No. 2. To preserve Rose Bushes. — Ag. Statistics of JV. York. 



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To Preserve Rose Bushes. 



The Horticulturist takes the following from Profes 

 sor Lindley's Gardeners' Chronicle of the Seventh 

 month last. It may prove useful to the lover of flow- 

 ers.— Ed. 



What is a Parapetticoat? We are asto- 

 nished at the numerous inquiries thit have 

 reached us about this article. Its name re- 

 veals its nature. It is a hybrid between a 

 parasol and a petticoat. This is not banter 

 but fact. And why should there not be such 

 a thing ? What is there in rerum natura 

 to prevent an ingenious person from apply- 

 ing those two needful articles of shelter and 

 dress to gardening purposes! They will 

 fade, and wear thin, in the custody of the 

 most economical gentlewoman, and to find 

 1 use for them afterwards is an adaptation 

 Df means to end which cannot be too highly 

 commended. 



Let us give a receipt for making a Para- 

 petticoat. First find a good sized parasol, 

 or small umbrella, covered with cotton, and 

 not rubbed into holes. Then select a cast- 

 aff petticoat, not a crinoline, which Mrs, 

 Malaprop calls a Kremlin, nor yet a flannel, 

 but some other form of the vestment ; it 

 need not be very full ; indeed, it will be 

 setter for being scanty; sow up the opening, 

 md it is ready for attachment to the parasol. 

 For this purpose the latter instrument must 

 ije opened, and kept so; then the upper end 

 Df the petticoat is to be sowed to the edge 

 )f the parasol, and a staff" six feet or more 

 ong is to be secured to its handle. Thus 

 ;he parapetticoat is constructed. 



But what a word ! cries Sir Erasmus Ver- 

 jal. What a barbarous compound of Greek 

 ind Saxon ! The thing may be well enough, 

 )ut its name is unendurable. Pray call it a 

 )arachiton, or a parachitonisk. We can 

 lave no objection to the change, if the world 

 ^refers it ; and we agree with Sir Erasmus, 

 liat it will be as well to adopt it when para- 

 sol is called paraholion, and parapluie a 

 jaraombrion — but not till then. 



And what is the Parapetticoat for? For, 

 Madam ! for a most important purpose. It 

 s an instrument of execution; it is the shirt 

 )f Nessus ; it is the robe of Atropos. It is 

 ;o enable the gardener to dispatch his mor- 

 al enemies. It is to relieve his rose bushes 

 rom that foe which he assails in vain with 

 ;nufl^, gas water, and smelling salts. It is 

 kill the green-fly, {Aphis.) 



The instrument is used thus. In the first 

 )lace the petticoat is drawn up till it rests 

 ipon the outside of the parasol. The staff 

 )f the latter is then introduced perpendicu- 

 arly into the centre of a rose bush, and se- 

 cured in its place by being pushed into the 



ground. The petticoat being then drawn 

 down, the bush is completely covered in by 

 the garment. 



rigot horrida tergo 



Palla . 



The gardener then blows his tobacco smoke 



beneath it : in a few minutes the rose bush 



is enveloped in a cloud which has no outlet; 



the green-fly seeks in vain to escape from 



the fatal atmosphere which enters every fold 



and lurking-place; he clings in vain to his 



beloved rose-buds; his grasp relaxes; he 



falls; he dies; and with him 



Unnumbered corses strew the fatal plain. 



Five minutes suffice for the execution. 

 The veil may then be raised, the instrument 

 removed, and the operation repeated upon a 

 new horde of delinquents. 



Beware, however, of leaving the poison 

 which killed Aphis, upon the leaves of the 

 rose tree. Let them be immediately syr- 

 inged abundantly with lukewarm water, so 

 as to remove the odor, or it may be found 

 that in destroying our enemies we have also 

 ruined our friends. 



Agricultural Statistics of N. York. — 



The N. Y. Herald publishes from an official 

 source, the Agricultural Statistics of that 

 State, and gives the following aggregates : 



Acres of improved land in the 



State, 11,767,276 

 Acres of Barley under culti- 

 vation, 192,.503 

 Bushels of Barley raised, 2,108,764 

 Acres of Peas under cultiva'n, 117,379 

 Acres of Rye sown, 317,099 

 Bushels of Rye harvested, 2,936,322 

 Acres of Oats sown, 1,026,915 

 Bushels of Oats harvested, 26,323,051 

 ■' Peas raised, 1,761,503 

 Acres of Beans under culti- 

 vation, - 16,231 

 Bushels of Beans raised, 162,187 

 Acres of Buckwheat under 



cultivation, 2.55,495 

 Bushels of Buckwheat raised, 3,364,679 

 Acres of Turnips under culti- 

 vation, 15,322 

 Bushels of Turnips raised, 1,250,332 

 Acres of Potatoes under cul- 

 tivation, 2.55,762 

 Bushels of Potatoes raised, 23,65.3,418 

 Acres of Flax under cultivation, 46,089 

 Pounds of Flax raised, 2,897,062 

 Acres of Wheat sown, 1,013,665 

 Wheat harvested, 958,233 

 Bushels of Wheat raised, 13,391,770 

 Acres of Corn sown, 595,134 

 Bushels of Corn harvested, 14,722,114 



