Vol.Vni.~No.51, 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



403 



Semon, or a recently sliced cucumber, has been 

 observed to j:,\ve general refresliniciit. 



The sprigs of rosemary were formerly stud; 

 into beef whilst roasting, and they are said to have 

 communicated to it an excellent relish. The 

 leaves were also boiled in milk potlage, to give it 

 an aromatic flavor ; and before simples were so 

 much out of use, the apothecaries made a distilled 

 water, a conserve, and an electuary from this 

 plant, which also produces by distillation an essen- 

 tial oil, which was much esteemed for all affec- 

 tions of the brain. A decoction of the leaves in 

 wine was used externally to strengthen the nerves, 

 as well as the joints and weak parts of paralytic 

 members. 



Arnaldus de Villa Nova states, that he has often 

 seen cancers, gangrenes, and fistulas dried up and 

 perfectly cured, though they would yield to no 

 other medicine, by frequently washing them with 

 an infusion of rosemary in spirit of wine. 



[Extract from Prince's Treatise on the Vine, now in press] 



KENRICK'S NATIVE GRAPE. 



Vitis labrusca, var. 

 I give this title to a vine sent me by Wm. Ken- 

 rick, Esq. of Newton, who having heard of an 

 Indigenous vine producing white oval fruit, has 

 taken great pains to obtain it. Its qualities have 

 been highly rated to him, but I omit any details 

 untd e.Kjierience shall have more fully tested that 

 point. I deem it an act of justice here to remark 

 tli.il Mr K. is extremely assiduous in his endea- 

 vors to discover new and valuable varieties of fruits, 

 and few persons evince greater discrimination and 

 juilnment than are shown in the written comments 

 I have received from him on this and other species 

 of culture. The nurseries of the Messrs Kenricks' 

 ar • too well known to need particular mention here. 



ORWIGSBURGH GRAPE.— Pr. Cat. No. 394. 

 Orwigsburg. 



Vitis Orwigsburghi. 



The highest authority for information relative 

 to this grape is that of Dr W. E. Hidings, who 

 named it and brought it into notice. That gentle- 

 man, at first, thought it deci<ledly an indigenous 

 fruit ; he now considers it only an American va- 

 riety of a foreign grape; and in this latter opinion 

 I concur, on account of the appearance of the 

 foliage, and the general growth of the vine ; the 

 fruit is juicy and the flavor excellent. The vine 

 is productive and is consequently very worthy of 

 culiivation ; the color is white, the skin thin, ber- 

 ries larger than the Meunier, and quite sweet. 



The oiiginal vine which was brought into no- 

 tice, and from which the vines in the different col 

 lections have been propagated is growing it 

 Scliuylkill county, ab(jut three miles from Orwigs- 

 bur^'h, Pa. It is generally considered to be a 

 seedling, and if so, it comes under the iiead of 

 Aiiierican varieties from seeds of exotic vines. It 

 IS nearly allied to the chasselas family, and is prob- 

 ably a seedling from the white variety. 



The vine, althoiigli hardy, is not more so than 



Ijthe White Muscadine, and it is not more regular 

 'in ripening its wooil, if even it is as much so. It 

 is quite as subject to the mildew as the chasselas 

 vines are, and requires the same precautions to 

 prevent its effects. The fruit ripens in September, 

 about the same time as the White Chasselas. I 

 do not consider that it can claim any advantages 

 over the White Muscadine, if indeed it equals that 

 in valuable properties. 



CHLORIDE OF LIME. 



-■Mthough the chloride of lime is applicable to 

 many inqjortant purposes still its usefulness is as 

 yet so little known, that I will select a few from 

 its various injpurtant applications. 



It is generally employed in solution, which is 

 made in the proi)ortion of four ounces to one pint 

 of water, and as only about one half of the lime 

 is dissolved, it will be necessary to filter, in order 

 to obtain the dear solution. Dilute one part of 

 the liquid with 40 parts of water, a pint with five 

 gallons, or a wine glass full to three quarts of 

 water, stir the mixture and it is then fit for use. 

 It is the most powerful disinfecting agent hitherto 

 discovered, and an instantaneous destroyer of 

 every bad smell. It is an infallible destroyer of 

 all effluvia, arising from animal and vegetable de- 

 composition, and cftectually prevents their delete- 

 rious influence; hence It is particularlyrecommend- 

 ed to the attention of those residing in epidemic 

 districts, as there is reason to expect, that the mix- 

 lure sprinkled about apartments would prevent the 

 access of contagion to a certain extent around. 

 Its value will be appreciated by the faculty in ex- 

 aminations for inquests, dissections and anatomical 

 preparations. For all these desirable purposes, it 

 is only necessary to sprinkle the diluted liquid in 

 the apartment, or on the object requiring purifica- 

 tiiin. 



The effluvia from drains, sewers, and other re- 

 ceptacles of the same nature, will be destroyed by 

 pouring into them a quart measure, added to a 

 pailful of water, and repeating the ojieration un- 

 til it is completely removed. 



Tainted meat, and animal food of every kind, 

 may be rendered sweet by sprinkling them with 



the mixture Water in cisterns may be purified 



and all animalcuhe destroyed by putting into it a 

 small quantity of the pure liquid, say about half a 

 pint to one hundred and twenty gallons of water, 

 and consequently it is highly valuable on board 

 ships. 



The nuisances arising from disagreeable and 

 unhealthy manufactories, may be equally obviated 

 by the mere sprinkling of the chloride of lime, 

 and the health of the workmen very materially 

 preserved in such deleterious |)rocesses as the 

 preparation of oil colors. It destroys the smell 

 of paints so effectually, that a room painted in the 

 day may be slept in at night without any smell of 

 paint being perceived, if it be sprinkled some 

 hours before with the mixture. 



Smelters of lead, glue and size makers, tallow 

 and soap manufacturers, skin dressers, &c. may 

 deprive their premises of all offensive smell, by 

 the same processes. The close and confined air 

 of hospitals, prisons, ships, &c. will be almost 

 instantaneously pui-ified by .sprinkling the diluted 

 chloride of lime in small quantities from a water- 

 ing pot. The stains from fruit, &c. may be re- 

 moved from table linen, &c. by dipping the ar- 

 ticle stained in water, applying the chloride of 

 lime until the stain is removed, and then rinsing 

 well in cold water previous to being washed. — Sil- 

 liman's Journal. 



dote to the iucicase of weeds may be found in 

 burning the stubble as it stands after reaping. On 

 land that is designed to be sowed the next year 

 this is more especially good husbandry ; for it will 

 destroy so many of the seeds of weeds, as to pre- 

 vent the ensuing crop from being so weedy as it 

 might otherwise le. At the same time this pro- 

 cess will destroy many insects, clean the ground, 

 and render it fit for the operations of tillage, be- 

 sides fertilizing the soil by the ashea of the stub- 

 ble. 



The Railroad. — On Wednesday week, Mr Ste- 

 phenson's steitm carriage, the Rocket, went over 

 Chat Moss, with a load of from 40 to 45 tons 

 weight. This is by far the greatest weight that 

 has yet been conveyed across the moss, and the 

 experiment completely proved the sufficiency of 

 that ))art of the railroad, to sustain any weight 

 which it evircan be found necessary to carry along 

 it. Notwithstanding the great weight attached to 

 the engine, it went at the rate of from 15 to 16 

 miles an hour. — Liverpool paper. 



Capillary Mtraction. — A weight being suspend- 

 ed by a dry rope will be drawn upwards through 

 a considerable height, if the rope be moistened 

 with a wet sponge. The attraction of the parti- 

 cles composing the rope for the water is, in this 

 case, so powerful, that the tension produced by 

 several hundred weight cannot expel them. 



Election Hermo.v. — Some idea may be formed 

 of the popularity of Dr Channing's Election Ser- 

 mon, by the fact, that three editions amounting to 

 5700 copies have already been published and 

 mostly disposed of, and it is expected another edi- 

 tion will aoon be called for. — JV". E. Herald. 



Tiie population of Lowell, Mass. is found to be 

 6477—4085 females, and 2385 males. In 1828 

 3532. Conseipiently, in the last two and a half 

 years, the population has nearly doubled. In 

 1820, the whole town of Chelmsford, of which 

 Lowell was a part, had a population of only 1535. 



The Wheat Crops. — The Easton Gazette states 

 that the hopes of the farmers of Talbot co. Md. 

 are again prostrated by the aiijiearanco of the 

 Hessian fly among the wheat. The editor says 

 that accounts are daily brought in by the farmers, 

 from all parts of the county, of the great ravages 

 of the flv. 



One of the most effectual means of curing a 

 cut, bruise, or burn, is said to be the inside coat- 

 ing of the shell of a raw egg, — Apply the moist 

 surface to the wound ; it will adhere of itself, 

 leave no scar, and heal the wound, without pain, 

 more sficedily than any salve or plaster in the uni- 

 verse. 



DESTROY WEEDS. 



If yoa have not had time to root out all the 

 weeds on your premises, you will at least endeav- 

 or to prevent their going to seed by cutting off the 

 tops with a scythe or a sickle, and it will be good 

 economy to lodge tlie proceeds of your cuttings in 

 your barn, barn yard, or compost bed, An anti- 



The two gas companies in New York, are en- 

 deavoring to put out each other's light by the use of 

 legal snuffers. The citizens keep dark on thia 

 subject. 



Several bills are now on their passage in Par- 

 liEinent, authorizing the construction of Railroads. 

 — Liverpool Courier. 



Love-Letter Paper is made in New Jersey, scent- 

 ed with rose and geranium. The scent will last 

 for years, and is safely warranted to outlast half 

 the love inscribed upon it. 



