Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-15
FOR THE EkaUl1sEa:

FOR THE ENQUIRER:
 BOTANY-A Fsr STUDY FOR YoDNG LAt1Es.
 My folks used often to say to me; when was a ie boy Ifyou ao't lbe droilest fellow that ever saw!' Now whether this account be true not, ifh s mem .ioned, and if it is also siated thni one heart holds the ladies tn higher estimation hAd do, they will not be % ready to condenn this whole article for any thing in it contained, apparently wanting, at first view, in complaisance. -
 On account of the remarks about 10 ae made having reference to young ladies, ii need hy no be in- ferred, that knowledge of botany brings with it no advantages and pieasuresto young andgoodheart cd paaia fsvsnera.
 Botany wsefIi than halftie studies of young ladies: bus on ihis point wilt not dwell mus. be shor, possible. ttor Mr. Editor will be tired o seeing types stt all day on opesuhject)
 It is often delicate task aaayze flowers: and tn this respect 1t is study fitted for ladies. Many too have leisure to pursue and improve the science. Flow. CTS collected and pressed in sa sooks ,il dry, and thea sealed 6f sewed ea tie leaves of blank book oi white paper, with their names date and locality writ ten under, av ong retan thei' color, not exposed too much iothe light. and form an herbariam which through o6e'S life, when looked over, win revive, ny the suggesting .pr6cipIs some plsasures of former scenes aud rambies.
 The examinatioSo of ran.s aud aowers farms deli cate and taste, improves the intellectual facul
 es and inspires elesan, trains of thought, and vari e,y of emoioas. pas,ieGlSt4y wonder and admiration concerning she s,ruc,sre and designs othe particular parts ofa plant few examples may ie given of inc teresting phenomena. A Mir. Maandrel. aior6 than century ago, mountna covered Siri ,he cednr Of Lebanon, found tree that neasared in girh 36 feet and inches He could count but sixteen trees of a size near this, but there were abundance of younger trees. From this, well as certain knowledge. we find their age to he very great. Limbs commenced at the height of twelve feet and extended from the reo thiry-seyen. Ds la Roque says, the limbs grow in parallel about the tree, being shorter, gradually towards the top. that the trees form is cone. The lims are thick tha, five men could scarcely fah- one" Gabriel Sonita learned of the inlabi tan,s the trees, that tue limbs erect themselves up the body of the tree during winter, to prevent the snow which falls the mountains in vast quantities from lodging on them and breaking them.
 Many plants fold up their leaves during night, which bO'nnis,s call "ihe sleep of plants" Experiments have been male on plants kept in dark cave the sensitive plant 50 kep having its leaves folded up, opened them on Introducing aIigh and again folded them, When the light was removed. The stamens of the laurel (by some called iyy) are attached by .her anihers 10 ile coi5iIa until sufficiently mature, vllea they de,ach e,selSea and wifi spring alnsoss toa quick to be seen. Iii, the pis.i deposhg it dus, which produces ihe seed and fruit in soms plaa,s. The stigma of the psiils, as is common i. other How CTS, is covered with diucus, to which the pollen sticks. The anthers may bs deiashed with peedle Annual vines, cucumbers, Sc.bear Sa the same plant some flowers producing .ae pollea sai'ers the frui- Bees enter the flowers, aad gcHng covered with pol len, disseminate t io tho iru,- Aower. or isere sald he no f,ai There is design n this the operation is grand, from its simplicity and eeoassHy. The bee makes honey or wax, and performs labor for the dieren. flowers separate trees, which when in bloom covered with species of insect whicA dis ssminaies the pollen. Vegsiaon psrspires vas quan. .iities of water in clear summer day, and keeps the cir healthy. Sap, it is supposed, but not ceriaisly kaown, ascends principally by capillary airaction The outside bark of trees diss little in .eperasare in sumaner and winter. Wood is composed Of small vessels. Hedwg measured ths largest vessel is che ofa gourd" aud found is real diane ter 48o,h part of ah inch." EadMierhoeck, "an accarate mi- croscopc observer reckoned 20 900 vessels it mor- sel of oak about l-19ih of au inch square," This would make in a solid inch i37, ,lSO0OO vessels. or such interesting facts there s no end Subjects of lerest ass G for ladies.
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