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might be more readily and as cheaply " Inquire in the counties of Chester,
restored to it by mixing ^vith it, when Lancaster, and others around us, where
dug into the soil, a little of the am- clover is so beneficially cultivated, how
moniacal liquor from the gas works, much is due to that excellent man, for
Gypsum is extensively used in Pennsylvania
and in many cases with the best
the great pains
use of gypsum?
he took to extend the
On this subject, I very
results. For its introduction originally recently transmitted to the Judge, a
we are indebted to the late Judge Peters; testimonial of gratitude from one of the
from a "short notice" of whom, by most intelligent persons of Lancaster
Samuel Breck, Esq., we extract the fol-; who unhesitatingly ascribes to Mr
lowing: Peters' book on plaster, and his other
" As a practical farmer, Mr. Peters agricultural essays, the merit of having
had from time to time communicated produced a good part of the rich cultitlie
results of the experiments made at vation, for which that country is so
Belmont, to such of his neighbours as celebrated."
chose to profit by them ; but he had not GYRENIA biflora. Half-hardy bulb-
ous pereijnials. Division. Peat and
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written much, if anything, upon agriculture,
before the year 1797. His first loam.
GYROCARPUS. publication was then made, and contained
a statement of facts and opinions
in relation to the use of Gypsum. This
pamphlet circulated widely, and produced
such a change in husbandry, by
introducing the culture of clover, and
other artificial grasses, as gave, we all
know, a mngical increase to the value
of farms. Estates which until then were
unable to maintain stock, for want of
winter fodder, and summer pasture,
were suddenly brought into culture, and
made productive. Formerly, on a farm
destitute of natural meadow, no stock
could be supported ; and even where
natural meadow existed, the barn yard
was exhausted to keep up sufficient
fertility, (in the absence of irrigation,)
to feed a very few horses and black
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of Philadelphia.
" The secret of its powerful agency
came from Germany, where it was accidentally
discovered. Mr. Peters ob-
Two species. Stove
trees. Cuttings. Loam apd
peat.
HABENARIA. Ten species. Stove
orchids. Division. Leaf-mould and
peat.
HABRANTHUS. Fourteen species.
Green-house and hardy bulbs. Offsets
and seeds. Sandv loam and peat.
H^MADICTY'ON venosum. Stove
evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Loam and
peat.
HiEMANTHUS. Twenty-one
species. Green-house bulbs. Offsets.
Sandy loam and peat.
H.T.MILIS. See Tinea.
species.
H ^: M D R U M . Two
Green-house herbaceous. Division.
Loam and peat.
HA-HA, is a sunk fence, being placed
at the bottom of a deep and spreading
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cattle.
" Such was the situation of our hus-
bandry, for some years after the revolu- ditch, either to avoid any interruption
tion. It is proper to advert to it, that to an expanse of surface, or to let in a
we may understand the full extent of desired prospect. As all deceptions are
our obligation to the Judge. In the unsatisfactory to good taste, and as
year 1770, he was shown the effects of when viewed lengthwise these fences
gypsum on clover, in a city lot, occupied are formal and displeasing, they ought
by Mr. Jacob Barge, on the commons never to be adopted except in extreme
cases.
HAIR. See Animal Matters.
evergreen shrubs Cuttained
a small quantity, which he used
successfully, and gradually promoted
tings. Loam, peat, and sand,
HALESIA. Snowdrop Tree. Three
its consumption, until, by his example,
and his publications, the importation
from Nova Scotia alone, into the single
species. Hardy deciduous shrubs. Cut-
tings and layers. Common soil.
HALF-HARDY PLANTS arc those
port of Philadelphia, increased to the which require partial shelter, as in a
enormous amount of fourteen thousand cold pit or frame, during the winter,
tons annually. This was
discovery of that fossil in
before the Here some attention is required to ex-
the United elude from them dampness and frost,
but especially the first. On these points
States. :
H A K E A . Forty-eight species.
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