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The resiill of lliis experiment \a lliis, tliut in a Ircee nflcr two or lliree years' planting. Forsytl 



period of from thirteen to fifteen years I have rais 

 e.l i\ ypung, b«ainirul anil thrifty plantation, coin- 

 prisinc nhnofl every variety of tree, whi.h we 

 have ill Mussacluiselt!', which are now, [In 1822,] 

 from 25 to 35 feet iiiph, nn.l some of which, the 

 thriftiest white pines, actually nieasiiro from nine 

 to twelve inches diaineler. The loppings, and lliin- 

 nings out of these trecB now ftirnisli ahiiiiclance 

 of light fuel for summer use, and upon as accu- 

 rate n calculation as I am able to make, I am con- 

 vinced that the present growth, cut down at the 

 end of 14 years from the planting would amply pay 

 for the land at the price it would have brought. 

 I do not mean to say that this wouKI be tlie case 

 in the interior. But in the vicinity of Boston and 

 Salem, I am sure the c.\|ieriiiient may be tried 

 with perfect success.' 



• I planted the trees in two or three days, and 

 left thfin to their fate ; but I con.<ider two condi- 

 tions iiiilispensable to success. Fir.-t, that as to 

 pines of all sorts, and other evergreen trees, they 

 dhould be put out not more than 4 years old, not 

 pruned, for they will not bear the knife well. 

 Secondly, that as to hard wood forest trees trans- 

 planted from the woods, they should be instantly 

 cut down to the ground or near it. 



'It is only because we have no nurseries of for- 

 est trees in New England, that I speak of the bar- 

 barous practice of trar.splaiuing, and instantly 

 heading down. Young trees fro ii a nursery wouhl 

 in all respects be preferable.' | 



Writers do not agree with regard to some 

 particulars in cultivating trees. Miller says, trans- 

 planted oaks will never arrive at the size of 

 those raised from the acorn in the place where 

 they are to remain. Dr Yale (Ca/erf. Jlort. Mem. 

 11,) ill a long paper on trees mrongly :ecom- 

 mcnds sowing where tlie trees are finally to remain. 

 ' It is,' says he, ' a well ascertained fact, that seed- 

 lings allowed to remain in their original station, 

 will, in a few seasons overtop the common nursed 

 plants several years older.' 



Loudon says, ' The opinion of Dr Yale, and in 

 part also that of Sang, seems to be founded on the 

 idea that the tap root is of great importance to 

 grown up trees, and that when this is once cut ofl" 

 by transplanting, the plant has not a power of re- 

 newing it. That the tap root is of the utinost 

 consequence for the first three or four years is ob- 

 vious from the economy of nature at that age of 

 the plant, perhajis for a longer period ; but that it 

 can be of no great consequence to ftill grown trees 

 appears highly probable from the fart, that when 

 such trees are cut down the tap root is seldom to 

 be distinguished from the others. The ojiinion 

 that the young plants have not the power of re- 

 newing their tap root, will, wc believe, be found 

 inconsistent with fact ; and we may appeal to 

 Lang, and other nursery-men, who raise the oak 

 and horsc-chcRtiiut from seed. It is customary 

 when tiiese are sown in drills, to cut off their tap 

 root without removing the plants at the end of the 

 lecoiid year's growth, and when at the third or 

 fourth year they are taken up, they will be found 

 to have acquired other tap roots, not indeed bo 

 strong as the first would have been, had they re- 

 maineil, but sufficient to establish the fact of the 

 power of renewal. We may also refer to the ex- 

 periment recorded liyForsyih, which at once proves 

 that trees have a power of renewing their tap 

 roots, and the great advantages of culling down 



transplanted a bed of oak plants, cutting the 

 lap roots near to some of the side roots or fibres 

 springing from them. In the second year after ho 

 headed one half of the plants down, and left the 

 other half to nature. In the first season, those 

 headed down inaile shoots six feet long and up- 

 wards, and completely covered the head of the 

 old stem, leaving only a faint cicatrix, and produ- 

 ced new lap roots u\ wards of two feet an I a half 

 long. That half of the plants that were not 

 headed, were not one fourth of the size of the 

 others. One of the former is now eighteen feet 

 high, and fiflecji inches in circumference, at six 

 inches from the ground. One of the largest of the 

 latter measures only five feet and a half in height, 

 and three inches and three quarters in circumfer- 

 ence, at six inches from the grounil. 



The pine and fir tribes receive most check 

 in transphniing ; and when removed at the age of 

 four or five years, Ihey seldom arriee at trees after 

 wards; those we should, on most occasions pre- 

 fer to sow, especially on mountainous tracts. But 

 for all trees, which stole (that is, trees which when 

 cut down, will be renewed by sprouts or suckers,) 

 and in tolerable soils and situations,planling stronj 

 plants, and culling them down two or three 

 years afterwards, will, we think, all circumstances 

 considered, be preferable to sowing.' 



It has been recommended in order to insure suc- 

 cess, in transplanting evergreens to dig the holes in 

 which ihcy are to be sel in autumn ; and likewise 

 to dig round the young trees you wi.sh to remove 

 at the same season, just before the ground is fro- 

 zen. After frost sets in take up the trees with 

 frozen masses of earth attached to their roots, and 

 set them in the holes previously prepared. As 

 soon as frost permits, level and place the earlli 

 properly about the roots, and it is said that the 

 trees will not receive any perceptible check by 

 their removal. 



COW CABBAGE. 



The following nolicej of this new vegetable, wc copy 

 from Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, one of the most ably 

 conducted agricultural publications in Great Britain. 



' The Cow Cahbage — Brdssica olcrAcea var. arbo- 

 rescens. — I inclose a few seeds of an arborescent 

 cabbage, introduced from La Vendue by the cele- 

 brated Cointe de Piiysayo, which promises to be 

 an important acquisition to agriculture. I have 

 seen it growing in the garden of my friend. Ad- 

 miral Brooting, here, to the height of 8 feet. In 

 La Vendue, 1 am told, it attains an altitude of from 

 12 to 16, or even more feet. Being a native of a 

 warmer climate, it should be planted in a warm 

 and sheltered situation ; sixty plants are said to 

 afford sufficient provender for one cow for a year, 

 and as the side shoots only are to be used, it lasts 

 fiiur years without fresh planting. A square of 

 00 feet will contain 256 plants, 4 feet apart, or 

 sixteen more than four cows require for a year's 

 provender, without the aid of other food. 1 shall 

 lie glad to hear the report of its success from i hose 

 to whom you may commiini<-ate the see<l. — \N . 

 IIamilto.n. Oxford Place, Plymouth, Oct. 12.' 



' Cow Cahbage. — I received n packet of the seed 

 of this extraordinary cabbage, from n gen'leman 

 of Cirencester, who brought it from Jersey, and 

 has sown it. In his garden, I have seen five 

 healthy plants, which wealhered last winter, in 

 the open garden, remarkably well, and sccni to be 

 equally hardy with their congeners. I subjoin a 



' "The obove is somewhat the np; '-Trance of a 

 plot of a variety of cow cabbage that I saw grow- j-: 

 ing ill Jersey. It is much cultivated there, and fc' 

 attains the height of from 4 to 10 or 12 ft. The 

 small farmers feed tlicir cows with the leaves, 

 plucking them from the stem as they grow, and 

 leaving a bunch or head at the top. The steins 

 are very strong, and used for roofing small out- 

 buildings ; and after this purpose is answered, and 

 they are become dry, they are used for fuel. Wlien 

 the gathering of the leaves is finished at the end 

 of the year, the terminating bud or head is 

 boiled, and said to be particularly sweet. — Johk 



MCRRAT."' 



From the New England PaUadium. 



AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. 



The ladies and gentlemen of Boston, and thfr !" 

 vicinity, and strangers visiting tliip metropolis, 

 cannot pass an hour more agreeably than by visit- 

 ing the Agricultural Warehouse, situate on ihe 

 North side of F.tncuil Hall Market. It is a store 

 extending from the Market to Ann-street, four 

 stories high. All above the basement except tlit 

 Horticultural Hail, and a small Clock Factory, i> 

 filled with Agricultural Implements, Trees, Shrubs. 

 Seeds, and various Patented Articles. It is a 

 museum to the inquiring mind. The catalogue 

 of the variety in ii makes nearly 100 pages. The 

 proprietor of the Implements, &c. is Mr Joskpb 

 R. Newell, and of the Trees, Seeds, &:c. Mr 

 John B. Russell. There is no other agricultu- 

 ral establishment in New England equal to it 

 Perhaps there is not in the world. 



We are happy to ob.serve it is well patronized, 

 and hope it will be fiirilier encouraged by an en 

 riching stream of custom. It distinguishes am 

 benefits the city, and is highly convenient for the 

 Fanner, Gardener and Florist. 



It is stated that there arc many hundred yotinf 

 men of good capacities and habits out of employ 

 in New York city. Most of them are wholly de- 

 pendent upon their qualifications as clerks, and aa 

 sufficient employment for the host of conqielitora 

 cannot be obtnincil, they are without resources^ 

 and reduced to the greatest poverty and distress. 



The population of Franco is now about thirty- 

 iwo millions. 



The highest tax paid in Boston, by an individu- 

 al, is about $2700. — Palladium. 



