so. i). 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



73 



THE ARABIAN HORSE. 



From Low's grand work, " lUustralioiis of the breeds of Domestic Animals.' 



(copied from FARJIEas' CAEINET.) 



The exquisitely benntiful nnimal, here most fnithl'ully represented, exhibits correctly the form nnd chorac- 

 : of the genuine Arab. He was tuken in on nssnult by nn Arab tribe, on a party of the royal family of 

 :rsia, when journeying on a pilgrimage. The chief who headed the attacking party was killed, and his eu- 

 rb Chorsrer, galloping into the Persian ranks, was taken: a ransom, enormous for so poor a tribe, was subse- 

 eiitly offered by the Arabs, but was refused, and he waa brought to England by Sir John McNeil. He 

 inds fourteen bands and a half high, is g nile in the highest degree, and so thoroughly trained in that kind of 

 ercise which the Arabians are careful to teach their horses, that he may be galloped round the narrowest 

 cle. When his portrait was in the course of being pointed, he ft'as languid fiom the effects of cold; it was 

 shed to rouee him from his lethargy, and the idea occurred of trying the effects of a few tones of simple 

 jeic — the sounds no sooner reached his car than his whole frame instantly became agiiaied to a violent de- 

 ee; his heart throbbed convulsively, and so great was his excitement that it was found necessary instantly 

 stop the music I some chord of feeling, it would seem, had been struck — perhaps he was reminded of his de- 

 *t home, and his friends and companions, from whom he had been eo rudely severed. The generous animal 

 here depicted as scenting the garments and weapons of his slaughtered master, nnd no one can examine the 

 eamentsof his expressive countenance, without experiencing a gush of feeling arising within his breast, in 

 mpathy with the beantiful mourner. 



The gentleness of the Arabian horse is proverbial; and although so elegantly formed, and so delicately 

 e and sleek his skin, even the English horse would perish under the scanty fare, the toils and privations he 

 doomed to suffer. They are patient of hunger and thirst, to a degree unknown in any other race, subsisting, 



entimes, on the withered herbs of the desert, and roots dragged from under the tond, and even on the milk 



the camel. They bear continued exposure to the fiercest heats, and day after day pursue marches of incre- 

 ile toil tbrouah the burning sands ol the wilderness, forming by their bodies a shade from the fiery heat of 

 ! Bun, under which their masters repose during the halt for a period in the middle of the day, and n shelter 



night. But an Arab never beats, or even speaks harshly to his horse — he treats him as a companion, and 

 I children find in him a playmate, and his wife a nurse for her infant, and all making a pillow of his neck 



night. Without the use of the bit, he will obey the slightest motion of his rider; stand at a word, or put 

 mself at full spec I in an instant I Such is the creature so happily formed for the scanty herbs, the thirst, 

 J toil of the burning desert. 



THE LATE PKESIDENT. 



Our readers will pardon the liberty we take in de- 

 voting o small space to the commemoration of nn 

 event which has spread sorrow and mourning over 

 this whole land. The death of Willi.v»i Henry 

 Harrison, whom the sovereign people, by their free 

 will, had so lately choeen to pieside over this greet 

 nation, has in all places, and from all panics, called 

 forth manifestations of the deepest regret, and most 

 abiding sorrow. 



Devout minds cannot but regard this national be- 

 reavement as an afflicting dispensation of Divine Pro- 

 vidence; and such will willingly comply with the fol- 

 lowing recommendation of President Tyler, as the 

 most appropriate manner in which a Christian peoplo 

 can commemorate this solemn event. 



TO THE PEOri.E OF THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



A RECOSIJIENDATION. 



When a Christian people feel themselves to be over- 

 taken by a great public calaim'ty, it becomes them to 

 bumble themselves under the (Jispeneation of Divine 

 Providence, to recognize His righteous govenmient 

 over the children of men, to acknowledge His good- 

 ness in time past, as well as their own unworthiness, 

 and to supplicate His merciful protection for the fu- 

 ture. 



The death of Wit.t.iam Henrv Harriso.v, lata 

 President of the United States, so soon alter his cleva- 

 vation to that high office, is a bereavement pecidiarly 

 ealculolcd to he regarded as a heavy affliction, and to 

 impress all minds with a sense of the uncertainly of 

 human things, and of the dependence of nations, as 

 well as of individuals, upon our Heavenly Parent. 



1 have thought, therefore, that I should be acting in 

 conformity with the general cxpeciaiion and ftelinga 

 of community, in recommending, as I now dtt, to the 

 People of the United States, of every religious denom- 

 ination, that, according to their several modes nnd 

 forms of worship, ti ey observe a day of Fasting and 

 Prayer, bv such religious services as may be suitable 

 on the occasion; and I recommend Friday, the Four- 

 teenth Day of May next, for that purpose; to the end, 

 that on that day, we n^ay all, with one ajrcord, join in 

 humble and reverential approach to Him, in whose 

 hands we are, invoking him to inspire us with a pro- 

 per spirit and temper of heart and mind#under ihefe 

 frowns of His Providence, and still to bestow His 

 gracious benedictions upon our government and our 

 country. 



JOHN TYLER. 



Wasliiiigton, April 13, 1?4I. 



From ttie Mag. of Horticutlure. 

 Cultivation of the Filbert. 



The filbert is one of the finest nuts, and although 

 eat quantities of the fruit arc imported, and sold in 

 3 frnit shops annually, there are scarcely any, ns yet, 

 Itivated in the United States. A sterile variety of 

 3 English filbert may be seen in many of our gar- 

 ns, which rarely produces any fruit; but the finer 

 rta, which thrive luxuriantly, and bear most abun- 

 ntljr in this climate, ore scarcely kno%vn in cultiva- 

 n. Nothing can well be easier than the cultivation 

 this shrub or tree, ant^vc are confident that were 

 e merits of the better varieties generally known, no 

 rden would be considered complete without them. 

 few years since, we imported small plants of the 

 D8t celebrated English varieties, nnd have, without 

 e least attention to pruning, realized quite an abun- 

 int crop of fine nuts, for t'vo years past, which are 

 lite an acceptable addition to the dessert. 

 Among the finest of these varieties are the Frizzled, 

 e red Kernel, the Northampton Prolific, the Cobnut, 

 d the Cosford. We have found the Cosfird, Friz- 

 id, and the Northampton Prolific, the most produc- 

 'e varieties in this climate. All the varieties grow 

 iry vigorously in any good soil, naturally dry rather 



tW an moist, but a dry gravelly loam, or sandy loam, is 

 nsidered preferable. In pruning and training fil- 

 irts, the first most important requisite is to keep the 

 ain stem free from all suckers; and the eecond, to 

 revent too great a liisnrianee of wood, which, if suf- 



iMS^ied to g|f>w at random, will prevent the production 

 large crops. The nuts are produced, both upon ih" 



sides of the young wood, and upon lateral spurs, an- 

 nually produced on the older branches, after the pre- 

 vious year's bearings lateral shoots have been trimmed 

 away. Abroad, therefore. \\'hat is called the spurring 

 ill system of pruning is adojiled, and the extremities 

 of the leading shoots are shortened every spring. 

 This throws nearly all the vigor of the tree into the 

 bearing branches, and produces a larger crop of fruit 

 annually. 



In some parts of England, large plantations of fil- 

 berts are made, for profit. Kent is the most celebrated 

 nut growing district, and the average crop there is a- 

 bout eight hundred weight per acre, although, in good 

 soils and favorable seasons, thirty hundred weight have 

 been raised on an acre of ground. The bushes are gen- 

 erally trained with single stems, nnd the heads pruned 

 in the form of a hoop, kept about six feel high from 

 the ground. 



There does not appear to be the lenst obstacle to the 

 profitable cultivation of the filbert on a large scale, in 

 •his couniry, nnd our dry fine summers would proba- 

 bly be fmind more favorable to the iiroductions of large 

 crops, than the moist ones of England. A return of 

 fruit is speedily received after planting on good soils, 

 nnd wc would, with confidence, recommend a trial of 

 a filbert orchard, to enterprising cultivators. 



In gardens, a row of the finer s->rt of this fiuit may 

 be advantngeou-ly introduced, ns a screen or barrier, 

 in portions where such a feature is desirable, as the fo 

 liage is large nnd dense, and iluis the double advantage 

 of fruit, nnd privacy or prctcciion will be reeUz.'d. 

 A, J. DOWNINfl. 



Norhirgh, X. Y, 



For the .Veir Ger.cscc Farmer, 

 New Drill Barrow. 



IVIf.ssrs.' Editors — To the hundred inventions for 

 planting rutabaga, beet, nnd other seeds, I must add 

 one of my own, which I have had made, and shall give 

 a trial this spring. If it succeeds, as I think it will, 

 I shall send you a description of it, ns I think it will 

 be found the cheapest thing yet of this kind. It con- 

 sists merely of a seed barrel and two band w! eels, one 

 of which is placed on the axle of a common wheel bar- 

 row, by which motion is given to the barrel containing 

 seed; a furrow is opened by a cultivator tooth, the 

 seed is dropped, a chain covers it, and last of all a rol- 

 ler piesses the earth upon the seed, and the planting 

 is finished. The advantage of this contrivance is, it 

 can be att!.ehed to a common wheel barrow, by tnking 

 off the bottom boards. When not wanted as a drill 

 barrow, it can be converted to its legitimate use; and I 

 have found it very handy about the place, in making 

 garden, hot beds, &c. Yours &c., 



E. B. QUINER. 



MHicauheo, W. T., April, 1841. 



SILK WORM EGGS. 



LARGE WliitcIV.-iiiiil. r.ii'l I.irsc NMikin Peanut eggs, 

 (die Siiia liliraUI. ancl MirtsbeljavTe. of the Frcm-li ,) 

 iinrl the common Suliihur varieties, ure for s.nle at itic .«eeu 

 Store, liv B.VTKH.^M i fROS.MAX. 



RBcheker. Jpril I, ISII, 



