Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-02
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.

| - AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.
lIhe ioiiowhs Is Communi atrd to US by the Cores
ponding Secretary of the New York Associaton for
me promotion OF Internal lmproy and is highly
ihirresilug.. Ed Col.
AgJicuHarai.-The thirty SAMPLES of Spanish ,yeat
Drought ny r. C. Fcnwck, esq from MT. Consul Hack.
,ey III DeDalf OF Don 'ARANO LAGAsCA, professor of
bolay IN Tue Royal Garden at Madrid, pr The improve
ment OF American busbandry, By Introducing new yar
etiss ofgraln, have been distributed by Dr. Mi,eI 10
SOME OF the ui"st distinguished land bolder in the
Ehofs nave been made TO forward Them in season for
sowing ibis tall The excellent and scientific Laeasca
mas sent many other seeds aud hooks
one Us Catalogue OF The plants growing the kings
garden al Madrid In 1918 auoIheT is list Of seed.
"antru Tor ?AniIng in 1900, with the dse innatin.
Characters of SOME and little known suecirs ana
WIN concise descriptions; third contains certain gr
sia aud species Of plants which either rightly
known, or are entirely published at Madrid m Isis
ihese are placed Ia the library the College for thr
beneBt OF science. " S
InDitaiiOutO BotaNists.- The distinguish d ayasc.
OF Madrid, ~ SPAN, botanst the king &c is engaged
~ perfectnK new classification Of vegetable liz
mehod however, more particularly extends 10 trees
10 plants with compound aOWfrs to grasses To tLs
niubeeTo, aud TO The natural family the scaLioso-
FOR this pHrpese. lac wishes 10 obtain the dry and
ripe seeds ct the plants peculiar North America
OF The aforesaid description If the specimens in flower
Shn"iIb ndinIe ifuIt, could he him, they womb
enable hIm 1" pursue eiIeclIally his UNDERTAKING ~
~ gratefully acknowledge The receipt Of collections OF
Jfr"s and crRptsgaNicO Of the Friedman States
o. whatever else may be sent TO him by The botauss
o. tne uIne such as Lecontc TOTfey Natal Rich Ra
hhesgne, Eaton, Ives, Bfgelow Barton Green and our
other WORTHLESS ~ that science.
10 ths proceedings of the Agricultural Society," of
hartford, Con II is stated that The improvements an
Tue ldIn 81 capt Goodwin, character deserving
D"uc"'ai attention BY JHdic"us use Of peat earth
oI 'ndish n'"d lie has made kill ofbaen blow sand
oi about i've acres fruitful cld has by ibis say
ms Other lands iI The vicinity beng Ovei beilned
wub drift sand.
This experiment the committee deem the more ian
poT'ahi, asst demonstrates The utility Of peat cath s a
manure ON sandy sUII5."
YELLOW FEVER.,..Df. pinckard, wIio had grr,t
experience OF as appearances ia the West Indies s
observed, thai " The yellow Fever exhibited such per
pttha' instantly aud varied So necessarily
aCief That could mol discover any one system To- he
dee'0edb diagnostic and hence have been led into 81 n
oph'on ihai The fell"" Fever. so called, DIS
'hc o. sPecihc disease, hut merely aggravated ne
gree OF lie common Keniuent Bilious Fever Of No.,
climates, rendered Irregular fOtn and 2ugnielel M,
10 the climate" IN YCg-.
PF0cecsi"gsN Me Lgeeam Of Natural History, at
NeV JOr6, at the siffiNg NJ oct. 10, 1919
The ordinary business having been concluded
various specimens OF The ganiits ana other minerals
fdui The ihghrOfbOJd Of New Iofk were ,,fe,e,sa a
examined.
~ elegant slab n The serpeEnc lUHfble on The vi
cinty Of Ne~ Haven exhibited. u was gfeeu ud
yrOw, with brUwnisb vSriegaiiont and ipisfs,ers.
90 wuh the chroatc ~ iron. Tie polish was splendid.
| II wSs forwarded 10y Mr. David Ruet Agent sf tie
! gualry, 0rthe Historical Society.
That singular aud beautiful inbabiiBnt of ar salt IS
ef The sea 0TeDoHe. OF 0ni1oL aOrer, was pt0ducrd
alive ~ sevtta complete specimens, Their motions and
sbanRtsss they contracted and ,Ilated AID as they
rNrHhdedana reifacvd their arms. afforded rrcat eier-
tainfneui 10 The members. They are RApfsKY animal,
U the genus NOiOfhurid aud taken near life Nort,
Battery Some Of the species called SeaeVc0hers.
| tue specimen of the Long Island 6Rck LanE the
most ueai aud exquisite Of NOrib AueTtcsu
was pi0ducsd, as prepared by Mir FORESTER IL appears
t0be the I0fcO oyer0crinS Of Wilson'S OrnitJoltry
donation of Buifop's Natural History Of Birds In
Ftencb with plates, ia vols. $40. made by Fred.
| v. Porter, ESQ. - ~
visitor read paper on the AugIb E7sb. or ,,ro,oy
FiSh, Of tbe Norb American seas. Ills the ais J,y,s
d0Of hitchiis Ichhy oOgy, living only in chsu,eI,
~ o. 'As Hasa Tue dS.aaee VI iios half mile 70