Vol.IX.— No. 10. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



)thcr without leaving n vacant and superfluous 

 4>ace between every three contiguous cells. Hail 

 he cells, on the other hand, hcen t-(inare or triaugu- 

 ar, they might have been coii.structed without un- 

 leccssary vacancies ; but these forms would 

 lave both required more material and been very 

 msuitable to the shape of a bee's body. The six- 

 lided form of the cells obviates erery objection; 

 md while it fulfils the conditions of the problem, 

 t is equally adapted with a cylinder to the shape 

 'f the bee. 



M. Reaumur further remarks, that the base of 

 ach cell, instead of forming a plane, is usually 

 omposed of three pieces in the shape of the dia- 

 londs on playing cards, and placed in such a 

 lanner as to form a hollow pyramid. This struc- 

 iirc, it may be observed, imparts a greater degree 

 f strength, and, still keeping the solution of the 

 roblem in view, gives a great capacity with the 

 mallest exi)enditure of material. This has actu- 

 lly, indeed, been ascertainetl by mathematical 

 leasurenient and calculation. Maraldi, the inven- 

 ir of glass hives, determined, by minutely mea- 

 iriug these angles, that the greater were 109° 

 8', and the smaller, 70° 32' ; and M. Reaumur, 

 3tng desirous to know why these particular ang- 

 s are selected, requested M. Koanig, a skilful 

 lathematician, (without informing him of his de- 

 gn, or telling him of Maraldi's researches,) to de- 

 irmine, by calculation, what ought to be the angle 

 'a six-sided cell, with a concave pyramidal base, 

 irmed of three similar and equal rhomboid plates, 

 1 that the least possible matter should enter into 

 i construction. By employing what geometri- 

 ans denominate the iiifimtesimal calculus, M. Kce- 

 g found that the angles should be 109° 26' for 

 tie greater, and 70° 34' for the smaller, or about 

 10 sixtieths of a degree, more or less, than the ac- 

 •al angles made choice of by bees. The equality 

 I inclination in the angles has also been said to 

 l-ilitate the construction of the cells. 



M. Huber adds to these remarks, that the cells 

 I the first row, by which the whole comb is at- 

 (;hed to the roof of a hive, are not like the rest ; 

 1- instead of six sides they have only five, of 

 iiicli the roof forms one. The base, also, is in 

 t;se difterent, consisting of three jfieces on the 

 i:e of the comb, and on the other side of two : 

 »e of these only is diamond shaped, while the 

 ( lei- two are of an irregular four-sided figure. — 

 wis arrangement, by bringing the greatest num- 

 Ir of points in contact with the interior surfai'-e, 

 sures the stability of tlie comb. — Library of En- 

 tainins; Knowledge. 



Local Attachments. — The 35th number of Silli- 

 m'.s Journal of Science, in an article under the 

 ad of' Architecture of the United States,' has 



following just remarks: 

 Place in a village a handsome public monument, 

 pillar, or church, and I do not hesitate to say, 

 It all other things beings equal, those villagers 



be bound more to one another, and to their 

 lage, than those of another. Place by another 

 group of trees, with a fountain playing in their 

 dst; have beneath them tasteful seats, and make 

 1 place to which experienced age and prattling 

 uncy will go for company or amusement ; a spot 



ere the villagers will assemble in the evening 

 • cheerfid conversation, and I venture to say 

 It these people will love their homes more, and 

 nk less of changing ; will improve them more; 



!t they will be wiser ; that their taverns will be 



less frequented, and that every good feeling will 

 more prevail among them, than woidd havi! been 

 the case without. Place in n town or city, a si)Ot 

 with pleasant trees, and pleasant walks between, 

 u spot which would serve as an agreeable prome- 

 nade, and the feelings of that people will flow in a 

 kinder and smoother channel ; there will be more 

 happiness than there would have been otherwise. 

 It is a delightful amusement to saunter along the 

 Frcuch prome7iades ahaut sunset, and observe the 

 hap])y groups of all ages that throng tlietn ; to 

 watch the rapid sale of bouquets, at the platforms 

 which line the sides ; (flowers are only admitted 

 there.) As an American looks at the cheerful scene, 

 he must think with pain of his own cities, where' 

 everything seems calculated for dtdl labor, or 

 lynx-eyed gain. It is doubtless owing, in some 

 degree, io the provision of such places in foreign 

 countries, that their natives resort less to taverns 

 for amusement than with us ; and that intoxication 

 consequently is less frequeiuly seen. 



' The French have their Boulevards ; the Span- 

 iards their Prado ; the Italian their Corso ; all of 

 these have their public gardens ; and we — we have 

 our tippling shops, the bane and disgrace of our 

 land, and Shall have them, I fear, till we provide 

 more innocent places of resort. All attempts to 

 check this current of feeling are vain ; the stream 

 must flow ; and if we give it a channel, v^'ill re- 

 fresh and beautify the land it would otherwise 

 have desolated and destroyed.' 



Unhealthy Vegetables. — A writer in the Albany 

 Argus, after speaking of the unhealthiness of sal- 

 ads and fruits brought from a distance, and ke|)t 

 on hand sometime by the market people, has the 

 following remarks : 



' And what is the remedy for the evil ? In the 

 first place, let us be guided by the law of nature, 

 which teaches, that evert/ district, under sxiitahle 

 cidlurc, will produce the food best adapted io the 

 xcants of its population, and that the climate will 

 bring it to maturity at the period when it is best 

 adapted to promote human health and comfort. In 

 the second place, those who are able should culti- 

 vate fruits and vegetables for their own tables. 

 In the third place, enable your horticultural soci- 

 ety, by a general and liberal patronage to extend 

 the sphere of its usefulness ; require them to award 

 premiums to market gardeners, for the best pro- 

 ductions of their labor ; buy of those who gather 

 their vegetables in the morning of the day in 

 which tliey are to be consumed, and let these 

 not be sold in the streets after eight o'clock ; and 

 finally, let a competent person be authorised to 

 inspect the fruit and vegetable stalls, and to con- 

 demn and destroy all which is in an unsound and 

 unhealthy state.' 



The effects of Moonlight on the Ei/es— The effect 

 of moonlight on the eyes, jjarticularly in warm 

 climates, is extremely injurious, and oftentimes 

 fatal to the sight. Carues, in his letters from the 

 east, says that he came near losing his sight from 

 neglecting the advice of the natives, to cover his 

 eyes when he slei)t exposed to the moonbeams ; 

 and a case came within our observation, where a 

 child lost his sight by sleeping exposed to the 

 moon. The other senses of this child became, 

 however, as is generally the case with those who 

 lose one, extremely acute, insomuch that he could 

 at any time distinguish a person who had once 

 been made known to him, by feeling his hand. — 

 iMag. of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. 



L'trge Peach Orchard — Mr .Tones, ofShrews- 

 bm-y, N. J. has one hundred and fifty acres of 

 ground entirely in peach trees. His fruit is daily 

 selling in the New York market. 



An OT^s gall will set any color, — silk, cotton, or 

 woollen. I have seen the colors of calico, which 

 faded at one washing, fixed by it. Where one 

 lives near a slaughter-house, it is worth while to 

 buy cheap fading goods and set them in this way. 

 The gall can be bought fur a few cents. Get out 

 all the liquid and cork it up in a large phial, One 

 large spoonful of this in a gallon of warm water 

 is suflicient. This is likewise excellent for taking 

 out spots from bombazine, bombazct, &c. After 

 being washed in this, they look about as well as 

 when new. It must bo thoroughly stirred into the 

 water, and not put upon the cloth. — :It is used 

 without soap. After being washed in this, cloth 

 which you want to clean should be washed in 

 warm suus, without using soap. — Econ. Housewife. 



Foivls and Ducks. — Every man who keeps a pig 

 should keep fowls. Three or four hens and a 

 cock will prove no small addition to a poor man's 

 stock ; and a few potatoes and peelings, with the 

 rim of the I)ig's trough, which they will always 

 keep clean, will be all they will i-cquirc in tho 

 summer; but to make them lay eggs, when eggs 

 are valuable, they must be well fed with oats, 

 barley-meal, or Indian corn ; have a dry ])Iace to 

 roost in, to shelter them in wet weather; and be 

 kept quite clean. Young pullets, 9 or 10 mouths 

 old, are the best for laying in winter. Ducks are 

 both useful and profitable : they clear nway a deal 

 of unsightly offal, will travel a great distance from 

 home in search of food, require but little at home, 

 and lay a great number of eggs ; but they are not 

 good mothers, and seldom rear half their brood, 

 when there are many hedges and ditches In the 

 neighborhood ; they likewise very frequently drop 

 their eggs in the water, if not carefully watched 

 and shut up when expected to lay. A hen an-, 

 swers better for a mother to ducklings than their 

 natural one. Not less than a drake and two ducks 

 should be kept. — Loudon. 



GoMBO — Recipe. — Take an equal quantity of 

 young tender okra, chopped fine, and ripe toma- 

 toes skinned, and add an onion shredded sinall, 

 and some pepper and salt. Put all in a stew pan, 

 without water, and stew for an hour. This is a 

 favorite West India dish.-.-.^m. Farmer. 



Several of the Clergy of this city, on Sunday 

 last, in their sermons, spoke in appropriate terms 

 of the late celebration, and did justice to the 

 memories of the early settlers of New England, 

 We have heard the sermon of Dr Clianning, who 

 preached in Federal-street on Sunday for the first 

 time for many weeks, highly commended. This 

 eminent preacher, it is stated, will spend the win- 

 ter in the Island of Cuba. — Boston Gazdt;. 



The single track of rail road from Baltimore to 

 Ellicott's mills had been travelled on just 16 weeks, 

 on the 16th inst. and the receipts are nearly 



$17,000. 



100 stone cutters and stone masons are wanted 

 on the 1st and 2d divisions of the Baltimore and 

 Ohio Rail road. 



Two Thompsonian quacks, in Madison county 

 have been bound over, for killing a young man by 

 their system of steam doctoring. 



