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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
JForrign Agricultural $3 od0. 
We are in receipt of our foreign journals to 24th 
November. 
Ashes dull. Cotton had declined \d per lb., and small 
sales. Wheat and Flour receding in prices, and large 
stocks of all kinds of grain accumulating. Indian Corn 
an advance of 6 d. per quarter. Cheese a slight advance. 
All other American produce dull at slightly declining 
prices. • 
Money very abundant at 2 to 3 per cent. There are 
nearly £16,000,000 bullion in the Bank of England, 
which is about $80,000,000. 
Large Geranium. —A noted grower of geraniums, 
who lives near Portsmouth, is said to possess a gera¬ 
nium which measures twelve feet round, and which has 
yielded, during the present season, 715 bunches of 
blossoms. 
Victoria regia at Chatsworth. —This very extra¬ 
ordinary South-American water lily, which occupies a 
large tank, built for the purpose, in one of the stoves at 
Chatsworth, is just coming into bloom, and will proba¬ 
bly open its first flower in the course of two or three 
days. 
Waste of Manure. —It is computed by an English 
paper, that the worth of fertilizing matters discharged 
into the Thames through the sewers, (and totally lost,) 
of London, would, if saved and applied to the land, 
produce grain sufficient to yield 250,000,000 lbs of bread. 
This is “ casting bread upon the waters ” in a way not 
likely to return with blessings to the donors. 
4 Large Yucca gloriosa. —There is now growing at 
New Close, the seat of Thomas Cooke, Esq., near this 
town, the largest specimen of the above-named plant I 
have yet seen. It stands 10 feet 6 inches high, the 
girth of the main stem being 3 feet 4 inches near the 
ground; and where 14 distinct heads branch off. the 
stem is 2 feet 8 inches round. The circumference of the 
plant is 32 feet round the top ; and as a proof that it is 
m good health, there are 12 more young shoots break¬ 
ing from the main stem. 
Hungarian Farmers. —It is said that the celebrated 
patriot, Ladislau Ujhazy, (pronounced Wehazy,) late 
Governor of Comorn and its dependences, will soon ar¬ 
rive in the United States, with 96 of his compatriots. 
It is their intention to settle among us. Governor 
Ujhazy’s large estate, at Budamar, was one of the. best 
cultivated in Hungary; in fact, it was considered a 
model farm. It has been completely devastated by the 
Austrian armies, and is now confiscated. We hope 
these noble Hungarians will be successful in raising 
themselves up equally good estates in our own happy 
country. Here they will at least escape the brutal 
Austrian bayonet and prison. 
Proposed Abolition of Bull Fights in Spain. —It is 
said that one of the first acts of the newly-created 
Junta General of Agriculture, at Madrid, will be to 
recommend the gradual suppression of bull fights, in 
consequence of their prejudicial effects upon the mate¬ 
rial interests and the morality of the country. It is 
calculated that 4,000 horses annually perish in Spain 
upon the horns of the bull, which is more than Napoleon 
ever had killed in nine years’ warfare ; and, in a coun¬ 
try essentially agricultural, like Spain, this continued 
and cruel destruction of a useful animal, deprives those 
who dedicate themselves to the culture of the soil of a 
large amount of working power that might be applied 
to the augmentation of their prosperity. The annual 
destruction of 1,500 bulls in the various fights celebrat¬ 
ed throughout the Peninsula, destroys the best working 
breeds, impairs the quality of beef, impoverishes the 
milk markets, contributes to the decadence of pastures 
and fields, and augments the prices of butter and milk, 
which, in civilized countries, are counted amongst the 
necessaries of life. All these considerations, and the 
fact that the people, by attending bull fights, acquire 
habits of brutality and ferocity, by becoming accus¬ 
tomed to scenes of bloodshed, is likely to induce the 
government to attend to the representations of the Junta 
of Agriculture. 
Flax-Cotton. —It perhaps may not be generally known, 
even by those engaged in flax, that by completely rob¬ 
bing the fibre of its gum, we get immediately a fine 
downy material like raw cotton, only somewhat stronger. 
The strength of the flax is rather diminished by this 
process, but still the fibre is superior to cotton, and it 
may be passed through all the present cotton machinery 
in the subsequent processes. This cannot fail to be 
highly interesting at this moment, when we are threat¬ 
ened with a scarce, and consequently dear and inferior, 
supply of cotton; and since much flax stalk is thrown 
away, both at home and in India, the plant being culti¬ 
vated for the seed, it follows we have here, primes facie, 
a much less expensive raw material than cotton. 
The Brugmansia—the Rosa sanguinea, and China 
Rose .—At Gordon Castle, near Fouchabars, the seat 
of the Duke of Richmond, there is, at present, in the 
conservatory here, a superb specimen of Brugmansia 
(Datura) arborea, the stem of which reaches the height 
of twelve feet, where it branches off gracefully, forming 
a complete canopy over the tops of its less lofty asso¬ 
ciates. It has been in blossom since the middle of June, 
and even now its flowering energies do not seem to be 
the least impaired, for hundreds of flower buds are still 
in various stages of development. Associated with it, 
is another plant remarkable for the quantity of flowers 
it produces, viz: Rosa sanguinea—an old-fashioned 
plant, to be sure, but, when properly treated, one that 
never fails to yield us abundance of flowers. This 
valuable China rose is planted against a pillar; and, 
after being carried to a sufficient height, it is disposed 
on arches, over which it has a pretty appearance. From 
its base to the extreme points of its various ramifica¬ 
tions, it is loaded with rich-colored blossoms. 
Ghent Horticultural and Agricultural Show. —Bel¬ 
gium has long been celebrated for its extensive nurseries 
and numerous botanical gardens; but of all its cities, 
Ghent stands pre-eminent. The horticultural exhibition, 
which was held on the 16th September, at the Casino, 
gave ample proof of its determination to maintain the 
character it has so justly merited for skill and enterprise. 
There is perhaps no city in Europe able to compete 
with it in collections of palms, cycads, ferns, and panda- 
nus, to say nothing of orchids, camelias, and azaleas, 
winch are here propagated on a most extensive scale ; 
the orders for camelias from England alone are sup¬ 
posed to average between 10,000 and 20,000 plants per 
annum. On this occasion every one seemed to feel it 
his duty to uphold the reputation of his country, and 
they had the satisfaction of seeing not only the noble 
salons of the Casino entirely filled with plants and 
fruit, but numerous collections of camelias, conifers, 
oranges, hardy evergreens, and flowering plants, taste¬ 
fully arranged in the front and back of the building, 
w hil e the amphitheatre in the rear was specially set 
apart for agricultural produce. The whole was well 
got up, and great credit is due to the managers for the 
taste displayed, particularly at the grand entrance, un¬ 
der the dome, which represented a “ Jardin Anglais,” 
composed of noble palms, conifers, cycads, camelias, 
and orchids. The exhibition was honored by the pre¬ 
sence of the King, Queen, and royal family, who came 
in state, with the Prince Royal of Sweden, and many 
of the Belgian nobility. The weather was fine, and 
the company as numerous as the most ardent lover of 
flowers could desire.— Card. Chron. 
