Vol. IX.— Nf 



50. 



VND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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for 01- aijaiiist the pnirlioe, llian all lliat can l)c 

 written on the sulijucr. Tin; present price of bee.'; 

 in this seeiion of conntry, we believe to bo about 

 five dollars fur a good hive in the spring ; sueh as 

 will give on nn average, two swarms during the 

 summer. This, after deducting for the trouble ol 

 llio taking oare of ihem, is a great profit. Each 

 liive of bees that are in gooil condition in the spring, 

 will maUe enough honey over tiieir own wants, tc^ 

 pay well for taking care of tliein, ami leaving a 

 profit of two hundred per cent. Now if this can 

 lie realized, what better bii.«iness can a farmer ask 

 for.' Surely we have a land 'flowing with milk 

 and lionev.' — Genesee Fanner. 



Aracacha and Qcinoa. — The Editor of the 

 American Farmer says the present appearance of 

 these new vegetables in his grounds is highly flat- 

 tering. The Aracacha is growing finely, notwith- 

 standing the irregular weather ; and, so far ap- 

 pears to be as well adapted to the climate as pars- 

 nips. One plant has already a few seed set. Ma- 

 ny of the Qninoa are a foot iiigh, and all are grow- 

 ing like weeds. It was planted May 13tli, and 

 ime up May 20th. It resembles closely, and is 

 near relative to a weed commonly called lambs^ 

 quarter. Should these new vegetables succeed, 

 of which there seems now scarcely a doubt, the 

 tountry will have two most important additions to 

 Its agricultural products. The Editor takes this 

 iccasion to say, in answer to the inquiries of nu- 

 nerous correspondetits, that if he succeeds in 

 heir cultivation, he will be able to spare a small 

 uantity of both vegetables in the full, and wiU 

 ive timely notice through the Farmer. 



III!MP. 



A company has been forined in Farinington, in 

 he state of Maine, for the purpose of encouraging 

 he cultivation of hem]) and erecting machinery 



r dressing and ])reparing it for market. The 

 lompany is called the ' Farinington Falls Hemp 

 Kompany.' Their machinery will be in operation 



t' the first of August, in time to receive the 

 opsof this year's growth. It is believed that 

 irmers may make a profitable business by turnin 

 eir attention to the raising of hemp. A flour 



Kiing establishment for dressing hemp, as our 

 aders are already informed, has been in oper- 

 lion the year past in Livermore. — Portland Cou- 



Black Cherrt Tree. — A medical conespon- 

 m of the Cooperstown Watclitowcr, says, tliat 

 e bark of this tree is poisonous. He relates the 

 |8e of ayoung lady to whom he was lately call- 

 I, and who, in consequence of drinking about 

 klf a pint of cider, taken from a closely stopped 

 ttle filled the evening previous with cherry bark, 

 ^ from the tree, was seized with vertigo, stu- 

 trand syncope, followed by great difliculty of 

 epiration and vomiting. Similar efliects were 

 loduced in a slighter degree upon another per- 

 1d, who took from the same bottle a smaller 

 • aught of cider. Ho says that the French 

 1 emists have recently ascertained that the dele- 

 ■i'ious principle of tiie cherry, laurel and the ker- 

 t\ of the peach, is very analogous to prussicacid. 

 'lis acid in its concentrated state, if a feather be 

 t'pped into it and drawn across the eye of an animal, 

 1 oduces instant death. Two drops, gays the wri- 

 ( •, have been known to kill a vigorous dog in a 

 ry few minutes. — Ontano Repository. 



WILLIS' GIIAI'E VINE. 



Osfiinl, Md May 20lll, 1831. 



Mu Smith — As my vine has excited so much 

 curiosity amongst strangers and others, I yesterday 

 called in two of my neighbors to try and count 

 tlie bunches on it. One limb was up a fruit tree so 

 high, that it could not be counted. It covers a 

 large part of the yard in an espalier form, and 

 has run up four fruit trees. You have the certifi- 

 cate of my neighbors inclosed, and may publish 

 it ifyou please. 



I have the honor to be, your most obedient 

 humble servant. John Willis. 



We hereby certify that we were this day, call- 

 cil on to count the biiuchesof grapes that were on 

 the vine in John Willis' yard, and we counted 

 them as well as we could, but have made allowan- 

 ces and thrown in many for good count, and have 

 counted twentyfive thousand, one hundred and 

 ten bunches, one third or nearly half of them are 

 double bunches, and only counted as single bun- 

 ches. The vine is commencing in its seventh 

 year's growth, as he says, and the stem is only from 

 nine to ten inclies in circumference. 



Charles Bromwell. 



0,r/b)-c?, Jt/a^ 19, 1831. Richard Cossages. 



LiNN^AN Gardens at Flushing. 

 Prince Paul of Wurtemburg, whose extensive trav- 

 els, and scientific attainments are so well known, 

 attended by his suite, jiaid a visit *lie last week, to 

 the Messrs Prince, proprietors of the LinuiEan 

 Botanic Gaideu and Nurseries at Flushing, Long 

 Island, and expressed himself highly gratified at 

 the great extent and high culture of the grounds, 

 and at the immense collections of trees and jilants 

 concentrated therein, from every clime. This dis- 

 tinguished stranger is a great proficient in Botany, 

 as well as in the other natural sciences. — J^. Y. 

 Com. Advertiser. 



A correspondent of the New York Evening Post 

 thus closes a very complimentary notice of the 

 recent horticultural exhibition in Philadelphia : — 



A peculiar order of things has sprung up in the 

 city and neighborhooil of Philadelphia, under 

 the fostering care and well directed energies of 

 the excellent founder of the horticultural society. 



It has been no less his aim by disseminating 

 useful knowledge, to enlighten the minds of those 

 who are engaged in the operative branches of 

 horticulture, than to increase the wealth and con- 

 seipience of the community to which the institu- 

 tion belongs. To the citizens this establishment 

 has been of incalculable advantage, for they can 

 now have an abundance of the rarest and best 

 fruits and vegetables at a comparatively low price ; 

 we trust that they will ever gratefully remember 

 to whom they are thus indebted, and that they 

 will continue to ' give honor where honor is due. ' 



It is to Dr Mease that the people of Philadel- 

 phia are under such obligations. This gentleman, 

 having leisure, industry and zeal, and being, tvith- 

 al, fond of scientific puriuits — lilessed too, with 

 a happy temperament which delights in contribu- 

 ingto the comfort and pleasures of others, has 

 devoted his whole life to patriotic purposes. 



DOGS. 



Among the many purposes for which tbe servi- 

 ces of these animals have been jiut in requisition, 

 one may be mentioned, which has as yet in this 



part of the country been but little kninvn — that 

 of operating machinery. An ingenious mechan- 

 ic in Connecticut has constructed tnacliinery, by 

 means of which the services of a pair of dogs 

 may be rendered ([uite profitable to their owner, 

 in two of the card manufactories in Leicester, in 

 this county, the machinery is operated by dog pow- 

 er. Ill that of Mr Trask, one dog operates two 

 machines for pricking the leather, and cutting and 

 setting the card teeth. A third machine is occa- 

 sionally put in operation at the same time with 

 the other two, and we were informed by Mr Trask 

 that by altering the inclination of the revolving 

 plane upon which the dog treads so as to increase 

 the leverage, that four machines for cutting, prick- 

 ing and setting card teeth might be drivf ii by the 

 same dog. The expense of the machinery for 

 one dog, is stated at one hundred dollars, including 

 the regulator to govern the velocity of the machine- 

 ry. Each additional dog power costs twentyfive 

 dollars. The labor of one dog by the aid of this 

 machinery is made equal to that of two men. 

 The dog is usually upon the working cylinder 

 about one hour at a time, and is then relieved by 

 another. The expense of keeping is estimated at 

 about a shilling a head per week. A friend of 

 ours, after witnessing the operation of this dog 

 machinery, said the sight had helped him to the 

 solution of an important query in his own mind, 

 the utility of the huge cur dogs tliat^throng almost 

 every town, he concluded that they were made to 

 drive machinery. The dogs we saw employed in 

 that business seemed to be much more orderly 

 and civilized in their demeanor than those idle, 

 gentlemanly sort of curs who lounge about the 

 town doing little else than annoy one's legs in the 

 day time, and make night hideous by their bowl- 

 ings. The labor of one man has usually been re- 

 quired to operate a single card machine through 

 the day. The rouder can calculate for himself 

 what saving there may be made in the card busi- 

 ness by the use of dog power, without taking into 

 the calculation the difference in the cost of ma- 

 chinery for working the card machines by water, 

 steam or horsepower. — IVorcester .rEgis. 



Spirits of Turpentine a cure fur Staggers in 

 dogs. — A writer for the Southern Agriculturist, 

 after remarking on the value of the services of 

 a faithful dog, and a disorder which often proves 

 fatal to animals o( that species, called staggers, 

 observes as follows : 



The disease appears to arise from weakness in 

 the loins ; is most jirobably occasioned by worms. 

 He has but little use of his hind legs — staggers 

 about much — when down rises only on his fore 

 legs, and finally loses all jiower to rise : at the 

 same time he has all his intelligence, and eats and 

 drinks for a while as usual. I give a table spoon- 

 ful of spirits of turpentine, in as much or more 

 molasses or brown sugar, three times a day and 

 seldom find it necessary to continue longer than 

 the second day before the dog is restored to health 



Extraction of Potash from certain Minerals. — This 

 alkali so important to the arts may, it is said, be ex- 

 tracted from minerals containing it by n very sim- 

 ple process. This consists in merely calcining 

 them with lime, and then leaving them for some 

 time in contact with water, which is afterwards 

 fijtered and evaporated. M. Fuchs, as quoted in 

 the Ann. de V Industrie slates, that he has in this 

 manner obtained from 19 to 20 per cent of potash 

 from felspar, and from 15 to 16 per cent from Mica. 



