Vol.VlI.— Nn.l4. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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Mills S,- Laurence have also a nursery at Flush- 

 ing, in wliich I understand Mr. Prince has become 

 a proprietor, and which is probably embraced in 

 the account of the Linnean garden. 



Floy''3 JSi'itrsery, on the island of New York, is 

 appropriated to the culture of both hardy and ten- j 

 der trees and plants. The collection of green- j 

 house ])lants is respectable, and comprises many | 

 rare and beautiful varieties. j 



jyUsoii's JVarsery is in the neighbourhood of | 

 Floy's and embraces a like culture and variety. 



Hogg's J^'ursery is also upon the island of New; 

 York. It is principally devoted to green-house 

 culture and hardy shrubs. I 



The i)roprietors of the three preceding estab- ' 

 lishmonts stand high as horticultural botanists, j 

 and as men of practical skill and industry. The 

 liigh price of land has in a great measure circum- ' 

 scribed their labors, and somewhat limited their 

 .culture to those articles wliich promise the most 

 pro!n[it and certain return. 



Tlie Mbany JVurseiy was established by myself, [ 

 in coimection with Mr. Wilson, a practical gar- 

 dener. In addition to the fruit and green-house ( 

 departments, we are rearing many varieties of 

 hardy forest trees, for utility and ornament ; and: 

 our situation peculiarly qualifies us for furnishing 

 seeds of native kinds in the best condition. We | 

 have spared no trouble or expense to obtain all 

 the choice varieties of fruits ; and have in pro- 

 gress descrijHive catalogues, which I propose send- 

 ing you when completed. 



Botanic Garden at Brooklvn. This has been 

 recently established by M. Parmentier, a gentle- 

 man of taste from the Netherlands. As M. Par- 

 mentier has brothers in the Netherlands and in 

 France, eminent for their pomological researches, 

 his establishment will be eminently useful, by in- 

 troducing among us the finer fruits of the Euro- 

 pean continent. 



Landrcth's A'ursery, at Philadeli'.hia, is an old 

 and respectable estahlisliment, and is devoted to 

 the culture of native and foreign plants hardy and 

 tender. It has profited much in rare American 

 plants, from the labors of bntani-;ts who have ex- 

 plored the interior, under the orders of govern- 

 ment. The varieties of the magnolia arc numer- 

 ous, and in fine condition. I saw in this nursery, 

 in August last, the Osage apple (Madura ?) in fine 

 bearing. 



The Burlington J^''>.trsery is in New Jersey, 20 

 miles above Pliiladelphia. It sustained a high re- 

 putation under Mr. Coxe, and I believe, is likely 

 to maintain its character under Mr. Smith, the 

 {•resent proprietor. 



Ki-nrick's J^urstry is at Newton, in the vicinity 

 of Boston, and is appropriated to the raising of 

 fruit anil ornamental trees, &c. 



Sinclair ^- Moore ' ave conunchced a nursery at 

 Baltimore, principally, I believe, for propagating 

 fruit trees. Respcctfullv, J. BUEL. 



.Ilbany, A'. Y. Feb. 6th, 1823. 



Carafla, and a noble Venitian, one of the Barbar- 1 

 age, were confined to their palaces during the I 

 rose season, for fear of their lives. Johannes e ' 

 Querceto, a Parisian and, Secretary to Francis I. j 

 king of France, was forced to stop his nostrils I 

 with bread when there were any apples at table (' 

 and so offensive was the smell to him, that if an 

 apple had been held near him he would fall a 

 bleeding. — Shenck. Obs. Med. ' 



"I saw a noble countess," says Horstine, "who 

 tasted of some udder of beef, atid had her lips 

 suddenly swelled thereby ; observing that I took 

 notice of it, .she told me she had no dislike to that 

 kind of dish, but as often as she did eat of it she 

 was troubled in this manner, the cause of which 

 she was utterly ignorant of. Bruverinus knew a 

 girl, sixteen years of age, who, up to that time, 

 bad lived entirely on milk, and could not bear the 

 smell of bread, the smallest j)aiticle of which she 

 woidd discover by the smell. An antipathy to 

 pork is very common. Shenckins tells us of one 

 who would immediately swoon as often as a pig 

 was set befiire him, even though it be enclosed in 

 paste ; he falls down as one that is dead, nor does 

 he return to himself till the pig is taken away J 

 from the table. Marshal Albert fainted away 

 when he saw the head of a boar. 



Butter. — At the Fair of the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural Society at Brighton, on Wednesday, the 

 premium of one hundred dollars, subscribed by a 

 number of gcntU'ineii and placed at the disposal 

 of the .Society, v/as awarded to Mr John L. Boyls- 

 ton, of Pruiceton, for tlic best butter. There was 

 a large (pianiity of Butter exhibited, and it is con- 

 fidently expected that the object for v/hicli the 

 premium was subscribed will be attained, viz. the 

 production of the first quality butter in large quan- 

 tities and a corresponding decrease of the inferior 

 qualities with whicli our market has for many 

 years past been filled. Mr Boylston's butter, we 

 are informed, was sold for 20 cents per pound, 

 cash. — Boston Patriot. 



Horticultural rarity. — One of the finest samples 

 of the advantages derived from the increased at- 

 tention to gardening and fruit trees in this cnun- 

 tjy, was presented to us yesterday, in the form of 

 a most <leliciou3 peach, by alderman Peters, rais- 

 ed by him in his garden at Greenwich. It is one 

 of the Heath species, vulsarly called the October 

 cling, white in complexion, of exquisite flavor, and 

 of a large size, being no les.>i than ten inches in 

 circumference, and weighinff ten oui'ces — and it 

 grew on a tree but two years old. Such delight- 

 ful fruit, at this late seasoji, when most others of 

 the kind have entirely disappeared, and their yel- 

 low leaves are .scattered by the piercing winds of 

 autumn, is a rarity indeed, widl worth the cultiva- 

 tion of the scientific votary of Pomona or t'le or- 

 dinary practical gardenf r JV. 1'. Statesman. 



The adjourned meeting of persons in Salem 

 and vicinity, interested in protecting Gardens and 

 Orchards Iroin trespasser.s, was held in Salem, 

 12th inst. E. H. Derby, Esq. Chairman, and T. P. 

 Bancroft, Esq. Secretary. Articles of association' 

 were agreed to and a committee appointed to ob- 

 tain subscribers to the same. The object of the 

 association is iiraiseworthy, and we wish it suc^ 

 cess. Many a cu'prit has begun with robbing a 

 garden, and ended his career in a public prisou- 

 The progress in crime in most cases is gradual. — 

 Ibid. 



Extraordinary Growth. — We yesterday saw, at 

 the store of Mr Jidin M. Ives, a crooked neck 

 Squash, which weighed between forty and fnrtv- 

 one pounds. It was raised in the Garden of Mr 

 E. Jocehn, of this town.—^Salem Observer. . 



Princeton. — Tliis flourishing town in Worcestef 

 County bids fair to be i\\e,prince of towns in gain- 

 ing premiums for fine stock, &c. at Cattle Shows. 

 At the Worcester Show, not less than twelre pre- 

 miums were obtained by citizens of Princeton, and 

 a very large number of premiums, together with 

 the hundred dollars' premium for best butter,, 

 were also at Bri"liton awarded to Princeton farm-- 

 ers. It is a town but little known, but of itself is 

 an object of considerable interest. Wachusset 

 lies jiriucip.'dly v.-ithin its limits, which is the high- 

 est lanil ill ftlassachusetts. Its inhabitants live 

 principally by agriculture, and are remarkable for 

 industry, sobriety and agricultural enterprise. It 

 has for many years been distinguished for fine cat- 

 tle -/6iU 



Cotton raised in Salem. — Two cotton Iinlls rais- 

 ed this year in the garden of Capt. Joseph Ed- 

 wards, of this town, have been left at our office. 

 The seeds were [ilanted in May. The bolls are 

 of a fair size and nearly ripe. We believe, that 

 some successful exjieriracnts, in raising a few ripe 

 bolls were tried in Worcester last year. — Ibid. 



The Cattle Shows and Fairs at Fredericksburg, 

 (Va.) are to be revived. They have heretofore 



j been occasions of great interest. With a little of 

 our yankee industry ami manufacturing enterprise, 



fthe " Ancient Dominion'' would soon resume its 



i ancient glory. Tiie " American System" vTill af- 



I ter all bo its salvation. 



IDIOSYNCRASIES. 



That curious, sympathetic, wonder working 

 person, Sir Kenelem Digby, is perhaps, the great- 

 est detailer of singular fancies relating to anlipa- 

 thtes and sympathies. He narrates the dire effects 

 of flowers upon certain people, even to fainting 

 and dying. So obnoxious was a rose to the lady 

 H^neage, that sli« had her cheeks blistered, says 

 Sir Kenetem, by laying a rose upon her vvl.eii 

 she was asleep. It is even stated that Cardinal 



Vegetable Curiosities. — We are informed, that 

 in several instances, on this island, the Lilnc has 

 put forth new leaves, and bloomed a second time. 

 The flowers wore as full, as delicate in colour and 

 tints, and as fine scented, as those which shed 

 their fragrance in the spring. A second growth 

 of peaches has been had in New Jersey : and in 

 various jiarts of the country, where no second 

 growth has occurred, the character of the peach 

 has been singularly changed in colour, flavor, and 

 time of maturity — the biancli that bore late fill 

 peaches last year, jiroduciiig high flavored rare 

 ripes this — a month earlier than their regular pe- 

 riod .y. Y. Statesmaji. 



] Preparations for the erection of the Capitol of 

 Maine have been commenced at Augusta. The 



j new College in Charleston, S. C. is nearly com- 

 pleted. It will be lighted with iJci/o/i glass, any 



/thing in tiie Tariff law to the contrary, notwith- 

 standing. — Sfivannah paper. 



1 Fioin Iho Rej;oi-ter. 



I " SHEEP. 



Feeling a lively interest in the prosperity of the 

 I shcc]! business in this country, having a flock my- 

 i self, I have thought jiroper to communicate the 

 I following facts and observations to the public^ 

 1 with a view to excite inquiry and elicit informa- 

 1 tioii ill relation to that disease which has carried 

 I off so many of these useful animals during the 



present season. 



Some time in February la^-t, I looked at a flock 



of _. 'arlitig lambs, (about 200 in number,) belong- 



