 this country, although so much is wanted by our 

 own home consumers. We could now sell 1000 

 bales in one day Osgood low German wools, at and 

 under 2s. per lb. to our manufacturers, but we have 

 none to offer, and all the other commission houses 

 are similarly situated. There are some low wools 

 here, but we cannot call them good. During the 

 next six months 20,000 bales of Spanish wools are 

 expected here : these Spanish wools, then, and our 

 own English wools, will be required to supply the 

 loss of the Germany low wools. Good clean low 

 German wools are 2d. per lb. higher than they 

 were 3 months ago, but there is none here at pre- 

 sent under 2s. The stock of fine German wools, 

 from 2s. 6d. a 4s. fid. is very considerable, and our 

 expected importations will principally consist in 

 these descriptions, for reasons described above. 



' We have to add, likewise, that in consequence 

 of the rigorous quarautuie laws and cordons sani- 

 taires, m-ne than 100,000 cwt. of wools are locked 

 up in the ditferent places of growth, such as Poland, 

 Hungary, &c, on account of the raging cholera 

 morbus.' 



The quantity of silk used in England alone 

 amounts in each year to more than four millions of 

 pounils' weight, for the proiluction of which, my- 

 riads upon myriads of insects are required. Four- 

 teen thousand millions of animated creatures an- 

 nually live and die to supply this little corner of 

 the world with an article of luxury ! 



An editor in Ohio extracts a running account 

 from his books, for the benefit of his brethren re- 

 specting B. R. Wickhain, Esq. Dr to 1 year's sub- 

 scription $2 30, and per contra, Cr. by running 

 away — in full $2 50. 



