No. 3. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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and Professor Lindley is quoted for the- following 

 opinion : — " It is n charming addition to the climbers 

 cultivated in England. It has a most graceful mode 

 of growth; and the large violet flowers with deep pur- 

 ple stamens, are more ornamental than those of any 

 Bpecies of Clrmitlis in this country." 



Clematis sichulilii is another species from the same 

 country and by the same florist. " Large blue and 

 white, superb — petals sufl'iised with violet spots — an- 

 thers of a violet color. An attractive inhabitant of 

 the flower garden, from its graceful habit, and the size 

 and beauty of its blossoms." 



In Buiet's Catalogue for 18-10, he mentions Deutziii 

 scabra as '-one of the finest of white flowering 

 ahruba" — Sfiid to be hardy. 



Its being hardy at Philadelphia however,is no proof 

 that it would be hardy in the Genesee country. A 

 balance against us of three degrees of latitude, is not 

 all that is to be taken into account. Our elevation 

 above the level of the sea is another item; and our 

 Boil in many instances, is a third one of no small im- 

 portance. Many shrubs, like the Laurels on the moun- 

 tains* to the Siiuth, which could abide severer win- 

 ters than ours, arc sickened by the lime diflused 

 through our soil, and gradually perish- Possibly the 

 ehrubs above-mentioned may be of this number, and 

 refuse to embellish our gardens, a point however, 

 which experiment alone can determine. 



Herbaceous plants which are hardy at Philadelphia, 

 may be safely intmdueed here, if they have only to 

 contend with a difference of temperature. Our hea 

 vy soil is not so deeply penetrnted by the frost, and 

 tinder a more durable covering of snow, and such 

 thick curtains as the condensed exhalations of our 

 lakes, they will generally lie snugly and safely in their 

 winter abode. 



We notice the following perennials in Buist's Cat- 

 alogue, and copy thora for the purpose of making fur- 

 ther inquiry : — 



Aconitum grandiflornm — large bhie. 



versicolor — blue and white. 



Campanula striata — striped flowered. 



Delphinium maximum — superb blue. 



Barlowii — dark purple. 



.^-^— bicolor — white and purple. 



Dianthus splendidiseima — superb double crimson. 



Dracocephalum argunensc — Fischer's fine blue. 



Lobelia propinqua — large crimson. 



ignea — brightest scarlet. 



Lychnis bungeana — large star flowering crimson. 



Onosma tauricum — golden flower. 



Paeonia edulis (albiflora) v. odoratiesima — sweet 

 icented. 



Pentstemon cobiEa — large blusb. 



coccinea — ecarlet. 



Phlox corymbosa v. alba — white, superb. 



speciosa — very showy. 



alcordia — perpetual blooming crimson. 



■ liEta — very splendid. 



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For the ;Veir Geneeet Farmer. 



Gold Vine Peas—lheirllistoi-jaiid Character. 



Messrs. Editors — Having in your January num- 

 ber given an account of my success in raising the Gold 

 Vine Peas, 1 have in consequence been addressed by 

 several individuals in relation to their origin, the pe- 

 riod of their ripening, and their other peculiar charac- 

 teristics; and considering your paper the best medium 

 of communicating this information to those desiring it, 

 you will confer a favor on some of your readers, by 

 giving a place in your columns to this communication. 



* On a former occasion we referred to a rpniarkalije cir- 

 cunibtancp ; Tlie detritus of this district, inelutling niuc]l 

 lime, has been swept over our hi^tl hiils to the South into 

 Pennsylvania; and whsrejiver this diluvium is found, no 

 Kalmia rtnnrishes. AVc have not olieerveU this deposit 

 Ijowever, more than twenty mtlee^nth of «ir bonn'a.-y. 



The Gold Vine Peas were obtained from Canada 

 two years ago by Mr Bateham, oi the Rochester Seed 

 Store. The following is his account of their origin; 



"A farmer, in Canada, observing in his field of 

 peas a few vines peculiarly and nnusuatly bright, 

 while the rest were more or less afl'ected by mildew, 

 took the precaution carefully to preserve the peas 

 from these vines, and planted them year after year; 

 fully testing and proving their perfect freedom I'rom 

 mildew, which so freqnently destroys whole fields of 

 common peas." 



For two years I have tried these peas and find them 

 well deserving the character and high commendation 

 bestowed upon them. A gentleman from Rochester 

 informed me that Imi season he lost a field of peas of 

 several acres, almost entirely, by mildew; and purcha- 

 sed twelve bushels of my Gold Vine Peas for seeding 

 the coming summer. Several other instances have 

 come to my notice of similar failures. But the Go'.d 

 Vines, being perfectly free from this blight, secures 

 the farmer from all hazard and loss from that couee. 



In ripening, the Gold Vine Peas are from six to 

 fourteen days earlier than the common Marrowfats or 

 field Peas. 



The vines of these peas are at least one- third shor- 

 ter than those of the Marrowfats; hence a larger 

 quantity of seed maybe sown to advantage on the 

 acre — at least half a bushel more. 



So far as mv experience has enabled me to deter- 

 mine, and I have given them a fair trial, the Gold 

 Vines are greater yieldera, by one-quarter, than the 

 common varieties. 



Respectfidly yonrs, 



Pittsford, Feb., 1841. E. WILBUR. 



For the Kew Genesee Farmer. 

 TarifT for Revenue— Low Prices of Agricultu- 

 ral Productions more favorable to the uj»- 

 tiou's wealth than high prices. 



Messrs. Editors — The advocates of countervailing 

 duties and protective tarifls in Congress, animated by 

 the true spirit of moderation, have no disposition to 

 meddle with the compromise act, as necessary to such 

 a consummation. 



The Secretary of the Treasury in his recommenda- 

 tion of a tariff for revenue of 20 per cent, on silks, 

 wines, and such other articles as are now imported 

 free of duty, while it answers the purpose of revenue, 

 and saves the government from the disgraceful treasu- 

 ry note system, will also give protection to our own 

 productions. 



There is little doubt that the next Congress will in- 

 crease the tnrilTon such articles, so far at least as it 

 can be done without infringing the compromise act, 

 as the expeneea of the Federal Government, aside 

 from borrowing, cannot be defrayed without it. 



At this time, in the midst of low prices, our agri- 

 cultural interests have no cause of alarm. These low 

 prices have alone induced an unprecedented export 

 trade the past year; a great diminution of both for- 

 eign and domestic indebtedness; a balance of trade in 

 favor of the country to the amount of .$27,000,000; 

 less speculation and extravagance, and greater indus- 

 try and economy among the agricultural no less than 

 among all other classes. 



From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 Mr. Woodbury, we learn that all our exports the past 

 year amounted to .$131, TiOl, 950, exceeding by more 

 than ten and a half millions of dollars the exports of 

 183U, notwithstanding the extreme reduced prices of 

 some of our great staples, whL'e the imports of the 

 past year were more than one half less than in 183'). 

 For several years bock our imports have exceeded our 

 exports neaily twenty millions of dollars. In 18:50 

 the excess of imports over exports amounted to .$61,- 

 346,694; but now, in 1810, in spite of the unusual 

 low prices for all our greet staples, cotton, flrtur, &c., 



our exports exceed our imports nearly iwenty-seveit 

 millions of dollars. A balance of trade in our favor 

 more than three fold greater than ever accrued before 

 in a single year since the Constitution was adopted. 



It is an axiom among business men that when agri- 

 cultural productions are high, not only the farmer, but 

 the whole body politic, increases its indebtedness, and 

 rica tersii. The high price of our staples in New 

 Vork brings exchange in our favor, our banks discour.t 

 liberally to speculators and millers, money doon circu- 

 lates, prices are inflated, and speculation, folly, and 

 extravagance are on foot. When prices fall, the banks 

 curtail their issues, and money is nut. The farmer 

 finds, to his utter astonishment, that his last year's 

 debt, which might then havebecn paid by half a crop, 

 cannot now be liquidated by two crops A healthy 

 rclienehment and. reform now commences, and better 

 habits of industry and economy are acquired. 



Let larniers then, instead of croaking about die low 

 prices of their productions, reflect that those low pri- 

 ces alone have enabled Western New York, Ohio, 

 and Michigan, to reduce our foreign indebtedness the 

 pest year, by an export of flour to England and France, 

 to the amount o( several millions of dollars, and that 

 this same export continues to England even against a 

 dwty in the Englishportof three dollars a barrel. Let 

 him also reflect that as low as are the staples of the 

 north and west, they are no lower than the great sou- 

 thern staple, cotton ; the article without which our 

 country c luld never have arrived at its present state 

 of luxurious civilization. 



When, in 1837, flour was wanted for export to Eng- 

 land at .$8 per barrel, instead of selling at that price, 

 and thus reducing our foreign debt, the New York 

 commission houses held on for $10 a barrel. There- 

 suit was, that instead of exporting flour, we imported 

 several million bushels of wheat and rye from the 

 north of Europe. This both increased our indebted- 

 ness and reduced the price of flour from $10 to $6 per 

 barrel. During this monopoly a.id consequent infla- 

 tion of the prices of bread stuff in New York, farmers 

 bought more land, built fine houses, and rode in steel 

 spring carriages — the whole country went into debt 

 with rail-road speed; and, as if we could not increasa 

 our indebtedness abroad fast enough, our government 

 took ofl" the duty on rail-road iron. High prices of 

 produce, and the consequent high prices of labor, par- 

 alized our manufacturing industry and prevented the 

 exportation of manufactured articles. Every thing 

 was imported, until, as might be expected, a general 

 revulsion and prostration ensued. But in 1839 and 

 '40 the low prices of the necessaries of life, caused by 

 increased production and belter notions of economy, 

 has enabled the country to export the patt yeor, aside 

 from agi icidtural productions, three times the amount 

 of manufactured articles ever before exported in a sin- 

 gle year S. W. 



Produce of One Acre of Ground. 



Mr. J. Fry, of Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., raised 

 100 bushels of sound (shelled) corn, twenty-five bush- 

 els of potatoes, and two cart loads of pumpkins on one 

 acre of ground, the past season, and sold his corn 

 stalks for 15 bushels of oats. 



The above is the postscript to a business letter recei- 

 ved by us a few days since from Erie county. We 

 wish our friends would more frequently annex such 

 items of information to their letters of business. — Eds. 



Domestic Industry in the Far West. 



A co; respondent in Iowa informs us that the women 

 of his household wint to manufacture domestic cloth, 

 such as linscy woolscy, fulled eloth, blankets, &c.; 

 but find much difficulty in the ttnrjting. We hope 

 this art is not yci to be lost; and therefore request that 

 some of our readers will give our western friends 

 plain and full instnictionB tm Uiis stibiert. 



