The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 3Longman, Rees, Orome, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row and and A. and C. Black, Edinburgh, 1828 - Agriculture |
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Page 200 - An inquiry into the causes of the progressive depreciation of agricultural labour in modern times: with suggestions for its remedy...
Page 451 - It is emollient and mucilaginous in all its parts. The leaves dried and reduced to powder constitute Lalo, a favourite article with the Africans, which they mix daily with their food, for the purpose of diminishing the excessive perspiration to which they are subject in those climates ; and even Europeans find it serviceable in cases of diarrhoea, fevers, and other maladies. The fruit is, perhaps, the most useful part of the tree. Its pulp is slightly acid and agreeable, and frequently eaten ; while...
Page 66 - ... which are as excellent and agreeable as almonds, and when pressed yield an abundance of oil, equal to that of the finest olives. Perennial ; on the margins of forests, enveloping the trees with its branches. Plants have flowered in the stove at Bury Hill. Mr. Telfair has sent seeds...
Page 97 - ... undertake to clear a farm, the means of subsistence are at once secured : should his habits unfit him for such an undertaking, the price of labour is so high, that he is sure of lucrative employment in whatever capacity he chooses to enter the service of a master. So far the prospects of the emigrant are encouraging and agreeable. But let us turn for a moment to the other side of the picture. Let us contemplate the exile seeking the portion allotted to him in the wilds of the forest, with the...
Page 59 - Barren shoots, when too vigorous to be cut down to their lowest eye, are treated exactly in the same manner. At the winter pruning, the branches which have borne fruit are cut down to the insertion of the replacing shoots, which, in their turn, are...
Page 213 - Amherst, to about sixteen thousand, of which five hundred and upwards are new and undescribed. Among these last may be mentioned seven species of oak, two species of walnut, a rose, three willows, a raspberry, and a pear ; several plants discovered by him are so remarkable as to constitute themselves new genera. Among the latter may be mentioned one which has been called Amherstia, in compliment to the Lady Amherst. This constitutes probably the most beautiful and noble plant of the Indian Flora.
Page 460 - ... by fermentation. Dried plums form a large article of commerce, under the name of prunes and French plums. There are nearly three hundred varieties of plums, many of which are, perhaps, only dissimilar in name. The Washington, a modern variety, which is stated in the Pomological Magazine not to be surpassed in richness of flavour, beauty, and other good qualities, by any, is curious in its origin. The parent tree was purchased in the market of New York, some time in the end of last century. It...
Page 442 - the Pine-apple, in its wild state, is found near the sea-shore ; the sand accumulated there in downs serving for its growth, as well as for that of most of the species of the same family. The place where the best Pine-apples are cultivated is of a similar nature. In the sandy plains of Praya velha and Praya grande, formed by the receding of the sea, and in which no other plant will thrive, are the spots where the Pine-apple grows best.
Page 213 - ... plants discovered by him are so remarkable as to constitute themselves new genera. Among the latter may be mentioned one which has been called Amherstia, in compliment to the Lady Amherst. This constitutes probably the most beautiful and noble plant of the Indian Flora. Two trees of it only are known to exist, and these are found in the gardens of a monastery on the banks of the Salwen. The number of specimens brought to Calcutta amount to little less than 18,000, among which are many beautiful...
Page 67 - Cere1, director of the royal gardens in the Isle of France, communicated specimens and observations to the Chevalier de Lamarck." The Dutch, having possession of the Spice Islands in 1619, encouraged to the utmost of their power the cultivation of the nutmeg in a few. of them, pursuing the same line of policy as they did with regard to the clove, and long retaining the monopoly of culture : but, in 1772, M. Poivre introduced the nutmeg to the Isles of France and Bourbon, as well as the clove ; from...