VOL. XII. NO. 9. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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In addition to the stock on Ids farm Gen. Jenoks- 

 Jins now 87 shoats about 3 months old, weighing 

 from 30 to SO lbs. each, 80 of which he wishes to 

 sell. These are J, I and j- breeds crossed with 

 the Spanish breed imported into this neighborhood 

 two years since from Malaga. This breed, where 

 known is esteemed superior to any other in the 

 United States. 



My limited knowledge of the value of the differ- 

 ent articles of produce here mentioned, forbids in; 

 presuming to offer any estimate, but none will hes 

 itate in awarding a premium of credit so justly due 

 to the skill and enterprise of this distinguished ag- 

 riculturist and rural economist. 

 Very respectfully yours, 



Samuel Woodruff. 



Ira Biirnham, Egg plum for premium, from the 

 garden of the Hon. J. Ihmnewell. 



Nuts. A nut resembling a filbert, from James 

 Brown, West Cambridge. 



Per order of the Committee, S. A. Shurtleff. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUIT AT THE MASS. 

 HORT. SOC. ROOMS. 



Saturday, Sept. 7, 1833. 

 Tuf. exhibition of fruits which took place this 

 day was very fine, particularly the pears. 



Apples. A basket of large red apples from Oli- 

 ver Johnson, Sterling. Fine sweet apples for 

 baking, from H. Cowing, jun. Roxbury. An ap- 

 ple of tine flavor, called the Coach Whip, by Henry 

 Sheaf, Esq. Summer Pearmain, remarkably good, 

 by E. M. Richards, Dedham. Porter apples, a fine 

 basket of which were presented for the horticul- 

 tural dinner, by Lawson Buckminster, Framing- 

 bam. Gloria Mundi apple, by H. Cowing, jr. Rox- 

 bury. 



Pears. By P. B. Hovey of Cambridgeport, fine 

 specimens of the Bartlelt and Bergamot pears; the 

 particular name of the latter lost. By John Prince, 

 Esq. of Roxbury, the Rambour d'ete. By S. A. 

 Shurtleff of Boston, the Rouselette de Rheims 

 pear. By John Heard, Jr. Esq. fine specimens of 

 Williams' Bonchretien, (called the Bartlett,) Sugar, 

 and Harvard pears. By Mr. Banners, a French 

 pear from his garden, name unknown. By 

 Enoch Bartlett, Esq. two specimens of pears, good 

 and fair, names unknown. By J. H. Billings, Rox- 

 bury, pears of large size and good flavor, name 

 unknown. By Joseph Morton, Esq. Milton, a 

 seedling pear, a great bearer worth cultivating. 

 The Committee gave it the name of Morton Seed- 

 ling. 



Pcaelies. By Miss Watson, Charter-street, Bos- 

 ton, seedling peach of large size. By Mr. Joseph 

 Stetson, Waltham, seedling peaches. By Mr. Wil- 

 liam Kenriefc, Newton, Washington free stone 

 peach, very fine flavor and great bearer ; Van 

 Zandt's peaches, fine flavor ; Mignonne peach, 

 beautiful and good. By C. Cowing, Roxbury, 

 Oldmixon, Red Rareripe, and Princess Charlotte, 

 from Hartford, very line. By James Eustis, South 

 Reading, five varieties of peaches, fair. By Law- 

 son Buckminster, Framinghain, English Rareripes, 

 good peach. By E. Vose, Dorchester, two varie- 

 ties of peaches. By Thomas Mason, Charlestown 

 Vineyard, the Royal Alberge, Gross Mignonne, 

 Royal George, Royal Kensington, Royal and Belle- 

 garde peaches. 



Nectarines. By Thomas Mason, the Elruge. 

 By Ex-President Adams, Quincy, five Nectarines, 

 seedlings. 



Plums. By R. Manning, Salem, the Spanish 

 Damask, Red Pedrigon, for drying, and Bleecker's 

 German Gage plums, latter very fine. By P. B. 

 Hovey, Cooper's large red plum, superior. By 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



David Haggerston, Society's Garden, Mount 

 Auburn — Amonobium alatum, ^Enothera densi 

 flora, do. Lindleyana, Schizanthus pinnatus, Mo- 

 lope nialamides, Dracocephahim mohlavica, do. 

 var. alhiflorum, Thunbergia alata: Dahlias — Coc- 

 cineas superb, Nuttallii, Vulcan, Prince Leopold, 

 Rainbow, Double Buff, Florabundanana, Kurd's 

 Favorite, Scarlet Turban, &c. 



Win. Kenrick, Newton, Roses — Star formed 

 Noisette, Noisette, Champney's blush cluster, 

 Grandval or Hermite, Undulata, Pourpre obscure, 

 Belle Italiene, Sec. &c. : Tradescantia blue red 

 and white, Larkspur grandiflora and other varie- 

 ties Phlox var., Asters, Heliauthus multiflora, Mal- 

 va rosea, Verbascum, Nasturtium, Balsams, Cilli- 

 flowers, yEnothera frazeri, Honeysuckles, Corcbo- 

 rus japonica, Dracocephahim, Rudbeckia purple 

 and yellow, Bignonia radicans and grandiflora, 

 Sno wherry. Also, 14 varieties of beautiful Al- 

 theas, of different shades : varieties of Dahlias. 



S. Walker, Roxbury — Matricaria parthenium, 

 China aster, Funkia subcordata, Salvia splendens, 

 Amaranth us tricolor, Gompbreua globosa, Zinnia 

 elegans, Euphorbia, Chiococca, Scabiosa atropur- 

 purea, Asclepias tuberosa, Helianthus flore pleno, 

 Dracocephahim virginianum, Delphinium elatum, 

 Grandiflorum, Sinensis, Veronica virginica, Sibe- 

 rica, Verbena aubletia, Tradescantia virginica, Al- 

 ba, Mesemhryanthemum, Altliea frutex, Iberis gib- 

 raltarica, Alba, Coreopsis auriculata, Tinctoria, 

 Lanceolata, Phlox paniculata, &c. &c. : Dahlias — 

 Hall's mogul, Coccinea speciossissima, Colvill's 

 perfecta, Foster's incomparable, Squbb's pure yel- 

 low, Walker's Mary Louisa (seedling), Wells' Royal 

 Lilac, Dennisii, Le Brilliant, Romulus. 



Thomas Maso>-, Charlestown Vineyard, 14 va- 

 rieties of Dahlias, with other kinds of flowers. 



Charles M. Hovey, Cambridgeport, fine speci- 

 mens Callistema multiplex, &c. 



Messrs. Winship, a collection of flowers, among 

 which were the following kinds — Dracocephahim 

 speciosa, Achillea ptarmica, Fumaria virginica, 

 Cucubalus hehem, Spirea stipulacea, Phlox Caro- 

 lina, do. Scabra, do. Suaveolens seretina, Eu- 

 phorbia corolata, Saponaria officinalis, Asclepias 

 fruticosa, and curasivica, Nepeta variegata. 



The Exhibition of Horticultural Productions, 

 has not been surpassed, if equalled by any former 

 weekly display. In the flower department, Messrs. 

 Haggerston, Walker, Kenrick, Mason, and Hovey, 

 were conspicuous competitors, and showed fine 

 specimens of splendid flowers to the gratification 

 of those present, particularly the ladies, who sanc- 

 tioned by their presence the exhibition, and the 

 refined taste and excellent judgment evinced by 

 them will doubtless have a tendency to stimulate 

 the practical horticulturist to greater exertion. 

 And we confidently hope further to enlist iu Flora's 

 cause the courtesy of him who 



Mr. Joshua Child of Boston, Mr. Joseph Stetson 

 of Waltham, anil Mr. Charles M. Hovey of Cam- 

 bridge, were elected Members of the Society. 



The Annual Celebration will take place on 

 Wednesday the 18th inst. The following gentle- 

 men constitute the Committee of Arrangements : 

 Zebedee Cooke, Jr. E. Vose, S. A. Shurtleff, Da- 

 vid Haggerston, Jonathan Winship, E. M. Rich- 

 ards, B. V. French, G. W. Pratt, Robert Manning, 

 E. A. Story, Enoch Bartlett, Wm. Kenrick, Samuel 

 Walker. 



' Learns of llio liule Nautilus to snil, 

 Spreads the thin web lo catch the driving" gale ,'•' 



and who unfurls the star-spangled banner in foreign 

 climes, to bring home from the shade unseen the 

 sweet flower, to impart its fragrance on his native 

 home. By order of the Committee, 



Jona. Winship, Chairman. 



WORCESTER MANUAL LABOR HIGH SCHOOL. 



The Committee for superintending the arrange- 

 ments of the premises for the organization and 

 operation of this proposed school, is composed of 

 the following gentlemen : — Isaac Davis, Esq. of 

 Worcester, Joseph White, Esq. of West Boylston, 

 Otis Corbett, Esq. of Worcester, Col. Edward 

 Phillips, of Sturhridgc, and Rev. Otis Converse, 

 of Grafton. They have purchased a tract of land 

 of about 60 acres, embracing a beautiful elevation 

 in the southern part of the village, on the Brook- 

 field road. A three story house, of wood, with 

 out buildings, has been erected, and is in progress 

 towards completion, for the use and occupancy of 

 the steward, who will board all the pupils in his 

 family. The academic building will stand on a 

 line with the steward's house, in the rear of an en- 

 closed square, about twenty rods from the street ; 

 and will be 60 feet by 42, and 3. stories high ; the 

 basement story of stone, and the two stories above 

 ofbrick. The entrance to be through a retreating 

 vestibule in the centre of the front, shaded by a 

 portico of the Doric order, resting on four pillars 

 2^ feet in diameter and 21 feet shaft, and fluted. 

 •On each side of the vestibule there will be private 

 rooms for the accommodation of the Instructors. 

 The school room will be 60 feet by 30, lighted by 

 windows in the rear and ends of the building, and 

 will afford accommodation for 150 students. The 

 plan of the grounds embraces reserved lots for the 

 erection of such shops as may be necessary to carry 

 into effect the system of manual labor, and other 

 buildings that may be required for the convenience 

 and accommodation of the school. Although this 

 school will owe its existence mainly to the liberal- 

 ity and energy of the Baptist denomination, yet 

 we assure the public that there will he nothing sec- 

 tarian in its character. The Committee will ex- 

 pend about $] 2,000 before the first of April next, 

 when it is expected that the school will be opened. 

 An act of incorporation will be obtained at the next 

 session of the Legislature ; the school be placed 

 under the control of trustees ; -and the course of 

 study, government, and discipline, be established 

 on broad and liberal principles. — Worcester .^Egis. 



Asplendid Animal. There is now exhibiting in 

 Portland (Me.) a bull, seven years old, weighing 

 3,500 lbs. He measures 11 feet 9 inches from his 

 nose to his tail, girts 9 feet, and is 5 feet 8 inches 

 in height. He is of the improved short horned 

 Durham breed. 



Hair Restorative. It has been ascertained that 

 the daily application of salt will restore hair to the 

 headsof those, who, from fever or other causes, 

 may lave suffered its loss. The constant appli- 

 cation of salt has been found to give strength, and 

 luxuriance to hair which was falling off, and caus- 

 ing rapid baldness. This is a simple and cheap 

 remeJy worth trying Domestic Ecyc. 



