vol.. XIV. NO. 3. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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were both oftlioiii faitlilossly tried, niul iiniu'cessn- 

 ry corenioiiics ilisiieiiseil with. Tlio <iiiantity of 

 honey cotisuiiicil, however, was snmll, as none 

 but very light liives were selected, and their 

 weight ill tho spring was apparently nearly as 

 great as in the fall. It is my intention in future 

 experiments to mark items more particularly. 



In selecting the spot for burying, a dry, and 

 cold, rather than a warm one, should be chosen. 

 An individual of my acquaintance buried on the 

 south side of a dry hill, and an entire loss of all 

 thus treated was the cocsequence. I attributed 

 it, though perliapt; some other defect was the 

 cause, to such situations being more exiiosed to 

 fre(pieut freezings and thawiugs, subjecting the 

 insects to more frequent change of tem|)erature, a 

 circumstance injurious to all that comes within 

 its influence. If the situation is such as that the 

 ground will freeze immediately after the trust is 

 committed to it, and remain so until time to " re- 

 move the dcpositcs," to me it would api)5ar most 

 favorable. Yours, etc. 



William Bacon. 



East Bosto.\. — There's no mistake here. The 

 foundation of a city is laid. It has been a work 

 of immense labor, and requiring great capital. 

 Hills have been levelled, and carried into the 

 ocean, which covered acres to the height of forty 

 or fifty feet. Wharves have been made and se- 

 curely walled, and shipyards established ; and 

 there is now a ship on the stocks, the timber of 

 which grew near the Falls of Niagara. Mastyards 

 and smitheries of all kinds are in successful oper- 

 ation. A public house, which rivals, in capacity 

 and elegance, the fai--famed Treniont is full to 

 overflowing. Stores and dwelling houses are 

 rising on all parts of the island. Streets and 

 roads are laid out in various directions. An 

 mense establishment for the manufacture of mal- 

 leable iron is set up, surrounded by a village of 

 cottages for its operatives. A sugar refinery, 

 eight stories in height, which surpasses anything 

 of the kind in the United States, with its engine 

 houses, &c. &c. Squares laid out and ornament- 

 ed with trees and shrubbery ; lots laid out and 

 consecrated for public buildings and cemeteries for 

 the dead ; school houses erected, and well filled 

 with children. Two elegant steam ferry boats, 

 built on the island, constantly ply between the two 

 cities, which make the ])assage in about three 

 minutes. An Omnibus also leaves Court street 

 every hour. All this has been done {the half of 

 which has not been told) within the last fifteen 

 months, yet thousands of our own citizens know 

 nothing of it, so rapid has been its growth from a 

 barren island to the quick and lively bustle of a 

 city. — Boston Transcript. 



cautious experiments here as well as elsewhere. 

 It c insists in simply not forcing tho growth of the 

 i.laiit unnaturally, by imtriment, and hoeing. One 

 tree in this town has stood three or four wintei-s, 

 including the last sevei-e one, uninjureil, by per- 

 mitting it to gi-ow with the same disregard with 

 which we nourish other forest trees. Hundreds 

 of others which had acquired an artificial, unnat- 

 ural growth, wci-e destroyed down to the earth by 

 the severity of the last winter-. 



It is demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of 

 cultivators here, that the plant will easily become 

 acclimated. This being established, its cap.ibility 

 of producing good silk, even sitperior to the black 

 mulberry, has also been tested. The worms eat 

 up the entire leaf, stems and all, and the nutri- 

 cious matter is found to surpass any other mulber- 

 ry leaf. The ease and rapidity with which it can 

 be propagated is another very important consider- 

 ation. When multiplied by layers, no sooner 

 does the plant throw up a small twig, than the 

 leaves begin to show themselves and they go on 

 increasing with the height of the stem until it is 

 entirely hid by the foliage. A stalk comes to the 

 height of two or three feet in a few weeks, and 

 leaves as large as a cabbage plant hang all over its 

 sides. Unlike the other mulberries, they yield 

 food for worms almost immediately after the 

 shoots emerge fi-om the ground. The tree does 

 not exceed six or eight feet in height and is just 

 suited to the capacity of children to gather them. 

 Nature has adapted this beautiful plant in the 

 wisest manner for the nourishment of the Silk 

 worm. — JVoHtiampton Courier. 



cHi.N'SSE mui.be:rry. 



The Worcester Spy, in speaking of the Black 

 Mulberry, says " 171 its adaption to our coiintrij 

 it has the preference to the Chinese Mulberry." 

 This is a disputed question. AVe are in opposition 

 to the Spy on this point. The Morns Multicaulis 

 has been tested in this town, both fi-om the seed 

 cuttings and layers, moi-e thoroughly perhaps 

 than any other section of the United States. The 

 opinion here is decidedly in favor of the Chinese 

 plant, that with proper cultivation, it is as hardy 

 and vigorous as any of our native forest trees. 

 This fiict has been established by repeated and 



THE HORSE. 



Mr Editor — I have the misfortune to belong to 

 a much abused iior-tion of the animal kingdom. 

 We are daily and hourly tortured by the igno- 

 rance and thoughtlessness of our masters, who 

 are as various as the human kind, and urged by 

 all the various passions and stimulants which af-, 

 flict poor human nature. I beg you will lay be- 

 fore your readers some of the troubles of my spe- 

 cies, in the hope that it may meet the eye of some 

 who ha\e feeling and sensibility enough to apjire- 

 ciate it. 



Our condition is that of slaves, and ever must 

 be : yet, nevertheless, we have feeling and great 

 ifliection for our masters, never refusing by night 

 or by day, to obey their commands, however un- 

 reasonable they may be, or at whatever degree of 

 suffering we may be called upon to endure. 



All that we require is, that our hard condition 

 may be alleviated as much as possible ; and tliat 

 our civilized masters of America would take a 

 lesson from the wild Arabs of the desert, and 

 learn our true natui'e and spirit. 



Our grounds of complaint are numerous, ac- 

 cording to oiu- several stations ; and it is difficult 

 to tell whether they are in a greater degree with 

 those who labor hard or those who are pampered 

 by indulgence. I belong to the latter class, but 

 will endeavcr briefly to state the grievances of 

 both. 



1. My master is a wealthy citizen, and takes 

 gi-eat pride in the appearance of me and my mate. 

 We are abundantly fed, and are fat and sleek ; 

 but we are most unmercifully tortured with trap- 

 pings, and, above all, the check rein ! This cruel 

 contrivance keeps our heads raised at an unnatu- 

 ral angle, until the bones of our neck drive us 

 I mad with agony. We cannot turn our heads to 



scare away a fly, without tearing our mouths, 

 which are terribly lengthened and distorted by the 

 check rein. We also suffer for want of regular 

 exercise aird afuv much confinement ai-c ])rompt- 

 ed by nature to frisk and run. Oh, how we envy 

 the farm horses and mules whom we see frisking 

 in the fields, while our bones are pained by mere 

 inertia, [f wo ever take the liberty to indulge 

 ourselves in these active propensities, we are se- 

 verely punished by our masters who can never .at- 

 tribute it to the right cause. 



2. Some of my i-ace are hired out for pay, and 

 are, at times, unmercifully treated by young and 

 thoughtless persons. Such persons are always 

 jirone to drive a little faster than our natural gait ; 

 and whether we ai-e long legged and swift, orsliort 

 legged and slow, we are sure to feel the whip, and 

 to be urged to a state of feverish excitement. This 

 is exceedingly cruel, and I hope my present re- 

 marks will lead some of them to think and reflect 

 upon our sufferings. 



2. Some of us are so unfortunate as to have 

 masters who frequent taverns. While our heads 

 are stretched upwards by a check rein, andvvhile 

 w(! are tortured by flies, our lords are quaffing at 

 the bottle, and cracking their jokes, in utter igno- 

 rance of what we endure. Some of us who have 

 sense enough to break looss and run away, and thus 

 destroy their carriages, serve them just right for 

 their inhumanity. 



4. If we happen to be in ])Ossession of a gay 

 fellow, he will probably determine that no one 

 shall I'ass him on the road ; and very probably 

 another fellow, as gay as himself, may come 

 along. When this happens, a strife is sure to take 

 place, and both or all the horses are urged to an 

 unnatural degree of swiftness, until some of us 

 are lamed or injuVed for life. 



5. When we are rendered blind or lame by this 

 ill usage, our masters generally turn us off to some 

 poor fellow who carts out dirt from the cellars, or 

 contract to fill up water lots. We are now suf- 

 ferei-s in another way. We no longer suffer by 

 the check rein, or by inertia from standing still or 

 being overfed. Our Irish task-masters put us to the 

 extremity of our strength, until we are worn out 

 with ill usage and hard fare. On the approach of 

 winter it is matter of grave calculation whether 

 our hides are worth most on or ofi" the frames 

 which they cover ? 



Such, Mr Editor, are some of the suflermgs ot 

 a noble animal, whose jiride is to serve his master, 

 and carry him safely, and who deserves the krnd- 

 cst treatment from the hajids of man. We do, rn- 

 deed, receive it from a few, and it is hoped that 

 your friendly columns may meet the eye of some 

 who are thoughtless, and do not make universal 

 kindness a PBrNcrPLE. All the animal creation 

 cry aloud for the exercise of humanity, and rio 

 mail should be esteemed a good citizen, who 

 would on any occasion ill treat any of the animal 

 kind, and especially the Horse.— iong- Island 

 Star. 



Green Peas, podded, fit for use, and Cauliflow- 

 ers formed, we understand, have already been 

 raised by Mr Brown, in Dutch Town, from seed 

 imported from the Repository of George C. Bar- 

 rett, Esq. Boston. — jYova Scotian of Thursday 



Did universal charity prevail, earth would^ be 

 a heaven, and hell a fable. 



