Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-08-22
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W iiOLh uiuCioAh uO PtuS vi tnc EdE u
has, when exposed 10 the sun or air
become covered with vegetation, ha
led many to suppose that the who'll
earth, from center to circumference
is full of seeds. This cannot be thu
case, but there are, nevertheless, re
markable instances Of the fact abov,
named. We once threw up a lot o
coarse gravel, late in the fall, from q
depth Of nearly ten feet, and early
next spring it was covered with big
weeds which grew very Iuxuriantly.
The greatest depth we ever heard ol
seeds buried, we find in a recent ex-
change paper. In boring for water
lately al Kingston-upon-the-Thames,
some earth was brought up from a
depth Of three hundred and sixty feet.
This earth was carefully covered
with a hand-glass, to prevent The
possibility Of any other seeds being
deposited upon it; yet, in a short
time, plants vegetated upon it.
English Paper.
From the Journal Of Commerce.
Is THE EARTH FULL OF SEEDsl
This question introduced a para
graph in yesterdays Journal of CON-
merce. In lS45, while waiting at
the foot OF the White Face Peak of
the summit, a fire broke out in the
woods of the eastern slope OF the
mountain, and soon this gigantic
mountain was wrapped in a sheet Of
fame. The trees and every COM
bustible substance on the surface
was consumed, and the thin cover
ing of loose earth (about a foot in |
on the rocks, was calcin-
I'd by the heat. About three years
again visited this noun
lain and found the burnt district a.
vast field OF blueberry bushes. Du-
ing fruit season, more than 1000 |
bushels Of blueberries were gather
ID in this field for the Montreal mar
ret. About forty years ago, the ex-
ensive barrens lying between Cum
,erland and Green river. in Ken
ucky, were covered with high
,rass, straw berries and wild flowers.
Among the latter the morning glory.
Every autumn when the grass had
become dry, it was fired either by
hunters or from the camp fires OF fit
ers. | have seen fire many miles
n length traversing these barrens
With the speed Of race horse. No
rees could grow there, but the grass
and appeared to gather
ew life from the fire. Since the {
Iarrens have become settled, the au- {
umn fires have been prevented, and {
/ is now a thickly wooded district. I
oak and hickory have
prung up, and when / saw the first S
arly growth, it looked like one vast {
ursery, bounded on all sides by the
ORION.
In my examination Of the extern r
i've plains lying between Lake On :
lrio and the river Ottowa, | found /
nat district Of pine timber, that had !
cen swept by the flames, was sup /
lied by new growth Of hardwood q
! place of the pine. Near the bor- /
er of lake Champlain. on the west i
m side, farmers cultivate blueberry :
nshes: they pile brush on the ground :
i'd out for the berry field, set fire q
, the brush and burn it, and the =
ext year the blueberry bushes e
,ring up in abundance. r
These facts bear witness TO the !
lrmoEIes of nature, and give evil
snce of the fertility OF our beauii-
i earth. The most ancient ac-
,unt we have Of our earth, makes i
eniion Of the "grass, the herb yield n
q seed, and the first tree yielding r
uit after his kind, whose seed is in n
self, upon the EARTH" "
The "fire weeds is well known NJ
nong farmers. This weed is plant In
by the fire. The place where N
al pit has been burnt, may be easi- M
distinguished by the luxuriance Of
vegetable products. When Kotz-
ue was in the far Northern sea, be as
lded upon an island covered with M
ass. His men, in making an exca- 70
ton, found that this island was a q,
lss of ice, and that the loose earth cb
which the grass was growing, was h,
{ six inches in thickness. d
In one OF the northern lakes | tr,
md the "lung wort" as large as Ii,
! saucer, growing on the bare on
ante rock, with a stem not larger
IN a common knitting needle, and n
" a quarter OF an inch in length. ed
carefully examined a vine which 10,
vas cultivating, andwhen its ten ma
Is were moving in search of an bo
ect to cling to,I placed a stick he
ar it; but the opposite point from vi
It toward which the vegetable <
nd was reaching. In an hour af- du
;. when | re-examined IL. the ten- ~