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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



organs, which permanentlj- interfered with di- 

 gestion and nutrition. Though a highly bred 

 Berkshire, it assumed the long snout, the 

 coarse bristles, ridged back, flat sides and 

 long legs of the wild boar or unimproved 

 breeds." 



But I must not multiply quotations. The 

 Professor goes on to show that food, climate, 

 removal to foreign countries, soil, the imagina- 

 tion, and so many other things come m to 

 modify his general principle, as to prove to my 

 mind that more depends on the feeding than 

 the breeding. Under the head of imagina- 

 tion, he refers to the case of Jacob and Laban, 

 and says, "how much was miraculous and 

 how much a natural consequence we don't 

 know. That God took this means of blessing 

 his servant, does not necessarily imply that 

 He made use of other than the already exist- 

 ing physiological laws, and intensilied them, as 

 when he now cheers the land with an abundant 

 harvest." 



Now whether this intensification of the laws 

 of nature so as to make them produce results 

 out of the common course of action is good 

 philosophy or not, I do not pretend to say ; 

 but the result mentioned in the Bible, looks 

 very much to me in the light of a miracle or a 

 special providence, if you please. I prefer to 

 consider it, for my present purpose, in this 

 light, and I think that any one who will read 

 the loth and 12th ver.-es of the 31st chapter 

 of Leviticus will come to the same conclusion. 



I feel I am extending; these remarks to too 

 great a length, and must defer till another 

 time some more thoughts on this matter. I 

 intend to glance at the opinions of some other 

 speakers on this subject, and also to say a 

 word in regard to their bearing on the prac- 

 tical farmer, in excluding from competition at 

 our County Fairs all male animals except the 

 progeny of these far-fetched and dear bought 

 animals. J, L. Hubbard. 



Feabody, Mass., July 21, 1811. 



For the New England Farmer, 



OUT-DOOK GARDENING. 



"Now comos fiilMIniotit of tlii' year's cU'Hire; 



The tall wheat colored by the August tire 



Grows heavy-headed, dreading its decay, 



And blacker grown the elm tr<!feei daj' by day. 



About the edges of the yellow corn. 



And o'er the gardens grown somewhat outworn 



The bees go hurrying to till up their store. 



The apple boughs bend over more and more; 



With peach and apricot the garden walls 



Are odorous, and the pears begin to fall 



From off the liigh trees with each freshening breeze." 



Our gardens at this season richly repay us 

 for all the care and attention expended upon 

 them. Every color and shade are represented 

 in the beds cut into the lawn, or edging of the 

 walks. Geraniums are in a blaze of glory. 

 Some of the double varieties are particularly 

 beautifid, and outshine all our other pets. 

 From the Innisfallen (Greenhouses we obtained 

 Andrew Henderson, which is one of the finest 

 that is grown ; it is of the deepest, richest 



scarlet tint ; and each cluster will often con- 

 tain from sixty to seventy blossoms. Mad- 

 ame Rose Charmeu.x is of a perfect rose color, 

 its flowers are very double and perfectly 

 formed. Gloire de Nancy is a carmine crim- 

 son, flowers double as a rosette. Ville de 

 Nancy is somewhat similar to the preceding, 

 but its leaves are beautifully zoned, and its 

 clusters of flowers are of a larger size. ISIons. 

 R. Abel is of an extjuisite rose color, shaded 

 to carmine, and is said to be the prettiest col- 

 ored of all the double varieties. Rose Queen 

 is of a lighter rose, and is particularly desira- 

 ble for window gardens. Ascendency is a 

 shrubby growing species, with zonale leaves 

 well defined. Marie Ci-oussee is the lightest 

 colored double geranium yet cultivated, and 

 its flowers are very double. 



All of these varieties are most desirable for 

 winter culture, on account of their freedom 

 from the attacks of insects ; not a spider or 

 aphis ever approaches them. At this season 

 preparations should be made for window gar- 

 dening. 



Cuttings strike very rapidly in these hot 

 days, and all kinds of plants can be propa- 

 gated. In a few weeks vigorous plants can be 

 procured if we but select large, strong-growing 

 shoots, cutting them eight to nine inches in 

 length, and leaving a bud, or heel, as the gar- 

 deners term it, at the base. Plant them one 

 inch deep, about the edge of pots filled with 

 good loam, and a layer an inch in depth of 

 scouring sand. Wet it thoroughly, then in- 

 sert the cuttings — planting them firmly in the 

 sand ; set the pots in the shade for three or 

 four days, then give them sunlight, and be 

 very sure to water them at night and morning, 

 for if allowed to dry they will surely die. In 

 this way, a goodly supply of fresh young 

 plants can be secured, and they will bloom 

 earher in the winter than the older plants, if 

 they are strong and vigorous. Such plants 

 are considered far more desirable for window 

 gardens than those which have bloomed during 

 the summer. Plants rec^uire a season of rest, 

 and if our Heliotropes, Geraniums, Roses, 

 &c., have bloomed profusely during the sum- 

 mer, we cannot expect them to blossom when 

 the sun has partly withdrawn its invigorating 

 rays. 



It is only in California and other lands of 

 the sun that such plants will flower for twelve 

 months in the year. If tlie buds are all picked 

 oir from our house plants during the summer 

 months, they will make fresh elForts to fulfil 

 their mission and be adorned with beauty and 

 fragrance in the winter. We dislike to sacri- 

 fice the fair promise of blossoms, and yet if 

 we are willing to do so we shall reap our re- 

 ward when skies are wintry and the grass sear 

 and brown. 



Climbing Vines. 



Every porch, i)iazza, or veranda should be 

 ornamented with one or more of the lovely 

 climbing plants so profusely scattered over the 



