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NEW KNCLAM) 1 ARMEIl, 



Jan. 1. \^?,0. U 



bouse plant requires a stove to make it CLEARING LAND, LAYING OUT A FARM, niould hoard; bo tlini tlic furrow is not lur 



green 



flower freely. I 



Acacia suavcolcns. c. 4. Feb. June. 1790. 



pubcsceiis. c. 10. March, June. 1790. 

 iuDipcriua. e. 6. March, June. 1790. 

 lophantha. c. 6. May, July. 18U3. 

 alata. e. 6. April, July. IS )3. 

 acicularis. c. 6. March, Aug. 1796. 

 discolor, c. 10. March, June. 1798. 

 longil'olia. c. 10. March, May. 1792, 

 These are fine Australasian pluiits, with yellow 

 flowers, of cusy culture in loam, peat, and sand 

 well drained. Cuttings will root pretty freely 

 taken ofl'in the youni,' wood and planted in sand 

 under a bell glass; or they may lie increased hy 

 takin; off roots, as large pieces as can he spared, I j"V 'iig" 



Mr Fessemde.i — It has been my misfortune to over, but completely cut apart, to be turned o 

 enter into trnile in a small town in this vicinity, 1 by the lioe. The share of the plough should 

 which was injudicious, because I had only a small sharp as an a.xe, and should branch out on e 

 capital, and there is a great degree of uncertainly tide of the chip, so as to be capable of cuttin 

 attached to mercantile pursuits. It is true my si'ee 18 inches wide. But you should never 

 speculnlions were not on so extensive a scale as is 

 the case with your city merchants, yet it is no less 

 true that the chance of loss (owing to bad debts 

 and other causes) is as applicable to small as to 

 large traders. 



1 have given yon a brief expo.siiion of my bad 

 luck, but tny good luck is comprised in the sitnpl 



to cut one more than half that width. You 

 then be pretty sure lu cut clean, and will be i 

 to subvert the sod with more ease. 



If the share and coulter be sharp, one yok 

 oxen will draw the plough through the \ 

 toughest grasses ; cranberry vines ; laurel or si 

 hushes. Turn the sods in June, and piW il 



and planting them in the same kind of soil as the 

 iild plants, placing them under a hand glass in a 

 little bottom heat. A. longifolia is a very splendid 

 plant. I 



Mctroiiidero.«angu8tifolia.e. 6. June] July, green. 1787. 



floribumla. c. 6. June, AiiE. white. 1788. 



lanccolata. c. 10. June, Nov. crimson. 1788. 



spcciosa. e. 10. March, June, crimson. 1803. 



hispida. c. 6. May, Aug. yellow. 1789. 

 These arc natives of N. S. Wjics, excepting the 

 fust, which is from the Cape of Good Hope, and 

 are grown in s;iiidy loam. Cuttings of the ripen 



fact that I quit with $700, after having lost S2000 tin heaps and burn them in August, or as s 



I as they are ilry enough. The cost of seci 



I have purchased 100 acres of wild land with-' down an acre in this way need not exceed * 

 in 2.5 miles of Bangor, in the State of Maine, for' and u sprinkling of peat ashes once in two y 

 $200. The land is of the first quality ; the growth ', say 8 or 10 bushels to the acre, will insure 

 principally sugar maple, hemlock, cedar, and 1 continuance of a good crop. 

 Ijcech. '^''^ better your burn the better your crop. 



Now, sir, through the medium of yom- useful ! bushel of good peat will make nearly half a b 

 paper permit me to ask in what manner this land j el of ashes ; and a cord of peat, well cured, is w 

 should be laid out? How much for pasture?— i"s much for fuel ns a cord of oak woo.1. 

 Hov. much for the wood lot? How much fori As to flowing the land in winter, I can s^ 

 mowing ? How nuich for tillage ? Sec. &c. &c. { never knew good hoy obtained afterwards for 



I have a wife and two children, who are too , 'ong lime. 



Lands may be flowed in summer, spring, or 



ed wood will strike in sand under a bell glass, but y,,,,^^ ^g i,^ serviceable ; my wife has not beoi 

 not without difticulty. The three last are very brought up with such fastidious notions as to vicv; 



beautiful plants, but not free flowcrers 

 Edwardsia grandiflora. d. 12. May, June. 1772. 

 micropliylla. d. (i. May, June. 1772. 

 New Zealand plants with yellow flowers. They 

 are hardy enough to survive throu;;h our winters 

 out of doors, but they do better when protected 

 under a frame. They ripen seeds, by which, or 

 by yoimg cuttings planted under a bell glass in 

 sand, they may be increased. 



Illicium floridanum. e. 8. April, June, crimson. Florida. 

 1766. 

 pan'inorum. c. 6. Mny. tim«. ^-^lUw vlorWia 

 1790. 

 This genus derives its name from illicio, to at- 

 tract on account of its agreeable perfume. I. flo- 

 ridanum has very fragrant leaves and capsules, 

 having a stron 



it a disparagement to work, although she has hith- 

 erto been exempt from the necessity of labor. 



It woidd he desirable to have such calculations 

 made in the division above referred to, as shall Le 

 apfdicable to the labor of one man only, because 

 my pecuniary resources will compel me to depend' 

 on my individual exertions for subsistence. 



SUFFOLK. 



for two or three days at a time without dttri 

 but should be drained again as soon as the lu 

 waters have deposited their riches in the so 

 Even the foul meadow grass, that delighu 

 much in moisture, is soon destroyed by cantii 

 flowing, 



The frosts of winter seeni essential to ol 

 I good hay. They seem to cftectuaie somet 



more than merely the shifting of the |>ositio 



every particle of the soil, and therebv answ< 



REMEDY AGAINST THE PLANT LOUSE! the purpose of a good ploughing and' harrot 

 KEQUESTF.D. j Else why is the hay of our Northern Slab 



Mr Ff.s3e.»jdkn — I should esteem it a fuvor if much superior to that of the Southern? 



any of your numerous correspondents will favor 



me, through the medium of your paper, with an 



effectual remedy against that troiddesnme insect, 



smell of anise when rubbed. — 1 the Aphis, or plant louse, which infests the differ- 



This species, and more especially anisatum, is pow- 

 erfully carminative and stomachic. In China it is 

 in frequent use for seasoning dishc<, especially 

 such as are sweet. In Japan they place bundles 

 and garlands of the aniseed tree in their temples 

 before their idols, and on the tombs of their 

 friends; they aKso use the powdered bark as in- 

 cense to their idols. Ripened cuttings will root in 

 sand, but those plants are most readily increased 

 -by layers. 



I'ultcnxa obcordata. c. 2. Mav, July. Van Dicman'sLind. 

 1808. 

 slipularis. e. 2. April, July. N. S. Wales. 1792. 

 retusa.c. 1. Ap. May. N. S. Wales. 17»9. 

 Small bushes with mnnerous yellow flowers, 

 grown in sandy loam and peat, and increased by 

 cuttings. 



Ilakca pugionlformis. c. C. May, June. N. S. Wales. 1796. 

 ciiicria. c. 5. Juno, July. N. Holland. 1503. 

 Plants with while flo4vi.-rs, which thrive in equal 

 parlH of loam, peal, and .sand well drained ; and 

 cuttings root readily in sand under a hand ;;hiss. 

 PilUxporum undulatuin. c. 3. I'eb. June, yellow. N. S. 

 Wales. 1789. 

 revolutiiin. c. 6. Feb. Ap. yellow. N, S. 



Wales. 1795. 

 lobir;i. c.6. March, Auj. white, riiiiia. ISO). 

 Handsome shridis with g<j(.d foliage and pretty 

 flowers. 1'. tohira is nearly hardy. Ripened 

 cuttings root freely in sand under a hand glass. 

 [7*0 be continued.] 



Why do the cities of the South send ann. 

 to the North ; to Maine ; for a supply of hay 



Providence has given us, along with our 

 cold winters, not oidy a nuich belter kind of 

 dcr, but a greater su|iply. 



Wet lands will not produce sweet hay ; h\ 

 nuring highly you may obtain hay on wet gro 

 in the shape of herds grass, and clover, hu; 

 still meadow hay. But well drained meudnu 

 produce as sweet hay with proper culture ;j 

 upland soil. Yours, very respectfully. 



Framingham, Dec. 25. W . 



From (he Journal of Healil . 



ent kind of plants kept within doors ; I have fre- 

 quently tried tobacco smoke, and also a decoction 

 of that herb, without effect. Yours, 



Boston, Dec. 29. M. L. J. 



SUBDUING AND CROPPING PE.\T LAND, 



&c. 



Mr Fessenden — I noticed in your last week's 

 paper an inquiry whether any of the cultivated 

 grasses will grow on a peat, or vegetable soil. — 

 .\lso, whether flowing in winter is prejudicial to 

 such grasses ? 



From some experiments of my own I can ans- 1 It is 

 wer that a peat bottom is an excellent bottom for 

 herds grass. 



The land should first be thoroughly draiin-d ; 

 all the vegetable matter on the surface should then 

 be pared and burnt, and the ashes spread evenly 

 over the ground. 



The seed should he .sown in August if po.isible, 

 and a good crop nmy be obtaineil the next season. 

 I have seen more than three tons to the acre. — 

 No grain should be sown with the grass seed in 



such lands, because the grass seed will not take vertigo ; the cold death-like sweat, niiil 

 root so well with grain, and because a crop of i exhaustion, experienced by the novice in 

 grass will be much the most valuable of ihi' two. ] snufling, and smoking, we should imagii\i- w 

 If the meadow will bear the tread oreaiile the : be fully sullici.iit to prevent the use of l.d 

 labor (d' paring ami burning will be nnieh facilita- from becoming a habit. Yel, such is " the 

 ted by the use of a paring |ilnugh. Such a plough ami iiiliilnation of the human mind," ami the 

 is made much like other ploughs, bul without a ■ of custum and example, in opposition to 



TOBACCO. 



really surprising that a single in. 

 could be found, who, after experiencing ■. 

 tres.sing sensations almost invariably prodii. • 

 the first use of tobacco, would be willing n 

 their recurrence a second time ; still more so 

 any one should again and again resort to ihi 

 of the " noxious weed," until, its immcdinte el 

 being lessened by habit, it becomes an artii 

 luxury, from the use of which it is found dif 

 to refrain. 



The extreme nau.sen ; pain of the li 



