Vol. VI._No. o2. 



NEW SPECIES OF PINE. 



Jlr Douglas writes : " I rejoice to tell you of a 

 new species of Piiius, tlie most princely of the 

 genus, and probably the finest specimen of Amer- 

 ican vcffetatioM. It attains the enormous si/e of 

 from 170 to 220 feet in height, and from 20 to 50 

 in circumference. The cones are from 12 to 18 

 inches long ! I have one which is 16^ inches in 

 length, and vvhich measures 10 inches round the 

 thickest part. The trunk is remarkably straight, 

 and destitute of branches till within a short space 

 of the top, which forms a perfect umbel. The 

 wood is of fine quality, and yields a large portion 

 of resin. Growing trees of this species, that have 

 been partly burned by the natives, to save the 

 trouble of cutting other fuel, (a custom to which 

 they are greatly addicted,) produce a substance, 

 vvhich, I am almost afraid to say, is sugar ; but as 

 some Sf it, with the conc;=, will soon reaclf Eng- 

 land, its real nature can be easily and correctly as- 

 certained. The tree grows abundantly 2" south 

 of Colombia, in the country inhabited by tlie 

 Umpt((un tribe of Indians. The seeds are gather 



NEW ENG LAND FARlVl ER. 



valuable purpose, us it has infinitely more tenaci- 

 ty than coiomon glue, and becomes impervious to 

 water." 



jYole — The author might further have adverted 

 to the advantage arising to Hatters from the dis- 

 covery, but this is obvious. 



41^ 



On Tuesday the 8th inst. a stroke of lightning 

 descended upon the eastern wing of the Tontine 

 Coffee-house, in New Haven, breaking through 

 the roof, and making its way through the upper 

 tier of rooms, leaping from nails to wires, and 

 marking the intervals by rents in the plastered 

 walls, until it made its exit through the opposite 

 side of the building. Several persons were slight- 

 ly benumbed, and others stunned by the shock 



There are three lightning rods rising several feet 

 above three of the cliimnies on this building, and 

 it is matter of speculation and wonder among 

 many that the electric fluid should break through 

 the roof within seven or eight feet of one of the 

 lightning rods. Some gentlemen of much study 

 and observation, contend that in this instance the 



cd by'the natives in autunm, pounded and^baked h'*^f""''''ty was conducted to the roof by the steam 



into a sort of cake, which is considered a lu.xury 



The saccharine substance is used in seasoning 

 dishes, in the same manner as sugar is in civilized 

 countries. I shall bring home such an assemblage 

 of specimens of this Pimis, as will admit of a very 

 correct figure being made, and also a bag of its 

 seeds." — Brewster's Journal. 



LARGE GEESE. , 



We yesterday saw in a wagon a pair of young 

 geese, raised by James Sissoii, Esq. of Warren, of 

 very large size, being now only three months old. 

 The breed, was injported from East-Friesland last 

 fall, in the ship North America, Capt. Child, wlio 

 asserts that these geese frequently grow to up- 

 wards of twenty pounds, dressed. They are very 

 full of sofl fine feathers, which is an article of ex- 

 portation fi'om that country, and very much sought 

 for in Germany, Holland, and England. These 

 geese are the first of this breed which has ever 

 been imported into the United States, were brought 

 especially for Mr. Sisson, and are well worthy tlic 

 attention of the lovers of good eating. Mr. Sisson 

 has a few j)airs on hand, which he will dispose of 

 at $12 the pair — and will send them to any part 

 of the country he may be directed. — Prov. Pat. 



and smoke which was beating down upon the 



roof after it had risen several feet above the top 



of the chimney. It is a fact that the lightning I '•'f' fourth was a quarter smut— all on the same 



struck the roof near the kitchen chimnev— and '-^in^l ^^ •«'"'' ""'I •■>'• sown in good weather, he- 



FromJUemciri, of (lie New York Board of Agriciuture. 



ON LIMING SEED WHEAT. 



Sin, — In answer to your inquiry on the subjeci 

 of smut in wheat, I will slate to you what has fal- 

 len under my observation. 



When I resided in Seneca county, several years 

 ago, my attention was particularly drawn to this 

 suhji'ct, by oliserving, that while myself and neigh- 

 bors were iniich injured by smut in our wheat, tin- 

 crops of 3Ir. C. uniformly escaped. I enquired in- 

 to the cause of this singular exemption, and learnt 

 that it was owing to the seed having been Ujned.. 



In 1816, therefore, 1 washed my seed, put a- 

 bout three pints of lime to each bushel, mixed it 

 well, and let it lie in a heap twelve hours before 

 sowing. My cro]) was perfectly clean, while I can 

 say all my neighbors had more or less smut. 



In 1817, jiart of my seed was washed and limed, 

 as in the iH'cceding year ; another part was washed 

 and limed, and a ]iint of salt to each bushel mixed 

 with the lime ; :i 3d parcel was washed in sii-ong 

 pickle and limed; a 4th sown without any prepara- 

 tion. The result was as follows : The first had a 

 little smut, the second none, the tiiird none — and 



;iney- 



that there was a powerful fire in the kitchen be- 

 low at the time. — JVeio Haven Res-. 



The following is extracted from the London 

 New Monthly Magazine for March, under the 

 head of Useful Arts. 



•' Ghte made ivclcr proof. — A correspondent in- 

 forms us that he has succeeded in making a Glue 

 perfectly water proof, and having the property, al- 

 so of drying almost immediately after its application. 

 His method, we learn, is first to immerse conmion 

 glue in cold water until it becomes perfectly soft, 

 yet retaining hs oriijinal form ; after which it is to 

 be dissolved in common raw linseed oil, assisted 

 by a gentle heat until it becomes entirely taken up 

 by the latter. After which it may be applied to 

 substances for adhesion to each other, in the way 

 common glue is ordinarily applied. It dries al- 

 most immediately, and water will exert no action 

 on it. It is unnecessary to say in how nviny valua- 

 ble puri)oses in the arts this a-jplieation may be 

 used. For cabinet makers it is important, as ma- 

 hogany veneers, when glued with this substance, 

 will never fall off by exposure to a moist atmos- 

 phere. In ship building it will probably answer a 



Vegetable Inoculation. — It is mentioned in the 

 London Mechanics' Magazine, that there is a 

 blotched-leaved variety of the English laburnum, 

 a bud of which being inserted in the bark of the 

 common laburnum, it has invariably the effect 

 (whether the bud fives or not) of makuig the leaves 

 of the latter blotched, like the parent stock of the 

 bud. "If" says Mr. Falla, " the blotched or strip- 

 ed leaves of the plants arise, as I think is general- 

 ly admitted, from a disease, this may justly be 

 considered as virulent a disorder in the vegetable 

 world, as the sraall-pox is in the human race, nnd 

 this operation may very fairly be said to be inoc- 

 ulation." 



A Marriage Tree, generally of the pine kind, is 

 planted in the chin'ch yard by every new m.irried 

 couple in the jiarish of Varallo Pombio, in the Ty- 

 rol ; a fine grove of pines is said to shade this 

 church yard, and it must be recollected that the j breaks the fibrous roots of the 



pine of the Tyrol claims to be ranked as a fruit 

 tree, as well as valuable timber, being the Finns 

 pinea, the kernels of the cones of which arc I're- 

 qucntly served up in the dessert in Italy, and tlie 

 Southern Alps, as almonds and nuts are in Eng- 

 land Gar. Mate. 



tvi'cen the 5th and 15th September. 



I'l 1319, Mr. L. bought his seed of my neigh- 

 bors Jlr. B. and Mr. G. and of myself, and sowed • 

 all without preparation. Mr. G's crop was from 

 seed had of me the year before, and sowed with- 

 out Inning. B. had never prepared his seed by 

 any process. It was found on harvesting the ci-op 

 that the part sown with my seed was free from 

 smut, — that sown with G's seed had a little,— and 



that sown with B's seed was one fourth siimt ~ 



Tills statement I had from Mr. L. I mention this 

 circumstance to show that seed wheat well clean- 

 ed as nientioBcd, mil have an effect for two ci- 

 ihree crops ; but I would never recommend to 

 sow wheat without salt and lime. 



As the Hessian fly has never yet troubled us in 

 Albany, I am unable to sjieak of the eflicac}' of 

 preventing tiie ravages of that insect. 



I beg leave to suggest to farmers, the proprie 

 ty of spreading their straw upon their pasture 

 grounds, either in sjn'ing or fall. It will shield 

 the ground from the extreme cold which often 



In sum- 



State of Education in Lotcer Canada. — The pe- 

 titions presented to parliament from the Canadas 

 complaining of the Administration of tho Earl of 

 Dalhodsif., contained the namf-s of 78,000 per- 

 sons, of which only nine thousand are signatures, 

 the other 78,000 having his X mark attached to 

 them. T!ie population of Lower Canada is 450,- 

 000 French to 80,000 British. Ojdy one in eight 

 of the former are taught to write. 



We are ruined, not by what we really want. 



mer it shields the ground from tlie scorching rays 

 of the sun, prevents the evaporation of moisture, 

 fertilizes the soil, and causes a strong rich sward ; 

 and when ploughed, will be equal to a good coal 

 of manure. JAMES McCALL. 



DISEASES OF VINES. 

 When you see a vino luihealthy, by the leaves 

 becoming yellow, or other rickly appearances, re- 

 move itnmediotely the earth from about the roots, 

 and fill up the sj»ace with a compost made of hme, 

 ashes, or cowdung, and virgin earth from the 

 woods, well incorporated, and water the ground 

 well. Sometimes tlie leaves turn yellow, and the 

 vine seems otherwise diseased by there being too 

 many grapes on h.- If you wish to preserve yom- 

 vine, remove the grajics or cut dov.n the branches 



but by what we think we do ; therefore, never go ^° '^^^^ "'^ ground, leaving one or two young ones, 

 abroad in search of your wants— if they be real ""•' manage and manure it as above directed. — 

 wants they will come in search of you— for he There ought to be a compost heap at every vme- 

 that buys what he does not want, will soon want Ja"' ^° manure'any vines that may dwindle or not 

 what he cannot buv. i grow vigorously. — Adhan's Treatise. 



