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Jt^*Few readers can be aware until they have had | 
occasion to test the fact, how, much labor of research is 
often saved by such a table as the following— the work of | 
one now in his grave. If “History is Poetry,” as one j 
who is a true poet himself forcibly remarks, then here is 
“Poetry Personified.” — [Harper. j 
I COT 
ICII 
1C‘20 
1623 
1624 
1627 
1635 
1635 
1636 
1650 
3670 
1682 
1733 
1701 
1702 
1706 
1802 
1811 
1816 
1817 
1818 
1810 
lo20 
1821 
3836 
1836 
1845 
iai5 
1846 
1848 
1850 
®otliciiltttrQl Dfjiartiiifitt. 
WORK FOR THE MONTH— (DECEMBER.) 
[December derives its name from the Latin I'ecemjcn; 
as, in the Roman year, instituted by Romulus, beginning 
with March, it was the tenth month. It answers to the 
Jewish Tcbclk, (Esther ii. 16,) which signifies min/, and 
is the fourth of their civil and tenth of their sac/cd year. 
By the Saxons it was named Aerra-tleola, or Before- 
Christmas.] 
Virginia first settled by the English. 
JN'ew York first settled by the Dutch. 
Massachusetts settled by the Puritans. 
New Hampshire settled by Puritans. 
New Jersey settled by the Dutch. 
Delaware settled by Swedes and Fins. 
Maryland settled by Irish Catholics. 
Connecticut settled by the Puritans. 
Rhode Island settled by Roger Williams. 
North Carolina settled by the English. 
South Carolina settled by the Hugenots. 
Pennsylvania settled by VV^m. Penn. 
Georgia settled by Gen. Oglethorpe. 
VeTmont admitted into the Pinion. 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Ohio 
Louisiana 
Indiana 
Mississippi 
Illinois 
Alabama 
IHaine 
Missouri 
Michigan 
Arkansas 
Florida 
Texas 
Iowa 
Wisconsin 
California 
THE PLANTATION. 
Cotton Picking ought now to be finished as soon as | 
;possible, and the balance of the crop packed, and sent 
forward to market, so that the planter and his hands may 
have a little leisure before commencing the next years 
labors. The planting of “our great staple” is a drudgery 
at best ; but it is made more laborous than necessary, by j 
the “never ending, still beginning” system of most our j 
planters. Let our readers who are so deeply interested, 
begin the reform at once. 
Corn land of last year, intended for the same crop next 
year, should be broken up thoroughly and deeply ; and, 
if stiflf, bedded up and exposed to the amelorating influence 
of the winters rain and frost. Plow ac/oss the furrows 
of last year; and subsoil, if possible. Land cannot be 
made too deep or rich for corn — it is a gross and exacting 
feeder. Clear up, also, some good new, fresh land for the 
coming Corn crop. 
Wheat, Rye, Oats and Barley may also be sown yet, 
but the sooner the better. Note what has been heretofore 
said about thorough preparation of the soil, and put your 
seed in right. Manure heavily, plow deep, and pulverize 
as fine as possible. 
Fruit Trees of all kinds should be set out during De- 
cember and January, if possible. For directions, see our 
November number, page 346 ; and for the proper selection 
of trees, consult the different Southern Nurserymen 
whose advertisements will be found in our pages. One 
good Southern seedling fruit tree, worked on a native 
Southern stock, is worth half a dozen of dwarfish, slow- 
growing Northern trees. The time for importing Fruit 
trees is past and gone forever — henceforth the current 
sets from the South, northward— trees raised in Georgia 
being now sent to supply orders from North Carolina and 
Virginia. 
Hedges of all kinds should note be planted. See direc- 
tions in Nov. number. 
With the closing year, close up all accounts; open new 
books, and make a fresh and energetic start with the new 
era which is now dawning upon us. 
THE GARDEN. 
Sow Cabbage, Turnips, Parsnips, Lettuce, Carrots, 
Radishes, &c., &c. Haul plenty of manure on your gar- 
den, plow it over deeply; or, better still, have it well 
spaded, burying under all enriching animal or vege- 
table matter. Transplant Brocoli, Cabbages, Celery, 
^'Collardsf^ &c. Dress and manure your Aspara- 
gus beds, not forgetting to give them a liberal top-dressing 
of salt, before spring. Save all old bones, soap-suds, dead 
leaves, decaying vegetables, &c., &c., and make up into 
compost heaps for future use. Plant choice Fruit Trees, 
selecting varieties which are known to be adapted to the 
South. Our Southern Nurserymen, have paid especial at- 
tention to the piopagation of choice native varieties, and 
will doubtless, be able to supply all orders. 
Straicbcrry Beds, for spring bearing, may also still be 
planted, according to directions given last month. 
THE NUESERY. 
Propagate all the choicest and best varieties of Southern 
fruits, by grafting and from cuttings. The Quince, the 
Fig, the Grape and the Pomegranate grow readily by the 
latter method, when planted in moist, shady ground; and 
the Apple, Pear, Plum, &c., may be successfully grafted 
on good, strong seedling stocks. 
SUGAR GROWING— THE DATE PALM, &C. 
In regard to the Chinese Sugar Ca.yie (Holcus Sacchara- 
tus'), the editor of the New Y’ork Tribune writes, from 
Paris, under date of July 17 : 
I have just had a conversation with Mr. Wray, an in- 
telligent English planter from Natal, (South Africa,) who 
has been a sugar-grower in both the East and West Indies, 
and who is confident that a plant known among the Kaf- 
fres as the Ipify might be advantageously naturalized and 
grown in all temperate climates for the production of sugar. 
He says it will grow wherever Indian Corn will ripen, 
