1836.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



381 



tone, and from the thickness of tlieir foliage, and be- 

 ing evergreen, they will be found ornamental to a 

 garden. The plants, after two months' growth (saj' 

 in September,) require to be set out at (lie distance of 

 two yards and a half from each other. They will grow 

 on soil of moderate richness ; but their greatest perfec- 

 tion will require soil of good quality. At any subse- 

 quent period to (heir being thus transplanted, the}' 

 may be removed to any other place wliere convenience 

 or taste may suggest. All letters from the country, re- 

 quiring a packet of seed to be forwarded, must (to be 

 attended to) contain a sovereign, or an order for the 

 payment in London ; and it is requested the name and 

 address, where it is to be sent, be legibly written. 

 Caution : — Any packet sold at a less price than a sove- 

 reign, either in town or country, cannot be genuine. 

 Observe, also, upon each packet the circular seal, with 

 this inscription: ' , No. .' It is important to ob- 

 serve, that none of tlie genuine cow cabbage seed will 

 be sold after the month of July, for sowing this year 

 (1836.') 



'Fuiiker Parliculnrs. — In reference to the length of 

 wool produced by sheep fed upon the new colossal ve- 

 getable, as described in this prospectus, the proprietor, 

 Mr. Fullard, to prove the fact, has now a lamb-hog, 



one year old, to be seen at Mr. , No. , , 



w-here T. W. Coke, Esq., of Holkham Hall, paid a 

 visit on Tuesdaj% the IJth instant; and, upon due ex- 

 amination of the said lamb-hog, he declared, in the 

 presence of many witnesses, that he never before saw 

 such a specimen of wool for length and fine quality. 

 Mr. F. has already been awarded nine premiums, by 

 the Agricultural Societies, for the superiority of his 

 sheep and other cattle. 



'(Signed) , No. , ., 



"The noise made by Cobbetfs Locust was nothing 

 to this. We are informed, on what we consider un- 

 doubted authority, that from 30 to 40 sovereigns a day 

 were taken at the perfumer's shop referred to, for seve- 

 ral months. The London seedsmen are regularly sup- 

 plied with similar cow cabbage seed from Jersey ; 

 which is sold by retail, by Mr. Charhvood, at Is. per 

 ounce ; an ounce, as we are informed by Mr. Cormick, 

 containing about 5000 seeds, which would, of course, 

 produce the wholesale perfumer £250 in i-eady mo- 

 ney. As several gentlemen have called upon, and 

 written to us respecting this cabbage, as they did about 

 the time the Gardener^s Magazine commenced, res- 

 pecting Cobbetfs Locust (see Jlrb. Brit., p. 616,) we 

 have thought it worth while to state the above ; add- 

 ing, that, as we know that our advice was not taken in 

 regard to the locust, we doubt if it has deterred those 

 who applied to us from purchasing the Cesarean cab- 

 bage. The truth seems to be, that there is a portion of 

 mankind who have a love (or the marvellous to such 

 an extent, as to become a disease which will have its 



course A correct estimate of the real merits of 



this cabbage, by Mr. Saunders of Jersey, who supplies 

 the London trade with their seeds, was published in 

 the Gardener' s Magazine in 1829 (vol. v. p. 440.;) and 

 it has also appeared in the Encyclopedia of Jgricul- 

 iure, 2a edit. p. 867." 



A L01VD0?f auctioneer's ADVERTISEMENT 

 OF LANDS IN VIRGINIA. 



[The following puff extraordinary, (taken from a 

 late English paper,) furnishes another evidence of the 

 system of fraud which is continued to be practiced in 

 England, in the sale of mountain land in Virginia. As 

 in a previous volume we commented at some length 

 on these fraudulent sales, and as it would be to as little 

 purpose again to endeavor to warn the dupes, we shall 

 merely insert this advertisement, to amuse our readers 



in general, and to astonish those who may reside near 

 the locality described, with the exalted character which 

 their lands have acquired across the Atlantic] 



In the Stato of Virginia — A most important Es- 

 tate for (hose of moderate means, and who would 

 emigrate successrully.— Mr. George Robins is in- 

 slriu'.ted to ofler to public, competition, at the auc- 

 tion mart, London, on Tuesday, the 9th of Au- 

 gust, at twelve, in lots of 1000 and 2000 acres 

 each. Tlie Freehold Lands included in tliis im- 

 portant sale, extend to one hundred thousand 

 acres, situate on the mighty waters of the great 

 Ohio, in the commonwealth ol Virginia — the 

 neighborhood of rising towns, good markets, navi- 

 gable rivers, and national turnpike ronds. There 

 is a direct communication by steam to New York, 

 Orleans, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Baltimore, and 

 Washington. Three vast rail roads have com- 

 menced, under the sanction of government, who 

 have contributed fifteen millions ofdollars towards 

 the completion. In three short years they will be 

 perfected. The lands are in the counties ofCabell, 

 Harrison and Giles. They are fertile (almost be- 

 yond belief,) the soil adapted to the production of 

 every thing that is uselul. Industry and a little 

 capital are alone wanting to render this one of the 

 iiurest agricultural portions of the globe, and in a 

 climate, it must be reujcmbered, remarkable for ils 

 salubrity and invigorating powers : besides which 

 it may be called the land of promise, inasmuch as 

 the mineral and fossil wealth is no where to be 

 equalled, and iron, coal, lead, and salt are lound in 

 all directions in the greatest abundance. From 

 the minerals on this property a source of commer- 

 cial enterprize may be contemplated. It should 

 be observed, in conclusion, that religious worship 

 is unshackled, and there is a total absence of taxes. 

 It may therefore be staled in great confidence, that 

 this sale will secure to those of very hmited means, 

 wealth without risk ; possessing the only essential 

 requisites ot industry and talent. A farmer having 

 saved £100 or £200 from the wreck of his for- 

 tune here, wall find at this sale, tlie opportunity to 

 realise all his bright and early anticipations. It is 

 not a speculation (bunded on theory — experience 

 has demonstrated that it is a moral certainty; and 

 consequently, a mechanic possessing £2(30 and 

 upwards may confidently appear at this auspicious 

 sale. 



Particulars may be had at the Waterloo, Li- 

 verpool ; the Manchester Times Office, at Man- 

 chester; the Hen and Chickens, at Birmingham ; 

 the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George Robins' 

 Offices, in Covent Garden. The title is clear be- 

 yond the possibility of doubt." 



ON EAISING TWO OR MORE SUCCESSIVE CROPS OF CO- 

 COONS IN EACH YEAR. 



When any culture, or other business, is new in a 

 particular country, and yet is rapidly spreading, and 

 employing many heads to direct, as well as hands to 

 execute, there are sufficient reasons why there should 

 be many new discoveries, more important than any 

 which a century had brought to light in countries dif- 

 ferently situated. In such circumstances, each man 

 engaged in the business is more or less a learner, and 

 therefore necessarily an experimenter. Where all are 



