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Brugmansias are generally greeu-bouse plants,
but if taken up in the spring and re-set upon the
lawn, or in the flower garden, are very striking
and effective objects, and succeed admirably.—
The Brugmansia suareolene. from Peru, lias
been some time in cultivation, an<l grows some
five or six feet high, with a rounded head, leaves j
large, oval; lanceolate: flowers, appearing from
June to October, five-angled; pendant, very
Brugman -
sia Sangui
ned, of which
we give an
iflustrati o n,
from the Ga -
deners Chro
nicle, is a na
tive of Mes
i e o. The
lea ves are
lobodand
the corolla,
shorter than
the preced
ing species.
It is green
at its base,
yellow about
it s centre,
and the limb
i s a lively
orange-r e d.
It is of lar
ger growth
than the pre
cedin g a 1
specimen at
Crom Castle,
Ireland, the
seat of the
Karl of Erne,
4 sx ; .At ? .
‘ \ J -4 ■^bK^y.' r; r
from which our illustration was taken, being
fourteen feet six inches high, and covered an
area of one hundred and sixty-five square feet.
It was completely covered with flowers and foli
age, to the surface of the ground, having on at
one time one hundred and eighty flowers, fully
expanded, with twice that number ready to i
open. The plant had become so large that it j
became necessary to cover it in winter, where \
it stood with a temporary glass structure, that
was removed again in spring.
The Brugmansias are often called Daluros, a j
4
In our illustration,
is figured a monstro
sity, or “ Sport.” in a
Brocoli plant, raised by
J. Clakk, an English
grower, and described
and figured in one of
their horticultural pe- j
riodicals. It will be
observed that instead
of one head, as usual,
six perfect heads are
growing upon one
plant. This unexpect"
ed transformation of a
plant, or a part of a
plant, into something
entirely different from
its normal form, or
mode of growth, is
what gardeners call a
“sport.” Had it been
desirable that all Bro
coli plants should take
this form the plant
could have been suffer
ed to seed ; and it is
probable that a part of
the plants raised from
•
this seed would have- grown in a similar
form, and by a continued selection and re-sowing,
as in the instances cited below, the transforma
tion could have been made permanent, and a new
and constant variety thus established. Most of
the plants with variegated foliage originate from
such sports. We give a few instances. Eu
onymus japonica is a well known evergreen
shrub, with a bright green glossy foliage. A
variety of this, E. japonica varieyata , is quite
as common with white-edged leaves, which ori
ginated in a sport from the first, and was per
petuated by cuttings or layers. This variegated
variety, where it makes a rank growth, shows a
tendency to fall back to the original type—single
branches shooting out occasionally from the
bush, with bright shining green leaves, in which
the white border has entirely disappeared. Were
cuttings struck from such branches, it would be
found, as they became plants, the teudoney to
produce variegated leaves haU nearly or quite
disappeared. The purple-leaved beech, yellow
leaved peach, gold and silver leaved box and
holly, are all derived from similar sports.
It is also pretty well established that the com
mon moss rose was originally a sport from the
provins, as mentioned below. About the year
1720 this rose was first brought into nolice.
Many seedlings have been raised from it since:
but in beauty the old variety has not been ex
celled. Two valuable seedlings have, however,
been produced of late—Madam Ory and Salet—
that bloom at intervals during most of the sea
son. Like the Euonymus, the common moss
rose often sports back to the old type, and has
been repeatedly known to produce flowers with
out any moss or buds, leaves or branches.
About the year 1854, Professor J. P. Waddel
of this place had a common moss rose which
threw out a single small shoot, that was a sport
back to the provins, producing the common
double rose, entirely destitute of moss. Mr.
sovvsesjui vxses msn vnssxus.
SBUGMANSIA SAXGUTNEA. AC.
“SPORTS," AND VARIETIES THUS ORIGINATING.
► ...
1 fragrant. of a fine white, tinged with a pale yel
low color.
The double species (or variety ?) B. Knight's.
is < f more recent introduction, “ the flowers are
pure white, long, trumpet-shaped and double,
one tube being inserted within the other. The
immense size of the flowers, each being about
nine inches long, and the curiously ruffled ap
pearance of the lower part of the corolla make
: it,’’ says Mr. Downing. i- a most conspicuous ob
i jeet when in full bloom.”
genus very similar. Datura Unghtii is decided
by Thompson as a fine new species from Cali
fornia. It grows readily from seed flowering
freely the first year. The flowers are six inches
long, and four inches across the mouth, color
pure white, shading into lilac blue at the margin.
1 It is almost hardy, but the fleshy roots require a
slight protection during the winter, if left out.
It grows four or five feet high and is a very de
sirable plant. All these plants, until they get too
large, can be taken up and wintered in large tubs
! in a pit.
Buist mentions that alike instance occurred in
his nursery in 1836.
Instead of extending further our own remarks
upon this subject, wo prefer to give our readers
■ what Professor Lind ley. the very highest an.
thority in these matters, has to say upon sports
and the varieties thus originating. We condense
and present his article on this subject from the
; last edition of his theory and practice of horti
culture.
Sudden alterations in the color or form of the
leaves, flowers, or fruit, of one single branch of
a tree, occasionally break out, we know not why.
These changes, of which physiology can give no
j -account, are called sports. When they appear,
j they indicate violent constitutional change in
i the action of the limb thus affected; which change
can sometimes be perpetuated by seed, and al
ways by propagation of the limb itself, where
■ propagation is practicable. It is possible that
even new forms of shrubs might be procured
by keeping these faets in view, and that climbers
might be deprived of their climbing habits; for it
; is known that the handsome evergreen bush
j called the Tree-Ivy, which grows erect with
scarcely the least tendency to climb, has been
procured by propagating the fruit-bearing
branches of trees of considerable age.
A sport is a sudden change of one thing into
another —different in some very striking re
spect, as when a peach tree produces a smooth
fruit (a nectarine.) among its own downy brood
These sudden changes seem to be essontially
different in their nature, from the gradual altera
tions which cultivation brings about in all plants,
and in which there is a natural tendency to pre-
I serve the altered condition. Some examples,
: and their known results, will mako this plainer.
The annual Clarkia pulchella bears naturally
! a purple flower. Unexpectedly, among other
seedlings, a plant appeared in which the flowers
were pure white. That was a sport. The seed
i was saved and sown; the produce consisted of
many purple and many white flowering indivi
duals. The purples which had lost the new
tendency, were removed, and the seed again
saved from the pure whites; the nest batch of
seedlings was much more white than purple;
the next batch was, perhaps, all white; and
thus the original sport was fixed.
When the provins rose produced a branch on
which the flowers were buried among those
glandular expansions of the calyx and ‘its foot
stalk, which we call the mossiness, the first
moss rose was born; that, again, was a sport.
When some celosia suddenly formed its flow
ers upon a thickened, flattened (fasciated) stalk,
and they became more crowded than usual, we
had a coxcomb; and that again was a sport.
The plant thus changed, by whatever cause, had
gained a constitutional tendency to grow in the
coxcomb, or fasciated manner; by repeatedly
saving seed from the most fasciated and dwarf
est seedlings, that which was at first a mere ten
dency, or predisposition, became a fixed consti
tutional character. Zt was at first a mere mon
strosity, such as we see around us, here and
there in a great variety of plants, in which no
one has yet thought of fixing the habit. If it
has a tendency to disappear under neglect, as
those who buy cheap seeds know that it lias,
so on the other liana, it has a tendency to in
crease under skillful management, as was shown
by Mr. Andrew Knight, when he brought a
coxcomb plant to measure eighteen inches across,
and only seven inches high.
Mr. Salter of Haversmith, observed among his
seedling Dahlias one which produced a number
of greeu scaly flower-heads, but no jierfect
flowers. This was propagated, and every plant
was covered with similar heads of scales. All
the plants were vigorous, but there was not a
single perfect flower-head upon any of them, so
that the sport became immediately fixed.
It is in fact through attention to sports that
many of the most striking of our flowers and
fruits have bce» obtained; a single dwarf lark
spur sports by chance to double ; the seeds of
the sport are carefully saved and sown, tliree
fourths of the seedlings are single, but a few are
double; the first are thrown away, the best of
the second are saved for seed, and the second
crop of seedlings comes tmer, and so on until
the desired character is established. Thus arises
the race of double larkspurs. A double larkspur
next sports to a stripe—that is to say, bands of
red or violet appear upon the pale ground of the
petals, of a few flowers; these flowers are mark
ed, the seed is saved, and so begins the breed
of what are called uniques, at one time the pride
of the flower garden, though now discarded, for
newer favorites.
In the same way first came eamelias, chrys
anthemums, and others. The old purple chrys
anthemum accidentally sported to huff; the buff
branch was struck, proved true to its new' nature,
and became the ancestor of a race of other buffs.
The color of a red camelia “breaksred streaks
appear in ti»» a«worg of a sporting branch; that
branch is separated and grafted upon a stout
stock ; the sportive branch retains its tendency,
produces striped flowers, all the better for the
new blood infused into them, and the tendency
is fixed ; skilful gardeners cut it limb from
limb, and every mutilated morsel starts into life—
another variegation.
It is the same with vegetables, a wild carrot
accidentally found in cultivated ground refuses
to run to seed, but builds up a root stouter
than any carrot had before. The watchful cyo
of a gardener remarks the change; the sport
flowers at last; its precious seeds are saved,
and committed to still richer ground; nine
tenths of the seedlings run back to the wild
form, but a very few refuse to flower till the
second year, spend their autumn and winter in
the further enlargement of their roots; then rise
up into blossoms invigorated by six months ad
ditional preparation, and yield other seeds in
which the fixity of character, or habit of domes
tication, is still more firmly implanted, and thus
begins the race of carrots.
Nectarines, Pears, Peaches, Plums, and other
valuable fruits, in numerous instances, doubtless
derive their origin from similar circumstances;
they were far more the children of accident than
design, and we see to what they havo come.
Gardeners, then, should keep a watchful eye
upon every tendency to sport, which they may
remark among the plants entrusted to their care.
Sports, however unpromising, should be made
the subject of repeated experiment; year after
year, seeds should be saved and attempts made
to secure fixity of character. If they end in
nothing, such experiments cost nothing; if they
lead to a good result, a permanent gain is se
cured.
CANCERS CAN BE CURED.
DR. THOMPSON having permanently located in Au
gusta, offers his services to the public for the cure
of Cancers, without the use of the knife, Fistula and
Sores of long standing. Gravel, Piles, Rheumatism, and
diseases of a private character, and Scrofula disease's.
Persons afflicted with Cancers should not delay having
them attended to, as age renders them more difficult to
cure. In ail instances entire satisfaction is guaranteed,
or no pay will be required.
Office at residence, corner of Telfair and Lincoln-sts.,
Augusta, Ga., late residence of Foster Blodget, Sr.
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SOUTHERN SEED STORE,
"VTO. 200 Proud street, Augusta, Ga. V. LaTASTE
it respectfully informs the public, that he keeps on
hand a tine assortment of GARDEN AND FIELD
SEEDS, from the celebrated house of D. Laxdeetii &
Sox, of Philadelphia.
Gardening being the advertiser's legitimate trade, per
sons may apply to" him with confidence of receiving none
but the best of Seeds. Orders by mail attended to with
dispatch.
V. L. also keeps a fresh assortment of DRUGS AND
MEDICINES, to which he calls public attention. Call
in and see us; whether your object be to buy or not, you
will be always welcome. ts my2S
ULRICA STILL AND SPARKLING
WINES,
FROM the Vineyards of Dr. O. A. Ulrich, Tallapoosa
Co., Alabama. In the above Wines, now introduced
for the first time in this city, we offer an article of per
fect purity, fine color, and delicious bouquet, unsurpassed
by any native Wines, and taking rank with the best for
eign. Among connoisseurs, there has been no diversity
of opinion from the above, and it is only necessary to give
it a trial for the most sceptical to be convinced of its
truth. DAWSON & SKINNER,
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COBBECTION.
In the last number of the Field and Fireside
it is stated, in the first sentence of the leading
editorial on “ Corn as a Southern Staple,’’ that
“the people of the United States annually con
sume over six hundred bushels of corn.” Place
the word million before “bushels ’ and the state
ment will read as it was written.
The editor will take this occasion to say to
correspondents that letters intended for his pe
rusal, whether for the paper or private, should
be sent to Augusta—not Athens, where he has
closed his lectures in the University for the pre
sent year.
Young Alexander Dumas has got the kink
into his head that lie is dying of consumption,
although, as somebody says, “he is in as good
health as the Pont Xeuf. and has the constitu
tion of the Vendome Columnhis health is the
only thing he thinks about: he gets up sit seven,
breakfasts at ten, rides from twelve to three,
sleeps from three to five, dines at six, goes to
bed at nine, and reads himself to sleep.”
cohhercial.
AUGUSTA MARKET, JULY I—l P. M.
Cotton. —There is a fair demand, but the limited
quantity offering and the stringency of holders', prevent
heavy sales, 't here is evidently n much better feeling
in the Cotton trade, and the hope is entertained by many
that the war between Austria and France and Sardinia
will not last long, or at least will not materially inter
fere with the pursuits of commerce and tnule.
The stock of Cotton on hand in this cit j and Hamburg
is 25,630 bales, against 0,050 bales at the same time last
year.
Our market closes at nbout the following quotations:
Good Middling ll?«c., and Middling Fair ll>jc.
Bbeadstfffs. —Flour continues quiet, and prices de
pressed. Corn nominally $1 to #1 25 per bushel, with
light sales.
Pkovisioxs. —There is a large stock of Bacon in the
market, and holders are anxious sellers.
EMORY COLLEGE.
order of Commencement exercises forisss
SUNDAY, JULY 17th—Commencement Sermon by
Rev. J. Hamilton, D. P., of Alabama.
Monday. July 18th. Board of Trustees meet at 9 A. M.
Sophomore Prize Declamation at night.
Tuesday, July 19th, Junior Exhibition at 9 A. M., fol
lowed immediately by an Address (witti presentation of
prizes.) to Sophomore Class, from R. G. Harper, Esq.
Address before Alumni Association at 4 P. M., bv Rev.
C. A. McDaniel.
Wednesday, July 20th, Senior Exhibition at 9 A. M.
Address before the Literary Societies at 4 P. M., by Hon.
E. A. Nisbot, LL. D.
JAMES E. PALMER,
Scc'y Board Trustees.
Oxford, Ga., June 22d. 1559.
P. S.—Arrangements arc made to have three public
houses opened during Commencement exercises.
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WINE FOR THE MILLION.
/\ N receipt.of Five Dollars, I will send free, by mail,
V / to any address in the United States, complete print
ed directions for making five hundred to one thousand
gallons per acre of excellent WINE, Still or Sparkling,
fully equal, if not Superior to any Catawba made. The
plant from which this Wine Is made is a herbaceous an
nual. that wili flourish in any climate in the Union, and
in any soil not wet. It is not subject to at tack set insects,
and does not rot until long after maturity. It can be
cultivated ns easily and cheaply as Indian Corn, and
stands drouth much lictter. It may be planted from first
of March to first of July, and the harvest may extend
from July to November. The fruit ripens in succession,
making the gathering much easier than that of grapes.
Wide*, the fruit is much larger. Free from all damage
of frosts, insects, Might, mildew or rot, no failure of crop
can occur, except from excessive hail. Seed can be fur
nished at twenty-five cents per acre. No spading or
trench plowing required to prepare the land, out only
such pre|uirntion and manuring ns Corn requires. The
Wine is as easily managed as Cider. It has the color of
Catawba, excellent flavor, but slightly more in sly. At
twenty cents per bottle, it w ill pay better than any crop
cultivated in the United States.
Address, enclosing bills of any specie paying bank.
V. M. BARNES.
jy2 ts Raysville P. 0., Columbia co., Ga.
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age stamps. WM. N. WHITE.
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Dealers in staple and fancy dry goods,
233 Broad street, Augusta, Gil A complete assort
ment always on hand, at the lowest prices, and upon the
most accommodating terms.
Goods as represented, or may be returned.
E3s' - Packages delivered, free of charge, in the city or
Hamburg
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A. P. BIGNON,
Manufacturer and dealer in fine ready
made CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHING
GOODS, for men and boys, No. 189 Broad street, Augusta,
Ga., next door to the offices of the Constitutionalist and of
The Field and Fireside, respectfully solicits an examina
tion of his stock, and hopes to receive a liberal share of
patronage. New and Fashionable CLOT lIING received
weekly per steamers. A. P. BIGNON.
N. B. —Always on hand, well-made Clothing frfr Ser
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and manufacturer of DOMESTIC SEOARS, No. ’93
road street, Augusta. Ga. All orders will be promptly
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
MEDICAL, School, Law. Religious and Miscellaneous
Books, Stationery, Music, Perfumery and Fancy
Goods. For sale low, by WM. N. WHITE,
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IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS.
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Richmond county,
Ga.. continues to manufacture WOOLEN CLOTft
at 12X cents per yard for plain, and 16 for twills—finding
every material except the wool. The extensive and
constantly increasing patronage the Factory has enjoyed
for past years, assures the proprietors that the article of
Winter Clothing for negroes, made by them, has not been
surpassed by any cloth made North or South.
Recent extensive improvements, and others now being
erected, enable its to keep up the standard of the Goods,
and to secure an early delivery.
Planters, or others, who may wish to send us wool to
be made into cloth, can send it’dirty or clean. If washed,
it should be done in cold water, and done thoroughly. If
sent dirty, wc charge half cent per yard extra lor wash
ing. Burry Wool is not objectionable; the burs are re
moved by machinery. The name of the owner should be
marked upon every package sent.
Wool sent by railroads in Georgia. Alabama. Tennes
see, or South Carolina, to the Augusta dejiot, with the
owner's name, and “ Richmond Factory ” marked upon
it will be regularly and promptly received, and the doth,
when made, returned to the points directed. Eacli par
cel is made up in the turn received.
We would especially urge upon our patrons the grent
necessity of sending in the wool ns soon as clipped ; if
this rule is followed, the parties would always be sure of
having the cloth in ample time.
All instructions to Messrs. Flemixg & Rowland, our
Agents in Augusta, Ga.
A. JOHNSTON, President Richmond Factory
April 1,1889. jclS ly*
MARIETTA FEMALE COLLEGE. ~
TIIE KENNESAW SCHOOL PROPERTY, erected by
1 Bishop Scott, of Oregon, having been purchased for
that purpose by the subscriber, the exorcises of the next
(fourth) session of the College will be opened in it, en
larged and improved, on the 10th of AUGUST. Board
mav be had for ten dollars per month, exclusive of lights
and washing. Only a limited number can be boarded on
the premises by the President, but with the Professors
and other good families, any number that may apply.
Tuition, as good as can be had in all the departments of
College study, at the usual College rates.
Farther particulars from W. H. ROBERT.
„ Pres. M. F. C.,
Or, Co!. G. N. Lester, Sec. B. Trustees, Marietta, Ga.
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PIANOS! PIANOS!
JI'ST received. and in store, an assortment of Piano
Fortes, from the justly celebrated manufactories of
Raven, Bacon * Co., liazeiton Bros., A. H. Gales & Ca,
of 6>i. 6J». and 7 octaves, varying in nrice from $275 to
♦450. These Instruments are too well known through
out the whole country, to need any puffing. Persons
w ishing a lirst rate Piano Forte w ould do well to call and •
examine the above before purchasing. Every Instrument
warranted as represented.
GEO. A. OATES * BKO.,
Sole Agents for the above makers.
N. B. —A splendid assortment of Guitars, Violins. Ac
cordeons. Flutes, and every article in the musical line,
always on hand. The stock of Printed Mai sic on hand is
the largest in the State. my2s-tf
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DEALERS in choice Medicines, Chemicals, Drugs,
Paints, Oils. Glass, Varnishes, Brushes, Perfumery,
line articles for the Toilet, Fresh Garden Seeds, Ac., Ac.
Also, manufacturers of Plumb's celebrated Double and
Single Cologne Water, and Fluid Extract of Buchu, near
the Post Office. 212, Broad-st., Augusta, Ga.
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B BOAR-STREET, (between the TJ. S. and Globe Ho
tels.) Augusta. Ga., Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
School and Miscellaneous Books, and Foreign and Domes
tic Stationery. Gold and Steel Pens and Pencil Cases;
English, French and American Writing Papers: Copying
and Seal Presses: English and American Copying, Wri
ting, and Indellible Inks; Letter. Note, and W edding En
velopes; Port Folios; Ivory Tablets; Writing Desks;
Backgammon Boards; Dominoes; Playing, Visiting and
Printers’ Cards: Gum Tickets: Pen Knives; Drawing
Paper; Water Colors; Mathematical Instruments; Port
Monnaies; Card Cases; Pencils; Bristol jloard; all kinds
of Draw in.; Materials! also a large assortment of fine
Line Engravings and Ltthrographs.
Books being constantly ordered a Single Volume
of the smallest value may be sent for. my2S-tf
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
TTI7ILLIAM SHEAR has now on hand a very large
\\ supply of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, suitable
for the present season, comprising a splendid assortment
of Indies' Dress Goods, Spring and Summer Mantillas,
French Embroideries, and almost every article required
for Family or Plantation use, all of which will be sold at
the low est prices, and to which the attention of the pub
lic is respectfully invited.
W. S. has received from New York a full supply of
Ladies’ Mourning Goods, among which are English
Crapes, Summer Bombazines, and Chailics of light tex
ture and extra quality, very desirable for summer wear. ‘
Augusta, June 4tlg 1559. je4-6
RHODES’ SUPER PHOSPHATE LIME.
*) ■-11 TONS of this Celebrated FERTILIZER now in
Z.JU store, and for sale by J. A. ANSLEY A CO..
A cents for Manufacturers.
N. B.—This Fertilizer can be applied to Growing Crops
as a Top Dressing, or otherwise; and its effects are un
questionably good at any and all seasons. Credentials
from Georgia planters of the highest respectability, can
be furnished in favor of the use of this manure. Pamph
lets sent by mail, when desired. jelS lui
DOWNING HILL NURSERY. ”
THE subscribers t>eg leave to call the attention of the
public to their large collection of Southern raised
Fruit Trees, embracing all the best varieties that have
been tested in the Southern climate.
Also, a fine collection of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
Catalogues furnished by mail, free of charge, to all ap
plicants. Address
PETERS, HARDEN A CO.,
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PROSPECTUS OF TIIE
SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRESIDE,
A LITERARY AND AGRICULTURAL PAPER,
XJL Published Weekly, in Augusta, Georgia.
I)r. D. LEE Agricultural Editor.
W. W. MANN, Literary Editor.
WM. N. WHITE, Horticultural Editor.
Devoted to Agriculture. Literature, nnd Art It is in
quarto form of eight pages, folio size—each issue con
taining forty columns of matter. In mechanical execu
tion. it is in the last style of. the typographical art. In
utilitv, it will be all that the best agricultural science and
practical knowledge of the South cun furnish. A weekly
I visitor to the homes of Southern Planters and Farmers,
it w ill be more useful nnd acceptable to them than any
monthly journal of equal merit.
In ineiitul attractions, it will be all that a spirit of en
terprise on my part, and a laudable emulation on the ]urt
of others, can evoke from Southern intellect and cultiva
tion.
Too long the Southern people have been content to look
| to Northern ]>crlodiruls for instruction in agricultural
mutters, and to Northern literary papers for mental rec
reation. There is, however, a growing spirit of inde
pendence and of self-reliance ‘at the South. Our |ieople
are awaking to the conviction that we have the elements
of success In the experience, knowledge, and scientific
investigation, of the dwellers in our own Southern homes.
The truth is gleaming upon ns, that we have literary re
sources of own worthy to be fostered—that among South
ern writers should be divided some portion of that vast
j stream of Southern money that flows perpetually north
! ward to sustain Northern literature.
My aim is to establish a paper that w ill lie a vehicle of
t information useful to Southern Planters ami Farmers, ami
i a repository of Southern thought, imagination and taste,
in the realms of Literature and Art; and to obtain for It
such an extent of patronage and success, as will lustily
the most liberal comiiensation to all its contributors.
Able and experienced editors are engaged, and steps are
J in progress to secure contributions from the most pleasing
; Southern writers, of both sexes. Much latent talent will
be brought to light, and furnish some agreeable surprises
to Southern people. •
“ Full many a gem, of purest ray serene,”
will flash before their admiring eyes, and cause a gen
erous glow of pride in Southern genius.
The Agricultural Editor is Dr. Daniel Les, the dis
tinguished Professor of Agriculture ip the Unlverlty of
Georgia—editor for many years past of the Southern
Oultirator, anil a leading contributor to many Northern
agricultural journals of the highest reputation.
The Horticultural Editor is Mr. W». N. White, a skill
ful and cx|»ericnccd cultivator of fruits, flowers, and vege
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thor of that popular work, “Gardening for the South.”
The Literary Editor is Mr. W. W. Mann, of this
city, an accomplished writer, of fine taste, nnd scholarly
attainments, who, having retired from the active duties
of the legal profession, 6]ient many years in Europe, and
was for several years the Paris Corres|iondent of the A r «-
tional Intelligencer and Southern Literary Memenger.
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merits, the most distinguished of the North.
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Address, JAMES GARDNER.
Augunla, Ga., May,
INTERESTING TO COTTON
PLANTERS.
PROGRESSIVE POWER PRESSES—BULLOCH'S
Patent Improved.
The undersigned is now manufacturing the above Cot
ton Presses complete, with all the late improvements.
This Press has proved itself to be superior to all descrip
tions of Screws and Presses heretofore used, in speed,
power, durability and economy. In point of labor-saving,
this Press stands unrivalled. One-half the hands usually
required for the Screw, can, with the large size of these
Presses, perform more work, at the same time compres
sing a greater weight of cotton in much smaller hales.
The strain being thrown on wrought iron rods, no sup
porting frame is needed. It occupies a space on the
ground not exceeding three by six feet, and well arranged
to put inside the gin house or lint room, thereby protect
ing hands and machinery from the weather. It can be
easily shipped by railroad or wagon, and set up and put
to w ork bv the ordinary plantation hands, without fear of
accident, it being very simple Jn its construction and
managements
Planters visiting this city, can see one of these Presses
in operation at Messrs. Caulfield A Crane's, comer Rey
nolds street and Call's Alley.
For particulars as to prices nnd detail of description,
address the undersigned, manufacturer and sole owner of
the Patent for the States of Georgia, South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
O. T. TERRY,
mv2S ts 830 Broad-st., Augusta, Ga.