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The vegetation of a shrub or a part | nd leok 
of it, it, | for’ fended which appeared healthy a thay or two ber i is ie Beat’ ‘inn me ‘to sow. An ny sooner would expose | very u and are common y called the aren 
ago is arrest peer i the Re withe: ng and er Pret yt TAA aon or astern of the most ty worm” The re is also a small worm which attacks the bud 
| the whole is as dead aa had _ bee taken Before the seed is sown, the plant, and which is sure des! truc tio! nio u 
b sotib + re Tint bakó he off upon the nursery | g 
m. But a little examination ands that it was no ee to destroy insects and Grass seeds ; then take an | be seen within the two coats of the leaf, feeding as it 
sudden vi sitation ; destruc tion had been trav elling on- | ounce of Tobacco seed and mix rit t with about a quart of were on its juices alone. The worming should be 
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through the tender succulent ph on which the vigour | and sow it broa: deast. the seed has been thus| the plants are pretty well grown, after which every 
of the plant depended ; n ne. had been gradually | sown, the surface of a bed ought to be raked over | other day will be sufficient. The most 
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sp of bark by w which the foliage was supplied with | whole weight of the body with it, in order that the | years of age. They should be made to come to the 
rough by canker, and | ground may at once adhere close to the seed, and then Tobacco ground early in the morning, and be led by 
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rey gated Fite w was a rohan and the plant or peg? ine Should the nursery beds apparently become | inducements (such as giving a trifling re to those 
pate Be perished. m “blighting winds or other causes, watering | who will bring the most worms) to worm it properly. 
460. he stants ‘of f lightning when it is really the cause wil be rectors A necessary ; for the ground ought to | Gro wn persons w would find it rather too tedious to stoop 
of injury are in general too palpable o trisi 4 be e kep t part of every leaf rage seek the 
doubt though it does not always act i worm under ground ; nor would they be uch alive 
nor with the same degree of actual phen Foppa The ries being made, eraser to PREPARE THE | to the value 2 a ’spoonful of sugar, or adani light 
the force of the stroke to be equal. Am ulti tude of | LAND ana the Tobacco is to be set out. If tl rd Besid where the former would make this 
y newly cleared, (and new land is probably h it would prove to 
f uara or the | favourable to the production of this aon t than it is to | the latter only a p Aae and irksome occupation. Here 
po of incidere or rng part of ty re on which the | that of any other, both as respects quality and quantity,) | l rea ve rve, that it is for similar reasons that the 
yen impinges. The albumen of the wood is more | remove as many of the stumps and roots as Bika the Cuba Tobacco plant m 
c with moisture than the 2 rest t of the | and dig up the ground in such a manner as to render aal 4 a eti ei somo for there are few 
‘ree, and therefore is a i better conductor, Th th face perfect] quirin, i e 
of the rd when it en ae or oe naturally | in this | state leave it until the nursery plants have | than it does. Indeed, it wil present a sorry appearance, 
the course o youn otk d, cand i q about one-half the growth necessary to admit | unless the eye of its Jegi itimate proprietor is constantly 
i that T re especially, a at the e throwin g | of hee being set erg Next, break up the ground a | watching over it. 
= ae ia: s byi p sudden peters hme of corto some. | second time in the ‘same manner as the first, as in this| When the plants have acquire to 14 good 
tance from the trunk. The course | way all the small fibres of roots and their rootlets will | leaves, and are about knee e high, K maf he well to begin 
of the ightaing 3 not, however, indicated by the} be more or less separated, and thus obviate much of TOP THEM by the aid 
line of fissure, whi ich me with the est i that degree yi i to new land, and finger d thumb nail, „t taking care not to destroy the 
least resistance. The more ‘central parts 5 meanwhile which is, in a great measure, the cause of its seldom | small faves immediately near the bud; for if the land 
fi EI odern well the first year, a s the soil does not ne is goo ood, a hod season Liccuiath: those v very small top 
tric strata i reasing i nor ty towards the circum- close se enough to the roots o the lea es will, a short time, be nearly as large, and ripen 
ference aey as in iio splits, the outer h i the lower ones, whereby two or four 
being anégrtastvedy more “aea with moisture and removing the earth still more from ‘dot Should te more leaves may be saved ; thus obtaining from 16 to 
better conducto rs. The same force which causes the land „be sue ch as to | admit of being wo rked w ith the | 18 be ed i Bye of 12or 14, 
l e topping of the "Tobacco plant i we" all 
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at various points, causes also the separatio n of tree fae, p plough, omerer, should be pec fi 
ing: , and thus the tree is sahibesi the plants are se the perks of the “leaves, I would rho “that 
into thin laths. Sometimes, however, there is less} The ground faving been prepared and properly | operation should, at all Pj mm commence the instant 
difference between the state of moisture of the rings, | levelled off, and the plants sufficiently grown to be | that the bud of the plan a disposition to go to 
and the effect is the more general, so that only one or josie up, say of the size of 'abbage plants, take | seed, and be immediately oei by removing the 
i without muc! suckers, which it will now Lat r? at every leaf ; eTR 
ment on the surface, Bb meyer E ¥ mence erp RA This should be done ma great the suckers should te fe m the plant ” as often 
fibres of which the stem is com cur Siger care, and the plants put single at equal distances ; that | as they appear. The Tobacco S peat ought never to be 
e case i eet north and th d full i ich js kn 
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that direction, the fissures in the trunk soi aem Tie or two and three-fourths feet east and west: They are cto leaves becomi oe ottled, , and of a thick 
a spiral course. When aria is hollow or filled pet Mae close to each other E prevent the 2 Sasi and gummy to the touch, at i, at which time the end 
with ett the lightning may in additi m growing too large. The directions of the rows, oft the he leaf, by being rat ~ will break short, which it 
mischief set the tree oi on fire, but this seems never to be homens to ar peg? rding to the situation of the | will ras do to the same when n green. It ought 
the case re land. W it any inclination, the widest space | not be cut in wet ‘weather, 1 lose thi 
own aan should run across it as the beds will have to ads d ce, 80 ry to be preserved. 
__ 461. It is ‘not, however, probable that in every case so ty Aig nt the soil from being washed fi the piety this peri riod, the iyatot is t to be 
rain when bedded ; but where mi “and is | rendered anxious by the fea 5 Aloh g the plants to 
of moisture. A heat so intense as to generate Steam he level, the thri ee-foot rows shou! uld be rth and remain in the a là longer than isei) until 
t the fissi south } I removes these apprehensions. He should 
ofa trunk some two or three feet in thickness wiih passing directly across the beds rather than sraao n his guard, iow wever, not to a estroy the quality of 
much external injury, as is sometimes the case, must | Over them. To set the plants out regularly, take his Tobacso o by cu mii edie Airra When the CUTTING 
destroy the vi o ch which it| task line 105 feet in length, T a p ponten, stick, three | is to commence, there should be yee hira i a quantity of 
passes, and yet fissured trunks m3 live for many years | feet long, attached to each end o ; then insert small | forked stakes, set sen with a pole , or rider, pt, 
and the fissure be concealed hy ee pi Gare of wood, | pieces of rags or something ad hash the line, at | one each fo rk, rea an Cae Tobacco | and keep it 
insomuch that it may never vered till they acd Eear of two feei t se three-fourths from even 
arecut down. It is p rey therefor, eek = en place it north and south, (or as the land may | with the “surface a nae Eoi , and the person thu: 
may sometimes be produce ced by mere cal for e | remire, at full length, and then set a plant at every See =e ta should strike the aerer ried of the stalk 
alone, giek vision, comes keeping the bud of the plant above blunt side of his knife, so as tc 
bee a where there is no question about wa e surface f the d. Then — the line three unin as much of the sand rs gas to fall from it as 
sudden generatio of steam, t a a rien y in _ from the first row, and so on until the planting | possible ; then tying two stalks are 
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by much alitis injury. Where Ko siiis ká uka ple place mide of the line from misplacing the pie: In | receive them. In this state, they are allowed to remain 
pre may be arrested generally by the intense this way, the plants can be easily seas out, kaa ar roper | in the sun or open air, Eam me aya, have kaem 
ie action. | taking the Tms wilted, whereby they will not e to injury 
462, Some ki certainly more subject up i from the nursery, the ground si should firs be which they wo o ise receive if they came 
te be struck by. rpg da, — but ae aha of P 9 idenly in contact with, other bodies when fresh cut. 
in proportion to the broad, th fully holding the leaves closed towards | Then, place as many plants on each pole, or rider, as 
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on the earth may again “adhere t to those remaining. and ied drying. ing. as the drying 
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CULTIVATION OF E TOBACCO. but where wt has to be cultivated it will be to make room for those which yet remain to be 
HERNANDEZ, GUSTINE, pl 
rning vening. 
first thing to be mii in this, as in every | set out in the morning, unless in rainy or cloudy! In pryinc THE Toxacco, all damp air air should be 
other culture, is the sort, which, for the Cuba variety of | weather, should be covered immediately, and the same | excluded ; nor should the drying of it be P ipinin 
Tobacco, ought to be of a rich sandy loam, neither too | should be done with those planted the evening previous, | by gh drying winds. This process is 
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beds. It would be preferable to make these on land | the evening, until they have taken root. It is hence | It is liable to mildew in damp weather ; that is, when 
newly cleared, or at all events where it has not been prike me Hey mim Rat eer ir at con- con- | the leaf changes from its original colour to a pale yelow 
| seeded with Grass; for Grass seeds springing up venient distances throughout the fields. The plants | cast, and from this, by to an even brown. 
i together with Tobacco would injure it materially, as the | should also be y d à, he middle stem is dry, it can be takoi 
| Grass cannot removed without disturbing the plants, | replace such as happen to dic; Unt the ground tnay be and the leaves pr ke Tob the stalk 4 and 
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feet broad, so enable the han st aras kapti; t 1 growing disposition, begin gradually to | i 
ate a a dmc nm ae a leaves ore to be stripp from e gwg 
both sides of the and them perfectly clean. | closely e even while in the nursery, to destroy | cloudy weather, w ey are more easily 
ee ee i ce caus rieniras orbit that feed upon them, which the separation of the qualities rendered also 
proper for sowinc Tae sEED in Florida. Some persons | the stalks and “naw the leaves wh The good 
speak of planting it as early as the month of November. They resemble the grab worm, and are to be found near "| Washing the hands after this in water is necessary, as tha 
* Much use bas been made in aig araeo of abstract of | the injured, Plats Sene oa the. Others, which come | serid juices of the plants, otherwise, would soon produce a sore- 
Colin's paper in " Botanische Zeitung,” Feb. 3, 1854. of the fingers. 
