Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-07-30


visitor was in the midst of a field of vanilla.
The habits OF this plant singular. II blooms only
in the night gradually expanding its lovely corola from
O'clock in the evening" until about 10 o'clock, when it
Is IN perfection, and then closing its cayx before the
morning Darwin in his Gloves of the Plants has
the following fine passage on this flower:-
,Nynph! no, for thee, tho Iadicn, day returns,
ReGugeut CrSr.:wS at tho dusky hour '''"''
E,isG h.. :, the bla. Of rising morn, and
There her pc 'a T%' s'ows,
opcs her fair lips, and brca,hcs hcr vrsn vows
Eye: the white zenith; count. tho suns tina, roll
.a %d a'j o Saa d S,s 1.GGs the po
f % so G aSS yas s,e sS,'s Ss,eI star,
Thy snowy neck ne AND part Thy :hsdowy hairs,
CLOVIS Thy warm cheek thy polished bosom goam,.
And guard a silence tho oSehaoied plains. swans
p!sP the s,il Gs!. OF breathe the n'pa.soned sigh,
After the company had withdrawn, Mr. Bastian kind
ly presented with two flowers one of which we dis.
sected for the purpose OF minute dcscription-sup-
posing that, although some Of readers NAV be IA
miliar with il. many would be pleased with the detail
The diameter Of the whole calyx 10 81 inches;
that OF the corola, or true flower, Ii inches From
tho origin OF the petals there funnel formed tube
six inches Deep and inch and three quarters dame
ter at the top three inches and quarter Of which
visible and OF delicate light green colour The pistiI
was 3D. inches in length from the germcn 10 the .ir-
ma the lower extremity Of the style. ueht green and
the upper white; the stigma as divided into 81 n,r,s
OF lobes of light yellow. The stamens from tbe;r
lower origin at the bottom of the tube 10 the highest an
theirs, extended 81 nches there were two distinct
bOt INN
# the tube, and the other the origin of the the
fret were Ia in leog,h, the latter inches The pa
tails were 81 inches long, and 7.s;hs of an inch
broad in the middle. The cnlyx from the gcrmen 10
The top OF the leaves, was 10 SIS inches. The caIvx
leaves were inches long, and Of bright orange CO.
lonr petals pure white; styles light green below ter.
minating in pure white at the anthers; which were
light yellow. There were 50 cayx leaves % petals
023 satnen. 81 parts in the stigma, and 6s3 anthers n
all thirteen hundred and sevenyseven distinct parts in
ths flowers, exclusive of the caiyx leaflets
Mr. Bas'an has fine collection of Green house and
hardy plants, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery,
&c. We observed half dozen pines with their anpIes
IN various stages, one or two nearly ripe We shouId
think in the absence Of public garden professcdy for
such an object walk to Bas,ian's would be well re.
inunerated.
Flowers to have been scattered by nature over
the world as medicine TO the mind-,o give cheer.
tulness TO the earth and furnish agreeable sensations To
is inhabitants The unculivated savage in In. iov Of
his heart binds his brow with the spontaneous
OF his native woods; whilst their cultivation spre ads in
every country with the spread of civilization.
Horace. IL seems could not sit down TO his bachelors
glass Of wine without his garland
nI tell thee, boy, that detest
Nof r S!'" %S the 81 ai rS'a aaG FEAST
Them search h0 So yS Spps ho D sn1ou, Rose
Beyond his lettering grows
But beneath the mantliug vine
M Tns SI, 1S' Ml ,sS aG s%i wine wine
While YOU shall wait and I carouse y, -
The love OF flow e's is with ladies' the almost inva-
understanding; happy then for those of Baitimore ba,
in the garden Of .nessrs. Bastd,t and Feast every
he ia ir
object of hi''levotion. The delicate Offering to
those we love is nosegay OF beautiful flowers, such
az he it well known TO the young ladies' any gallant
admrer may procure at these gardens any day in the
year-and, after all. what ornament so handsome and
chas'e. and so sweet for the bosom or the head as
natural Dolcers? TA,nericau Fnyn,er
RUTA BAGA, OR SWEDISH TURNIp SErp-A
gentlemen, who has cultivated the Ruta B,ga for f.
teen years. without filling in single instance to obtain
good crop, and who has in the Of that time
fully tested the value OF the food for stock and
found II superior to other has with his character
stc liberaity, deposited at Ill Office of the American
Farmer, large quantity of the seed for general and
gaiuitous distribution. Our agricultural friends there
fore, who willing TO make trial OF IT, are requcs ed
to call or send for some OF the seed
The mode OF cultivapg Rnta Bag,, differs in no
respect from that Of common urnips except perhaps in
sowing the seed more tbiniy The gentleman who
presented The seed above mentioned considers from the
middle 10 the last of August the b-st tine for sowing
the seed in this neighborhooi. He has sowed them
after small grain and obtained good crops by manuring
and ploughing in with the siubblc; the dung used
should he well rotted; or spsn, ashes answers we'll He
sows broadcast, and treats them by hosng in the same
manner az the common white tufnip. They should be
lett at the last hoeug, al least foot apart but more
distant viii be better IL the ground he rich and in rood
order ought always 10 he; the tops will ad yerv
luxurianty. In March, 1929, this gentleman lie Il at our
office couple OF these turoips which had remained in
the open ground all winter, and then in as sound
state as they were the fall before This Is aao an
important confederation, green food in winter is OF
great value for mich cows well other stock The
gentleman alluded 10 does consider the milk or hut.
ter in the least injured in favour by The Ruta baga: on
the contrary, he thinks both improved not by the adj
diiion OF any peculiar favour but by increased richness
the colour OF the butter is certdisIy very much i'm
proved The ease Of cultivation and great yield of
crops are additional incentives 10 its adopton and TO
these may be added another of ifnp0 lance 10
gardeners and others restricted in groundit be
ed as second crop tho ground occupied i'm the
spring by early vegetables, such peas, early green
corn, &c. AZ high as i've hundred, aud even seven
hundred and fifty bushels of Rua baga turnips have
been raised to the Among other excellent papers
10 be found In previous volumes Of the American Far
mer, on the cultivation OF Rua baga, would refer
10 one by Judge Buel, OF Albany, page 36I vol. g.
We know oil nothing more improvdant and reproachluI
IN the management Of Southern FARMS than the almost
universal failure 10 take for supply of roots
and vegetables, such tufnips, mange wurzel ruia
baga, puEpkins, &c. for toner food Tor their stock
at all events for their mich c0Ushese they leave
in most cases TO live dry husks dry straw dry
ieaves-in word, day and empty bellies, without
eTiDR TO protect them from The pengs OF the pi,lIess
storm, and without regular supply OF pure cold
water; and yet when This great manager, this Lord
all around him, takes his seat a; the bre table
without plate Of fresh butter pot of fresh cream
ten TO one, II he does look sour, anil insinuste the
rel roach OF bad management against all but---hn-
self IU
Extract Gfa letter The Editor Of The dmerioan Farmer
pdfud0fe Experiments to Shoto The difference betUeen
TdD corn and meal cooked, /eed FIR hogs |
Some two years ago, while | confined TO the |
hre'ide by cold, amused myself with several exper
iments 10 ind the liner ase by weight, Of corn, rye
Efforts, &c by boiling and cooking, with a vie TO e.
coDomising hog food soon became convinced that
wonderful effects might he easily produced; and though
tell, have never ill lately, attempted to put my
theory into practice. 1 have had 6rstl