Vol. IX.— No. 30. 



ANl) HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



235 



ng tliis lolHT is a maliire ami full grown Orange, 

 lie procliii-tion of a irce that S|)|-iiiig frain a soed, 

 Inntoil in Maroli, 1S2S. Tlio .-needling was biid- 

 ed from a iViiilfid stock, in the following August, 

 ud ill alioiit three weeks was headed down, near 

 3 the iuoculato- This put forth a growth of four 

 jchcs, the same season, and during the snnnner 

 f 18'29 attained the heighlh of two feet ; its lu.\- 

 riant Uranclies forming a spreading top. In 

 lairh, 1S30, tiro i/ears from the time the see<l 

 ras planted, and Hiixtien months from the insertion 

 f the inoculate, it showed more than one hundred 

 nd ^fijti/ hlossoiii-hiids. During the month of 

 lay it was literally a cluster of splendid and fra- 

 rant (lowers. Of the numerous young oranges 

 iiat firmed upon it only seven were permitted to 

 Binain ; each of which is now equal in size and 

 laturiiy to the one 1 have forwaVded to you. 



Yours, with respect, J. P. K. 



Poland, Jan. 11, 1831. 



[Ohio paper.] 



LIVE OAK. 



The Secretary of the Navy proposes to 



)andon the attempt made hy the Government to 



talilish plantations of Live Oak. He supposes 



e Nuiy cau never be in want of this timher, when 



is indigenous to the coast of the United States 



oin the St Mary's to the Sahine ; and does not 



jrceive tlie necessity of cultivating ilfroin the 



•.orn. We are not prepared to speak with cer- 



nty upon this subject, but it is one of first im- 



rtance, and much caution and investigation 



ould be exercised before the (Kilicy already adopt- 



is aliandoned. The Live Oak, if we mistake 



t, is found to the Mirth of the St Mary's, but 



: tliiuk Mr White, of Florida, who is opposed 



the Secretary's views, is correct, when he says 



le Live Oak is found thinly scattered at most 



note distances, anil in small bodies. If artificial 



Iture be not resorted to, and the fii-es kept out 



tlie Reservations there will not be enough in 



y years, to build a West India squadron. 



e same authority declares ' there are 70,000 



3 oak trees upon the land purchased by the 



vernmeiit ; which in a century oy even a quarter, 



1 be worth ten times the amount ever expended 



MI them. ' The idea of platuing Acorns for 



benefit of the Navy, has been sometimes ridi- 



ed by those \\ ho do not remember how true it is 



t' Large Oaks from little Acorns grow. ' The, 



St venerable grove we have ever seen was of 



e Oak, tlie Acorns of wliich bad been planted 



enty years ago. Whoever visits Bonaventure, 



r Savannah, will see that it is not impracticable 



ultivate plantations of these noble trees. And 



the woods of Florida, avenues of Live Oak 



found, planted, it is supposed, by a race long 



e extinct ; a race, civilized and industrious — of 



ose existence no evidences i>ow remain — but 



scattered and worn implements of husbandry 



nd in the soil — the traces of loads, and these 



estic trees. — Georgia paper. 



TO CONVEY LIVE FISH. 



IS there are many natural,. as well as artificial 

 ds that are destitute of the most valuable kinds 

 ish, and from the rapidity with which fish are 

 ■eased, it frequently becomes an object to trans- 

 theni alive, for the purpose of stocking such 

 era. Winter is the most favorable season for 

 purpose. Altliough fish are fond of cold wa- 

 yet when the temperature is reduced to 32 de- 

 ls, they become almost torpid — their motions are 



very slow, and they do not require the suuie quan- 

 tity of water for a given time, that they do in 

 warm weather. Now as long as snow or ice when 

 mixed with water, will remain inithavved, it iiuli- 

 caies the temperature of thirlytwo degrees. There- 

 fore, let a cask of siifticient size be provided and 

 filled with snow or ice, and water, into which 

 put the fish, inteiidetl to he transported, as soon as 

 caught. It is not necessary that the water should 

 he entirely filled with ice or snow, the latter is 

 preferable) only to keep a sufiicient quantity in the 

 cask to insure the temperature ; neither should the 

 water be allowed to freeze solid, which may be 

 prevented by the introduction of a ))ailfulof water 

 occasionally from a well. In this manner, fish may 

 be taken a distance of thirty, or fifty, or one hun- 

 dred miles by land, with less trouble than any 

 other method and with perfect safety. — Genesee 

 Farmer. 



CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. 



MR UALSTED OUTDONE. 



An English chemist of high fame, Mr John 

 Murray, of Hull, F. S. A. &c, &c, has at length dis- 

 covered what he firmly believes to be a cure for 

 tubercular phthisis — for far-gone consumption. His 

 work on this subject, which is dedicated to the 

 Duke of Wellington, contains the result of twelve 

 years' inquiry, during which period his thoughts 

 have been exclusively bent to this noble and phi- 

 lanthropic object. Ill the progress ofhis investi- 

 gations, he came to the very rational conclusion, 

 and one which has impressed many other minds, 

 that if any remedy should ever be found out for struc- 

 tual disease of the lungs, it must be someone which 

 may be brought, through the medium of respira- 

 tion, into immediate contact with the diseased sur- 

 face ; and, when there, have the power of subduing 

 the morbid action, without diminishing the general 

 tone of the system. 



At length Mr Murray believesthat he has diseov- 

 ed such a remedy in the vapor of nitnc acid ; and 

 this fact is the more worthy of attention, since it 

 comes from a source where empiricism cannot be 

 suspected. Mr Murray is well known in the 

 sientific world as author of some valuable 

 works in Chemistry, and has, we believe, been 

 himself a sufl^erer from the scourge he has striven 

 so sedulously to avert. 



We shall take some other occasion toaftoid our 

 readers a more circumstantial account of this work 

 of Mr U.—Bost. Med. & Surg. Jour. 



Improvement in the (Quality and Qiiantity of 

 wool. — M. Montbret has [jiesented a memoir to the 

 Paris Academy of Sciences, on this subject. He 

 states, that the nourishing fluids are naturally dis- 

 tributed between the flesh, the fat, and wool of the 

 sheep. He recommends frequent shearings when 

 the animal is young, whereby these fluids are de- 

 termined in greter abundance towards the skin. 

 This increases the quantity and improves the qual- 

 ity of the wool. 



To remove spots of grease, pitch or oil from woollen 



cloth In a pint of spring water dissolve an ounce 



of pure pearlash, adding to the solution a lemon 

 cut in small slices. This being properly mixed 

 and kept in a warm state for two days, the whole 

 must be strained and kei)t in a bottle for use. A 

 little of this liquid poured on the stained part, is 

 said instantaneously to remove all spots of grease, 

 pitch or oils, and the moment they disappear the 

 cloth is to be washed in clear water. — Glasgow 

 Mechanic's Magazine. 



Internal Improvement. — l$y statements from official 

 sources it appears that there have been expended by 

 the General Government on 



P.slininlprl COBI 



Works coniinenced $3,73'.J,(j59 56 



Works not commenced and for 



which surveys and estimates 



have been made 18,311,073 15 



Works projected and partially 



surveyed 51,200.000 00 



$104,248,740 71 



The Legislature of New Jersey have passed se- 

 veral acts dur'ug their present seseion, and are about 

 passing others, encouraging internal improvements 

 by rail roads and canals. 



The currency of the country, according to Mr San- 

 ford's Report in the Senate of U. S. amounts to about 

 85 millions, consisting of 77 millions of bank notes, 

 and 8 millions of coins. 



53,000 tons of anthracite coal are said to be annu- 

 ally consumed in Philadelphia. 



In Philadelphia, t'^ere were in 1830, forty fires 

 datnage $111,997. Uninsured, $65,306. 



Iron Chimneys. — If our builders would use cast 

 iron pipes (round or square) instead of making cum- 

 brous, inefficient and insecure brick chimneys, would 

 it not be an improvement in the art of building ? — 

 They would take up less room — be more secure 

 against fite — would draw better, and could be so 

 contrived as to be more easily cleansed, (if necessa- 

 ry) than the expensive, unsightly projections which 

 encumber our rooms at present. 



The directors of the Camden and Amboy Rail Road, 

 have it in contemplation to lay a railway from Phil- 

 adelphia to New York in the ensuing summer. 



JVorth Carolina Gold. — Of the gold coinage of the 

 United States during the last year, the amount 

 of $466,000 was from the mines of North Caro- 

 lina. 



The whole amount of money for the Pennsylvania 

 Canals and Railroads, appropriated and placed at the 

 disposal of the Canal Commissioners, up to the 10th 

 of Dec. 1830, amounted to $10,288,309 59. 



Petrifactions. — Iq the excavations for the railroad 

 along the hills of the Mohawk valley, petrifactions, 

 30 feet below the surface, have been discovered, 

 among them one of a human jaw bone. 



The enormous bones which have lately been dug 

 up at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, continue to occupy 

 the remarks of the Cincinnati editors. The animal 

 is proved to have been 60 feet in length, 22 in 

 height, and 12 across the hips. The upper bone 

 of the head weighs 600 lbs. The grinders weigh 11 

 lbs. each. He was found in black mud 20 feet below 

 the surface. These bones, of which the head and 

 tusks are already in Cincinnati, are to be brought by 

 the proprietor to New York, and thence to Europe. 



Ardent Spirits. — The annual consumption of ar- 

 dent spirits in Great Britain is stated to be 25,000,- 

 000 gallons._ ' 



Manufactures in A^ic York. — The annual value of 

 cotton goods manufactured at the several establish- 

 ments in N. Y. is estimated at more than $3,000,000 ; 

 of woollen, at $3,120,000 ; of iron at $4,000. 



Challenging at the Cape of Good Hope. — A Biish- 

 man prisoner being asked if he had any objections 

 to any one of the Jury, looked round very gravely 

 for some time, and then staring Mr Justice 

 Menzies full in the face, and pointing to him said, 

 very coolly and with mnch naiviete, 'la, de oude 

 Kerl daar met de wit ko|i?' (Yes, that old fellow 

 with the white head.) 



