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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



223 



tinue from one year to another, and with increasing 

 energy and interest. 



3. It will be most practical. If the examina- 

 tions are made by those personally interested in 

 the results, they will be likely to seek for, and 

 obtain, such information as is particularly useful 

 to them. And after they have ascertained their 

 resources, they will have lime and opportunities to 

 make such application of theui as their experi- 

 ments and situations shall show to be most for 

 their advantage. 



4. It will place the information arising from 

 the surveys, more generally and completely in the 

 hands of the people. The information, to a cer- 

 tain extent, is obtained by the personal examina- 

 tion and experiments of those who need it. And 

 besides obtaining a personal and practical know- 

 ledge of their own towns, they prepare themselves 

 to understand the reports which shall be made of 

 others. AV'hercas under the present state of luiow- 

 iedge through the connnuuity, of the science of 

 geology, or its application to agriculture or the 

 other useful arts, very few would be able to read 

 and understand a minute and scientific report of a 

 geological and agricultural survey, if it was placed 

 in their hands. 



5. It is the most feasible. At present, the 

 conmnmity generally are not piepared to appre- 

 ciate the importance of the otjject, and of course 

 will be backward in appropriating money to ef- 

 fect it. 



6. It will furnish an interesting and useful 

 branch of instruction in schools and lycoums. — 

 This has never failed to be the case wherever it 

 has been introduced , and it is believed that ge- 

 ology, with its practical applications, is equally de- 

 serving with geography, or most other branches, 

 to have a place in our system of popular educa- 

 tion. 



7. It will furnish a delightful amuseinent and 

 o healthful recreation to young people. Geological 

 excur.-ions, and collections of s[ieciiiicns in geology, 

 and other branches of natural history, have been 

 unifornjly preferred by children to their ordinary 

 amusements, whenever they have been proposed 

 to them. And it cannot be doubted that this 

 amusement may be enjoyed in every town and 

 village in the country. 



8. It will promote good morals. It is a mis- 

 fortune that most of the amusements resorted to 

 by the young, are unfavorable to good morals, and 

 if they could be so directed as to afford useful in- 

 formation, at the same time that they present a 

 delightful recrj-ation, vice would be prevented, and 

 good morals advanced. 



VELOCITY OF THE WIND. 



Miles perhour. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



10 



15 



20 



2.5 



30 



35 



40 



Feet per second. 

 1,47. Hardly perceptible. 

 2,93. 



4,40. 5 



5,87. 

 7,73. 



\ 



14,67. > 

 22,00. \ 



29,34. 

 36,67. 

 44,00. , 

 51,34. 



.58,68. 

 45166,00. 

 50l73,35 

 60188,00 



Perceptible. 



Gentle and pleasant. 



Pleasant and brisk. 



Very brisk. 



Hish. 



Very high. 



Tempestuous. 

 Strong tempest, 

 soil 17,36. Hurricane. 

 100 146,70. Hurricane that carries trees 

 I and buildinijs before it. 



Gardener ^finted. 

 Wanted on a place near the city, a sing^le man who uncler- 

 slancls ihe mana^enieiil of a small g^arden and farm. Salisfac- 

 lory recornmendalions will be required, and permanent employ- 

 meiU given. Ap|ily at ihis office. If Jan. i'ii. 



To Correspondents. — Several communica- 

 tions are on hand, and will soon appear ; among 

 others, one from Boylston, Mass. on the Field Cul- 

 ture of Pumpkins, Corn, Sec, — one from Bucks- 

 port, Me. ou Selecting Fruit Trees — one from 

 Anson, Me. on the Management of Sheep — one 

 from Old Colony on Broad Wheels — on Town 

 Maps — and several others. 



AVe return our thanks to Myron Holley, Esq. of 

 Lyons, N. Y. for a copy of his valuable Address 

 before tiie r.ew Horticultural Society, lately estab- 

 liehe<l in the western part of New York. We 

 shall soon commence its publication. 



We have just received from London the six- 

 teenth No. of Loudon's Gardener's Magazine, and 

 shall commence the publication of several horti- 

 cultural articles from it, next week. 



Pear Trees and Grape Vines. 



For sale by Rufus Howe, at the place of Samuel Downer, in 

 Dorchester, 200 Pear Trees of (he choicest varieties, viz : "2.0 

 kinds from the London Horticultural Society j also, large and 

 very handsome Scckles, Ambreties, Barlletts, and Bler.ker fllea- 

 dow ; 20 handsome black Tarlareans and Reminglon Cherry 

 Trees, Plums, tfec. 300 Native Grape Viue'i, viz: 50 three 

 years old Catawhas, 80 three years old Isabellas, 50 Bland's Vir- 

 o-inia,30 Alexander,i20 Elsinghorough j also, -00 Sweet Water, 

 Black Hamlnirfj, &.c. 



30 vaiieiies Hoses, v'\z : Greville Rose, White and Red I\Inss, 

 Giaral Duke nl 'I'uscanv. Unique, Multiflora, Provence or Cab- 

 bage, Hundred Leaf, Four Seasons, Red Damask, Marble, 

 French, Cluster, Swiss, German, Variegated, Burgundy, Dou- 

 ble and Single \Vhite. 



Dcthh'as, seven varieties of Double, viz : Crimson, Buff, Yel- 

 low. Red, &c. Single do. 



Tufips, a great nuuiher of varieties, viz: Blzarres, Bibloems, 

 double and single, of different colors, Parrot Bills, &c. 



liijariiilhs. a great variety. Persons are invited, when the 

 Tulips and Hyacinths are in bloom, to call and make their se- 

 lections. White Lilies, Pink roots. Phlox, Polyanthus, three 

 kinds Honeysuckle, Chinese, Trumpet and Sweet Scented ; — 

 handsome Snow Bali trees. Quince do., Red and White Lilacs, 

 growing on same stalk; Lagcrsirecemia, India or Crape Myr- 

 tle, Spira Syrengo, Fringe or Smoke Tree, Snowberry Bush, 

 Strawberry Tree. 



Currant Buf^hes, White Dutch, Red do., common white and 

 red. Gooseberriifs, different kinds. 



Raspberries, Antwerp white and red. Thimbleberries, wliite 

 and red. 



Straivhennes, viz : Wilmot's Superb, Downton, — red and 

 white Englij>h Weed — Koseberry, three kinds native. 



IVaiitedio purchase, l\\o to three thousand small and middling 

 size Pear and Plum Trees, suitable for budding and grafting, 

 Seedlings would be preferred. Apply as above, or at iNo. 5, 

 Central WharL 



Rose Water. 



20 demijohns double and single distilled Rose Water, made 

 entirely from Damask Roses. The above Rose Water is con- 

 stantly' for sale at Mr (-.Wade's Porter Cellar, No. 12, Mer- 

 chant's Row, by demijohn or less quantity. 



Jan. 30. 2iinF}inM4inA 



For Sale, 

 A valuable Farm in Stoddard, in the county of Cheshire, N. 

 H., formerly occupied by Esq. Emerson as a tavern, containing 

 about 220 acres of good land, well proportioned in mowing, til- 

 lage, orchard, pasture and wood land, with a fine growth of su- 

 gar maple. The farm is pleasantly situated on the great road 

 leadipg from Boston, Mass. to Charlestown, N. H., and has on 

 it, a large <lwellin"^ house, three barns, a cider mill and house, 

 with oilier out buildings, all convenient and in good repair. It 

 would be exchanged for real estate in the neighborhooil of Dan- 

 vers, Mass., or sold on very liheral terms. For more pariicular 

 information, apply to Joel Wright, on the premises, to Abel 

 Stacy, of Stoddard, or to 



DANIEL KING, or > ^, ^ 

 EBKNEZER KING, 5 "' ^^°^^"- 

 Jan. 29. 18^9. 3t ^ 



Pressed Culinary Herbs, 

 For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 52, 

 North Market street. Culinary Herbs, dried, pressed, and neatly 

 packed, in parcels, at the following prices ; — Sweet Marjoram, 

 50 cts— Summer Savory, 25 cts — Thyme, 33 cts — Sage, 17 cis 

 —Celery, {in bottles for soups, &c,) 23 els— Balm, 33 cU— 

 Rose Flowers, 51,00. eptf 



Seeds for Country Dealers. 



Traders in the country, who may wish lo keep an assortment 

 of Gai'ien Seeds for sale, arc informed ihev can be furnished 

 at the New England Farmer office, No. .52 North Market street, 

 Boston, widi boxes containing a complete, assortment of the 

 seeds mostly used in a kitchen garden, on as favoralde terms as 

 they can be purchased m ihis country, neatly done up in small 

 papers, at fi a.id 12 cents each — warranted to be ol the growth 

 of 1828, and of iUe purest qualily. Orn.\mkntal Flower 

 Sekds wilHie added on the same terms, wh»'n ordered, as well 

 as Peas, Beans, Early White Sweet Corn, &c, of dif- 

 ferent sorts. 



DIx' 'f he Seeds vended at tins establishment, are put up on a 

 new plan this year, each package being accompanied with 

 short directions on its management, and packed in the neatest 

 style. — Traders arc requested lo call and examine for itientv" 

 selves. eptf Jan. 23. 



For Sale, 

 In the soutlicasterly part of old Marlborough, a valuable 

 Farm, eontaiuing about 120 acres, consisting of every kind of 

 land lliFil is desirable to the enterprising farmer, a large portion 

 of which is of the tirst quality, having a constant stream cf water 

 running through il ; and the land is so situated that a number of 

 acres are capable of irrigation. On the premises' is an upright 

 two story House, with four rooms on the floor, in good repair ; 

 a large Barn, 80 by 30, and in common seasons is filled with 

 good hay. Theie are also on the farm, good Orchards, a pari 

 of which are in iheir prime ; together with an abundance of 

 Wood, the best of while oak, fit for wheelwrights' use, or for 

 ship limber. There are few farms capable of^moie improve- 

 ment, or which can be carried on at less expense. The place 

 \%ill be sold at a fair price, with or without the strck and uten- 

 sils, at the election of ilie purcha'^er. The payments made easy 

 and accommodating, and possession may be had on delivery of 

 the deed. For further particulars, please inquire of William 

 Draper, Esq. of Marlborough, of Benjamin Weld of Rox- 

 bury, or of Samuel H. Weld, on the premises, Jan. 16. 



PiJOVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTED F.VKRY WEEK EV MR. HitWARD, 



(Clei-k of FantttU-hall Market.) 



BEEF, best pieces, - . . . pound. 10112 12 



PORK, fresh, besl pieces, - " 5! 8 



wliole hogs, - - " 5' 6 



VEAL, " 5 6 



MUTTON. •< 2 ,n 



POULTKY, " 8 10 



BUTTER, keg and liib, ..." 14 20 



Lump, besl, ..." ^0 



EGGS, dozen. 20 2» 



MEAL, Rye, retail, .... bushel. 70 



Iniliau, retail, . . . *' 7^, 



FOTATOS, . . . . « so 

 CIDER, [aecerding to quality,] - barrel. 2 OfJ 3 00 



