iste.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



9S 



ing to get something for nothing will " send a 

 postage stamp, &c." They may do so out West, 

 but that class have long since left here. 



KLlnsas Agricultural Report. 1875. Fourth 

 Volume. From Alfred Gray, Secretary. A fine 

 volume of 750 pages, filled with information as 

 regards the agricultural resources and natural 

 history of the State. 



The Waban Greenhouses of E. A. Wood & 

 Co. — A Boston paper gives the following infor- 

 mation about this establishment : " These green- 

 houses are conveniently situated to Boston on 

 the Boston & Albany Railroad, within a few min- 

 utes' walk of Natick, the nearest station to Bos- 

 ton, however, being ' Lake Crossing,' which is 

 about the same distance from the grounds, and 

 at which numerous trains stop during the day. 

 The houses for the growth of flowers are 25 in 

 number, and from 100 to 117 feet each in length, 

 built in the most substantial manner, and the 

 most approved methods of heating and venti- 

 lating are used, thus giving every facility for 

 growing young plants and flowers to the highest 

 perfection, and in the most abundant quantities. 

 The increasing popularity of the concern is ap- 

 parent from the fact that ten additional houses, 

 each 117 feet long, have been built the past sea- 

 son, and are filled with blooming plants, of 

 roses, carnations, lilies, etc. ; 15 houses are de- 

 voted exclusively to the culture of roses, both for 

 eut blossoms and young plants, the more cele- 

 brated varieties, Maerchal Neil and General 

 Jacqueminot, are made great specialties, while 

 numerous (in fact all) the good European novel- 

 ties are being added to the collection as soon as 

 they are introduced." 



Mr. Darwin. — This distinguished gentleman 

 has brought out a new edition of his climbing 

 plants, and has in the press a new work on cross 

 fertilization by insect agency. We doubt very 

 much whether anj' one man has been of so much 

 service to the world of science as Mr. Darwin. 

 All the world does not agree with some of his 

 deductions. It is more than likely Mr. Dar- 

 win himself does not expect them to do so, but 

 no one has given more facts of importance than 

 he has. 



Edwin Satterthwait. — The Bucks County In- 

 tdligencer gives an account of one of its neghbors 

 well known to our readers, from which we ex- 

 tract the following : — 



" One of the most energetic and successful of 



the farmers and truckers who regularly supply 

 the Philadelphia market is Edwin Satterthwait, 

 of Abington, whose establishment is about a mile 

 east of Jenkintown, not far from the Friends' 

 meeting-house. Mr. Satterthwait is also an ex- 

 tensive florist and nurseryman. When a young 

 man he was engaged in a store in the city, but 

 having a natural taste for agriculture and horti- 

 culture, he moved out to his native neighborhood 

 again and began operations in his present line of 

 business about twenty-five years ago. He then 

 had a small place of a little over thirty acres. 

 By taking the best care of this, he was enabled 

 to obtain more, and his property now contains 

 about 150 acres, of which all but ten is arable 

 land. He has always attended market, standing 

 along the curbstone to sell his produce for a 

 number of years until the modern market-houses 

 were erected. Since the great market-house at Mar- 

 ket and Twelfth streets was built Mr. Satterthwait 

 has occupied stalls there, and is one of the most 

 regular frequenters. Every week day in the year 

 a large wagon-load of articles from his place in 

 Abington is sent to the city for sale. Mr. S. him- 

 self remains in the city most of the time to at- 

 tend to sales, and affiairs on the farm are looked 

 after by his son, assisted by several foremen. He 

 goes down and up by the North Penn. trains, 

 while the marketing is taken down the pike. 

 The scale on which business is transacted is 

 enough to surprise an ordinary farmer. He 

 usually raises 20 acres of potatoes, an acre each of 

 carrots, ruta bagas and parsnips, several thous- 

 and bushels of turnips, thirty or forty thousand 

 cabbages, and as many plants of celery, which 

 altogether furnish an enormous bulk of produce. 

 From his 20 acres in potatoas he has usually ob" 

 tained six or seven thousand bushels, worth as 

 many dollars in market. 



Mr. Satterthwait also deals largely in fruit. 

 His immense collection of pears has made him 

 famous among fruit growers all over the country. 

 He began taking an interest in this direction 

 fifteen or twenty yeare ago, and now has over 

 five hundred different varieties of pears growing 

 on his premises. Among so many kinds there 

 are of course some of no great value — and there 

 are very few which he considers better for general 

 pui'poses than the Bartlett and Seckel and the 

 Lawrence. He is generally the largest exhibitor 

 of pears at fairs held in this part of the State. 

 He has also a large collection of apples, but has^ 

 settled down on Smith's cider as the most satis- 

 factory market fruit. Four years ago he planted 



