Vol. IX.— No. 31. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



243 



ed by my intulligent fneii.l, John Prince, Esq. 

 Ro.ximiy. In conseiiuenoe of his rocommen- 

 ion, I have tried it for several years past, and 

 unable to speak of it with such unqiialitied 

 ise ns has been bestowed upon it by others, 

 advantii'jos are, that it is a very early sra^s, 

 inline' an early pasturage, and an early crop, 

 lears repeated ciitliiiijs, and atfords a great quan- 

 of al'ier feed. Its disadvantages are, that uli- 

 I its seed is most abundantly sown, it is too apt 

 ionie up thin, and to remain in detached bunch- 

 as gra.ss it is eaten greedily, but when made 

 B hay, it is not a favorite food for either the 

 se or cow — ai least such has been mi/ own ex- 

 ience. I ai-couut for this from this fact, which 

 ave never failed to remark ; the upper parts of 

 leaves are apt to turu brown or ])erisli before 

 flower stalk is fit to cut. From this cause the 

 'or of the hay is not only not aromatic, but it 



my senses positively disagreeable. In drying, 

 )ses more in weight than any hay with which I 

 acquainted. 



rhe tall meadow oat grass (avena etatior,) has 

 ved under uiy cultivation, a most valuable grass, 



1 has fully supported the high character given 

 it by E. Phimiey, Esq. of Cluirlestown and 

 cington. It is a very early, and a very tall 

 es, yielding a good burden. It will start as fre- 

 jiutly and as rapidly after cutting as the orchard 



IS, and makes a sweeter hay. It has the ad- 



tage of being a perennial and enduring grass. 



my first experiment, 20 years since, it lasted 



n years without the necessity of renewal. 



he sainfoin, a favorite grass of France, has 



er succeeded with me. I have made three 



of it, but in every ease it perished the first 



ter, to such an extent as to render its culture 



racticable. I have not heard of its success in 



part of the northern states. 



he lucerne grass I have now cultivated for 



t years last past ; having a full conviction that 



superior to the red clover, and that on soils 



pted to it, it must and will supersede it almost 



nrely, e.xc;e|)i where the clover is intended 



ely as a preparation for wheat. I shall make 



e further remarks upon it, giving the results of 



last years experience, i.vhich both for their ex- 



and success, far exceeded those of any former 



for a pasture, being satisfied that it is adinirnbly 

 adapteilfor this purpose. I laid it down with bar- 

 ley, but it grew so last that I was obligiid to cut- 

 the barley stalks very short, or else I should not 

 have !)een able to thresh it, so thick and succulent 

 was the lucerne. I cut over this field once, and 

 then depastured it. 



I mention this fact as a remarkable one, be- 

 cause the French writers speak of it as a ven/ rare 

 occurrence, even in their climate, that it will bear 

 the scythe the first year. 



At the South and in New York, the lucerne has 

 done as well as with me. Yet many persons have 

 not succeeded with it here. It will not enilure 

 wet or black soils. The land in which I have 

 raised it, is a warm soil — the surface good, butj 

 thin on a gravelly bottom. It has stood drought 

 better than any other grass. I have always used 

 gypsum, and perhaps owe my success in part to 

 that valuable stimulant. I have employed two 

 bushels to the acre. If my repeated experiments 

 shall result in its successful culture, I shall be 

 happy ; and if not, I shall have the consolation of 

 well meant endeavors in a good cause. 



Respectfully yours, J. Lowell. 



little nitre may occasionally be put in with good 

 effect — be jiarticular in keeping the mouth clean 

 and nursing the horse with care. 



The pulse, ami appearance of the blood, nuist 

 govern as to the necessity of bleeding more than 

 once. 



GRAFTING THE GRAPE. 



Much has been said in the Southern Journals 

 ibout a recent discovery as to grafting the vine. 

 it has been announced in such terms, as would 

 had ignorant persons to suppose, that to that pei'- 

 son alone was the merit due. 



1 am induced to make great allowance for the 

 nabitual grandiloquence of our southern friends. 

 They are very prone to use high sounding words. 

 But, in fact, horticulture was an advanced art 

 in the North when it was unknown in the South, 

 ■and but imperfectly so in the Middle States. It 

 h equally true now. Massachusetts is far before 

 New York and Pennsylvania in Horticulture, if 

 y(.u take into view the improved state of ])rivate 

 ga-dens, the number of its green and grape houses, 

 an! the beauty of its country seats. There do 

 not exist in the whole range of the United States 

 mote finely cultivated or highly ornamented coun. 

 try residences than this ancient state can show. 



But to the point of the grafting the grape. My 

 excellent friend, the late Ebenezer Preble, 20 year: 



The March of Science bids fair to put to flight 

 the whole race of conjurors, fire-eaters, and sleight- 

 of-hand gentlemen. The mode of eating burning 

 charcoal and swallowing melted brimstone with 

 impunity, has lately been published to the world. 

 The manner of performing many other wondrous 

 feats has not escaped the eye of philosophic in- 

 quiry. We |)roposc to amuse our young read- 

 ers by teaching them a trick or two, for the know- 

 ledge of which we are indebted to a foreign paper. 



By steeping an egg for some time in sharp vin. 

 egar, the shell will be so far softened, that it may be 

 extended lengthways and put into a phial without 

 breaking. By pouring cold water into a phial, the 

 egg will regain its original shape. 



To make an egg dance, boil it hard, take off a 

 small piece of shell at one cud and then thrust into 

 it a quill filled with quicksilver, sealed at each 

 end. So long as the egg contains any heat it will 

 dance about on the table. 



By holding a faded red rose over a chafing dish 

 of hot coals on which some sulphur has been 

 placed, it will become quite white. In this state, 

 dip it into water, and then place it in a drawer for 

 a few hours ; when taken out it will be quita red 

 again. 



If the surface of a bowl of water be sprinkled 

 well with lycopodiiim, the hand may be thrust into 

 the water without wetting it. 



When withdrawn a slight shake will rid the 

 hand of the powder. 



since grafted the vine with as much ease as he 



[y first piece, (four years from the seed,) I re-i grafted other plants, without grafting into the root. 



ed for soiling. It was cut down four times,i l have done it often, but with not so entire success. 



pastured the fifth. Tlie first cutting was on No doubt the grafting the root is more sure, but it 

 :enth of May. does not apply to the grafting iu vineries. There 



tie second piece was sown with red top, and you need the skill which Mr Preble and the French 

 cut and made into hay three times, and de- gardeners possessed of grafting in the limbs. 



jred on the fourth. There was good feed of Roxbury. A Cultivator. 



h crop on Christmas day. - ■ — _ 



,e third piece was sown with tall meadow oat Cure for sore mouths in horses — On the com- 

 i, in the proportion of one bushel of oat grass mencement of the disease, bleed moderately. If 

 I pounds of^ lucerne. the blood, after cooling, appear to have much 



le first crop was very great; it was difficult buff on it, repeat the bleeding — give a pint of 

 cide in this first crop which excelled, the pastor oil ; if it does not operate in 16 hours, give 



Interesting to the Ladies.— The Journal of 

 Health strongly recommends simple soap and wa- 

 ter, as the best wash fir preserving the complexion, 

 instead of the thousand varieties of cosmetic 

 lotions, which are so much used. There are five 

 beautifiers of the skin, viz : — personal cleanliness, 

 regular exercise, temperance, ])ure air, and cheer- 

 ful temper. Let all pouting beauties ponder on 

 this. The Journal puts its veto on the use of dis- 

 tilled liquor, Cologne water, &c, and insists that, 

 to use them for a wash, is to destroy the supple- 

 ness, transparency and smothness of the skin, and 

 cover it with unseemly blotches. 



ne or the oat-grass. But iu every succeed- 

 rop, the lucerne predominated to so great a 

 3e, that it seemed to be the only crop. This 



wo thirds of a ])int. Nitre may be given at the 

 rate of 2 oz. a day, or salts two or three times a 

 week, i lb. at a time ; these may be given in a 

 owing to the greater breadth of its leaves, fthin mush, or rather slop of bran, it being the best 

 er cut it till it flowered. I made 4 cro])S last food for the animal while diseased. 

 tier of excellent hay from it, amounting in all Take Jialfa pint of honey, one table spoon full 

 K tons and a half per acre — and after that it of borax, and one quart of strong sage tea, mix 

 shed a rich supply of after feed. This cropy them well together, then take a stick and tie a 

 een and admired by a great number of intelli- soft rag to the end of it ; dip it in the mixture 

 farmers. and wash the tongue, gums and mouth well ; the 



iving been convinced that it was suited to my more frequently the better, at least every two hours 

 last year laid down an acre and a quarter — sweet milk in th^ tea will do no harm, or a 



Death of Gen. Bolivar. — From our correspon- 

 dent of the Newport Mercury, we learn that the 

 Brilliant, arrived there 10th inst. front Carthagena, 

 Jan. 5, brings information that Gen. Bolivar, died 

 at Santa Martha, on the I9th Dec. Minute guns 

 were fired, and flags displayed at half-mast for 

 three days at Carthagena host. Pat. 



Franklin used to say, that when he saw ashes 

 thrown en the ice before a door, he kne\y where 

 good natured people resided.— 7./6. 



The number killed and wounded in the late revo^ 

 lution at Paris on the side of the people alone was 

 by a late return, 1162 killed and more than 300O 

 wounded. 



Accident. — An Irish laborer named Patrick Miller, 

 was killed, and two other persons badly wounded, 

 by the falling of earth in a well which was excava- 

 ting at the Navy Yard on Monday 7th inst. 



The price of wood in Norfolk, Va. advanced; ia 

 one day, the 18th ult, from $3 to 16. 



