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AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



323 



10 I.ouiso, 

 sker's Mcadov 



rijieiis in Nov. 



hcsje of Angoulonic, (large and fine) " " 



tor Nolie, ripens from Dec. to Feb. 



i8, I preat bo.irer) ripens in Dec. 



pliiiie, (very sugary and fine) ripens in Dec. 



er licurro, ripens from Fob. to May. 



or Hlack Pear of Worcester, \ 



lac, ^ For baking. 



or Hunt's Winter, ) 



Plims. 

 n Ga^e, ripens in Aug. and Sept. 



lar's Washington, 



n Damask, 

 s tioldsn Drop, 



Iinperu trice, 



cr'd Seedlmg, 

 p's Emperor, 



rial liage, 



September, 



August. 



Oct. aud Nov. 



Oct. and Nov. 



Sept. and Oct. 



Scptoiiiber. 



AujjusL 



Peach. 



Royal George, 

 adge's Favorite, 

 esse, 

 ruard, 



: Tartarian, 

 May Duke 



y Heart, 

 Eagle, 



Early Red Rareripe, 

 Brattle's White or Snow 



Pcacli, 

 H:isting's Rareripe. 



CukRRIES. 



Mottled Biggareau, 

 Napoleon do. 

 Black Heart, 

 Hyde's Seedling. 



HINTS TO BE REFLECTED ON. 

 ody soils resting upon adhesive clay bottoms, 

 e improved by being plowed sufficiently deep 

 a up a few inches of clay to be mi.ied with 

 nd : the two when commingled together form 

 d mould. All sands thus ser\ed, should, be- 

 recciving a generous allowance of nutritive 

 -es, get a moderate dose of lime, in some 

 or other, if the sand is exhausted ; if not ex- 

 id, but in good heart, the application of lime 

 e made in greater quantity. 

 »d Itnaciout days may be permanently chang- 

 :haracter, and consequently improved in quali. 

 eimply mixing sand with the clay, in such 

 ties as will produce a disintegration of its 

 and thus admit the influence of air and heat, 

 1 as the free penetration of the roots of the 



All such cold clays, if moist, should be 

 d prior to the sand being carted on ; and to 

 he improvement the more effectual, the ad- 

 c of the soil should be preceded by deep 

 g ; — if the earth were penetrated to the 

 f 12 inches, so much the better would it be, 

 much more permanent would the meliora- 

 ove. Coarse sand for such purposes is bel- 

 n fine, and that from the shores of salt rivers 



Coarse sand mixed with gravel, where the 

 particularly cohesive, would be found to be 

 tly calculated for the purpose. 

 3oih, to be made to produce sweet herbage, 

 3 drained. 



ntadewa would be greatly improved by be- 

 rowed and top-dressed early in the spring. | 

 r. Farmer. 



Krnm iho Mnine CuIiIt ilor. 



I CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS. 



[ We are happy to perceive that more attention is 

 being paid to the Cultivation of flowers, niid that 

 the views of our ancestors, so siiigiilorly and »lran"c. 

 ly utilitarian in this respect, ara rapidly giving way 

 to sentiments more liberal and refined. The gene- 

 rous and moralizing inlluence which this change is 

 calculated to exert upon the mind and its ulleclions, 

 cannot, in our opinion, be too highly appreciated. 



Flowers are alike the preaching emblems of 

 transient beauty and tainllcas innocence, and teach 

 ill the chaste languaga of their eloquent loveliness, 

 a moral that is forcibly felt and acknowledged 

 even by the most depraved. 



What object in nature is more touching to the 

 contemplative mind, than a withered flower ? What 

 an inimitable picture does it present of the brevity 

 and short-lived glory of human lifel 



The mind that can pass from the contemplation 

 of such an object with no sense of an uplifted spirit, 

 of passions chastened and affections purified, must 

 be cold indeed. 



We hav« no sympathy with those who would 

 desecrate and pare down the loveliness of earth to 

 the grade of mere utility — who can discover no 

 beauty in the opening bud and blushing flower, and 

 whose exertions are limited on all occasions by a 

 parsimonious idolatry and a worse than idiotic pri- 

 vation of sensibility, to Uio "maddening love of 

 gold." w. 



CARHor.S FOR CATTLE. 

 A correspondent of tho Doncastor Chronicle layi : 

 Sir — Noticing in your last week's Chronicle ttio 

 opinion cxprsiscd timt the feeding of cattle with 

 carrots, was a means of bringing on the Opthalmis, 

 I beg to say we have boon in tho practice of feed- 

 ing cattle with carrots very freely, more particular- 

 ly milch cows, and hiivu never liud any symptom of 

 that disease amongst our stock, they generally be- 

 ing very healthy. Whenever they are ill, I gene- 

 rally order lliem u few carrots, and consider them 

 very healthy food for cattle and horses. 



I wish to further observe, that I have never found 

 any thing to produce so sweet milk and butter as 

 carrots. W. Kiiaulev. 



CRANBERRIES. 



Mr S. Bates, of Billinghain, Norfolk Co., Mass., 

 cultivates this crop. He states that " low meadow 

 land is best for them, prepared in the first instance 

 in the same manner as for grain. The wild cran- 

 berry is transplanted into this in rows 20 inches 

 apart. At first they require a slight hoeing, after- 

 wards they spread and cover the field, produciniJ 

 crops annually thereafter without further culture. 

 In this condition, they produce much lari'er and 

 finer fruit than in their wild state, the yield beincr 

 from 200 to 300 bushels per acre, worth on an ave- 

 rage in the Boston market, at least one dollar per 

 bushel. A damp soil, or where wet predominated, 

 has generally been considered necessary, but Mr 

 Bates thinks this not essential to their successful 

 cultivation : any soil unless when inclined to bake, 

 will answer. Early in the spring is the best time 

 for transplanting. — Selected. 



MILDEW UPON GOOSEBERRIES. 



Advice from one competent to give it "Say to 



tlhc growers of gooseberries, if they wish to keep 

 ofl mildew, train your bushes so as to admit n free 

 circulation of air through them ; manure about the 

 roots ; and forget not to sprinkle them with soap- 

 suds on washing days, three or four weeks in suc- 

 cession, before blossoming; and they cannot miss 

 having fine, fair, largo berries. I know this by 

 several years' experience. Lot them try and see." 

 — Gtnesee Far. 



MUNIFICENT DONATION. 



Give while you live — thus secure the purposes 

 of your charity, and gather the first sheaves of the 

 harvest. 



John Conant, of Jaifrey, N. H., a spirited and 

 intelligent farmer, has given his valuable farm of 

 2.30 acres, with all its appurtenances, to the Chesh- 

 ire County Agricultural Society for the establish- 

 ment of an Agricultural Seminary. It is not many 

 miles from Keime. It is a noblo benefaction, and 

 reflects upon him the highest honor Ibid. 



ILLUMINATION IN THE WEST. 

 Already, from the aid chemistry has afforded to 

 agriculture, has the West begun to turn their pro- 

 ductions into new and more profitable forms than 

 have been heretofore given them. Tallow and 

 lard are subjected to a great pressure, by which 

 the fat is separated into two principles, one a pure 

 oil, liquid at all times, and equal to " winter strain- 

 ed" — and another, a compact, firm matter, analo- 

 gous to, and said to be equal to, spermaceti. Uil 

 of tho finest quality, is also extracted from corn; 

 and from castor oil, abuRdantly produced there, the 



best sperm candles are manufactured Amer. .-Ig- 



riculturitt. 



Dutch have this good proverb — that thefts 

 nrich, alms never impoverish, nor prayers 

 d any work. 



There is but one way to heaven for the learned 

 and the unlearned. 



Did men govern themselves as they ought, the 

 world would be well disciplined. 



SCOURS IN CALVES. 

 When the calf is attacked, it should be pot in a 

 warm dry stable, and not be permitted to suck more 

 than half the quantity <if milk it is wont to do ; but 

 should be put to the cow regularly three times a 

 day. Make a tea of eqaal portions of white oak, 

 beech, dogwood and slippery elm bark, and give 

 small doses twice a day, and the calf will soon re- 

 cover. — ^Igriculturist. 



MICE. 



A correspondent of the Genesee Farmer says 



" The host way of banishing rats and mice from 

 mows or bins of grain, and all similar places, we 

 have ever heard of, is scattering the branches of 

 meniha viridis or common spearmint, about in the 

 mows when packing away grain, or strowinf it 

 over the bins of grain, casks of apples, &,c., expos- 

 ed to their depredations. We have tried it, so 

 have our neighbors, a-na ibund it to be effectual." 



SEED. 

 Selections in seed cannot too carefiilly be made 

 by the farmer. There is frequently a difference in 

 yield in a crop from cme kind of seed, of JOO per 

 cent, over another from tho same quality of land, 

 and with similar treatment. Every species of 

 grain, roots, and grasses is subject to this difference 



of yield, without apparent cause .Imer. .Igricidtu- 



riit. 



