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THE NEW GENESEE FARMER, 



Vol. 3. 



FLOWKRS. 



The fnllciwinc is « prc'.ty bmiuct received from f^ir hands, 

 which, we hojie, will cull orhers for our use, even sweeter 

 and more fair. 



For the TVeuj Genesee Farmer, 

 The following lines were suggested hy the perusnl of an 

 nrtlelo on FLriculture in a late numljer of the New Gone- 

 8ee Farmer. 



I love the flowers, the fair young flowers, 



Where'er their dwelling l)c ; 

 Though splinting i n the mountain side— 

 Or 'nealii the greenwood tree. 



Though found In each sequestered nootr, 



Of every woodkind shade ; 

 Or bio -ming, 'mid the gay parterre, 



By tasteful fingera made. 



A pleasant task it is, I worn, 



Thsfragi.e things to rear, 

 Whose wc.-iUh of verdant h.vclinos, 



Life's weary hours in.iy cheer. 



To watch llie opening inids that spring, 



'Neath summer's genial showers ; 

 Each 8tri\in^ in i'.e bluflhinii pride, 



To b.'oom the fairest flower.*). 



And when at last the blossoms lie 



All witbere.1 at our fee;. 

 And lavish on the pasiin? breeze 



Their perlumed odors sweet ; 



Tl ere comes from every fading flower 



A lesson for the heart. 

 That earth's most fnir nn.-I love'y things 



"The soonest must ilcp.'.i;," 



" For voiceless teachers arc tiiey cl!," 



And einhlemstcio, of youlh. 

 Its days of infant purit;-. 



lis trusting yeprs ol Ir.ith. 



And liltc the Iinman flowers that spring 



In iieauty 'loundour liear h, 

 Till, fad ng from our sight aw.iy. 



We know not half their worth. J.I.._ 



Ruinl Life nud Plea.«iuics. 

 Mm. CoLM.iN — 



Your correspondent Zelia, eaya tbnt our dittn nd 

 interest slioiild prompt n3 to bestow our co operation 

 to moke your columns iiisiriictive nr.d interesting ; 

 and tliat '.hiscnnnotbe fully ottaincd unless your fe- 

 inn'e readers render some assistance. 



With Bn imperfect ednroiion, I feel mucli difTidence 

 in presenting you this communicolion. But since my 

 education taught me lo peiforni every known duty, 1 

 fim most happy to render niy part, hnmlile as that mny 

 be. The offering, if not accepted for its intrinsic 

 value, may be welcome (or the good intentions which 

 dictate it. I have not the vivid imagination and envi- 

 able sensibility of W. B., nor the fund of interesting 

 ideas of Zelia ; but I hope I mny be allowed to claim 

 f-ir myself n grateful and holy reverence for ray Cre- 

 ator, and a thirst for improvement in science, in liter- 

 ature, in floriculture and horticulture, in rural and 

 domestic economy, and finally, in every thing that 

 pertains to the developemcnt of human virtue, iho ad- 

 vancement of good morale and the present well-being 

 nndfiiture happiness of mankind. An attention to 

 flowers and shrubs, serves to inspire a taste for natu- 

 ral beauty every wheie, and lor nil that is delightful 

 and lovely in the works of our Creator. It is our 

 duty to cherish and strengthen and nourish the benev 

 oient aflections, and a sympathetic attachment foral! 

 that s.irround us. Much certainly is to be done for 

 many of us, in order to prepare our minds for enjoy- 

 ment in the works of nature, in erasing our false 

 ideas and prejudices in relation to the true sources of 

 our best and purest pleasures. A ramble through the 

 green fields and over the hills, may be prompted by 

 mere listlessnefs or accident, or if you please, by ro- 

 mance or (asliion ; and without some cultivated taste 

 for rural scenery or some synipaihy with nature, wc 

 may not Icel in such case a single emotion of heart 

 felt enjiymeni, nor one grateful or reverential .ispirn 



lion of the soul to heaven, for the infinite abundance 

 and exquisite and countless forms of beauty which 

 arc spread around us. 



But we connot expect every one to look upon nature 

 as in every deportmnnl and object alive with the pres- 

 ence of God, nor to feel deeply conscious of the great 

 source from whence tiiese pleasures flow, and happy 

 always in this recognition ol the divine goodness. 

 But 1 should rejoice, if any motive, even of an infe- 

 rior character, would induce them lo spend Eome part 

 of their time in the fields and the garden and thefor- 

 ests, by the silver etrenm and by the mirrored lake, 

 rather than that they should not do it at all. But in 

 order to taste the deep and exhsuslless fountains of 

 pure bliss, enclosed, il I may so say, wiihin the folds 

 of every shooting plant, or under their full developed 

 leaves, amid.sl all the secrets and all the wonders of 

 vegetable life, we inusi feel and reflect and meditate 

 upon the design and intentions, for which their aulhor 

 formed them, and the sublime and happy influences, 

 with which they are capable of inspiring our minds. 

 It is with peculiar pleasure I peruse an occasional line 

 from llie pens of a few of the many gifted females o' 

 our happy and privileged country. Mny they dig deep 

 for the the rich stores of intellectual wealth wiihin 

 iheir reach, and bring them forth to adorn and bless 

 the community. They cannot exert their talents too 

 much in order to render rural scenery attractive and 

 rural life delightful ; and to show how much itsp'eas- 

 ures and privileges are to be coveted. 



Happy is the condition of that rural retreat, where 

 the peaceful labors I. f agricnUure and the calm pleas- 

 ures of country life divide the hours; where abun- 

 dance comes as the honest compensation of labor ; 

 contentment springs out of an innocent mind and a 

 guiltless conscience, and simple mirth and youthful 

 glee are but the pourings out of a full heart, like the 

 bubbling and sparkling waters from a gushing spring. 

 It is delightful to see the love of natui-e in her simpli- 

 city, in her beauty, in her variety, in her grandeur, in 

 her glory, highly cultivated and strengthened; ic 

 pour our hearts out in grateful admiration and wonder 

 at the exhibitions and testimonials of the divine boun- 

 ty in the lliwcrs, die forests, the fields, the fountains : 

 in the multiplied forms of life every where crowding 

 uponoursight, and every where manifesting their own 

 enjoyment of existence ; in the budding and flower- 

 ing foliage of spring, in the golden and ripened har- 

 vest, in winter's glittering mantle, in the reddening 

 dawn, in the gorgeous siniKet, am! in the star span- 

 gled night. When lo such loses as these are added 

 stores of inttllcctunl wcrdih, consisnily increasing, 

 iho charms of unbroken and warm domestic affec- 

 , lions, ibc mingling of sympathclic hearts, which in 

 every kind and every elevated emotion, vibrate in 

 harmony, and wilfa all a deep and grateful sentiment 

 of depcndance and duty to the great and exhaustless 

 source of all happiness, where on earth shnll we look 

 lor a condition more privileged and blessed ; what 

 stimulants does il furnish to virtuous industry, and 

 what alleviaiions lo those pains and afilictions which 

 are inseparable from onr humanity. 



FLORA. 



ZeUa-"I)o!ncstic amd Political SIcoiuomy-~ 

 Kural Tastr, &.C. 

 Mr. Coi.mav — I felicitate you on the acquisition of 

 such a female correspondent as Kelia ; her lessons on 

 domestic economy if lived up lo, will do more to- 

 wards curing hard times, and commencing a henllhy 

 social reform, thnn a hundred essays on political econ 

 omy, or twice that number of common-place high 

 tariff or home league resolutions ; in fact, stern neces 

 sity alone is now dealing with the people, and bring- 

 ing about that state of things which Zelia would ef- 

 fect by moral suas'on, nnd the beauty of her own in 



fo. 



dividual and may I not say, tiuly intellectual cx-l 

 ample. 



Since " foreign goods and trinkets" cannot bo paid 

 for any longer in paper contrivances, prices in New nts 

 York have fallen bo ruinously low, that next to none! 

 will now be imported for the remainder of the fiscall 

 year; and the gieat puzzle now is with our nationall 

 financiers, how they are to raise a revenue at ell, ifAitii 

 they increase the present larifT of duties, since larg^jijuit 

 quanliiios of foreign goods ore now being reshippcd tol 

 avoid the payment of our present taritT; what a hies, 

 sed thing it is that all foreign balances against us can* 

 now only be paid in coin, as noihing short of ihisi 

 would have slopped imporlalions ; a call for specia' 

 strikes at the life of our Banks, and they are so aversei 

 to dying, thai they had rather see all ihe ladies in tha 

 country go wiihoul biocnde shawls and velvet c'loaksj 

 than to lose even a nioiiie of their coin. 



Who is so blind as nut to see in this state of things 

 a belter and more lasting encouragement to silk cul- 

 ture ond home industry, than all the special legisla* 

 lion Congress could bestow in the shape of high lariflj 

 orslill more senseless retaliatory restrieliorip? •What 

 has England's high tarill reslriclions done for her,i 

 bul increase the volume of her population, her paupers 



and her poor rates? Her manufacturing industry haa | 'F' 

 been stimulated by protection, until it was necessary '" 

 10 give to her ogiiculture like protection, in order to 

 make her independent of other nations for bread, ond 

 also to stim.ulatc ihe home market for her surplu* 

 manufactures. Let us then in these United ?iatea, 

 with our vast territory, our endless rolling prairicsi 

 nnd superior sunny climnlp, be slow to think that wft 

 have the same need of restrictions on trade, as iitllei 

 colli, wet, over populated Great Britain ! 



Zelia inculcates domestic simplicity and economy, 

 in a manner which shews that she has arrived at thi 

 corner stune of political economy almost witboul 

 knowing il ; her lessons shew that simplicity in d 

 meslic arrangement, is the true handmaid to menta| 

 culture, that meretricious display and fashionable ex. 

 cess, can hardly conceal vulgarity of mind, or maki 

 up for a deficient edu;-atinn. I hope 2elia will writi 

 often for the Farninr; U i her tell her log house sisteri 

 to keep their scnniy turiniuie "bright and clean 

 a little white wash bolh within and without, a clam- 

 bering vine, a grass plot, a garden with a few flower, 

 ing shrubs and plants, will speak a much belter civili" 

 zation and mental culture, for the unknown inmalaJl 

 of ihal cabin, ihan the most ambuious farm house i^ 

 the land. S. W. 'i 



FIoricultuie.""L'anipanula rotnndi-'bla. | 



Mn. CoLMAN — I have ever read with a great deal <l 

 interest the ariidesin your Journal on the flowers flleilli 

 spring, summer nnd autumn. 



I have admired the unbiassed jiidgmcnt ond finrt 

 taste, which led the writer of those sketches lo plai 

 — not only in his garden, bul in his list of flowers, 

 side by side with imported exotics,our native Hepatii 

 triloba, Sangiiinnria Canadensis, Lobelia cardinal!! 

 nnd even the neglected Macrotrysraccmosa, ond ma: 

 other native beauties usually overlooked 



But I have looked in vain for any reference lo ni 

 lovely indigenous flower, nnd can only excuse ihi 

 neglect of my favorite hy supposing the genilcman 

 stranger to its existence. If this be true, I am o 

 tain he would not object to an introduction. 



If on some bright day in June, he will go with 

 while my of;en rest from the plough, to one of tl 

 woody uplands of Genesee county, where the undei 

 wood is thickest and ihc soil go mixed with flints thi 

 'I blade of grass can hardly grow, we should occi 

 .^ionally discover a little blue bell abont the size of 

 icoin hanging on a stalk a few inches in length, n: 

 fO slighl as to he moved by every biorze. If he 



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