Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-03-13
B 'RlIP PLANT Il CIR Pc

livery person WHO lsa1sAN " sNssslt
sqhre rod Of ground wherscnlf "
grow can scarcely do beftera i "A sst \ "a
| II grape vine Of the CoacorA lsabella ],
NJ I)lana varieties. The frsls cesa "
Etfi6ing and the after cars ii lfela iaofs
III Il pisas,,re than 4 astasls grape
I il MI only palatable ard aal 5oos f,r
those who are well, but il . sdingly
grateful Il, iths sick. giving talls IN The
sa.igs gan, and altti y
ths whole alimcntary cdnilI.
Before setting the root, throw out the
earth to the depth oftwo Or three feet,
and gil up ten inches With coarse man
Aks Of any sort, old bones, oyster shells,
&c. ard then throw in rich loam !; in-
Ito this rake q few quarts Of house ashes,
then iill up with loan and composted
manure, and the soil is ready for the
root a. s4sss
Atier the plant i set, scatter On
strawy manure, or leaves, aud through
tile summer occasionally throw fnpon this
1.-The contents Of the tul, on washing days.
Al. Dowing, late editor Of the Hor-
tticnlnrist, says 81 have seen the Isa-
bella grape produce 5000 fine clusters
Ioi well-ripened fruit in season, by the
use Of soap suds fromthe weekly wash. I I
The effect Of soap-suds on other
Ipiants is sometime surprising. A cy-
Ipfess vine which had remained station
|ary for 4 fortnight, when about two in
lchesligh, immediately commenced grow
ling after good watering with soap-suds,
ard grew about six inches the first FIVE
days. a,'7s s .1s. sti
With i little care this may all be done
lily any one who has never attempted II
Ehetors. Under this treatment in he
Ira,arses Dflhre- or four years syon will be
amply repaid iy i most beauifut crop
Iof lnscious grsapes md q vine greatly
Ilurna a,enial io tfesg round md dwellings /
Y FSsYSE i'las s.ps 'sl yiiis as
rs Oily. Never prune at I u until the
vine has grown one ortwo years, for il
needs the aid of the small branches in
order to push forward large and vigor-
Gus roots Late in October or in No
vember il Y proper time-neyer when
the sap IS in motion in the spring, As
il il necessary toieu. back the branches
tsgwithin two or three eyes ofthe main
stem. The cuftivator will find plain di-
reciiions 10. Coles Frui. Book, which
co-ts hut fifty cents, and il will enable
him tosaee the whole operation illnstra.-
ed by engrayings.
Never pinch soff the leaves % aid fhe
ripening of the fruit, asslhey are placed
there -. for the very purpose you desire /. g
|accamplish.
Plant Il grape vine, and before long
some Of you will be thankful to him who
gave yo. the hist. s~.
sLEEr Or PLANTS Vegttahie physio-7
logy shows us, that plants hreathe-liaa'
The air i drawn il by the upper side II
the leaves, nnd, having retained the car
bon fsr;,he gfowtko ofthe plant, excludes
the oxygen from the under side. AMI
5n,als draw in the air, and retain the ok
1ygsn, and exclude the carbon.
Recent discoveries show that plants
have an analogy u ani,nals il sleeping
salso In the aitic regions, where the
s,lnsis six month af the year above hor-
iz,.r. and day and night are not the di-
vision of time that mark the period for
slabDr and sleep. chickens and dlother an
ilnsls, that il o.herregions retire at SUM
sst, q, 70 The roost when the sun ought
~ M, dil~n and wska up and crow,
when dayIisht oagh, % appear So with
plants "A. the Time when il ought 10 be
Is.iglss they dronp and 90 "a steep, A.
thy d5in many favored regions, at sun-
sci. and awaken IN the mnrning.
Thus we find plants breathe, and
sleep md the species of sensitive
plants have nervous sensibility.
Dolhey think I
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AMERICAN IA ,orroH roR Russia -Thr
Russian, es,nsnl at, New Orleans. Mr. II