Vol. C— No. 32. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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1 Cobbell's A 



u Gnrdeuer. 



KLOWERS Ai\D OR.\ l-tfE.NTAL, GARD- 

 EJNI.^ti IS ^.»i.sERAL. 



Geranium. — Tnis w:iiits hurdinexa only, io make 

 it llie finest flowerplain «l ivliirh 1 have any know- 

 ledge. Some give us tioiviT Aitli little iir no leaf; 

 others bave beuuiy of leat' as well as of flower, 

 but give us no frat;rarice , others, liko the rose, 

 give us this ailileii to beauty of flower and of leaf, 

 but it gives us them only tor part of the year. 

 The geranium has a beautiful leaf, beautiful flow- 

 er, fragrant suiell from leaf as well as from flow- 

 er, and these it has in never ceasinn abundance ; 

 and, as to variPty of sorts, as well in leaf as in 

 flower, it surpasses evon t!ie flower of the auri- 

 cula. How delisiiitficl ihe country, where gera- 

 niums form tae undi r ooii, and the myrtles tower 

 above. Softly, my frd'u is ! bencuth that under- 

 wood lurks the poisonous Il.'.ar<l3 ind serpents, and 

 through those uiyrth- boighs the deadly winged 

 adders rustle ; whil<- all around is dry and burn- 

 ing sanl. The i^eranium is a native of the south 

 of Africa ; nnd, though it will not receive its 

 death blow from even a sharpish frost, it will not 

 endure the winter, even in the mild climate of 

 England. But, then, it is so easy of cultivation, it 

 grows so last, blo.vs so soon, and is of so little 

 trouble, that it seems to argue an insensibility to 

 the charms of nature not to have geraniums if we 

 have the means of obtai"iiig earth and sun. The 

 geranium is propa^'aied from seed, or from cut- 

 tings. The seeil, like that of the auricula, does 

 not produce flower or leaf like the mother plant, 

 except by chance it is easily saved, and for cu- 

 riosity's sake, may be sown to see if a new varie- 

 ty will come. But a cutting, from any part of 

 the plant, old wood or young wood, stuck into the 

 g''oand, or into a pot, will grow and become s 

 plant, and will blow in a month from tne time you 

 put it into the ground. You must have plants, in 

 deed, to cut from ; but these may be, in small 

 number at any rate, in a window, during winter. 

 Wlien the spiing comes, cut them up into cut- 

 tings, put tliese in the grouno where you wish 

 to have plants during summer. They will be in 

 bloom by July ; and, before October, will be large 

 as a currant tree. Take off cuttings from these 

 during September, put tliem in pots, and they are 

 ready for the next spring. If you have a green- 

 house, you may have geraniums in full bloom all 

 the long dreary winter. 



Gdeldkk Rose. — This is called here the snow 

 ball tree. It is raised either from layers or suck- 

 ers. Its bloom is of short duration ; but, for the 

 time, makes a grand show in a shrubbery. The 

 suckers of it ought to be dug clean away every 

 year. 



Hawthorn. — This tree has been amply de- 

 scribed. Sometimes it is called hawthorn, and 

 sometimes white thorn. 



Heart's-ease, or Panzf. — A beautiful little 

 annual, which has great varieties, and all of them 

 pretty. It blows all the summer. It may be sown 

 in the fall, without any care about covering the 

 ground : but it must not come up, till spring. 



Heath. — The common English heath is hardy, 

 but ugly. The heaths from Africa, are of infinite 

 variety. Insignificant in flower, however, and 

 must be housed in winter. They are progagated 

 from seed or from slips, and will last a long while. 

 A few in a green-house are pretty : and they look 

 gay in winter. 



! Hollyhock. — This is a fine showy plant for a 

 shrubbery. There are double and single, and 

 none but the double should be cultivated. Il may 

 be rai.sed from seed, or from otTsets. If the form- 

 er, it does not blow till the second year. It will 

 remain in the ground many years, and is perfectly 

 hardy. 



Hollyhock, (Chinese). — This is a more tender 

 and far more beautiful kind than the common. It 

 is raised from seed only ; blows the second year, 

 and only that year. It is, therefore, a biennial. 



HoNEYsucKLF.. — This, umongst all Eng. shrubs, 

 is the only rival of the rose ; and, if put to the 

 vote, perhaps as many persons would decide for 

 the one as for the other. Its name indicates its 

 sweetness of taste, and the smell is delightful al 

 most beyond comparison. The plant is also beau- 

 tiful — it climbs up houses, and over hedges — it 

 forms arbors and bowers — and has a lonij continu- 

 ed succession of blossoms. It grows wild in all 

 parts of England,, in many pi'rts covering the 

 hediiRs and climbing up the trees. There is little 

 variety as to sorts. That which is cultivated has 

 a larger and deeper colored bloom, but the wild 

 has the sweetest smell. It may be propagated 

 from seed ; but always is froQi cuttings ; put into 

 the ground in the spring, and treated like other 

 wood cuttings. 



HYAciNTa. — This is a bulbous rooted plant, and 

 like all the plants of th.at class, is biennial. It 

 may be raised from seed; but, as in the case of 

 the auricula and many other plants, it is many 

 chances to one, that out of a whole bed, you do 

 not get a good flower; and, perhaps it is a hun- 

 dred to one that you do not jet a flower to re- 

 semble the mother plant. Therefore, none but 



curious florists attempt to raise from the seed 



The roots are propagated Irom oftsets ; that is to 

 say, the mother root while it is blowing, sends 

 out, on its sides, several young ones. The old 

 root, young ones and all, are put away in a dry 

 place, out of the reach of severe frost, till spring. 

 Then, when you plant the old ones out to blow 

 again, you take oS" the young ones and plant 

 also. They do not blow the first year, and if 

 weak, not the second. But in time, they do ; and 

 then they produce offsets. This is the way the 

 hyacinth is multiplied. It is a fine and fragrant 

 flower ; it blows early, but will blow well even in 

 glasses in a room ; but better in earth. A fine 

 flower for a greenhouse where it would be out in 

 full bloom while the snow was on the ground. 



Jasmin. — Has the merit of a very delightful 

 smell, and that only. Its leaf and flower are in- 

 significant. It climbs, however, and is good to 

 cover bowers, it is easily raised from cuttings. 

 (To he continued.) 



their liberty when grown up, they will get thoir 

 own living, by feeding on herbs, seeds, &c. as 

 they are very apt to straggle, they will often lay 

 their eggs in secret places, and therefore the 

 common sort of them must be often watched, and 

 compelled to lay at home. They begin to lay in 

 March, and will sit in April ; but they should not 

 be suffered to sit on more than eleven or thirteen 

 eggs at most. When they ha' e hatched their 

 brood (which will be in between twenty-five and 

 thirty days) you must be particularly careful to 

 keep the young ones warm ; for the least cold 

 will kill thorn. Tlicy must be fed either with 

 curds, or green fresh cheese cut in small pieces ; 

 and let their drink he new milk, or milk and 

 water. Some give them oatmeal and milk boiled 

 thick together, into which they put wormwood 

 chopped small, and sometimes eggs boiled hard, 

 and cut in little pieces. They must be fed often, 

 for the hen will not take much care of them ; — 

 and when they have got some strength, feed them 

 abroad in a close walled place, where they cannot 

 stray ; you must not let them out till the dew is 

 off the grass, taking care to have them in again 

 before night, because the dev/ is very prejudicial 

 to their health. 



If you fatten turkeys, give them sodden barley 

 or sodden oats for the first fortnight, and for ano- 

 ther fortnight cram them as you do capons. They 

 are only to be crammed in the morning, which, 

 must be given to them warm, and let out all day, 

 being sometimes fed with corn while out ; be- 

 cause, as they are sullen birds, they will other- 

 wise be apt not to fatten so kindly. 



Turkeys' eggs are not only reckoned very 

 wholesome, in general, but will likewise greatly 

 contribute to the restoring of decayed constitu- 

 tions. 



EXPERIBTENTS. 



There is no way of making improvements in 

 farming, but by e.\periments. If the farmer is in- 

 formeil of, or has conceived, a different and better 

 method of culture, or management, in any branch 

 of his farming, he is to test the goodness of that 

 method by experiments ; and, if these prove suc- 

 cessful, he may congratulate himself, on 'having 

 performed an act which is serviceable to his coun- 

 try and honorable to himself. — Farmer's Assist. 



TURKEYS. 



These birds are natuially inclined to ramble 

 and will therefore thrive best in open countries, 

 where there is not much slielter to harbor vermin. 

 They are of a very tender constitution, and while 

 young must be carefully watched and kept warm ; 

 for the hens are so negligent, that while they 

 have one to follow them, they .vill never take any 

 care of the rest. Some people, where they have 

 the convenience of a small covert near the house, 

 let them take their liberty, and seek their own 

 nests ; but it is only in particular places that they 

 do well with such management. 



Turkeys are great feeders of corn, and if kept 

 on it, will devour a great quantity ; bqt if left to 



Extraordinary Season. — Wc saw, on Sunday 

 last, a Noseg'ay, consisting of the following flow- 

 ers : A full blown white Hyacinth, two kinds of 



Violets, Blooming Box, Daffodil, Wall Flowers 



These flowers a.-e now unprotected from the 

 weather in the garilen of Mr. C. C. Welfork, of 

 this town Charleston, (S. C.) pa. 



Ireland it seems, is surpassing England in the 

 concoction of magnificent projects. A ship canal 

 from Kensingtown-harbor, Dublin, to Galway Bay 

 is in contemplation : the estimated expense is, 

 £5,18G,400, and like the intended ship canal from 

 London to Portsmouth, is announced to the pub- 

 lic as uuder the patronage of dukes, marquisses, 

 earls, &c. 



JVef^roes. — Blumenbach gives a most interest- 

 ing account of a little library which he possesses 

 of works written by Negroes, from which it ap- 

 pears that there is not a single department of taste 

 or science in which some Negro has not distin- 

 guished liimself 



