The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-07-29
OF EXOTlCS-EXPERI-
BnlTS WITH THE GRAPE VINE
ND WITH THE TEA PLANT,

Aing the many squares that are not
r squaF IN the plan this city, is one of five
acresounded on the North by Missouri ave-
nue, the East by Four and halt street, on
the " by the canal, and on the West by
SlXifae'tt. Less thaa year ago this square
was tie better than a marsh or morass; but
IT IS w fast arsuming form and beauty. Tile
draIng has rendered the soil dry, warm and
frlabl and ingenious culture is developing up
or thsurface products that have seldom hith-
erto ten found IN close proximity. Here are
youn6nt Prospering grape vines from FL Paso,
fromA ArkanSas, and from other States OF the
Unio. as we'll as from Hungary and Egypt.
all toe tested in various ways, but especially
by eperments having for their object the
blendlg OF varieties by Adjudication, in order
that e American retaining its vigor and ex
uberace, may have lis acerblty, its "lerocIty,"
as It sometimes expressed, subdued through
! the lduence of the older cultivated grapes of
otbereimes; or that these may be renvigorated
throuh the influence Of the more hardy Amer-
can vnes. The Egyptian vareties-the 'seed-
! less" nd the s'lady fnger"-of which there
are eght or ten thousand plants, have been in
trodued by means of cuttings, the Ell Paso, of
have been produced from seed. Here also is
iorestoi tiny pines, an inch or two IN height,
Spruni from seeds brought from the Pacific
coast;and native plum trees, from seeds OBJ
tanned Arkansas and in Texas; and ratishes
from china; onions from Egypt; ''Melochia,"
an Egyptian soup plant, the leaves of which
are exceedingly mucilaginous and agreeable in
flavor The Pyrethrum cauCascum, the dried
tioWef heads of which produce The far famed
vermm destroying powder; the wax bearing
Rhuz OF Japan, the product OF which has re-
Gently created some sensation in commerce;
the hemp palm from China, of which grass
cloth is made; the olea ifagTanS, OF China, from
which the better varieties OF tea derive their
rich aroma; the seedleSS pomegranate of Egypt,
highiy a1zed because it is seedlesS; The cam
phor tr the cork iF1eS .F,7oSws flotn New EngraRd;
Eu''} ~, 1afge, healthy well headed, and
prolific 10 seeds, and remarkable because Of
their peculiar cultivatloni American oaks from
the acorn; tke American larch, SC. Here, too
may be seen, as developed in this locality, the
products OF one hundred and twenty three sam
Piles of wheat collected from every region OF
the globe, similar experiments with the same
series being in progress in central PsnnSylva-
beardless, wheat OF marvellous variations OF ap-
pearaGce, all attended by the beneficial
coccinellidG, which are busly employed in
devouring The plant lice and other parasites by
" hicE the wheat is attacked; and an apiary OF
choice bees, we are informed, IS soon to be aP-
propriately added TO this scene Of ingenuity
and industry. Bu! the crown glory OF all Is
comprised IN the exhibition, within an admi-
rably constructed propagaling house, to which
the warmth cf steam or FIRE has never been ap-
piled, of more than fifty thousand healthful,
thriving, and beautiful Tea Plants, the seeds
of which have been received from China,
within few months. Some OF these plants
are Just peeping above the soil, while Others
more superficialIy covered with earth in The
| cases, terminated during the voyage, and are
now loot or more in height. We are thus a
| bout to determine practically the two fold prob
! lem, whether tea culture is possible and may
be rendered profitable in the United States
| problem orce discussed in its quality respect
! ing wool, again respecting Sorgho sucre, re-
spectng improved breeds of bovine animals
and respecting almost everything good an(
valuable that we possess in agriculture.
was well said by the honorable Secretary o
the Interior, in his last annual report, that ";r
country possessed OF so great variety OF sol
and climate it was wise to essay the propaga
ton of every plant affording hope OF useful
ness, especially as such success would NOR
! than compensate for all the cost and troubh
attending many instances of failure" w
trust the present experiment may prove happy
exempiioation of this remark, and not only
source of immediate advantage TO our country
but also stimulus TO further enterprises OF
like character The public should feel dec
interest in the cause of agriculture: and !
gives US pleasure to commend it to the contin
ued and increasing encouragement OF the Peo
pie, of Congress, and of the national Admins
tration.-W -Washington Constitution.
G5PThe head clerk of large mercantll
house was Dragging rather largely OF the
mount of business done by his firm.
'You may Judge of its extent" said h
"when tell you that the quills for our corrt
spondence only cost two thousand dollars
year."
: "Pooh :" said the clerk of another house
who was sitting by, 'swhat is that to our col
: respondence, when save four thousand do
lars year in ink, from merely omitting to d'
the is T"
, Tie tovtr's puzzle.--To learn to read The 70
f lowing, so as 10 make good sense is the my