ADVOCATE on ENTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.‘ 253‘ depends upon actual dimensions alone, but eclipsing it both in splendor of materials and in grandeur of style.-—[Archit. Mag] A THE GENERAL .ARCHI'1‘ECTURAL IM- rrtovnnrnnr or LoNDoN.——We are happy to see that this subject is attracting the attention of Parliament; Mr. Alderman Wood has obtained a select committee to consider the propriety of a new street from Southwark Bridge to the Bank of.England; another from Waterloo Bridge to the New Road ; a third, from Lothbury to the Post Oflice; a fourth, from the Post Oflice to Smithfield ;~ a fifth, from Holborn to the_ Strand; a sixth, through Southwark; a seventh, from St. Paul’s to Blackfriars’ Bridge; an eigth, from Oxford Street south- wards; and a ninth, from Westminster‘ Abbey to Belgrave Square. Sir Robert Peel hoped that an enlarged view would be taken of the subject, and that the house would not fall into the error it had coin- rnitted with respect to railroads. Perhaps the best mode of proceeding with railroads would have been to appoint competent per- sons to survey the whole country, and to report upon the most eligible lines; but, though it was now too late to take that course, something of the same kind might be done, with a V'lO\V to the contemplated improvements of the metropolis; and, be- fore money of any kind were expended, some foresight ought to be used as to the future extension of London. If commis- sioners could be found, in whom the pub lic would have confidence, for a rational and comprehensive plan, it would be a sub- ject of much congratulation.——-[Ibid.] In Russia, during 1834., there were pub. lished 844 works, 728 of which were origi- nals, and 116 translations. These last form about one-eighth of the whole, whereas, in 1833, the translations amounted to a sixth, and in 1831 to a fifth. The number of sci- entific works was 430, of which 359 were originals. VVorks purely literary were 271, and of these 2:26 were original. Of the whole amount 544 were in the Russian lan- guage, 91 in the German, 54 Hebrew, 46 Latin, 37 Polish, 36 French, 26 Lithuanian, Ethonian, Finlandish, and Swedish, 3 Italian, 3 Greek, 3 Samogitian, 1 Dutch, 1 English, 1 Arabic, and 1 Persian. At no period was i the press of Russia more actively employed than it is at this moment. STRONG lVIETAPHOR._...TWO br0’thers re- cently from the old country, via Halifax, were lately walking up the Worcestei' Rail- road, and their curiosity was some what as- tonished by the iron tracks, but soon the cars hove in sight, and the following dialogue took place : ‘ . MiclzaeZ.—Ocli brither; d’ye See that quare cr-crachure a coming? Pata'z'ck.—Trotli an’ I do. VVhat, in the divil and his grandmother does it mane '1 ' .7l'IichaeZ.—-—Faitli, an’ it’s not me that IS to tell ye, but dont an’ye stand out of the way, ye’ll learn quite satisfactorily, I’m thinking. Don’t ye min’ how hard . he brathes——he must have been running right tightly for a long space»--[ The cm‘ iv/izzz d by.] Patric7c.—Ocli, Mike, we’re completely‘ lost ; for by my mother’s milk,_it is Hell in harness, and just the sort of coach I once dreamt the ould divil took the morning air in ! 51% ‘F Agrieu1,tiri°e, &c. 1.1‘ HAY FROM SCOTLAND. An iiinglish paper says——“ It forms a curious item of the agricultural commerce of this country, that we are now ex- porting hay to America. A vessel is about to sail with a cargo of 10,000 stone of hay from Aberdeen, and a larger will follow from Clyde. The hay is pressed by the hydraulic press, and the bulk has been thus reduced [sufficiently] for transporta- tion.” , The hay thus spoken of has reached this country and finds a quick sale at from 22 to 25 dollars a ton, principally at Boston. If Great Britain, with nearly three times as many horses, cattle and sheep, in propor- tion to its population, as are owned in the United States, is not only able to provide for their wants, but furnish large supplies of hay for exportation, it proves that England is far ahead of us in productive farming, and that we ought to mend our agriculture at once. It is the cultivation of roots, that enables English farmers to keep so many cattle, and spare us their surplus hay; and American farmers must follow the example, or fail of their profits and success. It is surprising with what tenacity our farmers cling to old usages; and persist in mowing ten acres of ’ land to get fifteen or twenty tops of hay, when two acres of roots will furnish more and far superior food. There is hardly a crop produced, more certain than the ruta baga, unless attempted on soils decidedly unfa- vorable, and their excellence has been fully tested for feeding and fattening cattle and sheep; yet not one half our farmers can be induced to attempt the culture. of the root. It is satisfactory to know, however, that the root culture is gaining ground. SKINLESS oars. Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Genesee Farmer at Drunimondville, U. C. :—I am glad to have the opportunity of requesting you to call upon such of your subscribers as have cultivated the skinless oats, since 1834, to communicate through your publication what has been the result. In the Genesee Farmer forJuly and Octo- “ I have seen somewhere in the Genesee» Farmer, a statement of one thousand bush- els [of \vhat'€'*'] produced from one acre. Is, this well authenticated? Few people will believe it. I had, in 1835, a produce of . 300 bushels per acre ; last year only 200, under the same favorable circumstan- ces as to manure and cultivation.” * If the writer alludes to Rota Baga, We have no doubt but 1000 bushels, and more, have_been raised Oil an acre. From Loudon’s Gar-denei"s Magazine. VITALITY OF SEEDS. It will be in the recollection of our read- ers, that, in October, 1834, we published some interesting details of the opening ofa. British tumulus, near Maiden Castle, by Mr. Maclean, who found therein a human skeleton, and a portion of the contents of the stomach, containing a mass of small seeds, which neither the operation of the gastric juices, nor the lapse of probably twenty centuries, had sufiiced to destroy. Many of these seeds have been subjected to various careful experiments, to ascertain whether the vital principle was extinct; and we have the satisfaction of announ- cing that Professor Lindley has happily succeeded in producing plants from several- of these seeds. These plants have con. firmed the opinion expressed by the learned- professor, on a first inspection of the seeds, that they were those of the rubus idaeus, the common raspberry. The plants are now very vigorous, have produced much ber 1834 ver encouracrin accounts are a 9 Y ::a_ g _ given of the culture of this grain; but I regret to state thatmy experience has not been so favorable: I sowed last spring upon about a quarter of an acre, seed which had been carefully picked by hand, and in which, consequently, there was no mixture. The growth was vigorous, and as stated by Mr. T horp, (Oct) the cats ripened earlier than the common eat; but on thrashing, the re- turn was not above half a bushel; though the land had been well manured the prece- ding spring for corn and potatoes, and the rest of the field yielded at the rate of 34 bushels per acre of barley, of the firstqual-_ ity produced in this neighborhood. fine fruit this season, and form an object of the greatest curiosity and attraction to hor- ticulturists. This highly interesting cir- cumstance proves the raspberry to be an indigenous plant. in this country, growing at a very early period, and then eonstituw ting an article of food. (Dorset Chronicle, as quoted in the Bath Journal, of Sept. 12,, 1836.) VVe have seen the raspberry plant alluded to in the Horticultural Society’s: garden The facts are extremely interest- ing; and we hope Dr. Lindley will com- pare this,case with others of the kind upon record and favor the world with a memoir on the subject. For the l\'*ew-York F armor. BLACK Fi.r.—-Sow a bushel of dry ashes to the acre on your turnip field as well as all other vegetables of the same class \\ bile- the dew is on (or are moist) when they are two or three days old, and it will preserve them against the small black fly, should there come rain to wash it off immediately, ‘repeatit, the asl1es_also'is highly beneficial to promote the growth of the young plant. Oftentimes the black fly will take every vestage from the fields and lead a person who did not see his field during the first few days to believe the field bad, and attribute the evil to that cause. Many farmers are well‘ acquainted with the above facts, but they are ‘ not generally known-——and this may be ofservice. . A NEW-ENGLAND FARMER.