PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 207 



New England Farmer, of which the following were 

 enumerated in the pamphlet printed in December, 

 1829 : 



1 . On ingrafting the European Sweet Water Grape on Ameri- 

 can Stocks, by John Prince, Esq., and Gen. W. R. Armistead. 



2. On the Cultivation of Squashes and Melons, and the Extir- 

 pation of Insects from Vines, by J. M. Gourgas, Esq. 



3. Schedule of Fruit Trees, of fifty-two choice varieties, pre- 

 sented to the Society by the Proprietors of the Linnaean Garden 

 near New York, with Descriptive Remarks, by William Prince. 



4. Description of the Capiaumont Pear, with a Drawing, by 

 Samuel Downer. 



5. On the Culture of the Strawberry, by President Dearborn. 



6. On the Treatment of Bees, and Observations on the Curcu- 

 lio, by Mrs. Mary Griffith of New Jersey. 



7. Description of a Native Seedling Pear in Dorchester (the 

 Clapp), with a Drawing, by S. Downer. 



8. On the Culture of the Sweet Potato and Description of Differ- 

 ent Varieties, by Hon. John Lowell. 



9. Description of the Gushing Pear, with a Drawing, by S. 

 Downer and B. Thomas. 



10. On Budding or Inoculating Fruit Trees, by Levi Bartlett, 

 Warner, N.H. 



11. Notes and Observations on the Vine, by William Kenrick. 



For some years, similar communications were fre- 

 quently published, among the most interesting being 

 accounts of the method of heating hothouses and 

 graperies with hot water, by Samuel G. Perkins arid 

 Thomas H. Perkins, this method having then been just 

 introduced ; a communication from Dr. James Mease of 

 Philadelphia, on the Reciprocal Influence of the Stock 

 and Graft ; and one from A. J. Downing, on Tempera- 

 ture considered in relation to Vegetation and the 

 Naturalization of Plants. John Adlum and Nicholas 

 Longworth wrote on the culture of the native grape and 



