IX.— N'n. .1-2. 



lie London Times, of Feb. 16 contains a 

 te in tlie Mouse of Connnons of 15lli in tlie 

 se of wliiih Mr Ewait ti.e nienilier from 

 rpool, oli!icr\0(l that 'widi regard to tUo silk 



lie had to state an iniportant fact as illus- 

 e of the propiress of that trade, namely, that 

 fimt impoiMion of silk, the produce of the 

 ?(/ Slates of .Imcricci, into the Port of Liver- 



liad taken place la.st week.' — This was 

 lent hy onr distinguished fellow citizen, P. S. 

 >nceau, Esq. to whom our country will here- 

 acknowleclge itself to be much indebted, for 

 atiiotic zeal with which he has promoted the 

 re of that important branch of industry. — 

 'tidl Gazette. 



AND IIOIMICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



"OgTON. WED.NESDAY EVE.\[.\G. MAY 4, 1831. 



833 



Im Leaf Hats. — Most of onr readers have no 

 probably, of the extent to .which the mann- 

 •e of palm leaf bats is carried in this State. 



eral towns we n)ight mention, from twenty 

 y thousand are annually made. Two estab- 

 ents in Barre, those of Messrs. Wood and Lee, 

 to market seventyfive thousand each. It 



iilated that last year there were made in 

 England nine hundred thousand, and the 

 )t year, two million of this species of hats. 

 are sold for about s3 |)er dozen, and ship- 

 I the Southern States and sotne to South 

 ca, where they fortn a favorite article of 

 er wear. — Traveller. 



e quantities of these hats are also made 

 Ihani. 



foil — This city exhibits many proofs of re- 

 prosperity. Two new slijis are about to be 

 1 from Commercial street, projecting towards 

 ■bor. Tiiey will be capable of accommoda- 

 considerable number of vessels and much 

 indize. Wharf property is more highly es- 

 d. Several new houses are erecting, and 

 ' the amount of building and iepairing,'that, 

 Jerstand, Mechanics are in full employ. 



■■ Pal. 



its of Intemperance. — On examining tjie 

 5 of the Almshouse in Bulti:i]ore, it is ascer- 



that between the 1st of May, 1S29, and 

 of May, 1S30, there were 1376 persons 

 h1 to the benefits of that institution. Of this 



I- 1,076 were victims of iijtemperance 



ults, and lOS children of intemperate pa- 



Lct this fact be remembered, and when 

 sonons draught is about to be swallowed, 

 rike heavy on the mind to prevent the act.' 



mnrn Il'are.—There is a manufactory of Brit- 

 are at Taunton. We believe it is the only 

 :hmcnt of the kind in this country. It is about 

 rears smce it (vas commenced on a small 

 and has now grown into an extensive busi- 



1 he ingenious and enterprisino- mechanics 

 !gan It, are deserving of great" praise. By 

 ative ingenuity and skill, unassisted by anv 



aid, they have succeeded in niixino- thei'r 

 etal, and preparmg their own machinery ; 

 eir ware is now pronounced, bv competent 

 to be far superior to the imported article. 



ds in the packing of cotton and tobacco are 

 mentioned in the Southern papers. An 

 la planter in writing to an Editor who 

 blislied an instance in which the planter 

 ! guilty party, says 'I see you have made a 

 out that dirty trick that I did, but all the plan- 

 my neighborhood do it.' 



PARSLEY. (.Ipiiim petroselinum.1 

 This well known garden-pjant, is, in England, 

 a subject of field cultivation. It is°a native of 

 Sicily, but will endure the winter of our climate 

 Mr Loudon says, ' Parsley is sown along with clo- 

 ver and grass seeds in some places, and especially 

 ni Lincolnshire, as a iireventive of the rot in sheep 

 A writer for the Farmer's Magazine, (Scotland,) 

 says, ' a friend of mine having occasion to observe 

 the partiality of black cattle for the common gar- 

 den parsley, and their preference of it, when grow- 

 ing, to almost any other green food, took it in his 

 head to try how it would succeed in a field that he 

 was going to sow down for pasture. He accor- 

 dingly sowed two or tliree ridges with parsley 

 seeds, and the rest of the field with clover and rye 

 grass. As soon as the field was ready for pas- 

 ture he led his cattle into it, and it was perfectly 

 evident that they preferred the part which was 

 sown Avith the parsley, to any other part of the 

 field, insomuch that they never touched the rest, 

 while there was a single blade of parsley to be 

 had. Horses were eqnally fond of it. He had 

 not an opportunity to try sheep upon it ; but the 

 probability is, that they would (if possible) have 

 been fonder of it, and thriven better than the 

 other two. We know that black cattle, sheep 

 horses, and indeed every other animal, always' 

 prefer that food, when they have it in their pow- 

 er to make a choice, that it is most agreeable to them 

 and most conducive to their health. We know 

 also, that parsley is a most wholesome vegetable' 

 for the human species. It is a powerful anti- 

 septic. If we were to reason from analogy we 

 should suppose that its beneficial properties sh'ould 

 extend to the animal creation in general ' Wil- 

 hch's Domestic Encyclopedia, says ' Parsley is 

 propagated by seed, which according to Miller 

 should be drilled (early in the spring as it remains 

 several weeks under ground) in the proportion of 

 two bushels per acre, in rows about one foot 

 asunder, and hand hoed ; though Mr Mills [in his 

 , Practical Husbandry, vol. iii.] is of opinion, that 

 the |)lants will flourish better, grow to a larger size 

 and be in all respects, more perfect, if the dis- 

 I tance between the rows be sufBcient to admit a 

 hoe-plough. He adds, that a smaller quantity of 

 seeds will be required, the culture will thus be 

 less expensive and, he is confident, the plant 

 will afford a better food for cattle. ' 



' This vegetable is eaten with great avidity by 

 sheep, and it not only renders their flesh more 

 delicious, but is also believed to preserve them 

 against the rot. Instances have occurred, where 

 sheep fed on parsley remained sound, while those 

 in the vicinity of the farm were uniformly sub- 

 ject to that disease. Mr Mills, therefore, recom- 

 mends these animals to be fed with it, twice in 

 the week for two or three hours at each time — 

 It may likewise be beneficially given to sheep af- 

 fected with the scab or red-ivaler, and is said to be 

 very eflicacious in recovering surfeited horses or 

 such as are subject to the grease.' ' 



Another English writer'says I'lat parsley should 

 be sown among oats and fed the following vear 

 with sheep. Two bushels of seeds to the^acre is 

 the quantity recommended when no other o-iass 

 seed is sown; but, probably, the management 

 would be to sow it with clover or some other suc- 

 culent grass. 



Loudon says that parsley ' is sown along with 

 clover and grass seeds in some places, and espo- 

 cially in Lincolnshire, as a preventive of the rot 

 in sheep, &c. In laying down lands to grass, 

 Hoyte in the fourth volume of Communications to 

 l/ie Board of .'Igricullure, advises the sowing with 

 twelve pounds of white clover, two pomids of 

 red clover, two pecks of rye grass, and two pounds 

 paisley to the acre ; ns the parsfcy stands two years, 

 and by its diuretic qualities, prevents the sheep' 

 from dying of the red-water, which too luxuriant 

 clover is apt to produce. The seed requires a 

 longer time to germinate than any other agricul- 

 tural plant, and might probably be advaniagcously 

 prepared by steeping.' 



GARDENER'S WORK FOR MAY. 

 It is ne,.rly or quite lime to attend to raisin" 

 your principal summer crop of cucumbers. And 

 first Willi regard to seed. English gardeners say 

 It IS advisable to use seed from two at least to 

 four years old, in preference to newer seed, as the 

 new seed is apt to run too much to vine, and the 

 plants from it do not show fruit so soon, nor so 

 abundantly as those from seed of a greater acre 

 But when seed has been kept more than four years 

 It is sometimes found to be too much weakened. Mr 

 Armstrong in bis Treatise on Gardening says it id 

 best to sow old seeds in the spring, when vegeta- 

 tion IS most powerful, and new ones in July, when 

 It begins to abate. The same author gives the 

 following directions for obtaining a summer crop of 

 cucumbers. 



',Tlie ground being dug and smoothed, line it into 

 squares of sis feet. In the centre of each, dig a 

 hole about fourteen inches deep ; fill this w°ith 

 well rotted dung, and sow on it five or six cucum- 

 ber seeds : cover these with mould, and, when 

 they rise and take a rough leaf select two to each 

 hill, and draw out the remainder. This sowin-^ 

 cannot in our climate be safely made till the 10th 

 of xMay. Dr Deane says ' the dung of swine should 

 be put under cucumbers, which makes them grow 

 more rapidly than any other manure which I have 

 ever tried.' 



.Melons.— The following are M. Mahon's direc- 

 tions for planting melons in the open ground 

 Some time in May ' prepare a place of rich sandy 

 ground, well exposed to the sun ; manure it and 

 give It a good digging; then mark it out into 

 squares of 6 feet every way ; at the angle of every 

 square dig a hole twelve inches deep, and ein-h 

 teen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep 

 of old hot bed dung, or very rotten manure ; throw 

 thereon about four inches of earth, and mix the 

 dung and earth well with the spade ; after which 

 draw the remainder of the earth over the mixture 

 so as to form a round hill about afoot broad at the 

 top. Some people use hot stable dung under an 

 idea that its heat would promote the vegetation 

 of the seed : this is a mistaken notion, as, in a few 

 hours It loses all it had, for want of a sufficient 

 quantity being together to promote fermentation, 

 and becomes a dryish wisp, unfit, at least for the 

 present, to aflord either heat or nourishment to 

 the plants. 

 I ' When your hills are all prepared, as above, 

 j plant in each towards the centre, eight or nine 

 grains of good melon-seeds, distant two inches 

 from one anothei- and cover them about half an 

 inch deep. The plants in these hills should be so 

 j thinned as eventually to leave but two or three in a 

 hill. 



Squashes.— 'These may be cultivated in the same 



