Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19
MIGRATION OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS.


is more enterprisng from the very freedom OF his
institutions, and, therefore, he will improve what
ever ne touches, and add new things TO the DID,
The New World is full Of beautiful flowers, and
new 70 the nations of the Old. How much, for ex-
ample, has been done in the propagation Of the
dahias alone, the fav0rte flower of autumn! The
American too, goes to all parts of the earth our
navy spresds her canvass into every sea. Our of.
fcers and our travellers should think It point of
duty to bring back to their own country new seeds
and roots OF the choicest flowers and fruits that may
grow at home.-Jnion.
Erfracf from az, address of E. ID. MANSFIELD,
Esq, before the Cincinnati Horticultural Socie-
ty, deli0ered October 4, 1850.
We may note that the migration Of plants has accompanied
the migration Of civilized This diffusion and natursli-
zaon Of plants native land in other lands evidence
that man himself has emgraed, and that in the colonization
he has become improved and civilized II is remarkable how
completely parallel is the Of vegetable with the
human race in this mode ofmpovemen One may think that
it is natural for any man. going from one country anoihe
to take, as far as possible, the species of plants which he is
accustomed with him. But il is not SO. Savage man
does it and even semcvilzed men do not. 1t is only
when communities advanced in intelligence have great
merce and BY industry, have accumulated the of
flying tastes that they have ranspantsd the members of the
vegetable kingdom naurazed them in SOIL and collect
in great gardens, vast numbers and varieties. Thus the mi
grafton and improvement Of plants become conclusive evil
dence Of the migration and improvement Of The pro-
Of improvement very different Labor care, cu
ture, training engrafing, nourishng and pruning
csssary to both. The wild olive and the wild require
the diligence in training before they reach excellence
one could write the history Of the migration Of plants,
in modern ages it would be Of the surps-
ing, insucng, and entertaining chapters written 1t
would show the fruit and flowers emerging like man himself
from Central Asiafoowng the Euphrates the Of
Araba and the isles Of the seapursung the footsteps of
civilization taking hues in cimes--and like man.
improved by colonization and by culture. We should see
in later period, the New World rendering back its tribute
to the Old. We should find the plants and flowers which
were native to the Potomac the Mississippi and the ANA
zon, filing the gardens of Europe with bloom and
feeding millions who, but for hem could have lived
And may in this returning tide Of products from the
New World symboGca representation Of that tide of light
and baty which shall flow from the continent the
| land Of the Orient.
Let notice. illustration Of this principle the miga
ton Of Of the most known plants To begin with flow
Tie tube rose was brought from the East Indies where
it grows wild n Java and Ceyon. The full tube roses were
first raiHd from seed at Leyden and have since formed quite
artice of traffic. The imperial brought in the
sixteenh century from Persia to Constantinope carried
thence to Vienna and dispersed Europe. The Per-
| stantnPle.
The African and French nhrgods were supposed to have
been bought from Africa in the time Of Charles ", but, are
| really native to Peru in South America.
The Guernsey lily brought from Japan. ship
turning from Japan wrecked the Of Guernsey
where he bulbs took root and whence it bears its name.
Of tie genus Of the ranunculus, there said
to be than thousand different kinds; but the principal
part of them, and those most esteemed, brought from
Asia This emigration took place the time Of the Cusades
They sent to Constannope by the officers Of the Sui
tan fom thence they carried to Marseies and dis
1 persedover Europe
whence brought BY De Tovar physician, and there
| it wassubsequenty found to be Indigenous.
might continue this list of emigrant flowers nde6
mite ecn and in every country Of high civilization the for
egn towers will probably be found the most In
this country deeply indebted to the southern portion of
this continent Unless am mistaken of the finest
modem flowers exhibited here have from South America
Of the numerous family Of the cac the nesthav originated
in MEXICO, Guaemaa and the central provinces Over
great part Of that country they be the dominant plant
covering vast plains of little fertility On the northern rim Of
the terory In which this plant is Indigenous is unseemy
and unpretendng; but under the Of the tropics it
tursts forth into Of the various, brilliant and curl
GUS flowers which has been given to man.
Let turn from flowers to fruits The apricot is native
of Armenia
The plum although found wild in this country supposed
to have originated in Asia. One variety he damascene)
took its name from Damascus, the Syrian city.
The peach native Of Persia, whence spread Eu
rope and this country
The nectane also native Of Persia introduced into
England in the sixteenth century.
Cherries are said to from Cerasus city of Ponus,
whence Lucuus brought them after the Mithrdatic
They extended wherever the Romans spread their arms and
were introduced into England in the first century.
The mulberry is q native of Persia, whence il intro
duced into Europe about the sixteenth century.
The APPLE ounce and vine natives Of many countries,
and it is known that they belong specially to any
This review however, shows that Of the finest and most
delicious Of all fruits originated in Persia, Armenia, and
other parts of ASIA whence they have been tanspaned
natuazed and improved by culture under the auspices Of
civilization.
Let us look little further into the more important branches
Of agriculture How stands the origin and propagation Of
the grains and grasses by which and animals
tanned
Prior to the fifteenth century, barley and wheat almost
the only grains through Europe, Asia All of
the most important articles Of vegetable food known to
day unknown prior to the sixteenth century The
maze or Indian corn is native Of America, unknown
Europe Asia till introduced from this country yet in the
course Of two three centuries has been introduced
throughout the Old World wherever the climate is not
cold The potato another article Of vegetable food orgi
mating America and probably the most universal article of
food used.
Buckwheat is native Of Northern ASIA and cereal
plant although cassed among them 1t introduced into
France in the sixteenth century, and became the food
of the common people, need add other illustrations of
the principle that the migration Of plants has attended the
migration Of and, like that Of has improved their
condition. and teen of the of advancing cvilza
ton is beautiful law Of social nature that man, the
wanderer his struggles for better condition in his labor
for subsistence; in his search after higher pleasure in his
his abos the blessings Of benign Providence brings the
odor of universal creation and chants the sweet music of