Vol. 1.— No. 22. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



Ill 



jockle and chess pulled up. There is no 

 way of extirpating these noxious weeds so 

 ;verfectly, as by pulling them beforotbe seed 

 is ripe. If allowed to ripen, the seeds will 

 he scattered somewhere. Many farmers have 

 : hese weeds separated at the time of harvest, 

 when they are commonly pot upon a stump 

 or stone for the present, where they are fre- 

 mently allowed to remain — and the seeds 

 become scattered over the field, to grow in 

 i succeeding crop ; but if pulled before ripe, 

 the roots and seeds are both destroyed. — 

 Perhaps the labor which is devoted to this 

 business is attended with as mucb profit as 

 my part of the labor in raising the crop. If 

 the seeds of these weeds are allowed to min- 

 gle with the Wheat, it is very difficult to 

 -cparate them after threshing; and when 

 such Wheat is brought to market, the farm- 

 er has the mortification of finding himself 

 it the mercy of the miller, who demands a 

 reduction of from one to three or four pounds 

 from every bushel, which perhaps is equal 

 :o five cents. Now it would not cost half of 

 •his to have the weeds pulled out. Besides, 

 •.he farmers of Old Genesee ought to have 

 some sectional pride, or rather ambition, a- 

 bout this thing. Their Wheat and Flour 

 has now gained a preference in the New- 

 York and other markets, and a very little 

 attention to the subject will perhaps ensure 

 • h at reputation for years to come. Surely 

 it is not a small matter to any section of 

 eountry to hnve the credit of sending to 

 market the best Flour in the world ; and even 

 this praise has been forced from the London 

 merchants (who ate not over fond of prais- 

 .ng anything foreign) for the district of Old 

 Genesee — and we sincerely hope that our 

 farmers will long continue to deserve it. 



During this month the pleasing task of 

 hay-making will commence. We ir.'ite our 

 readers to make close observations upon the 

 quantity and quality of the produce of their 

 different grounds. This subject we fear, is 

 'oo much neglected, and grounds continued 

 as meadows that will be found to give only 

 one half the profit, all things taken into the 

 account, that other grounds do. Such 

 grounds require a rotation of culture, which 

 should never be lost sight of. 



MAT. 



The mean daily temperature for this 

 month, has been 59 deg. 69 sec. There has 

 been seventeen rainy days, and 2 8-10 indi- 

 es of rain has fallen. In April, ten days 

 were rainy, and rain fell to the depth of S 

 3-10 inches. For April and May, twenty- 

 <even rainy days, and 6 6-10 inches of rain. 

 The direction of the wind for the rainy days 

 has been near'y as diverse as the points of 

 ■ he compass; but in the greater number of 

 instances it has been westerly, as — W. nine 

 days, N.W. four days, S.W. four days, E. 

 three days N.E. one flay, S.E. three days. 



As might have been anticipated a priori, 

 '.be mercury of the barometer lias been cor- 



respondingly low. The mean daily pres- 

 sure for the month has been 39,41, indica- 

 ting a light air; and although, as has been 

 before observed, the lightest air is wet and 

 warm, and the opposite a cold and dry one, 

 we confidently believe that extended obser- 

 vations will prove that the pressure or weight 

 of the air for May has been uncommonly 

 light, even for that month. 



It is a blessed featnre in the character and 

 locality of our country and climate, that the 

 fall of rain depends upon no particular di- 

 rection of the wind, but contrarywise, we 

 are visited with refreshing showers as often 

 as vegetation and the comfort and happiness 

 of man require it, whatsoever may chance 

 to be the direction from which the wind 

 blows. This is a blessing that can only be 

 appreciated duly by such as have been parch- 

 ed beneath the burning sun of Africa and 

 other tropical climates that depend for rain 

 upon one direction of the wind, which in 

 in those countries is periodical, and often 

 more to be dreaded than the heated sirocco 

 and monsoon — as whole territories are some- 

 times inundated and not unfrequently hu- 

 man life jeopardised by the floods they oc- 

 casion. 



Our latest frost wa9 on the night of the 

 9th, which we observed was very extensive, 

 and did serious injury to fruit and vegetables 

 in the vicinities of New -York and Albany, 

 and many other places, while peaches and 

 the delicious summer fruits of the Genesee 

 country withstood its violence, and are now 

 sure to gladden the heart by gratifying the 

 appetite of the husbandman and horticultu- 

 rist. 



On the 9th ultimo, snow fell from an ear- 

 ly hour till the close of the day, and measur- 

 ed about six inches. A novel spectacle was 

 presented, as many fruit trees were in full 

 bloom — but their beauty and attractions 

 were, for one day at least, entirely eclipsed 

 by the mantle of snow that not only cover- 

 ed the earth, but concealed foliage and flow- 

 ers ; and many succulent vegetables that had 

 responded to the vivifying warmth of spring 

 by a growth of twelve inches and even more, 

 were not only ohilled, but unceremoniously 

 and not very regularly sent back to the earth. 

 Their bod and envelope, however, saved 

 many of them from the blighting effects of 

 the frost that succeeded, and which was 

 the last we have experienced ; for on the 

 morning of the 10th all nature smiled under 

 the influence of a genial sun, which before 

 ten o'clock had left not a relic of the work of 

 yesterday. *** 



' TEA. 



The present yearly consumption of this 

 plant in Great Britian is 20,000,000 lbs, ; in 

 1716 it was only 300,000 lbs. The reason 

 why the gout or stone are unknown in Chi- 

 na, is ascribed to the universal use of this 

 beverage. From analytical experiments, 

 made some time since on green and Mack 



Tea, there were no deleterious qualities dis- 

 coverable, and not the slightest particle of 

 copper in green Tea, as vulgar prejudice 

 will have it. The injurious effects of Tea 

 if any, may be ascribed to the heated state 

 in which it is drank. 



COFFEE. 



Coffee was first introduced into England 

 by Pasqua, a Greek, in 1652. It was orig- 

 inally brought from Arabia Felix; and its 

 effect was discovered by a goatherd on his 

 flock, which after browsing on the berry of 

 this tree, would " wake and caper all night." 

 Its first use was tried on the monks, to pre 

 vent their sleeping at matins. 



ERRATA. 



Id No. 15, p. 11 3, col. 3. Leather wood— rend "throw 

 intr off Ihe dead wood" ; for Jfybiscvs read Hibiuvs. 

 Hypericum— (or herlcum road hircinum. F, 114, col. '.■ 

 — for Cophalanthus read Cephalantlus; in the line be. 

 low, (or perfect read fragrant ; for Prinns rtudPrinos- 

 Col. 3 — tor spitatvm rflad tpicatum; for Comtonia as 

 plerifolia read Camptonia cspUrifolia. 



No. 16, p. 121, «ol. 3— Bulbocodmm— for vartiiimrtsc 

 vtrnum. 



No. 16, p. 137, col. 2— Prinos glabcr read '* was nv' 

 laid down.'' 



June. 

 1st, 



FLORAL CALENDAR. 



The common Locu*t tree, ( Robina pseudaca - 

 c\a) Guilder Rosa or Snowball, (Vtbemum ap 

 ulna) Mock Orange or Fragrant Syringe, (Phli ■ 

 adelphus cvronarivs) Black Walnut and But 

 ternut, (Juglaiis nigra and cinerca) vvilb inn ■ 

 n_v kinds of K oa.&, are Dow in bloom. 



KLDER. 



The expressed juice of elder leaves will 

 kill skippers in cheese, bacon, &c. ; and 

 strong decoctions of the leaves or roots are 

 fatal to insects, which depredate on plantr 

 in gardens &c. Dr. Willich observes, that 

 "the leaves of elder are eaten by sheep, to 

 which they are of great service when diseas- 

 ed with the rot; for if placed in a situation 

 where they can easily reach the bark and 

 young shoots, they will speedily cure them 

 selves." Dr. Eliiot observed in his Essays 

 on Field Husbandry, that " elder bushes are 

 stubborn and hard to subdue, yet I know by 

 experience, that mowing them five times a 

 year will kill them. — N. E. Farmer. 



Preventive against Birds taking Seeds out 

 of the Ground. — If some thin, light-colored 

 twine or white worsted be stretched tight 

 across the beds in which seeds are sown, at 

 the distance of about two inches from the 

 sm face of the beds, and about two or three 

 feet from string to string, small birds will 

 not touch either seeds or young plants oi 

 onions, against which sparrows seem to have 

 a particular spite, as they pull them up by 

 the hundreds, and leave them lying upon the 

 surface of the beds, but do not appear to eat 

 them. This is the most effectual method, 

 and it is a very old one. 



To preserve Currants. — Gather currants 

 when green, separate them from stems, and 

 put them in junk bottles ; cork the bottles 

 closely, and place them in a cool part of the 

 cellar. Currants may be kept fresh and 

 green in this manner twelve months or more, 

 and will make excellent pies in the winter 

 and spring : so say some of our friends whe 

 have tried the experiment several times. 



To preserve Vines from Bugs, &,-c. — Sul 

 phate of Soda, (Glauber Salts) an ounce 

 dissolved in about one quart of water and 

 sprinkled upon the plants or vines, is reccm 

 mended as a preventive against destructive 

 insect?. 



