NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 25, 1S29. 



— — ^ ,i„ ,u,,rp,liiioii of thisl !-o £lrorig and liealtliy, iior flower so well ns i 

 Srr ao^ht S^ ' if any ..aker i„ ..-..on woul.l , ^;:::;rl,lrZ,:!;::^:i;fL,.„^ l-onnaLco re- I Oecly in sand under a bell ,1a... M. l.y,er.c,. 



INFORMATION WANTKD. 



Mn K»s3K>nr.N — V friend of niiini lius n large 

 „,cudow ; nciMly l.alf ..f it is, in r. spcct to so.l, a 

 ricli, dark loatn, caiml.li', I presume, of producing 

 potatoes, nu.x, or hen.p. Tlio re.ni.iM.lcr of the 

 meadow, i.-, uerliaps, wluit may l)c tmncd a peat 

 soil. It is, at least, mostly formed of a Idack, well 

 rotted vegetable matter, and is fmni four to six or 



rOR THK «IW ENGLAKD KABMKK 



CULTIVATION OF KXOTIC PLANTS, &c. 



( Continued from page \10.) _ _ _^ _ ^ ^ 



Bnnkgia paludosa. o. 5. Jan. Ap. ycl. ^'^■'>- ^r. f^^\j"u*', loam, or loam an<l peat, and are rrailily increa 

 inarceBcens.c.li. Jan. Dec. purple. l/J4.I^.M0i-^ „;„„. nf ,(,.. vomi.p wood in sand uud. 



brnclcolata. c. 0. May, Oct. purple. 171:! 

 nppoiitirolia. e. 2. May, Aug. crimson. 1'. 

 filiformiii. e. U. May, Dec. purple. I'iii. 

 ■pcciosa. c. n. .May, Oct. purple. 161-1. 

 Ilif,'lily ornamental Cai»c lilirulie, which conl 

 in bloom all lb'; \%inter, and grow freely in sa 



land. 



lUtoralis.c. 8. Ap. May. orange. IWU _ 



attcnuala. c. G. June, Aug. white. 1 /.I4. i 



These are elegant plant.s, and to be grown well, 



by cuttings of the young wood in sand uud 

 bell glass. [To be conlimiej 



NOMENCL.\Tl'RR OF GRAPES. 



son. 11 IS, ui ii.j;i, ■■••^^'v . . [ '["I, ese are elegant piani.-^, unu lu ">s ri'""" '| ;>v7«ij:<nvvt..-»«... .»..■ "■ ...... ^w. 



rotted vegetable matter, and is from lour to six or ^ .^^^ ^ ^^^j| composed of equal l>arts of peat, j fo the Puhlishing Commillee of iKt Matsaehu 

 eight feet deep. Over it, a cart and oxen can pass , ^^_^l^^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^^^1,^, ,,g „.pi| ,i,.„ined. I Horticultural Society. 

 without much, if any inconvenience. Still, there , ^y^n' ^.j ,p,j ruttings, taken off at n joint, and | Ge.iti-kme.n— .Much attention appears to b. 

 in in it, a sufficiency of moisture. Tins meadow ^ ,^^^^^^ shallow in pots of eand without shortening | reeled to our native grnpeo. It therefore bcr. 

 is, a.s yet, in a great measure, in an "'"=""'^^'^"| | ,,,e ie„vc» will root readilv. important to elucidate the nomenclature of 



stale. But my friend wishes, if no more, to seed , ^^^^^^jj^,,; ;<,^ ^ ,n. May, July, while. 180.5. species, varieties, and hybrids, and 6x it u|)0 



it rlown with some suitable kind or kinds ot grass. ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^ Hollanci, grown In sandy I permanent scientific basis, a duty wliirh it is I 

 With respect to the lo.nm soil, he ''■'"'""•'""'" | p„, Cuttin"« root freely in sand under a hand j hoped will be immediately undertaken by coi 

 in regard to what kind of grass seed to use. But ^ I _ ' ^ = | ,^_^, i,„,„nlst«. 





tent botanists. 



Of 13 known species of grapevine, six arc 

 lives of the United States, and one more is sa 



111 i^^tiiii I" .. - -- n 



he would be glad to learn from you, or from some , ^••--^ ^^^ 



of your intelligent readers, whether there '« ""7 P'"'''™ ^^^s «• 2.^March,'juiy. white. 1750 ^ 



kind of cultivated grass that will irrow on this oppositifoha. e. 3. ' ' ' ,' ! be common to the East and West Indies. It 



peat, or vegetable .soil ? And if there is, what is the \ ]ia,„isome Cajie shrubs, bearing a generalre-1^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^,^,^^_. ^^^^^^^^ ^,. ^,,^ Ameriran v 

 best and surest kind ? Moreover, this meadow has, i ,„,„i,i„„ce to heaths, but with larger leaves. 1 he | ^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^^^j^ coiifu>ion, which might bi 

 for some vcars pa.sl,bcen flowed a p,-.rtof the year, flo^vgrs are in corymbs at the ends of the branches 

 /. ., ■"-.-c. .c_ ...-.11 o.,.1 I, o tl, lilies nf linvinrr U» _■. -..i^^ := ..oo.Mii- ilie llotfcntots to SCCJlt tin 



for some vcars pa.sl,bcon flowed a p,-.rtof the year, flo^vers are in corymbs at the ends of the branches.] ^.^^^^ designating them oiilv bv their coi 

 for the benefit of a mill, and he thinks of having ] jj ericoides is used by the llotrei.tols to S'^'^" ""= i ,^ipn,ifie nnn.e.K, with the addition of some cl 

 ■. a 1 ..- I «.. ,w.t ^i-oii /liiriii-' ilie winter 1 _•. » ...wi, »i-Iiii»li ilmv niioiiit their skms. Ciil-I . ., ._..__ , .i_ • „ „r„.i 



it flowe<l no longer, not even dunn;,' ilie winter 

 season; provided flowing it th.it period, will kill 

 all kinds of cultivated grasses. Hence, my friend 

 wishes also to learn wliethcr flowing it constantly 

 ftoin October to May would kill all kinds of these 

 grasses? If not, what kind is an exception ? But 

 if it would kill them all, then how long, and when, 

 if at all, can it be flowed witlioul pnulucing the 

 ,cme injury ? mQUIKEK. 



liluehill, Me. Dec. 20, 1829. 



QUERY. 



What treatment will insure the flowering oftlie 

 lirazil Gloxinia ? The-subscriber has followe.l the 



ointment with which they anomt their skms. Cul I ^^ ^^^^^^^ for varieties, and the union of olhen 

 tivatcdiiipeat and loam, and young cuttings root I i^^l^^.j^ ,j,|^^^^ ^I^^^^U j^j^^ nsccrlained 

 freely in sand under a bell glass. Bhind's grape is a seedling of the European 



Phylica cricoides. o. 3. Ap. Sept. white. 1781. vinifcra, impregnated by the male flowers ol 



pubesccns. e. a. Feb. Ap. ' y'^ ,„„„ /ofcriiwi (one of those 'calle.l Fox grape,) thci 

 Capo .shrubs, cuhivated m peat ''fl<'l^]~ 

 Young cuttings root freely in sand ""'l^-- « '^'^"| ;;5„,^,.,„„=,,ecies was impregnated by the E 

 S'''^"- , ^ „ ,^ in 17-j ,pean, the seedling hybrid might be called rin 



'"'"■' "''"clSa"e"2'S,^rne''w°h?;:"?Sm'™ ! 'ain.co. Such terms would at once indicate 



amplexicaulis. e. IJ. Jan. March, purple. 1802 



directions in Loudon's Magazine for (Uorinia 

 culatfi, under which it was received and budded in 

 September, but the hud decayed, and soon the | 

 leaves all dropped <dr. When you can draw from 

 your friends the iiiformaiion wanted, you will 

 please forward the paper, and add lo your sub- 

 scription list A LADY. 

 .Veio Bedford, Dec. 18, 1829. 



ACORN SQUASH. 



S. llKv.s<ii.ns, Ksq. of Montgomery, N. Y. gives the fol- 

 lowing account of the Acorn Squash, in a letter to 

 G. TnoitBCBN & Son. 



This plant certainly deserves the Bttcntion of 

 every gardener. It is a great bearer, and the fruit 

 is large and valuable. The meat is finer, sweeter, 

 and makes a more delioiou.s pio than any other 

 pumpkin, and keeps good much longer. I have 

 ha>l them quite sound in February. But that 

 yyhicli renders tliein S(f eminently useful for gar- 

 den culiivntion, is, they never fail to prove an ef- 

 fectual briljo for the yellow bug which so often 

 destroys our eaily planted cucumber and melon 

 iddpiH. 



This squash has a very large and succulent 



longifolia. e. 7. July, Sept. purple. 180U 

 mucronifolia. e. ' Dec. white. 1803. 

 Plants from the Cape of Good Hope, which re 

 ,', quire to be grown in a soil composed of light turfy 

 • ''0-1. ■ _ 1 . -.1 1 .!.„.. ., tv,;r,i ^rf.,o 



' 



loam, mixed yvith rather more than a third of f ne 

 sand, to be yvell drained, and water given with 

 .'i-cat regularity. Ripened cuttings, iilanted thinly 

 in pots of sand, will root under a hand 

 which must be often raiscil to give them air. 

 Zieria smithii. e. 2. Ap. July, white. 1808. 



A pretty plant from New South Wales, which 

 is I'l-oyvn in sandy peat, and increased by cuttings. 

 Sttuthiola ciliata. e. 2. April, Aug. white. 1770. 

 imbricata. c. 2. * ' yellow. 17i14. 

 ovata. 0. 2. Feb. Juno, yvhito. 1702. 

 crecta. o. U. Ap. Sept. white. H'-K 

 virgata. e.2. Ap. .\ug. crimeon. 1770. ^^ 



These are slender, hardy green house plants, , ^. 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, of pretty appear- 

 ance and easy cullivation. 



Melaleuca viridiflora. e. lO.IMay. green. 1798.N.S.Wnjos. 

 stypheloidca. c. 4.May. Juno.criinson. 1703. 



N. S. Wales. 

 Ihyniifolia. c. 2. June, Sept. purple. 1702 do 

 i (Iscussata. c. 4. July, Sept ' '-'"'' '""" 



HolL-md. 



frlnbifera. o. 4. ' ' crimson. • no. 



iyporicifolia. c. 3. Juno, Aug. scarlet. I7!>2. 

 I N.S. Wales. 



linariifolia. o.3. Juno, Aug. purple. 1703. do. 

 IJeautiful .Australasian plants, which crow and 



seed leaf, and if their seeds are planted liberuuy i nriuniiui .lur.iiiiin^ii.ii r -, ■■ n 



with the cucumber ami melon, the insect prefers flower freely in equal parts of sandy loam and peat, 

 ^ i- .1 ...1 ...-.11 ...1..11.. 1. ... .i.^ with common green house treatment. Some rul- 



fecding upon them and will wholly negli ct the 

 tther. 



I'l.r .T nundiir rif years past. I have protected 



livalor.-t grow tliein entirely in peat, in which llicy 

 will do very well for n lime, but they will not bo 



parentage mcst exactly, where the hybrid wat 

 product of art ; and w here it was accidenta' 

 experienced botanist wouKI probably be abl 

 detect some of the characters of the parcn 

 their oflspring, and taking other circiimstunci- 

 into consi.leration, be .able to establish the o 

 and name with tolerable accuracy. 

 I ^ I PiRsii says, that "there is a variety of the 

 "'^^' i lairiisra, with white berries, called Bland's gra 

 from which it would appear that he detected 

 characters of the labnisea in Bland's grape, a 

 cumstance which, though conclusive as ii 

 ■American origin, docs not necessarily prccluib 

 probability of its being a hybrid from the uni' 

 the foreign with the native species. 



All the .American species usually bear male 

 female or barren and fertile flowers on ililVi 

 vines. The female vines must be fertilized by 

 pollen of the males, and ibis impregnation is el 

 ed when the vines are not contiguous, by aecii 

 OS the direction of th^ winds, or the visita' 

 of insects. In this way hybrids may he prod 

 I. i/^'i ui.. without the intervention of art, merely by 

 1>'03. Ncyv contiguity or accidental union of diflcreiU spe 

 Mr NlTTAi.1. says, "it is probable that hy 

 between the Eiirrpean vino and those id' the 

 ted States, would belter answer the variabk 

 mates of North .America than the uimccliin 

 vine of Europe. When a poriion of the sii 

 diislry shall have been bestoweil upon the ml 

 tioii of the iinlivi' vines of .America, as that w 

 has for so many ages, and by so many imt 

 been devoted to the ainoliorotion of the Tifij 



