Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-11
Miscellaneous Hten,s.


1t is estimated that the annual loss to Missou-
ri from insect depredatons amounts to 100000.
900. This estimate is made by the president of
the state horticultural society.
Among the botanical curiosties at the Ciucin-
natl exposition is Il ssgo palm, once the proper.
ty of Robert Morris OF revolutionary fame. 1t
was sold TO release him when a prisoner for debt
to Henry Pratt Of Philadelphia. 1t is known to
be 1875 years old.
The prairie hen formerly ranged across the
United States, in open country, from the Allan
tic to- the eastern foothills of the Rocky noun
tains, and now ab0unds on the prairies, from
Illinois and Wisconsin to middle Kansas at
least, if not found on the dryer plains westward.
1t has been almost eXtirpated in the middle and
eastern states, though it still occurs Sparinuly
in isolated localities in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Long Island, Nantucket, and
Martha's Vineyard
The state of Nebraska has done very hand
some thing in the appointment of new holiday,
"Arbor Day." Besides the enjoyment of the oc-
casion, the people will accomplish right yigor-
Gus progress in forest tree planting. 1t will be
observed yearly on the 10th of April. 1t is an
agricultural festival purely, and is devoted to
the planting of fruit and forest trees. The state
agricultural society has offered premium of
500 to the farmers society of the county which
plants the largest number of trees on the 10th
inst, and 1875 to the man who individually
plants the most
IOOT Lazy DuIuelI-COuUISl Gnc mas an IN
come of about two hundred thousand pounds
sterling per annum, and lear she finds it very
inconvenent. | was told that recently a certain
bishop, with whom she had been acquainted for
many years, applied to her for money to help
build church. She had so much confidence in
the bishop that she signed "a blank check and
gave it to him. She had no doubt that he would
fill ii up with as much as two or perhaps three
thousand pounds. The bishop filled it up with
thirty thousand, and that was the last money or
the last word that he ever got from Lady Bur-
dett Coutts.-M d. Conway.
The signal office furnishes the following inter.
esting data in reference to the late heated term
From the 10th of July, 1872, to the 26th OF
August, inclusive, there were AZ days when the
thermometer in Washington rose 10 90 degrees
or above; Ia days when it was 95 degrees or
above; and one day, July Dist, when ii rose to
1O1 degrees; these temperatures being Indicated
by Thermometer fully exposed to the air, but
protected from the sun or reflected heat. During
the same period Of time in the summer OF 1871
only II days were recorded with % temperature
of 80 degrees or above, and one day, August
10th, at SO degrees.
1t has lately been shown by careful expert.
ment, that sickly potted plants, even some that
have almost died out, can be greatly benefited,
and sometimes, indeed entirely restored TO
vigor, by applying warm water to them instead
OF cold. In certain cases, oleanders which had
never bloomed, or did so only imperlectly, after
being treated with uke-warm water, increasing
the temperature gradually from 40 deg up 10
l1O deg. r., produced the most magnificent
luXurlanee Of bloom. Similar results occurred
with other plants, some of which had nearly
withered away. In all these cases the applica-
tl0n oil water heated TO about 40 deg. f., with.
out any other precaution, caused a new aud
hourishng growth.