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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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Tiogn, sixiy-onc dollars. 

 Tompkins, mic hundred and fourteen dollars. 

 J Ulster, one hundred ajid thirty-seven dollars. 

 01 0,,, Warren, forty dollars. 



"5*i1H Washington, one hundred and twenty-three dollars. 

 '?S[!i(j,J Wayne, one hundred and twenty-six dollars. 

 ""iptJ Westchester, one hundred and fony-six dollars. 

 f,ij,.( Yates, sixty-one dollnrs- 



\(ki\>ii And to the New York State Agricultural Society, 

 pilirii '6" hundred dollars. 



. Ti,, $-i. VVhi'n the New York Stole Agricidtural Socie- 

 tiimofi 1 "'"' ony county ngriciilturnl society now formed, 

 "liailln ' *'''•-''' '""y hereafter be formed in this Slate, or the 

 n\itf merican Insiitute in the city of New York, shall 

 • ise by voluntary subscription any sum of money, 

 iiffcl le president and treasurer shall make an aflidavit of 

 islinil '* lactsof the formation of snch society, and of their 

 aving raised a certain sum, specifying the amount 

 lereof, which affidavit shall be tiled with the conip- 

 oUer of this State, who shall draw his warrant on the 

 easurcr for a sum equal to the amount of such volun- 

 iry subscription, not however exceeding the amount 

 ) which tuch county or State society would be enti- 

 ed, according to the appointment aforesaid. 

 Kiyg 4. The New York State Agricultural Society and 

 i|i„'5,j re several county agricultural societies now formed or 

 :,l,li,i r-h;ch shall be formed in this State, during the contin- 

 i,„^i, anceof this act, shall annually elect such and so nia- 

 il(,l y olKcers as they shall deem proper; and it shall be 

 lie duty of such officers annually, to regulate and 

 ward premiums nn such articles, productions and im- 

 rovemenls, as they may deem best calculated to pro- 

 note the agricultural and household manufacturing in- 

 erestsof this State, having especial reference to the 

 lett profits which accrue, or are likely to accrue, from 

 he mode of raising the crop or stock, or the fobrica- 

 ion of the article thus offered, with the intention that 

 he reward shall be given for the most economical or 

 irofilable mode of competition; provided always that 

 lefore ony premium shall be delivered, the person 

 » the same, or to whom the same may be award- 

 id, shall deliver in writing to the president of the so- 

 iety, OS accurate a description of the process of prc- 

 iiiill)aring the soil, including the quantity and quality of 

 Inanure applied, and in raising the crop, or feeding the 

 Wloilinimal, os may be; and also of the expense and product 

 j)f the crop, or of increase in value of the animal, 

 jwith the view of showing accurately the profit of culti- 

 irating the crop, or feeding or fattening the animal. 

 Ji'SdI $4. The president of the State Agricultural Society, 

 ind the several presidents of the said county societies, 

 lui who shall receive or expend any of the monies hereby 

 ipproprioted, shell annually, in the month of Decem- 

 ber, transmit to the comptroller, a detailed account of 

 the expenditure of all the moneys which shall come 

 into their hands under this act, and stating to whom 

 «nd for what purpose paid, with the vouchers thereof; 

 «nd the said presidents of the several county agricul- 

 tural societies shoU, annually transmit in the month 

 of Djcember, to the Executive Committee of the 

 'New Y'ork Agricultural Society, all such reports or re- 

 turns as they are required to demand and receive from 

 applicants for premiums, together with on abstract of 

 their proceeding through the year. 



^5. The E.xecutive committee of the New York 

 State Agricultnral Society shall examine all reports 

 ■n* returns made by the presidents of the county agri- 

 culnral societies, and condense, arrange, and report 

 the sawe, together with a statement of their own pro- 

 ceedings, (o ibe Secretary of State, in the month of 

 Joniiary iiieach year. 



§0. The p-.esident8 of the several county societies, 

 or delegates t> be choson annually by them for the 

 purpose, shall bfcox. officio members of the New York 

 State AgricuUuraiC5„e,g(y. 



«7 It shall be tht-jmy „f j^e county clerks in the 

 several counties ot th, estate, to cause notice to be 

 given in one or more n^jpapers in each county, of 

 time and pi ice ot a meeoi., j^ j.^ jj^jj -^ ^^,^1^ co„nty 

 for the pirp 'se ol orgonizinfe.,^^!^ go„,,ty „gricultuial 

 society; and notice thereot Sv,,, [,g -^^^ ^^ 1^^^, 

 four weeks previous to such niet.,^ 



^. This act shall lake effect imi'-i'jateiy. 

 State of New York, } This act bay {^^^^ 



Secretary's Office, j yed and signed b^, q„,^/^^„ 

 on the 5th of May, 1811, I do hereby ck.f^ ^^^^ ^1^^ 

 same became a law on that day. 



JOHN C. SPENCK 



Secretary of Stu 



the aroma of flowers, certainly promotes it, and len- 

 ders it more abundant and delicate. Flowers of ihe 

 richest perfume are the natives of snndy lands — Persia, 

 Arabia, and the southern shores ot the Mediterranean. 

 Roses, Violets, Loniceras or Honeysuckles, &c., in 

 pots, should be supplied with a considerable portion of 

 sand; and those growing in gardens and pleasiiie 

 gronntlsalso. In many indigenous plants which are 

 desiiinte of bark, the stem or culm is strengthened by 

 silex, taken up by the spongcoles or elaborated by the 

 organs of the plant from its elements. Analysis de- 

 tects it in eonsiderable quantities even in the stalks of 

 wheat and Indian corn; and I believe in all the grasses, 

 the Howcrs of which are aromatic. I int line to think, 

 too, that in the rich calcareous lands ot the west, away 

 from the sandy alluvial soils of the rivers, grapes will 

 be rendered of belter body and will give wine of a su- 

 perior quality, if sand, (instead of manure, when the 

 land is rich,) be mingled with ihe soil; and I should 

 for these prefer even gravel to fine sand. I am not 

 aware that the experiment has been made in regard to 

 the grape, but it is worth a trial, if analogies are good 

 indices. Very truly sir, 



your ob't. eerv't. 

 ires. Far. 4- Gar.] JOHN LEWIS. 



Flowers and their Odours. 



It has occurred to me, that the lovers of sweet flow- 

 tri, who live on calcareous or limestone lands, may be 

 benefiitud by a knowh-dge of the foci, thai disiutogia- 

 tcd ailex w sand, if n^rt ettsntial to tJis formation of 



To the Ladies. 



In our last, we promised to give some hints respect- 

 ing the laying out and arr.inging ornamental grounds, 

 for those in moderate circumstances. If persons can- 

 not afford to keep a gardener, and have not much lei- 

 sure to give it themselves, they had better not under- 

 take with the more delicate species of shrubbery or 

 flowers, however tempted by their beauty; but select 

 Euch kinds as will thrive and make the most show, 

 with the least care and attenlion. The whole tribe of 

 roses, with some few exception?, are of this descrip- 

 tion' They are easy to be obtained, increase rajiidly, 

 and though well repaying a careful cultivanon, will 

 still flourish and bloom under almist entire neglect — 

 among these we will mention the Ohio Multiflora, a 

 flower indigenous with us; and though a rustic bcle, 

 scarce e-\ceeded in beauty by her more cultivated sis- 

 ters of the name. It will grow either iVom cuttings or 

 seeds, and so rapidly as in a short time to overpay the 

 trouble o! setting it. The same is true of the fragrant 

 sweet brier — a delightful ornament, and yet so hardy 

 as to be almost regardlessof soil or ol cultivation. The 

 scarlet trumpet creeper (we wont trouble you with the 

 long names of flowers) is a plant that abounds along 

 our high-ways and hedges; very showy, and to rapnl 

 ot increase os to be a terror to farmers. It answers a 

 fine purpose for overgrowing and concealing unsight- 

 ly spots about your premises, and for planting on the 

 north side of houses, where more delicate shrubbery 

 often languishes. The various species of honeysuckle 

 are also very easy to be obtained, os Ihey will all grow 

 from cuttings and take care of themselves with very 

 little attention of yours. 



It is well for you, if you intend to keep shrubbery, 

 to have a little nursery of your slips oiid cuttings in 

 some shodynook; where you can weed, water, ond 

 tend them all together. Do not crowd them so close 

 that they will iwjt have room to grow, for sometime 

 before you remove ihem. Very youngslips, or shrub- 

 bery, planted here and there along borders, requiring 

 twice the time and care, besides being liable to many 

 accidents. Choose, if possible, a spot where your 

 young jiroteges may have the morning sun, but Le 

 sheltered from the heat of the alter part of the day. 

 Cut your slips just below a bud, — for every hud con- 

 tains the rudiments of a root. In this way you may 

 raise all kinds of roses, altheas, honeysuckles, all the 

 varietiesof lilac, seringa, and flowering almonds, with 

 very little time, trouble, or expense. The best time 

 for setting out such a nursery, is n the early part of 

 the spring, when showers are frequent. Slips set af- 

 ter this time require far more care and trouble. 



But the department of the garden on which you may 

 rely most for elegance, variety, and constant succes- 

 sion, is undoubtedly the annuals. 



In regard to the raising of these, it is best to plant 

 them together in a sort of nursery — designating the 

 kind by labels. This bed you can protect with brush- 

 wood from the ravages of domestic fowls, and other 

 invaders of flower borders. This bed should be in a 

 dry and warm situation; for the long roins which oc- 

 cur in the spring of the year often seriously damage 

 and retard the growth of early planted seeds. If the 

 season be dry, you can woler the seeds occasionally at 

 vening, for moisture, as well as heot, is indispensable 



jlj-^crniination. When the seeds are up. and before 



lie hV-^ have time to strike deep, remove them in lit- 



Ki hivli^" ^^'''' " "■ausplanting trowel — taking care 

 ■e earth well «;ound the rool». Tiiuisjilent, 



if possible, when the skies give promise of a shower 

 — but if your plants c ime to a proper stale for remo- 

 val, and the skier do not seem dispoted to accommo- 

 date you, trnntplaiii in the evening; water ond pio- 

 tecl them for a day or two from the heat, by reversing 

 a flower pot over them, leaving it off at night for the 

 benefit of the dew. 



In planting annuals it is a common inisloke to set 

 too many in a bunch. Perhaps four or five plants oro 

 set together, ond the consequence is thot all arc small 

 and puny. After your plants begin to dcve op them- 

 selves, weed out the more slender ones, and leave on- 

 ly one or two in o bunch. Plont your different bunch- 

 es at a very good distance from each other, with refer- 

 ence to the space which they will occupy. Thus wo 

 have teen a thrifty double baleam, in good "round 

 spread over the face ot more ilion two feet all around! 

 In niony borders the flowers ore crowded, and ihe gen- 

 eral effect of them much injured, by not eakuloiing 

 beforehand the growih of roch species. Flowers 

 should be set, too, with regard to the efleet of iheir co- 

 lors in a border, with as much care oa yon would or- 

 range them in a bouquet. Pale and delicate flowcia 

 should be enlivened by brighter ones; and gay flaring 

 co'ors relieved by rich hues. Thus the dark maroon 

 lints of the scabious, or the deep blue of the laikspur, 

 contrast finely wilh the golden lints of the coreopsis 

 or marigold. 



In the department of creepers there are many annu- 

 als capable of producing sudden and beautiful efl'ecta. 

 While your honeysuckles and rcses, &c. are in train- 

 ing, yon can p.-oduce on immediate ond very beautiful 

 substitute in the scarlet beans, purple pea, and the 

 vorieties of convulvus, and^iany other annuols of the 

 kind. In the garden of Mr. Jackson, near the Chevi. 

 ot, may be seen tcven or eight varieties of creepers, 

 extremely beautiful and rare, ond some of them pos- 

 sessing a freedom and rapidity of growth, that renders 

 them worthy the atiention of those who wish to wit- 

 ness some immediate results from their horticultuial 

 eflbits. Some of these grow from seeds, and others 

 from roots, which increase very rapidly. We recom- 

 mend all our fair friends who wish to procure some- 

 thing rare and beautiful in this department, to exam- 

 ine his collection. 



If, after reading ihese few lines, ony of your read- 

 ers say, " after all, this raising of flowers is going to 

 be too much trouble !" We soy to thcni — ciily tiy it 

 — gel your husband or brother, or hire sonic one to lay 

 you out a border and begin; and if you do rot fnd 

 after a time, that nothing seems to he trouble that is 



done with a willing mind, we are much niisloken. 



Wcs. far. ^- Gunkner. H. E. B. S. 



Modesty. 



Who shall win the prize? There was a meeting of 

 the flowers, and the judge was appointed to award ihe 

 prize of beauty. " Who shall win the prize 1" oshs 

 the rose, proudly stepping forward in blushing beauty, 

 with full assuiance of its winning worth. "Who 

 shall win the prize ?" asks the rest of the flowers as 

 they come forward, each conscious of its attractions, 

 ard each equolly suie of receiving the award. "I 

 will take a peep at the asseniblage," thought the vio- 

 let, not intending to make one of the company, "and 

 see the beauties as they pass." Just os it was laising 

 its modest head from its humble and retiring coiner, 

 and was looking in upon the meeting, the judge arose 

 to render his decree. To the violet, eoys he, I award 

 the prize of beauty, for iheie is no tiait more rare, 

 none more enchontingly beautiful, than — Modesty, 



Time. 



It is a truism thai time passes ropidly av\'ay. The 

 v\'heel is constantly revolving, and carries with it our 

 griefs ond our joys — and finally life itself. Tie an- 

 cients represented Time with a forelock, to show that 

 it should be seized without di lay, and that if once Inst, 

 it cannot be secured. The duraiiou of a niaii's life 

 should not be estimated by his years, but by w hat he 

 his accomplished — by the uses vs'hich he has mode <* 

 time and opportunity. 'I tie industrious man lives 

 longer than the drone — mi by inuring our body to ex 

 exercise and activity — we shall more than double the 

 years of our existence. 



" The humifeds of idle young men scatter^ 

 throughout the country, and lounging about in our 

 large towns, furnish indisputable evidence that many 

 of the rising generation are contracting hrbiis which, 

 in after li'o, must cause a large amount of sorrow and 

 wretchedness. Labor is not respected as ii should be, 

 and the consequence is, that idleness takes the place 

 of industry, and poverty, ghastly and wtelthcd, that 

 of dieeifnlnos* and content." 



