Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-28

| AoSlcut4QALi DIVISION or PATENT oFFtcE.-
GroeA of5ikt 1aAdHad n. Rt,gieia,- VIM Q.
sipgejop,E sqg Of WiachssIst' Yitgipisi eoRnu'
lpisaJes the following 10 lhe Commissioner Of Pat
ents
ofpll ihe ofaGtental trees pEopagated among
u.s. either ioresn Or native, tbets u none, Ia my
iIldfnshI, mote desirable than tie laWatlad, us
tt6wlh q faRld, us form syiaelteal, u, foliage
Beautifully delicate, and Is altogetllet highly Of.
nsmentai: besides Il Is perfectly fee tom blight,
AZ we'll as from tile deptedatiOns Of Insects II
cultivated on uut western ptaties, II would, doubt.
less, form valuable acquisition
PtoIn the Stowtb VI spns tamatthl seeds which
6btaned al colfee.lolet shop soile eight yeats
since, hare lice standing In my yAtl Is inches
in circumference lLe past season II perfected lis
ituIt, which, In quality, Was equally as good IS
tiat tmpolte,l he seed may b. sVRn IN ltllls
about four inches apart, and covered lIogljiw %
tltte inches deep With light tcll soil, They may
be s0wn either 10 the fall or sltlng u 10 ile lat
tel, they Should Ue exposed 10 The wealef during
,ls winter previous, III otdet that hell haii OF
covering may be acted upon W the ttQstt Wien
grown 10 height Of three OF lOAt ieet, lie young
Trees may Le ttahsplahted III the sles wtele lbty
ATE permanently " telnall.
Paapkius and Sqtathtsc Of AmtrieaH Origin
Tie common field falppsIp teae4tttta Rtpo,l as
well ss the squpshea pt0fei!S ~ called, y Ct.
lleysl 10 be vi American origin, as will appear
lion The following remarks by DIR, W, Harris,
Of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massaclu'
sells;
Accident led inc some Yeas ago 10 undertake
n IF
pumpkins, which los lei " quite Interesting le.
sulls. Most Of the Older and well known species
and varieties were by nodettl k0tanss supposed 10
have come originally from Asla, and particularly
itor1 India. This | have proved 10 10 an ttfOt,
and have shown that they were wholly unknown
10 lie ancienis, NJ mention being made Of them
III the Scriptures, nor BY Gteek and Lallnallbolsi
ths writsts OF the middle ages while they describe
Of take mole OF other cuc0bitateols plants, en-.
tirey omit pumpkins and squesIsSj and these did
mol begin 10 be known and noticed IN Euiope I'LL
eNet lie discovery Of America, EARLY y05agtts
found them In The West Indies, Peru, PlotIla. and
even on lie coast OF New England, Wbete they
were cultivated by our lbdtans before any settle.
Hlent wete made lIete by the Europeans. The old
botantsts, who ioutlshed during liz FIST century
after lie discovery OF tile New World, OF The West
Indies, tpento desetibe them for Tue fist time,
and give 10 them specific nantes Indicating llIeit
lHdan (AmtticaR) origin. Here arose the ms
take In tsfetnny these plants 10 Tue East lndles
aud to Asia,
From 4 study Of the history Of lhe plant went
next 10 the study Of the species, with particular
reeteIco 10 leit botanical characters, and to this
end have been cullisatlns aud examining every
year oil lhe kinds accessible 10 HE. tLink lhat
have established the tuoi that oil the fruits now
known by the nants OIL pumpkins aRdSqaashes'
pte Of American Otgtuj tai There are tltee dis.
ttact gt0aps or tIeni tie frs! including summer
squuses that have shells Wien ripe; tie second,
The winter squashes aud pumpkins with deep Eve
funo@ed fruit stetasi and tile Third, tle winter
pumpkins and squashes with short, cylindrical,
and lonssudinaly.wtinRed tbut not s futtowedl
fruit stems. The last stoup Sps, ptobably, otgt.
nally confined 10 topical and sub.tropcal parts Of
The western side Of this continent, from California
10 Chill, The most esteemed varieties cultivated
10 New England belong 10 this gtolp aud lie best
Of them ate Tie 'auluninal marrow aud 'acotl
rquasIts.'