Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-06-03

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rnqhtntly less cnpahle sustaining my 81
e denly inpteH5ed acttoh
III TabArme3r-From Tic al,oye fart i
pain that the most proper d%lcterfic trrh
tn"ht to he rtApftpd 10. must rs sfiiat
r Hhttphlngesijf&=tlte quantity III food whic
thf system under ordinary tirct,tnsiape
f%etutfe. must he diminished. and NJ III
! common exciting ~ea,tses NJ tnersa+et n
tettal aetlnnf st,th as ihs bent Of The Ell,
quick action If any kind. DC. Ste,-
= avoided. bes.des those inrdicihefs wbi,
g have q TENDENCY 5ts diminish tho I,eart
= action. must hot only M The first aitnt
Of fever be rtRhtted 10. bat si,oui,I, W
think, even IN a state 81 hen|li, thong
!, no general advocate for snclt iuatmFnf'
from time 10 tima BE- administered
, B|sediua, though the tnost vatnat'f /,
Nil fen,edias OH tbs attach. n,tst mol bte
vioisly ha tuaefted 10. fr.th Il teitdt h.
which 1t hns 10 Produce IN the system, In
creased action for The purpose Of RI. pro
duc'ng the tiatter taien H#at. PROMO
dose" Of the dtgiihlls purpurea may nla'
he tesofted to@-ail indeed oil remed, m
which have n tendency 10 diminish, thu
hearts action ; shade, and Il p 'epi,fpt Sill,
ply Of udtfr, far he antima1 u sfani II
during The htat Of He .daV. | conceive also
to he Of Ill ttit rs tho most essential.
A~-44.
Flhe average pulse If a grown lablthy o.
Is about lorty.-Ltbrary g Useful hnopt
lsdge-Cattle p l5I.
Library Of Useful Knowledge Cattle n ia
Equation FoH rue FARNEH.-We
commend Tho following remarks n the nj
tent'on of our agricultural friends. The
importance Of boiafieal knbwledgs to tn,
iarinef can scstesIy BIZ exaggerated, mud
il Is get forth by The Rev. Mr.. Eatl,nan.
with great tleHthes=. Bot The agfirnltu.
rlsts should not only think rlglt. bat sci
right on The hlblect they should require
= thorough capacity for Inrhttirg botan.
zeal knowledge on The part Of tho t. achets
OF their children, md nouo others should
he en Flofed. w
The beet works that ,yp ItnotV Cor con.
Feying instruction to The fnfmer on This
subject, ME Nessrs. L~ineoIm's, Gtay's.
and Eaton's t~rsatises on liotany.
botany applied 10 Agricu1lur The
NEXT study which 10 very important in m
agricultural school. is botany. IN tba broad
sense Of lilo term. which includes mol only
The names and systematic arrangement
Of ~tlnnts. but their properties aud t4ea.
IIid world IS infinitely moro indebted 10
SCIENCE for the Introduction Of those bro.
auctions which minister 10 the comfort,
tho wealth, and power Of man, than mes,
are generally disposed to allow. For the
Introduction Of nearly every grain. veEe.
table, fruit, md flower, that minister H.
The SUPPORT, comfort, or fieasi,b Of man,
we nre indebted, first to the bptapi4t for
lts introduction, and afterwards 10 The
scientific c%ulthflst for its improvements
The seeds of ott valo4bIe plants were col.
lected by tho bota hists, often al tie risk
Of life, in wild distant regions wheat.
barley, rye, rice, the p~otatof, cotton, The
groupd.n nut, Dr., IRE all The prodHcitou4
of distant lands. WHARF, the world ia. in
most caFcs, lying in bntbafisr. Bot We
are rs mich indebted for the Improvement
al plants 10 The 81 l6nflic cultivation, as
we arc TO the boiaDlst that first Introduced
them. Such have been tbs improvements
IN the varlonx varieties Of wheat, rye, tict,
hrd h1tlry, thai bolnnlsts The MISE ycg arc
row Mt n loss 10 designate the original
R'RRts from which they sprung. The potu
t., whrri, - nnw The food Of millions, had
its origin from n bitter root which grows
wild IN the monntulns of South Amnrica,
lind il MT latger than q bohn, as ! have
satisfied myself by examining apetImcns
from Mo Jtevid, o. II was never used as
food in thai country, til, by scientific cni-
ture IN Europe, where varieties were pro.
duced from The seed, it had become so I'M
proved, Tint il has now been sent back TO
its native soil, to prove a blessing to The
barbarians that hitherto were ~unacauaint.
ed with its value. The carrot originated
from n will and poisonous plant growing
al the rocky cliffs of England. The acrid
and disagreeable aplrlrn gfavcolcus has
been transformed into delicious celery
The wild cabbage, (brasslca olrrncen,) q
plant not weighing half an ounce, has
been improved INTO cabbagea, whose leaves
alone weigh many pounds, and into the
cauIifower, the most delicious Of vegetn-
bles. Oar fine Swedish turnips have been
produced by improved culture, from the
(bfassica rapasj conmon and worthless
rape ; ne las our fine tirnip descended
from the tnrnip fhpe (brassica rapa.)
which, 10 its wild state, is small, fbrous,
bitter, and wholly unfit for use, The sar'ta
may be said Of our fruits. The bitter wild
crab of Europe is the origin Of our apples !;
and the wild pear, which ! saw in the 70.
rests Of Hungary, not larger than a musk
ct ball, and as acrld as the unFipe persim-
mon, has, by long and scientific culture,
produced our delicious pear.
There is another advantage which the
planter would derive from a moderate |
share of botanical knowledge. He would
not be 50 frequently imposed on, BY having
seeds of plants palmed on bin ss new
of inestimabfe value, which would
subsequently. prove ON common worth"
less weed. The cunning Italian has
chuckIed over the oft-repeated hoax he
on the Americans, who seized with
oD, and paid an exorbitant price
for, tho seed Of the Italian mulberry, la
belled morus muItlcaulis. The famous
coffee was sent to the seed stores
in Charleston, as a newly discovered spe-
cies, that would soon shut up the coffee
trade of Havana and Mocha. High prices
were paid for the seed !: acres were plant
ed by the farmer, and magnificent results
were anticipated. A single glance Of the
bctanist detected in it a troublesome and
worthless weed, (cassia oc'identalist,) !
growing in most Of our plantations in
GornIinn ,,hich tho hoe nf The nt /