280 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 21, 1828. 



MISCELLANIES. 



ON PLANTING A TULIP ROOT. 



Here lies a bulb, Ihe child of earth, 



Buried alive beuealh the clod, 

 Ere long to spring, by second birth, 



A Hew and nobler work of God. 



"Tis said that microscopic power 



Might thro' its swaddling folds descrv 



The infant image of Ihe flower, 

 Too exquisite to meet the eye. 



This, vernal suns and rains will swell. 



Till from its dark abode it peep, 

 Like Venus rising from her shell. 



Amidst the spring -tide of the deep. 



Two shapely leaves will first unfold. 



Then, on a smooth elastic stem, \ 



The verdant bud shall turn to gold, 



And open in a diadem. 



Not one of Flora's brilliant race 

 A form more perfect can display) 

 ^ Art could not leign more simple grace. 

 Nor nature take a hue away. 



Yet, rich as morn of many a hue, 



Wlien flushing clouds thro' darkness strike. 



The tulip's petals shine in dew. 

 All beautiful — but none alike. 



Kings, on their bridal, might unrobe, 

 ' To lay their glories at lis fool ; 



And queens, their sceptre, crown, and globe, 

 Exchange for blossom, stalk, and root. 



Here could I stand and moralize ; 



Lady, I leave that part to Ihee, 

 Be Ihy next birth in Paradise, 



Thy life to come, eternity. 



Acquaintance table. — The following clever sta- 

 tistics we find in an old Magazine of many years' 

 antiquity, but the numerical statements apply as 

 well now as then : 



A landlord threatened a poor Irishman, the oth- 

 er day, to put a distress in his house, if he did not 

 pay his rent. "Put a distress in, is it you mane?" 

 said Pat ; — "Och, by St. Anthony's so*, but you'd 

 better take distress out — there's too much in al- 

 ready, by the mither that bore mel" 



") 



^ Bow. 



J" Glances 



I Bows j , j How d've do. 



S u j> J I Vmakeone^ „ •' .. 



I How d ve do s j J Conversation. 



Comphmtnt to Boston. — The Southern Review, 

 in an elegant article on classical learning, thus al- 

 ludes to the literature of the North. "These im- 

 provements, with so many more, are beginning to 

 spring up and blossom, with great freshness and 

 luxuriance, about the favored city of Boston, our 

 western Flor'-nce, in which industry has been the 

 willing tributary of letters and the arts, and which 

 is, throughout all its institutions, its iharacter, 

 and its pursuits, one great monument of what 

 commerce has done to civilize and adorn life." 



The celebrated engineer, J. M. Brumel, auper- 

 intendant of the Tunnel unilet the Thames, at 

 London, is a native of the United States, and was 

 the inventor of the block machinery at the dock 

 yards, Portsmouth. 



Large Fruit. — The editor of the Detroit Gaz 

 ette in speaking of the fertility of that territory 

 says, that during the last mouth, he has seen sev 

 eral watei -melons, each of which weighed up 

 wards of fort^ pounds — and that it is not e.xtraor 

 dinary to see a beet which vviil weigh more than 

 eighteen pounds. The following are given as the 

 weight and dimensions of a pear picked in a gar 

 den at Detroit. Weight 30 ounces ; longitudinal 

 circumference 17i inches; longitudinal diameter 

 7J inches ; circuinference 14^ inches. 



TO MAKE A MARROW PUDDIPiO. 



Take a quart of cream and milk, and a quarter 

 of a pound of Naples biscuit, put them on the fire 

 in a stew-pan, and boil them up : take the yolks 



hot rice water, or a solution of isinglass in water. 

 It 18 observed that not more than one root in 

 twelve will clarify. This plant grows abundant- 

 ly near Philadelphia. 



Fruit Trees. 

 WILLIAM PRINi 'E, the Propriclor of the Lin- 

 nffian Botanic Garden and Nurseries at Flushing, 

 Ijone Island, has the pleasure of mtbrmingihe pub- 

 lic, tnat his Nursery now contains 172 varieties of 

 . the Apple— 202 do." of the Pears— 76 do. of Cher- 

 o. of Plums — '25 do. of Apricots — 84 do. of Peaches 

 — 2 1 do. .il Neciariues — 10 do. of Almonds — 14 do. of Mulber- 

 ries — tj <iit. o! Quinces — 16 dfi. of Ftgs — 16 do. of i'urrants — 15 

 do. ot K^tsj)berrie.s — 47 do of Gooseherries — 20 do. of Straw- 

 berries— 2o7 do. of Grapes — 600 do. of Ornamental Trees, &lc. 

 Above .'jOO of the above kinds of Fruit are not to be found in 

 any other collection in America. The ilifferem varieties cannot 

 be otherwise than genuine, as the greatest attention is paid, and 

 nearly all the kinds are inoculated from bearing trees.- The 

 Cherry. Peach, and other IVees. are generally of a large size. 

 Catalogues may be obtained of J. R, Newell, ai the Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse, 52 North Market-street, gratis; and orders 

 left there, or sent by mail, will meet prompt attention. 



March 14 



JAMES BLOODGOOD <fe Cos. 



.Vur.spci/, at Flushing, on Long Island, near JVew 

 York. 

 IN behalf ol the Proprietors of the above Nursery, 

 the subscribrr solicits the orders ot Horticulturists 

 who may be desirious of" stocking their gardens 

 and fields with Fruil Trees of the finest sorts, and 

 ly and vigorous slocks the present reason. 

 Blo* i.iioon & Co. attend personally to the Inoculatirig and 

 Ensraflin'4 of all their Fruit Trees — and purchasers may rely 

 with confidence, that the Trees they order «ill prove genuine. 

 The subscriber. Agent of the above Nursery, will receive orders 

 tor any quantity of 



FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, 

 FLOWERING SHRUBS, 



AND 



PLANTS 



The Trees will be delivered in this City, at the risk and ex- 

 pense of ihe purchaser — the bills may be paid to him. 



The repiuafiun ot this Nursery is so extensively known, and 

 has been .so vvell sustained, that I take leave to refer those Id 

 want of Trees, to any of the Horticulturists in this City and-its 

 vicinity; and if ocular demonsiraiion is desired, I invue those 

 who wish to be thus satisfied, to examine Ihe Trees in iny gar- 

 den at Dorchester, procured from this Nursery for three or lour 

 years past, some of which are now in bearing, all iu a healthy 

 and vigorous ? 



(^Conversations 3 



of eight eggs, the whites of four beat very fi'ne, a ! zeB^'cOOK^T " '" '"^ ""'-'''"' ^'"''' "" «.PP''''«''°" ^ 



little soft sugar, some marrow chopped, a small 1 '■ — 



glass of brandy and sack, a little orange-flower 



. Rogers' Buildings — Congress Si. 



Acquaintance. Uvater ; mi.\ all wef 



Receipt for a rout. — Take all the ladies and 

 gentlemen you can collect — put them into a room 



Landreth's jVurseriis — JM'ar Philadelphia. 



together, ami put them on ! , ^""^ ""^ P;''-"f S" already exiended this Estabhshmem, by 

 . . . ' '^ ihe citizens of Boston and its vicinity, the Proprietors are again 



the tire ; keep stirring till it is thick, and put it induced to advertise to them iheir Nurseries, as oflVring pecu- 

 away to get cold ; have a dish rimmed with puff liar facilities for the acquirements of useful & ornamental vege- 

 paste, put the above in, sprinkle currants that tiave 



table productions. The collection now cultivated by them, con- 



with a slow fire-stew them well-having ready ^r'"' P", ""^ IZ '"' '^P""«'«' '"'['"'tu f T" ^ °' ^" i---- variety of Fruit and Hardy (>namen.al 

 , 1 i- J • ,• , ,r < been well washed in cold water, and rubbed clean i Trees and Shrubs — Green-iiouse Plants — I'.ulbous Roots, and 



';"•'!:'■ .P'^.l'^:_!'..'i"''-! P'!"° °:'f-.^'^''"l'"' in a cl,.th. marrow cut in slices, and some candied «--!!-l.!l*.''t„,:^!;^?--.?"! °^J^:tJtr^?T^J? 



of prints or drawings, and put them in, from time 

 to time. As the mi.xture thickens, sweeten with 



lemon, orange and citron 



„ ,., , .,, .. ... , ^ it to the oven ; three quarters of an hour will bake 



oohlesse, and season with wit, it you have any, if •.. j •.. i . 



,, .,, , , . ■' , ...•' : It ; send It up hot. 



not, flattery will do, and is very cheap. When 

 all have stewed well for an hour, add some ices, 

 jellies, cakes, lemonade, and wines : — the more of 

 these ingredients you put in, the more substantial 

 will your rout be. Fill your room quite full and 

 let the scum run off! 



A grammatirnl pupil. — A country school master 



1 value b\ any m this country. Il embraces most of the cel- 



ut in shreds, am! .send , ebrated kinds of Europe, with all the esteemed varieties which 

 have originated on this continent. The utmost care has been 

 observed in making the selection, and the whole is now offered 

 as containing none but those most worthy of cultivation. Per- 

 sons not acquainted with the different varieties by name, and 

 desirous to procure choice kinds, by merely slating ike time 

 they wish them to ripen, may confidently refer the rest to the 

 proprietors, without a fisar of disappoiiitmenl. 



The Ornamental deparimenl is rich in native and e.\otic 

 Plants — it conlains a splendid collection of Green-house Plants, 

 must of which are calculated for adorning m the winter seasons, 

 parlours, silling-roonis, &r. with an assorlmcnl of Hardy Flow- 

 ering Shrubs, and acquisitions are continually making. 



In the portion of ground allotted to Garden Seeds are grown 

 ery variety of Esculent Vegetables for seeding. The 



'thod piir>ued by ihe Propiielors in this branch, certainly 



isi obtain for Ihem a preference wiihs all w ho will consider the 



I , ., .....>ject in ihe slightest degree. The pcparaiion of those kinds 



of the room to inform another boy that he wished proofs, however, of its wonderful efficacy have oc- liable to mix in .seeding— in short, the whole process of euliiva- 



The GiNSEiNG, or pannx qvinquefolium, L. is an 

 exotic plant growing wild in North America. 



The dried root of ginseng has a mucilaginous, 

 sweetish taste, similar to that of liquorice, but ac- ; 

 companied with some degree of bitterness, and a ' 

 slii;ht aroin:itic warmth, with very little odour. — i 

 in the neighbnrhood of Cucdney, the other day, ! The Chinese ascribe e.xtraordinary virtues to this ! aln 

 after givini' one of his pupils a soiinil drubbing for plant, and consider it as a soverciu'n remedy in al 

 speaking bad grnramar, sent him to the other end most every disease to which they are subject No 



to speak to him, and at the same time promised to curred in Europe. 



repeat the dose if he spoke to him un^rammati 

 cally. The boy bcinj quite satisfied with what he 

 hal got, determined to he exact, and thus address- 

 ed his fellow pupil: "There is a common substan- 

 tive of the masculine gender, singular number, 

 nominative case, and in an angry mood, that sits 

 perched upon the eminence sit the other end of 

 the room, wishes to articulate a few sentences to 

 you in the present tense." 



tion, in gathering, &,c. all be 

 criniendenee undoubtedly eoiispires 



ler the 



■ own personal j;up- 



inent degree, to 



depend- 



This well known plant, accordingto Dr. Mease, 'obviate the eirors and impoMimns, unavoidabl 

 is the only native production of the Unite 1 States, 

 which answers to export in order to procure the 

 luxuries of China. It is not much esteemed in 

 China, unless clarified, e.xcept in times of a great 

 scarcity of the plant. The process of clarifying, 

 though hitherto kept a profound secret, consists' IT Published every Friuay, at TViree Dollars pev annum, 

 in thecarelul application of heat and moisture to !;:if;;^-,l!^,?;:::^;litS^J:t^'°^,:;:;;'n,j;^^^^^^ 

 the fresh roots, and afterwards dipping them in Hfhj Gents. 



on foreign importations, or on careless or inexperienced 

 growers at home. Orders received by Parker & Codman, No. 

 ;il Congress-Sl. Boston, of whom priced catalogues of the whole 

 mav be had gratis. Persons ordering, may be assured of hav- 

 ins' every article well and safely packed and forwarded. 



Feb. 15. tf D. & C. LANDRETH. 



