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forward as last season. Frosts have occurred, and last week it was 

 so severe as to cut off the corn, potatoes, beans, &,c. in low and rath- 

 er cool situations: fruit, however, does not appear to have suffered 

 in the least. 



Vegetables. — Potatoes are very dull, and prices, if any thing, tend 

 downward: a great supply of Chenangoes and Long Reds have been 

 brought in from the eastward, and retailed at our quotations from the 

 vessel. Sweet potatoes yet remain on hand, and of good quality: a 

 few barrels o? new potatoes have been sent in from Charleston, S. C; 

 the5^came in good order, and are readily taken at our prices. Tur- 

 nips are very scarce, and those of handsorne size and ap|)earance 

 command our highest rates, a price greater than has been obtained 

 for several years; no new ones have yet come in. Onions are near- 

 ly gone: but to take the place of the old ones, good new whites are 

 now to be had. Carrots and beets are reduced to a small stock, and 

 prices have advanced. Radishes are now exceedingly abundant, 

 good, and cheap. Horseradish is nearly gone. Cabbages are all 

 gone. Lettuce is now supplied, of very fine size. Spinach and 

 dandelions are plentiful; and beet tops have been brought in the 

 past week. Rhubarb is plentiful and cheap. Asparagus, from the 

 cool weather, has not been very abundantly brought in, and prices 

 have kept up. Peas are in the market, from New Jersey; they are 

 tolerably well filled, but not very fresh. Parsley is plentiful and 

 lower. Of squashes there is now no su|)ply but the West Indias; of 

 these there has been small arrivals, but, after this season, when there 

 is a good supply of rhubarb, squashes are not in so much demand. 



Fruits. — The stock of apples is nearly gone; only a few russets 

 remain by the barrel: some Baldwins may be had in small quantities. 

 Cranberries are higher. Green gooseberries have made their ap- 

 pearance from the south, and supplied at the low rate of our quota- 

 tions. Strawberries, from New York, have been in the market sev- 

 eral days, and, owing to the cool weather, they have come in good 

 order: a few boxes from the vicinity were brought in to-day, but they 

 were from protected plants. Some few watermelons have arrived. 

 Pine-apples are not so abundant as at the time of our last report: a 

 few of extra quality may be obtained. Lemons are abundant and 

 low. In nuts there is no change, and very little doing in the article. 

 —M. T., Boston, Mmj 28, 1842. 



Art. VI. Obituary Notices. 



Died at Flushing, on Saturday the 9th of April, William Prince, 

 aged 76 years, well known as the proprietor of the Litin;ean 

 Botanic Garden and Nurseries, which he in fonne(;tion with his sous 

 has long conducted with distiiiguisiied ability. For many ynars he 

 has been a communicant of the iEpiscopal Church, and he partook of 



