56 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



AIG. 19. 1S40. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



NEW ENGLAND. 



BY HENBT W. ELLSWORTH, FSQ. 



New Enffland ! New England ! 



How beautiful thy vales — 

 Where summer flowers are broathiiit- forth 



Their sweets to summer gales ; 

 Where soft the wild note broaketli 



From out each de»y prove, 

 When lone the night-bird chanteth 



Her even lay of love ! 



Oh I fiir beyond the surges wild 



That beat upon thy shore, 

 Hath swept the piean of Ihy fame 



Old ocean's vastness o'er ; 

 And echoes far the triumph song 



Of that trueliearted band, 

 Who give their homes, their all for God 



And thee, my father-land. 



It peals amid the palaces 



Of England's titled sons — 

 O'er soft Italia's quivering wires 



Its magic music runs : 

 From lofty peak and lowly vale, 



From islands of the sea, 

 In joyous notes comes bursting forth 



That anthem of the free '. 



Majestic are thy mountains, 



Uptowering to the sky ! 

 Stern monuments that Freedom's hand 



For age hath piled on high ! 

 Forever may they guard thee. 



As now — the blest, the free — 

 Bright Eden-land of nations — 



Proud homo of Liberty ! 



And beautiful the silver streams 



That ripple o'er thy breast, 

 In thousand forms meandering 



To seek their ocean rest — 

 Aye beautiful I and may they twiuo 



Forever bright as now, 

 A fadeless leaf of lustre round 



Thy clear unruffled brow ! 



We love them, for their legends tell 



Of deeds and daring true — 

 How oft the hunter paddled there, 



War-led, his dark canoe ; 

 And oft, beside the mossy banks, 



'Mid scenes tliat linger yet. 

 The Indian maid — sweet nature's child — 



Her Indian lover met. 



And these are gone — but fairer forms 



Still rove beneath thy skies. 

 Whose priceless worth and trusting love 



Gleam forth from laughing eyes : 

 Thy daughters ! like sweet flowers of spring. 



Bloom 'neath thy fostering care. 

 Through coming time, as now, to be 



Thy treasures, rich and rare. 



Thy sons ! what clime that knoweth not 



The noble and the brave! 

 The tamers of the stubborn earth — - 



The rovers <jf the wave. 

 Aye ! dearly do they love the land 



Their fathers died to gain ; 

 Their pride, its glory fresh to keep, 



Its honor bright from stain ! 



New England ! New England ! 



God's blessings on thee be ; 

 And ever on those cherished ones 



Fond memory links with thee! 

 From this fair land, whose spreading skies 



Like thine, a glory wear. 

 My spirit turns to breathe for thee 



A blessin'r and a prayer! 

 Iiiflinnd, ./Jprit, 1840, 



Biitns. — " /^e often mislakc our friends forfoesy 

 — How often the woodpecker is shot for his sup. 

 posed injury to fruit trees, when in fact he is only 

 destroying the vermin which are destroying the 

 tree. And blackbirds, bobolinks, &c,, are often 

 shot by boys, because they once in a while pickup 

 a kernel of grain, when perhaps, if left to live, they 

 would destroy worms and insects that would de- 

 stroy bushels. Evfm the crow I believe does more 

 good than harm ; and instead of a bounty for kill- 

 ing him, there had ought to be a fine. I recollect 

 ten or twelve years ago that the white grub worms 

 were so plenty as to destroy half the grass in some 

 fields. The crows at that time were very busily 

 employed in hunting and digging them for food. 

 Few other birds have the strength of body or form 

 of bill to take them. l>id they no good in this? 

 No doubt they saved us many tons of grass in this 

 town; and a little ingenuity in putting up images 

 will save our corn from their ravages. But sup- 

 posing (which is not true) that some of these feath- 

 ered songsters do injure us in a pecuniary way : — 

 do we wish any species of them e.vtinct, as the 

 crow, the blackbird, &c. ? No I We all I hope, 

 love to see and hear them; for tiiey were made by 

 our common Creator, and have the same right to 

 "vindicate their grain " that we have. — Farmer's 

 Monihhj Visitor. 



TO AUnSERViilEN AND GARDENSatS. 



A well pslahbshpd Nursery and good Vegetable Garden 

 simaled in the Stue of Massachuselts, near a market for 

 vegetaldes, and where there is a good demand for trees, to- 

 : gelher with every cnnvenieuce for a man with a family, will 

 be let on acr'nnmodaling terms lo a good lenain for a term of 

 { years. Address a hue slating name and reference {post 

 j paid) to J. (• MKRRIf.L, care of Messrs. Brerk &. Co, 

 I Seedsmen, Rosion, previous lo first of October. 

 i August 11 



BUDDING FRUir TREES. 



Cuttings of fruil trees for liudding, comprising nearly all 

 the choice sorts of .Apples, Pear's, Plums, and Cherries, 

 •known and cultivated in this counlry or in Europe, all from 

 hearing trees, c.in he packed in such a manner as lo lie sent 

 with pertecl safety In ay part of tliis counlry or Europe. 

 Apply hy mail lo ihe subscriber, at the Pomological Garden, 

 Salem, Mass. ROBERT MANNING. 



Salem, July 15. 



CASES OF TOOt,S. 

 Just received from England, a few cases of superior horli- 

 cidtural tools, for gentlemen or ladies use, a splendid article 

 in mahogany cases. JOSEPH 15RECK: & CO. 



SUPERB ROCKET IiARKSPUR SEED. 



The subscribers offer for sale a quantity of Superb Double 

 Rocket Larkspur See, I, of their own raising, saved from dou- 

 ble flowering plants o;dy, emiiracing all ihe ditfereiil colors. 

 For fine, strong and early plants, the seed should be sown in 

 August JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



June 17. 



GARD.--.NERSJ' lOTIVES. 



JO.SICPH P.RECK >V CO. have this season imported and 

 now offer for sale a tew very superior Garden Knives, fur 

 pruning. &c. manufactured expressly for Gardeners, and 

 warranted superior to any article of ihe kind before import- 

 ed. 



Also — a large, assortment of Budding Knives, Grape 

 Scissors, &c. file. 



April aa. 



STRAWBERRIES ! STRAWBERXIES I ! 



Those who are desirous of cultivating this delicioua ( 

 Fruit are respectfully informed that the subscri'jer has 

 succeeded, after m.iny years c;tperiineniing upon the 

 Strawberry, not only in obtaining new varieties, fiut in 

 ascertaining the best methods of cultivation. The sub- 

 scriber would offer to the public, the present season, his 

 Selected Collection consisting of seven varieties ; they are 

 such as have stood tlie lest of ixfnir trial for stven years 

 and are all grown by the subscriber. 



Specimens of his Fruits have been exhibited every 

 season at the Massachusetts Horticultural Rooms, and 

 have always commanded an extra price in Kancuil Hall 

 Market. 



Warrens Seedling Methven^ a new anil valuable kind, 

 a free bearer, fruit very large and juicy ; fruit measu- 

 ring .^)A inches has been exhibited liie present season. 

 This variety can be warranted lo be one of ihe finest va- 

 rieties grown, Hnd will produce as fine fruil and lis large 

 quantity, with the siinie cultivation, as any other ever of- 

 fered, although some niav ask the modest (.') price of |i5 

 per dozen. The price of ihis Seedling is $5 per hundred 

 plant.s. 



MclliTin Castle — Fruit extremely lar^e, high flavored 

 and showy ; specimens of this fruit have been shown 

 this si.'ason six inches in circumference. This variety 

 can be said to be very excellent, (when the true kinds is 

 obtained); it is one of the largest l.nte varieties known, 

 profitable and highly worthy of cultivation, all that some 

 growers may say to the contrary, notwithstanding. 

 Price ,f3 per hundred plants. 



Keen's Seedling — A very superior variety, fruit very 

 large, rich dark color, and uncommonly high flavored ; 

 has always been considered by English cultivators the 

 best prowu. Price $!3 per hundred. 



Royal Scarlet — Fruit long oval sbiiped and juicy, very 

 free hearer and very hardv. Price $'2. 



Huutl/nis — Fruit larger than English Wood, exceed- 

 ingly numerous, sometimes yielding 100 berries to the 

 plant. Price $1. 



Early Virginia — This is known to be the earliest and 

 best fruit for market, a free bearer, ami very hardv. — 



Price .sa. 



English Wood — Fruit well known for years, i^l. 



N. li. Those who are desirous of cultivating this de- 

 licicMis fruit, would find it for their interest to visit the 

 gardens and see the method of cultivation, and satisfy 

 themselves that they can obtain their plants from first 

 hands, for it is too often the case that l.Trge and attrac- 

 tive a'lvertisementB are sent forth to the public by deal- 

 ers in plants, when at the same lime they have never 

 grown the kinds offered for sale, and know but little 

 about tlieir cultivation. Attention to this by purcha- 

 sers, if possible, will save mncli time and money. 



Every plant sent from Ibis garden will be warranted 

 to be frei: from mixtuies, and shall also be young and 

 healthy, worib the price paid for them. 



All orders directed to the subscriber, enclosing the 

 amount for the order, or with a good reference, shall be 

 promptly attended co, and the plants carefully forward- 

 ed agreeably to directions. 



JA.MES L. L. F, WARREN. 



Konantum Vale., Brighton, July 25, 1840. 



Orders directed to J. BRECK & Co., will be execut- 

 ed with despatch. 



TIE UP CHAIIVS. 



Just received at the New England Agrie.uliural Ware- 

 house, a good supply of those eelehrated (^hnins for lying; 

 upcattle. These chains, introduced hy E. H. Perby, Esq. 

 of Salem, and Col. Jacques, of Charlcstown, for ihe pur- 

 pose of securing cattle to the stall, are found to be the safest 

 and most convenient mole of fasteningcows and oxen to the 

 slancbioii. They consist of a chnin w hicll passes round the 

 animal's necU. and hy a ring altiiehed to the stall, plays free- 

 ly up and down, and leaves the animal at liheriy to Ife down 

 or rise at pleasure, and keeps him oerfeetly secure. 



July 15. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



PATENT SPRING BAILAKCE. 



.\ few of those very convenient spring hclances, for fami- 

 ly use. a very simple contrivance for weighing small articles. 

 JOSEPH BRECK & CO. No. 51 and 52 North Market 

 Street, Boston. 



July 1.-,. 



THE NEW ENGLAVD FARMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annum 

 payable at the end of the year — hut those who pay wilh;n 

 sixtydays from the time of subscribing are entitled to a ee- 

 ductioii of 50 cents. 



TBTTLE, DENNETT AND CHISHOL!\I, PniNTFKS; 



n SCHOOL STRKKT.....IlilaTO\ 



