SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
225. 
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PEACHES—NOTE FROM 
DR. M. W. PHILIPS. 
All Peache growers are well aw'are that there is an 
‘'aching void” in the supply of this delicious fruit, in many 
parts of the South, from about the 20th of August until 
the middle of October, when the fine variety originofted 
by Dr. Baldwin, of Ala., and other late kinds, begin to 
ripen. Wishing to obtain a succession of first-rate sorts 
to fill this interval, gy we earnestly call on our porno- 
logical readers for such information as they may have on 
the subject. The following, from our esteemed corres- 
pondent, Dr. Philips, of Edwards’ Depot, Miss., is to the 
point ; 
“As to Peaches ripening in August and September and, 
up to, say, the 15th of October, I think I can promise you 
for that season some good fruit. I will examine some that 
I have had my eye on for two years, this fall, add to my 
own, if they prove good, and will be pleased to aid you in 
getting any and all we have here. I have the finest col- 
lection of October Peachy I know of. During this 
summer, if you will keep me in mind ofit, I will give you 
a list of varieties ripening in August, September and Octo- 
ber. 
“Some of these days I may drop you a line or so, on fruits; 
now, I am perplexed about a stand of cotton. There has 
not been rain enough for six weeks to bring up seed. 
Some of my neighbors have perfect stands; mine will not 
average three-quarters. My corn is good, considering 
there was no rain. I have 190 acres in corn. The half 
of which will do me, if a fair crop. I have 10 acres of 
Canada Yellow, and Adams’ Early White, tasselling at 
about 2 feet.” 
The Odor of Flowers.— The perfume or odor of 
flowers may be gathered, according to the Scientific 
American, in a very simple manner, and without ap- 
paratus. Gather the flowers with as little stalk as possi- 
ble, and place them in a jar three parts full of olive or 
almond oil After being in the oil twenty-four hours, 
put them into a coarse cloth, and squeeze the oil from 
them. This process, with fresh flowers, is to be repeated 
according to the strength ef the perfume desired. The 
oil, being thus thoroughly perfumed with the volatile 
principle of the flowers, is to be mixed with an equal 
quantity of pure rectified spirits and shaken every day 
for a fortnight, when it may be poured off ready for use. 
As this is the season for sweet scented blossoms, 
this method may be practically tested and without 
any great trouble or expense. It would add additional 
interest to the cultivation of flowers. 
THE RESCUE GRASS (CERATOCHLOA BREVIARIS- 
TATA.) 
According to promise, we give below two communi- 
cations on this grass, and would now gladly adjourn the 
matter over until another season’s trial furnishes us with 
more reliable tests of its true character. Desiring, however, 
to make the Cultivator the medium of all information of 
interest to the agricultural public, we shall continue to 
give the views of our disinterested subscribers and others 
upon this grass from time to time, until its merits are de- 
finitely and conclusively settled. 
TEXAS OAT, alias RESCUE GRASS — EXPERIMENT WITH RYE 
Editors Southern Cultivator — On the 20th of April 
I cut my Rye the third time; it then being in bloom — yield, 
16 lbs.) aggregate (3 cuttings) 311-4 lbs, This will close 
my experiment for this season, and perhaps for ever. I 
left the Oat, or Rescue, still undisturbed, that it might 
fully develope itself and mature its seed. It is now nearly 
dead, without ever having been cut or grazed ; and if, 
every sprig of any one row was cut, it would not weigh 
5 lbs. I have abandoned it w'ith the seed in despair. 
I had intended to have preserved the latter and deposit- 
ed them with you for gratuitous distribution to such person* 
as would have obligated themselves to repeat the experi- 
ment which I have made, and report the result for publi- 
cation ; but of the three rows which I sowed, 60 feet long, 
I do not hink I could gather a gill of seed. 
As seed will probably be cheap in this neighborhood, 
say Si per bushel, I will still furnish you with that quan- 
tity for distribution to any of your subscribers who will 
agree to renew my experiment and give the result to you 
for publication in your widely extended and valuable 
journal, as I do not wish to detract from its merit as com- 
pared with Barley or Rye. This much I will say, how- 
ever, that in the absence of either of these grains it might 
be employed as a very good substitute, if grown on very 
rich soil. Algernon. 
the other side. 
B. V. Iverson, Esq. — Sir — I sowed some of the seed 
of the Ceratochloa Brcviaristata, obtained from you 
through Dr. Gray, of Nashville, Tenn., on the last of Oc- 
tober. It is now three feet high in some places, and head- 
ed out beautifully. 
Some seeds have thrown out 12 to 15 branches and it ia 
very heavy grained, and must yield heavily in that line, if 
this climate should mature it. 
I should not be surprised if it would yield 20 to 30 
bushels to the acre. This quality shoots it far ahead of 
any other domesticated grass with which I am acquaint- 
ed. 
I invited Judge Martin, of Liberty, the other day to 
see it and chew it. We did so, and came to a “tkjw, conP 
conclusion that it abounds in saccharine matter — say 
equal to maize. 
I sowed the balance of my seed on the 15th of April. It 
is coming handsomely, by deep plowing, sowing and 
harrowing in the seed. 
Where did it originate? Tell me all about it. I will 
give it publicity through the Tennessee newspapers. 
Remaining, most respectfully. 
Turner Vaughan. 
La Guar do, Tenn., May 10, 1855. 
DYSPEPSIA, over-eating, &C. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Indigestion is the 
prevailing malady of civilized life. It occurs so frequent- 
ly, is attended with so much suffering, and so serious are 
its consequences upon the health and happiness of man- 
kind, that it has the strongest claims upon our sympathy, 
and deserves the serious attention of every intelligent 
human being. 
Dyspepsia is sometimes the consequence of disease, lo- 
cated in different and remote parts of the body, over which 
the individual can have no control whatever. More fre- 
quently, however, it is the direct result of errors in cook- 
ing and eating, and other habits which are constantly 
warring against nature; and ought^to be regarded only 
as “ the natural penalty for the violation of a natural 
law.” But it is exceedingly difficult to convince any one, 
especially one that is ailing and valetudinary, that his 
mode of living is a bad one ; or that his habits have any- 
thing to do with his discomfort. He is ready to blame 
anything but his own conduct with being the cause of his 
suffering. And though often warned by various premon- 
itions of ill health and approaching disease, he heeds 
them not. Sickness may check, but cannot change his 
