No. 11. 



Editoi'ial JVotices. 



359 



The first number of "Colman's European Agri- 

 culture, and Rural Economy," has been received, 

 and one or two extracts from it, will be found in the 

 present number. Though to a considerable degree 

 miscellaneous, and not so full of that practical infor- 

 mation and detail which he designs to give hereafter, 

 this number will nevertheless be found not deficient in 

 practical value. The objects of enquiry to our travel- 

 ler, are of course, various and extensive, embracing 

 every thing connected with the cultivation of the earth, 

 the improvements which are continually going on in 

 agriculture, and every branch of husbandry, and rural 

 and domestic economy. Th- openness and frankness, 

 and thorough feeling of brotherhood with which he 

 has been received in the best agricultural circles, as 

 well as by the most energetic and public spirited indi- 

 vidual agriculturists, will afford every facility that can 

 be desired, for obtaining all the information sought. 

 We may learn a great deal in England, which is 

 scarcely known in the United States. Every agricul- 

 tural operation must unquestionably be modified by 

 various local circumstances, yet many things of a prac- 

 tical nature, may be advantageously transplanted from 

 the agriculture of England, to that of our own country. 

 We shall find in the Reports of our friend, that the in- 

 formation needed, has been collected and drawn from 

 authentic sources, selected and combined with judg- 

 ment, and presented in a properly condensed form. 

 The price will be five dollars. 



We learn by late arrivals, that India Rubber horse 

 shoes have been submitted to the Horse Guards for in- 

 spection, with the belief that they will answer a good 

 purpose: — and that passengers have proceeded on the 

 Great Western Rail-way, at the rate of 56 miles an 

 hour. 



A copy of the Chemical and Physiological Bal- 

 ance OF Organic Nature; an Essay by M. J. Du 

 MAS, and M. J. B. Boussinoault, has been received 

 through Lindsay & Blakiston, from Saxton & Miles, 

 the publishers in New York. We find abundance in 

 the lecture with which this little volume opens, to 

 arouse reflection and stimulate the inquisitive philoso- 

 pher to still greater research. It confirms the opinion 

 over and again advanced, that the more thoroughly we 

 search into the operations of nature, the more forcibly 

 we are struck with the simplicity of her means— the 

 harmony which results from the operation of her laws 

 and the perfectness of that wisdom which planned and 

 sustains all. The balance, which it is one object of 

 this volume to show, is kept up by the different func- 

 tions of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, is really 

 very ingenious and beautiful. The animal is repre- 

 sented as constituting a true apparatus of combustion, 

 consuming what the vegetable produces, and in turn 

 throwing off, or yielding what the vegetable requires,— 

 thus giving and taking in such a manner, as to keep 

 up the undisturbed balance of organic nature. 



LEANDER.— In our next No., we hope to be able 

 to give the portrait and pedigree, of the beautiful 

 young Bull, Leander, son to the celebrated Durham 

 Cow, Dairy Maid, bred and owned by James Gowen, 

 of Mount Airy. Our readers at a distance, who may 



not have an opportunity to view this noble animal at 

 the farm of his owner, will no doubt be pleased with 

 seeing a faithful likeness of him in the Cabinet, and 

 as J. A. Woodside is engaged to do the drawing, there 

 need be no fear but it will be done most accurately. 



We keep on hand at this office, and will supply our 

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in lealhor; — Price $4 00 

 YOUATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENERS ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37i 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37i 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 60 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, 7 vols. 5 75 



BEVAN pn the HONEY BEE, 31^ 



BUISTS' BOSE MANUAL, 75 



SKINNERS CATTLE DOCTOR, 50 



THE FARMER'S MINE, 75 



JOHNSTONS Agricultural Chemistry, 2 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 

 ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12^ 



As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri- 

 culture. 



Subscriptions will he received for Colman's Agri- 

 cultural Tour in England and on the Continent. 



23° We are prepared to bind books to order. 



The following premiums will be awarded by the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, at an intermedi- 

 ate meeting on the 2nd of next month ; the premiums 

 for the IFth inst., were given last month. 



For the best Flake Carnations, four named varieties 

 to be exhibited, $2. 



For the best Bizarre Carnations, do. do. do. $2. 



For the best Picotee Carnations, do. do. do. $2. 



For the best American Seedling Carnation, $i. 



For the best Cauliflowers, grown in the open ground, ■ 

 without protection, not less than four bunches, .f 3. 



For the next best Cauliflowers, grown as above, not 

 less than four bunches, §2. 



At the Stated meeting on the 16th of next month:— 



For the best Raspberries, not less than two quarts, $2. 



For the best Red Currants, do. do. do. $2. 



For the best White Currants, do. do. do. $3. 



For the Best Black Currants, do. do. do. $2. 



For the best named Gooseberries, in a ripe state, not 

 less than one quart, $2. 



For the best named Apricots, not less than two do- 

 zens, $2. 



For the best named early Apples, not less than half 

 a peck, S2. 



Six steers belonging to John Sharpless, of Delaware 

 county, in this State, while grazing in the field, were 

 recently struck by lightning, and instantly killed. 

 And three valuable horses belonging to Samuel Ogden, 

 near Sweedesborough, in Gloucester county, N. J., 

 which had been left in th;^ pasture, were killed in the 

 same way, during the violent thunderstorm in the 

 night of the 16th ult. 



