No. 12. 



Editorial Notices. 



383 



sprightly directions, and hints, will be found in the 

 first part — Gardening for Ladies, — in relation to stir- 

 ring the soil — manuring — transplanting — watering — 

 pruning — training — grafting — flour pots — the green 

 house. 8?c, $c., which will not fail to induce, or to en- 

 liven, and discipline a taste for the labors, and duties, 

 and delightful enjoyments of the flower garden. A 

 taste for the rearing, and training of flowers is par- 

 ticularly appropriate to woman, and its cultivation 

 may often be attended with happy moral influences. 



The second part— a Companion to the Flower Gar- 

 den — is a Dictionary of the English and Botanic names 

 of the most popular flowers, with directions for their 

 culture, &c.,&c, and contains a great mass of instruc- 

 tion and information, from the humble Anemone that 

 perfumes your footstep, to our own magnificent Agave 

 Jimericana. 



" The great enjoyment of Gardening, is in my opin- 

 ion," says the author, "only to be obtained by the 

 amateur who gardens himself, and who understands 

 the principles, or reasons upon which each operation 

 is founded; and therefore. I should recommend all per- 

 sons fond of gardening, and especially ladies who have 

 sufficient leisure, to manage their gardens themselves 

 with the assistance of a man, to perform the more la 

 borious operations." 



This work— price $1,50— as well as others generally 

 relating to Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, Plants, 

 &c, may be obtained, wholesale and retail, as above, 

 23 Minor street, at the lowest prices. 



A Communication on the manner of raising, and us- 

 ing potatoes, signed " A Parmer" from Chester Coun- 

 ty was mislaid, and did not come into the Editors 

 hands, till a few days ago. It would now seem unsea 

 sonable: it shall be attended to in the spring. 



BIBLICAL CABINET. 



After a retirement of three years from all connec 

 tion with the American Rail Road Journal, and Me 

 chanic's Magazine, D. K. Minor resumes his former 

 station as Co-editor, with Geo. C. Schaeft'er. The first 

 number of this Journal, was issued, we believe, elevenr 

 years ago, when less than 100 miles of Rail-way were 

 completed upon all our main lines. We have now 

 probably, more than 500 locomotive engines running 

 on between four and five thousand miles of Rail Road, 

 and have expended at least one hundred millions of 

 dollars in their construction. The facilities and ra 

 pidity of transportation would seem to be almost as 

 great as need be desired. By means of Rail Roads and 

 Canals, our great business marts have brought distant 

 neighborhoods, almost literally, to their very doors, so> 

 that a barrel of flour may be sent from Pittsburgh, for 

 a trifle more than we pay the carter who hauls it from 

 the depot in Broad street to our own cellar. 



This Journal has laboured long and ardently in the 

 cause, and may be congratulated upon the effect pro 

 duced. 



The number for the present month has come to hand 

 and may be examined at our office, where subscriptions 

 will be received and money forwarded. 



Th*e 3rd and 4th Nos. of Neander's History of the 

 Christian Religion, during the first three centuries, 

 now in the course of publication, by James M. Camp- 

 bell & Co., 98 Chesnut street, have come to hand. The 

 work will probably be completed in the next number. 



The Agent for the Patentee of Jones' Multiplying, 

 and Equalizing Bee Hive, a Communication from 

 whom, appears on page 369, has left a very neat model 

 at our office, where it with several others, may be ex- 

 amined. The theory upon which it is based, seems 

 plausible, and we know not why it should not work 

 well. We frequently hear it said, that bees would as 

 leave live in an old hollow tree, as in a palace. Per- 

 haps so :— but the Honey Bee has been long domesti- 

 cated among us; and so it must be, if regarded either 

 as a source of profit, or amusement. This being the 

 case, the kind of hive that is best, becomes a primary 

 question to such as would avail themselves of the in- 

 dustry of this curious creature. 



We take this occasion again to refer to Bevan's su- 

 perior work on the Honey Bee. It contains a great 

 variety of information on the subject; and may be had 

 either of the Publishers, Carey & Hart, corner Fourth 

 a:\d Chasnut streets, or at this office. 



We observe from the English papers, that H. Colman, 

 late Editor of the Genesee Farmer, who left this coun 

 try for England, about three months since, attended a 

 special meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, on the 11th of Fifth month, as an hon- 

 orary member. The Society, previously to his leaving 

 here, had very courteously tendered to him a welcome 

 reception. No doubt our friend is at home among 

 them. 



Subscriptions for his Agricultural Tour and Survey, 

 are received at this office. See No. 7 — page 228, of our 

 current volume. 



A Letter has been received from Edward Harris, 

 of Moorestown, N. J., who went out with Audobon t» 

 the Rocky Mountains, dated the 1st ult., thirty-six 

 days from St. Louis, and hoping to reach the mouth of 

 the Yellow Stone, in about ten days. Some new birds, 

 and many rare ones had been procured. The party 

 were all well, and in fine spirits. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the 6th month 

 (June) 1843, was nearly an inch and three quarters of 

 an inch 1.676 inches, 



Penn. Hospital, 7th mo. 1st, 1843. 



There was less rain fell last month, than in any cor 

 responding one, since 1832. On the morning of the 2nd 

 ult. the fields in this vicinity were white with frost, 

 which materially injured the cucumbers, beans, toma- 

 toes, &c, and apparently prostrated the corn; the corn 

 however, finely recovered in a week; and there is now 

 no lack in our market, of the other vegetables. The 

 mountains near Quebec were covered with snow, and 

 some flakes were observed here. The frost extended 

 through the Atlantic states, at least, as far south as 

 Virginia, and west as far as we are advised. 



The United States Gazette says, the first hogshead 

 of Tobacco which has been shipped from the territory 



