NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



•gig ^ [yt:W t.lMTL.Al^ll rAttMr.ti. Aprll 25, 1828. 



""prench Suffar Beet —It is from the roots of this : than to behold the first Howers of spring opening j by slips, root, cuttings, &c. without having re- 

 beetthatthe French and Germans obtained sugar; their bu.is and displaying their beauties to the course to seeds. Potatos should be renewed from 

 with so much success durin-r the late war. The i anraptured eye. The hyacinths, the daffodils, the the seed, at least once in twelve or fourteen years, 

 following was the ordinary process : Reduce the ' violets, the trailing arbutus— whatever blossoms or they will degenerate, and probably Jerusalem 

 roots to a pulp, by pressing them between two first in our gardens or fields, we welcome as the artichokes might become more valuable by the 

 rough cylinders— put the pulp in bags and press | heralds of Flora, and (if we may so speak) as the | same means. Planting large and fair roots, with 

 out the liquor it contains— boil this liquor, precip- \ first fruits of the vegetable resurrection. If ground i suitable soil and culture will retard this degener- 

 itate the saccharine matter by quick lime— pour \ be wanting to cultivate flowers more extensively, j acy, but we believe not wholly prevent it. 



off the liquor add to the residuum a solution of at least the borders of the principal aisles in our] Use. The roots are esteemed a wholesome, 



sulphuric acid, and boil again. The lime uniting gardens may be adorned, and beauty and pleasure : nutritious food, and are eaten boiled, mashed with 

 witn the acid,' is got rid of by straininff. The go hand in hand with comfort and utility. ^ butter, or baked in pies, and hiive an excellent 



liquor may then be lentlv evaporated, or left to , [Berkshire .American. ! flavor. Planted in rows from east to west, the up- 



^rani.latc slowly, after which it is ready for un- ! ^ . ,: ^. ,„ : ^ , i right herb of the plant affords a salutary shade to 



der^ouxr the common process of refining raw ' Useful hint.— The following discovery has been such culinary vegetables as require it in the mid- 

 suears.— Lourfon. lately communicated by the Royal Society of bwe- summer months, as lettuce, turnips, and straw- 



^ ' '_ j den to that of London : '■After roofing a house berries. 



GARDENING. 1 with wood, boil some tar and mix it with finely The second volume of Memoirs of the N. York 



We wish to call the attention of our readers to pulverized charcoal till it is of the thickness of Board of Agriculture contains remarks on this 

 ihe deliglits and advantages of a good garden. — mortar — spread this with a trowel about a fourth root by Levi McKean, of Dutchess, in which he 

 This subject is not sutficiently attended to. There of an inch thick over the roof — it will soon grow gjres it as his opinion that artichokes are best, 

 is perhaps nothing in the world, which more prop- hard, and defy all the vicisitudes of weather. — suited for cultivation in this climate as a crop for 

 erly combines the utile cum dulri (the useful with Roofs thus covered, have stood in Sweden above hogs, sheep, and dairies, of any article that we 

 the sweet) than a well cultivated garden. Who a century, and still want no repair." 

 does not admire the neatly formed beds, well roll- ^^— ■ ^— — "*™ '*—"~°" '"" 



ed and levelled over, with clean alleys between .' 

 Who dofs not feel a glow of pleasure and pride, 

 as he beholds the young slionts bursting from the 

 seeds planted by his own hands, and rising timidly 

 above the surface of the ground ; as he watches 

 their growth, and finally sees them arrive to matu- 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1628. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE— Helianthus tuberosus. 

 The Jerusalem artichoke is a hardy perennial, 

 rity ? Who does not delight to see his vegetables a native of Brazil, and is of the same genius as 

 standing in orderly ranks— not like a vile array ! the sun-flower. It is propagated and cultivated 

 of militia, straggling hither and thither, nor ! like the potato. We have been informed that this 

 like rows of regular soldiers prepared for death's root will grow and produce a profitable crop on 

 doings— but growing up to give pleasure, snste- poor land, and icit/ioui mainfrc ; though with deep 

 nanceand liealth to theirprjacefulcultivator! Who ploughing and good manuring its culture would 

 does not contemplate with unminjled delight his probably be attended with greater profit. It was 

 garden esculents of every kind, from the clirnb- much esteeme I before potatos were known. The 

 ing peas to the creeping melons, from the aspara- ' epithet, Jerusalem, is a corruption of the Italian 



gus in beds to tlie celery in trenches in short, word GirasoU,((tom girare to turn and sol) or sun- 



every species of vegetable which is to furnish the flower; the name Artichoke is bestowed from the 

 table, and afl'ord profit, comfort and satisfaction to resemblance in flavor, which the roots have to the 

 the cnltivalor ? If there be such a being on earth, bottoms of artichokes. It is superior to the pota 

 set him down for a fellow of no taste, no economy, to, in being more hardy, and not liable to be in 

 no ingenuity, no philosophy, no gentleness and no ji:red by frost ; but we believe it contains some- 

 domestic virtues. what less nutritive matter. Its tops are large, and 

 On the score of profit merely, a garden is not to may make a valuable addition to the farm yard, of 

 be overlooked ; for if well managed there is no a substance which may be converted into manure 

 otherspot of ground of the same dimensions, which From the circumstances of its flourishing in a poor 

 yields so bountiful a return. There are many soil, and producing large leaves and stalks, there 

 persons who h ive no other soil than a few square can be no doubt that it derives much food for 

 rods attached to their houses, and it is therefore a plants from the atmosphere, which by its decay is 



have yet tried ; and besides the use of this crop 

 for stock, which many writers consider to be 

 equi.l to potatos, they are also recommended 

 highly as an article of human diet. It is true. 

 tliat when boiled, they do not possess that peculiar 

 farinaceous quality, that is so much esteemed in 

 the best sorts of potatos ; but it is said that when 

 roasted, the are a very delicate article for the 

 table, tlieir taste then resembling the ground nut 

 of this country. The only objection we have 

 heard stated to this vegetable as an article of field 

 culture, is, that when once suffeied to enter it. 

 will ta'te exclusive possession of a soil ; and thus 

 when J, change of crops is desired, becomes a 

 most troublesome weed. But by turning in a suf- 

 ficient number of hogs, the artichoke may be en- 

 tirely eradicated ; and probably a poor soil which 

 would answer no other purpose ot culture might 

 be planted with the Jerusalem artichoke and con- 

 certed into a permanent pasture for swine. If not 

 ever-stocked with the animals, the plants would 

 l<eep possession of the soil which they would me- 

 liorate ; and when it should be wished to change 

 the crop, turn in hogs enough to root out the ar- 

 tichokes. 



OR.\ AiUENTAL. FLOWERS. 



Extracts from Dr. Green's Treatise on the cultivation ot" 

 Ornamental Flowers. Just published at this otfice. 



Horticulture, as it respects Ornamental Garden- 

 matter of prudence so to cultivate it as to derive imparted to the soil on which it grows, or on ing, is one of the most innocent, the most healthy, 

 from it the greatest possible advantage Yet i.m- which after rotting it is spread as manure. There j and to some, the most pleasing employment inlife. 

 portant as it is, there are few persons in this coun- is no plant, which more completely shades the j The rural scenes, which it affords, are instructive 

 try who obtiiin from a garden half the profit it is ' ground, and it must in that way enrich it. It will j lessons, tending to moral and social virtue ; teach- 

 capable of producing. They seldom have early i flourish in the shade of trees and buildings, where ing us to ' look through nature up to nature's 

 vegetables of any kind, because thev neglect to I other plants will not thrive. We believe there are God." 



plant them in season. The cultivation of the gar- 

 den is postponed to every thing else, and peas, 

 lettuce, &c. are scarcely committed tathe ground, 

 when they ought to be fit for the table. 



But though the raising of esculent plants de- 

 mands the first attention, wo would not have the 

 horticulturist grudge a small share of his garden 

 to the cultivation of flowers. It is true they are 

 not articles of profit, inasmuch as they neither 

 furnish our tables nor fill our purses ; but they 

 were not considered beneath the care of the Cre- 

 ator of all things, and the most splendid monarch 

 of Israel "in all his glory was not arrayed like 

 one of" thera. For ourselres, nothing affords more 

 pleasing sensations, more indescribable delight, 



thousands of acres of land in the more populous 

 parts of the United States, which are now consid- 

 ered as not worth cultivation, which would pro- 

 duce considerable quantities of the Jerusalem ar- 

 tichoke, with no other trouble than once planting, 

 and digging the roots from time to time as they 

 are wanted. 



Dr. Darwin says that the Jerusalem artichoke 

 will not ripen its seed in Great Britain, (and we 

 do not believe it will in New England) by being 

 suffered to grow in the open air, under ordinary 

 cultivation. But by forcing the plant in pots or 

 hot-houses, perhaps seed might be obtained. This 

 would, probably, be desirable, for it is supposed 

 that all plants degenerate if propagated merely 



Flower gardens were evev held in high estima- 

 tion by persons of taste. Emperors and kings 

 have been delighted with the expansion of flowers. 

 ''Consider the lilies of the field" said an exalted 

 personage, "/iou> they grow ,■" for Solomon, when 

 clothed in the purple of royalty, '■^was not arrayed 

 like one of these." Nature, in her gay attire, un- 

 folds to view a great variety, which is pleasing to 

 the human mind; and consequently has a tenden- 

 cy to tranquillize the agitated passions, and exhil- 

 arate the man — nerve the imagination, and render 

 all around him delightful. 



The cultivation of flowers, is an employment 

 adapted to every grade, the high and the low, the 

 rich and the poor ; but especially to those, who 



