vol.. XI. NO. 30. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



15.5 



a higher dressnig. I shall if necessary, give a further 

 cominmiicatioii of the result next year. On the re- 

 maining three acres of the four, of the same field, 1 

 sowed wheat witir grass seed tilled the same way, 

 which looks well. I have already fed it down once. 



N. B. The Wagon (single) Hoi-se loads of dung 

 are about equal in bulk to twenty-five bushels of ears 

 of corn ; I put 100 on the four acres. 



There has been a<'tually 300 bushels taken from 

 the acre, and I shall pull n)any more small ones, lel't 

 iu the field, perhaps two cart loads. 



BRIDGEPORT PRODUCTIONS. 



In the garden of Samuel Simons, Esq. collector 

 at Bridgeport, Conn, there has been raised this season 

 a cabbage weighing without the root, 28 pounds; a 

 yellow turnip beet, 31 inches in circumference, 

 weighing with a small top 16 pounds; a radish in- 

 cluding top, 9 pounds and ounces ; coinmou flat 

 turnip, including top, 18 pounds. 



BOTS IN HORSES, HOW PREVENTED. 



Much has been written on the subject of hots, and 

 the most important inquiry seems to be how to save 

 the horse when attacked by them. Now if we could 

 prevent a horse from having any in his stomach, 

 would not that answer as well ? I have often, with 

 an old razor, or sharp knife taken every nit from off 

 a horse by cutting with the hair, and can do it in 

 as short time as a hostler can curry him. B. 



Bridgeport, C'oiui. j\'ov. 22. 



From the X. Y. Ameiican. 

 THE PLANTER'S GUIDE, 



By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. ; G. Thorburn & Sons, 

 New- York.— We take great pleasure iu introducing 

 the first American edition of this celebrated wniU 

 to our readers. The instructions of Sir Heiu-y 

 Steuart on the best method of giving immediate 

 effect to wood, by the transplanting of large trees 

 and underwood, and turning as by magic a barren 

 heath into a thriving forest, attracted the greatest 

 attention when first made known m Ilurope. A 

 committee of which Sir Walter Scott was chair- 

 man, was at once appointed by the Highland So- 

 ciety (we believe) of Scotland, to examine into the 

 results of his new method of landscape gardening, 

 and their report proved of so satisfactory a charac- 

 ter, that the date of its promulgation may be looked 

 upon as a new era in that delightfid art. We re- 

 memter shortly afterwards in the colunms of this 

 paper calling the attention of people of rural taste 

 to the improvements in plantmg thus suggested ; 

 and we have also upon more than one occasion 

 referred to tlie work, when speakmg of that very 

 ingenious and successful method of planting pur- 

 sued iu our public squares in this city, liy which 

 at least three out of three hundred trees set out 

 every year survive the date of their removal : thus 

 practically proving, that they who attain to such 

 extraordinaiy results, know about as much of any 

 just system of arboriculture, and are as much quali- 

 fied to superintend such improvements, as tiiose 

 who, in McAdamiziug the Third Avenue, have 

 sacrificed the very first principles of the ingenious 

 road-maker, by introducing gravel among cobble 

 Btones. Our city planters get every law of physi- 

 ology at defiance, by clipping the roots and pol- 

 larding the branches of trees ; and we have been 

 more than once amused at the sang froid with 

 which we have seen one laborer in the Park and 

 elsewhere gently sawing off the root of some poor 

 deracinated sapling, to accominodate it to the size 



f a hole that had been dug by another laborer, 

 and afterward amputate the branches with the 

 same coolness, to ])revent, we suppose, the base- 

 less structure from falling beneath any jniffof wind 

 that chose to assail it. This method, or want of 

 method, however, prevails more or less every- 

 uhere ; and Sir Henry Steuart makes vigorous 

 war upon all those who adopt so preposterous a 

 way of assisting nature, or reconciling her to vio- 

 lent changes. He teaches the art of removing 

 large trees, and securmg the future growth, at 

 little expense ; and one of his greatest ditficultios 

 in communicating this knowledge, is to remove 

 the obstructions which ignorance and prejiulice 

 oppose to his system. Our limits will not allow 

 us here to enter into the particulars of his new- 

 modes of arboriculture ; but after what we have 

 said of the old, it may be well to state that the 

 secret of his wonderful success— for he transplants 

 trees of nearly fifty j'ears growth — consists in the 

 utmost precaution 0gaiust mutilating either theii 

 roots or branches— which precaution he is enableil 

 to take by means of a machine of his o\vu inven- 

 tion for raising, transporting, and replacing large 

 trees. The work before us, however, is by no 

 means confined to a histoi-y of his invention. But 

 every thing relating to the culture of trees, the 

 properties of soils, opinions respecting the same 

 liy the most celebrated agricultm-ists in both an- 

 cient and modern times, the disposition of under- 

 wood, calculations of the expenses of various rural 

 improvements, and every thing iu short relatuig to 

 ibis subject tliat can interest a country gentleman, 

 are mcluded. 



The work is beautifully printed iu a large octavo, 

 «ith ])lates, and the pulilic spirit of Messrs. Thor- 

 burn & Sons cannot be too nuich conuneuded for 

 getting up sueh a publication in a country where, 

 while nature has lavished her most beautiful crea- 

 tions ill forests whose stupendous vegetation is 

 magnificent beyond description, man, if he does 

 not do all he can to denude her of her loveliest ves- 

 ture, at least but seldom thinks of replacing h 

 when torn away by the barbarous hands of others. 



From the New York Farmer. 

 AMBER BEET OR FRENCH HONEY BEET. 



From this noble root, it is said, they are now 

 making a large quantity of Sugar. The saccha- 

 rine quality api)arent in this vegetable must render 

 it very nutritious ; and for cows it is excellent, for 

 fattening or producing a rich flow of the best milk, 

 and from partial experiment it is believed that one 

 fourth of an acre of ground would yield 8 tons, 

 which would support a cow for 12 months. About 

 31 lbs. per day, fiir 300 days would probably be 

 needful, and this would consmne about 5 tons ; 

 and the other three tons if sold would purchase 

 hay and other food for the 65 days, during the 

 absence of this root from the tune it fails in the 

 Spring, until it is again produced. This milk, at 

 the moderate price of 4 cents per quart, will 

 amount to $146, and at 6 cents to $195. The 

 rent of the land, the seed, the manure, tending the 

 plants and the cow, might be fairly estimated at 

 about 25 cents per day, which would leave about 

 $60 profit on one cow. A cow thus fed would 

 likely be much increased in value ; and the 

 manure, when the fluids as well as the solids are 

 all saved, on the soiling system, the quantity 

 would be surprising, if worked up with proper 

 absorbents. The Old Man, 



Derby, Ct. Sept. 1832. 



To Ferment Cider. Put in each hogshead of 

 cider about eight pounds of fresh burnt powdered 

 charcoal ; it moderates the fermentation, making 

 the liquid look black as ink ; the fennentation 

 ceases, the charcoal settles at the bottom, and car- 

 ries down every impurity which is cast oft" the 

 surface ; then rack oft" and bottle, with a raism or 

 two, and your cider is bright and clear. 



Improvement in Huskinga. To the honor of the 

 individual, and for the encouragement of temper- 

 ance, I will mention that Mr. Burnet, of Guilford, 

 had a husking the other evening, and did not pro- 

 vide any ardent spirits. The result was, he got 

 his corn husked out in good season. The hands 

 were then invited into the house, where they par- 

 took plentifully of pie and cheese, had a social 

 chat, and returned home feeling fit for business 

 the next day. How much better this than the old 

 fasliioned way of managing huskings. 



Braltleboroiigh Messenger. 



.Vetc Chinese Mulberry, morus multicaidis. The 

 excellent qualities of this species of mulberry for 

 silk worms, are every day receiving new illustra- 

 tions. A friend in Virginia writes to us that he 

 had a leaf from one of his tiees that measured 15 

 inches iu length and 13 in width ; and that 30 

 leaves, mediiuri size, after exposure one day to 

 the hot sun in September to evaporate their mois- 

 iurc, weighed twelve ounces American Farmer. 



Buffalo Berry Trees, shephcrdia. A gentleman 

 in Boston, who lias the original tree of this excel- 

 lent and elegant new fruit and ornamental tree, in 

 a letter to us says : " You will find a description 

 of the sliepherdia in the American Farmer, from 

 Jonathan Winshij), Esq. Next season we will 

 send you a large branch of the tree in fruit. Oiu' 

 tree is 18 feet high, and when in fruit truly mag- 

 nificent ; gratifying to both the eye and the palate. 

 Fancy to yourself the red currant growing in com- 

 pact spikes, about the diameter of a small ear of 

 com, and much more closely set than kernels of 

 com, on every large and even the smallest oft"sets, 

 and you may have some idea of the beauty and 

 elegance of this tree." American Fanner. 



hifluence of Huriic-uUure. In all parts of our 

 country, where horticidtural societies have been 

 formed, and a taste for gardening, as a nccessai-y 

 consequence, hiproved, new capabilities both of 

 soil and climate, have been suddenly developed ; 

 and fruits and ather horticultural productions, be- 

 lieved to be exclusively the gro\vth of more genial 

 climes, have been reared in abundance, and great 

 perfection. 



We would suggest to gentlemen of taste, and 

 enterprise, that it is withui their influence, to pro- 

 mote the forn;ation of county horticultural socie- 

 ties ; and woild submit to them, whether by so 

 doing, they might not greatly promote practical 

 horticulture, oid consequently the health, morals, 

 and comforts of the connnunity.—JVorM^m i^armer. 



Preserving Apples. Dr. T. Cooper, in the Do- 

 mestic Encydopedia, says that apples may be pre- 

 served by puttuig a layer of dried fern, [brakes] 

 alternately in a basket or box (the latter is con- 

 sidere<l best, as it admits less air) and cover them 

 closely. The advantage of fern in preference to 

 straw, is, that it does not impart a musty taste. 



