No. A. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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and Professor Liiullcy is quoted for the- following 

 opinion : — " It is a charming nddition to the climlHrs 

 ciillivnted in Englnnd. Il bns i> most grnccrul mode 

 ofgrowtli; nnd tUo Inrgc violet flowers witli deep pur- 

 ple stamens, ore more ornnmentnl tUnn those of nny 

 species of Clematis in this coimtiy." 



Ckmalis siiliolilii is another species from the same 

 country and by the some florist. "Large blue and 

 white, superb — petals sulTused with violet spots — an- 

 thers of a violet color. An attractive inhabitant of 

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

 and beauty of its blossoms." 



In nuist's Catalogue for 1810, he mentions Deiitziii 

 tcabra as '-one of the finest of while flowering 

 shrubs" — e:iid to be hardy. 



Its being linrdyat Philadelphia however,iB 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 

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

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

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

 ters than ours, are sickened by the lime ditTused 

 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 introduced here, if they have only to 

 . conteiid with a difference of temperature. Our hea 

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

 under 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 them for the purpose of making fur- 

 ther inquiry : — 



Aconitum grandiflorum — large blue. 



versicolor — blue and white. 



Campanula striata — striped flowered. 



Delphinium maximum — superb blue. 



—-• Barlowii — dark purple. 



.^^.^ bicolor — white and purple. 



Dianthus splendidissima — superb double crimson. 



Dracocephalum argunensc — Fischer's fine blue. 



Lobelia propinqua — large crimson. 



. ignea — brightest scarlet. *• 



Lychnis bungeana — large star flovvcriniwinisonT 



Onoama tauricum — golden flower. ',. 



Faeonia edulis (albiflora) v. ojoratissima — sweet 

 ■cented. .: 



PentBtcmon cobsea — large blush. 



— ^^ — coccinca — scarlet. 



Phlox corymbosa v. alba — white, superb. 



. speciosa — very showy. 

 . alcordia — perpetual blooming crimson. 



laata — very splendid. 



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For the /Veuj Genesee Farmer, 

 Gold Vine Peas— their History and Character. 



Messrs. Editors — Having in your January num- 

 ber given an account of my success in raising the Gold 

 Vine Peas, I have in coitsequence 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 ben 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 .1 former, occ^ipion we referred to a reiuarkaMe clr- 

 cumstanee: -Tlie detritus of this district, including mm-li 

 lime, lias tjeen swept over our high hiUs to the South into 

 Pcnnsylv.ini<i; .irnl wlmreever tliis diluvium is found, no 

 Kalmia flourislies. We h:ive not olieerveil tiiis tieposil 

 bowevei-, niorc ihi'.n twenty ini!esi?outii of mir boun !ary. 



The Gold Vine Peas were obtuined from Canada 

 two years ago by Mr Bateham, ol the Rocbcsler Seed 

 Store. The following is his account of their origin: 



"A farmer, in Canada, observing in bis fiold oi 

 peas a lew vines peculiarly and unusually bright, 

 while the roi^t were more or less afleeted by milduw, 

 look the ])recaulion carefully to preserve the peas 

 from thcEC vines, and planted them year aftet year; 

 fully testing ai\d proving their perfect fieedom Irom 

 mildew, which so frequently destroys whole fields of 

 common peas." 



For two years 1 have tried these peas and find them 

 well deserving the character and high commendation 

 bestowed upon them. A gentleman fiom Rochester 

 informed mo that last 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 Gold 

 Vines, being perfectly free from this blight, secures 

 the farmer from all hazard and loss from that cauee. 



In ripening, the Gold Vine Peas are Irom 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 may be sown to advantage on the 

 acre — at least half a bushel more. 



So for as mv experience has enabled me to deter- 

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

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

 common varieties. 



Respectfully yours, 



PiUsford, Feb., 1841. E. WILBUR. 



For the rTew Genesee Farmer, 

 Tariff for Revenue— tow Prices of Agricultu- 

 ral Productions more favorable to the na- 

 tion's wealth than high prices. 



Messrs. Editors — The advocates of countervailing 

 duties and protective tariffs in Congress, animated l]y 

 the true spirit of moderation, have no disposition to 

 meddle VN-ith 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, 

 vs'ines, 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 islitde doubt that the next Congress will in- 

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

 can be done without infringing the compromise act, 

 as the expenses 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 anniunt of $27,0U0,n0U; 

 leas speculation and extravagance, and greater indus- 

 try and economy among the agricultuiai 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 $181,591,950, exceeding by more 

 than ten and a half millions of dollars the exports of 

 1839, notwithstanding the extreme reduced prices of 

 some of our great staples, while the imports of the 

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

 For several years back our imports have exceeded oui 

 exports nearly twenty millions of dollars. In 183C 

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

 346,694; but now, in 1840, in spite of the unusual 

 low prices for all our o>i-ep,t staples, cmton, fl<mr, &c.., 



our cX|)orts exceed our imports ncnrly twenty-seven 

 millions of dollars. A balance of trade in our favor 

 more than three fold greater than ever acciued beforo 

 inn 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 Ttrsa. The high price of our staples in Now 

 York brings exchange in our favor, our banks diteount 

 libeially to specidators and millers, money soon circu- 

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

 extravagance are on foot. When prices fall, the bonks 

 curtail their issues, and money i*- not. The farmer 

 finds, to his utter aftonihhmeut, that his Inst year's 

 debt, which might then have been paid by half a crop, 

 cannot now be liquidated by two crops A healthy 

 retrenchment and reform now commences, and better 

 habits of industry and economy are acquired. 



Let larmers then, instead of crooking 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 

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

 to ihe amount of several millions of dollars, and that 

 this same export continues to England even against n 

 duty in the English port of three dollars a barrel. Let 

 him also reflect that as low as are the staple s of the 

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

 thern staple, cotton ; the article without which our 

 country cotdd never have arrived at its present state 

 of luxurious civilization. 



When, in 1637, flour was wanted for export to Eng- 

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

 and thus reducing our foreign debt, the New York 

 commission houses held on for $10 a barrel. The re- 

 sult 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 and 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-rood speed; and, as if we could not increase 

 our indebtedness abroad fast enough, our government 

 took off" 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 prostrntion 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 past year, aside 

 from agricultural 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 o business letter recei- 

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

 wish our friends would more frequently annex such 

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



Domestic Indti.stiy in the Far West. 



A coi respondent in Iowa informs us that the women 

 of his household w?nt to manufacture domestic cloth, 

 such as linsey woolscy, fulled cloth, blankets, &c. ; 

 but find much diflTicultyin the tcnrplvg, We hope 

 this art is not yci to be lost; and thf-refore request that 

 some of our readers will give our western frieiida 

 plain and full instructions on this suhjt'ci, 



