VOL. XII. NO. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



99 



Straw or Grass Bonnets. — Lydia Whitney, of 

 Slew, 1st prem. 3 ; Martha \. i lonant, Acton, 2d, 

 2; Clarissa Wheeler, Framingham, a beautiful 

 bonnet wreath, a gratuity of 2. 



Boots and Shoes. — Joel N. Onfhank, Weston, 

 best cow hide hoots, 6 ; Samuel A. Thurston, < Jon- 

 cord, ladies' cloth shoes, 2; Wright and Mixer, 

 Lowell, gratuity, 1. 



Inventions. Nathaniel S. Bennett, of Framing- 

 ham, for an iron how, for fastening cattle in the 

 stable, 2; John Buttrick of Cambridge, for an 

 improvement in a carpenter's rule, :i : James Ea- 

 ton, Concord, a fowling piece, a ueal and beauti- 

 ful specimen of workmanship, 3 ; .lames Adams 

 of Concord, for a specimen of the spirit level, 1. 



The following notice of Toasts given at the Mid- 

 dlesex Cattle Show is from tlie Bunkerhill Aurora. 

 REGULAR TOASTS. 



Our Anniversary — Let it be welcomed, for here 

 all may drcno together in the good cause of im- 

 provement. 



President Jackson and Daniel Webster — The \ ie- 

 tory of the former at New Orleans will be long re- 

 n-embered ; but the joint victory of both over nul- 

 lification will never be forgotten. 



Our Governor — His exhibition of the old farm 

 " Massachusetts," after being the overseer for eight 

 years, fairly entitles him to the highest premium. 



The division of labor and the labor to divide — 

 Tiie one always keeps the horse before the cart ; 

 the other tips over both cart and horse. 



Our next Gubernatorial Canvass — So many par- 

 ties are entering the lists — such queea- teams har- 

 nessing up, that the Commonwealth is in danger 

 of being drawn in quarters, or starting wrong end 

 foremost, next year. 



The Temperance Cause — It has nearly destroy- 

 ed ardent spirit — let it go on till it nullifies intem- 

 perance, in politics and religion. 



Banks The best, are those where capital 



springs from enterprise, industry and economy — 

 from such banks no government can remove the 

 deposits. 



The Presidential Ploughing Match Let the 



rules be altered — let no man who has received the 

 first premium contend for it again, and never suf- 

 fer him to plough for others. 



Major Jack Downing, President Jackson and Es- 

 quire Biddle's Bank — Three modern wonders — 

 the first has more wit — the second more spunk — 

 the last more " real chink " than all the rest of 

 creation. 



JVeu> England takes the first premium — " Giner- 

 al " says I, " did you see the farms and the work 

 shops all along there, down east ? " " Major," 

 says he, " Major, its capital." 



VOLUNTEER SENTIMENTS. 



By Rev. Dr. Ripley. The Anniversary of our 

 Society — may the spirit and harmony of this day 

 attend all its future returns, and may we go on 

 improving until improvement shall be unnecessary. 



By Rev. Mr. Goodwin. The Orator of the Day 

 — may he never be less fortunate in the selection 

 of a subject or less skilful in its dissection. 



Dr. Bartlett having found it necessary to return 

 to Lowell before the dining hour, left with the 

 President the following sentiment : — 



Civil freedom in Europe — It will be attained and 

 enjoyed only when the Cultivators of the soil be- 

 come, as they are here, its Owners. 



By Rufus Hosmer, Esq. of Stow. Rev. Dr. 

 Ripley — He has given additional evidence this day 



that in old ag£ be produi - [he best fruit. [This 

 toast alludes, probably, to several kinds of superi- 

 or apples exhibited by Dr. Ripley, from an orchard 

 which lie said he set out when an old man, and 

 from which he ne,ver expeeted to live to take the 

 fruit. Till-, In' hoped would encourage gentle- 

 men to set out orchards earlj in life — if tbey did 

 not do it then, do it later — tbey would do some- 

 body good.] 



By Rev. Mr. Ripley, ofWaltham. The County 

 < — Fruitful in historical recollections, 

 worthy to be remembered by the inhabitants — 

 I oncord, Lexington, Bunker Hill! 



By Benj. Wheeler, of Framingham. .Vein Eng- 

 land Soil. Generally better than it is believed in 

 be. [Mr. Wheeler, accompanied bis toast with 

 some remarks on the method of cultivating mead- 

 ow lands, which lie believed were equal in fertili- 

 ty to the far-famed lands of the West, if only pro- 

 perly drained and cultivated.] 



By Hon. John Keyes. The various occupations 

 of life — all useful if rightly v><;d : all honorable if 

 honorably pursued : and all profitable, if the profit 

 and loss account is well keptand properly balanced. 



By Col. Wm. Whiting. The old farm, Massa- 

 chusetts. Look well to the next Overseer — we 

 are willing to employ one who wears a leather 

 apron, but he must never wear a Q,. 



At 4 o'clock P. M. the Premiums were awarded 

 in the Court House. The Society subsequently 

 proceeded to the choice of its officers for the year. 



In the evening, there were two balls, at Shep- 

 herd's and Wesson's hotels. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS 



Of the Mass. Hor. Society at the Hall of the In- 

 stitution, on Saturday Oct. 5, 1S33. 



From Alexander Walsh, Esq. the following let- 

 ter was read by the President, who stated that the 

 seed named therein had been placed in the hands 

 of the Gardener at Mount Auburn, for cultivation. 

 Lansingburgh, 19 July, 1S33. 



Dear Sir, I send your Society, to' be planted in 

 Mount Auburn garden, a large parcel of Woad 

 fringe seed corydalis fuhgosa, the produce of my 

 soil. It will answer to plant this pretty hardy 

 creeper this month ; it grows from seed the first, 

 and runs to vine the second year. 



I purpose visiting your splendid garden (if 

 nothing happens to prevent) about this time next 

 season : shall then look along the Indian ridge for 

 the 'fringe,' and around the other beautiful ave- 

 nues for your society's posthumous glories ! choice 

 collection, 



" Upraised from seed or bulb, interred in earth." 

 Report speaks volumes in praise of your cemetery; 

 frpm the rapid and regular advances of your so- 

 ciety in this great, this grand work, the public are 

 led to believe there can be no hindrance to its full 

 completion, but what ingenuity, perseverance and 

 tsste, must conquer. 



I am propagating, in a little nursery, trees and 

 sirubs for your garden, among which are the 

 Ihree-leaved Bladder nut, staphylea trifoliata ; 

 Lop tree, ptelea trifoliata ; Pocock's dark yellow 

 Senna, colutea poeockill ; Pecan nut, juglans olivoz- 

 ftrmis ; Filberts, &c. &c. 



Wishing complete success to your very laudable 

 undertakings, I remain very respectfully, 



Yours, &c. &c. Alexander Walsh. 

 Hon. H. A. Dearborn, Pres. Mass. Hot. Soc. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Apples. M. P. Wilder of Dorchester, seven 

 varieties Seaver Sweeting, Golden Pippin, R. 

 Greening, a variety of Spitzenburg, Tolman 

 Sweeting, and three varieties names unknown. 

 Wm. Steams of Salem, monstrous Pippin. James 

 Read of Roxbury, monstrous Pippin. James S. 

 Floyd, a very large apple, not at maturity, name 

 unknown. Nathan Chandler of Lexington, New- 

 York Sweeting, Baldwin and blue Pearmain. 

 ( lharles French of Braintree, a very large yellow 

 sweet apple of fine flavor, a native fruit, keeps till 

 January. J. M. Ives of Salem, Early Summer 

 Pearmain of Coxe, very fine. Mr. Manning, Haw- 

 thorndcan, and specimen of thn Alexander. Dr. 

 Fiske of Worcester, a very large red striped apple, 

 now ripe, and very fine, name unknown. Mr. 



monstrous Pippin. Daniel Chandler of 



Lexington, four varieties of very fine native ap- 

 ples, all of good size and of a red color. 



Pears. Dr. Fiske of Worcester, Seckel Pears, 

 and a winter pear, name unknown. William 

 Stearns of Salem, a native pear from Essex, not 

 of superior quality ; also Endicot Pears. Mr. Bur- 

 re]] of Quincy, Rushomore's Bonchretien, a large 

 ordinary pear, now ripe. Dr. Elisha Edwards of 

 Springfield, Capiaumont, very fine. Mr. Manning, 

 autumn Bergamot of the Penological Magazine ; 

 also, Surpasse Virgalieu Catillac, a synonyme of 

 the 40 ounce Pear and the Poire de livre, a large, 

 winter baking pear ; also, Ronville of the New Du- 

 hamel, which some authors have erroneously con- 

 founded with the Martin Sire or Ronville of the 

 Old Dubamel : they differ, however, in color and 

 shape, as well as in the time of ripening, in wood 

 and in leaf. Mr. Payne, Heathcot pear, from 

 Madam Gore's, very fine. Herman Livingston, 

 Esq. of New York, St. Michael's, there called Vir- 

 galieu. Mr. Dowse of Cambridgeport, a large Ber- 

 gamot pear from New York. Mr. Vose, Long 

 Green or Mouille Bouche, very fine. 



Peaches. BIr. Vose, Orange Clingstones, fine ; 

 Mr. Cornelius Cowing, Kenrick's Heath, very large. 

 Mr. Ebenezer Weld of Roxbury, a native peach, 

 very large, and of extraordinary quality : this fruit 

 was named by the committee Weld's Freestone. 

 Mr. Manning, Columbia peach, No. 10 of Coxe. 



Plums. Sam. Pond, the Suisse or Semianaplum. 



Grapes. Mr. Cornelius Cowing of Roxbury, 

 Isabella and White Chasselas or Sweet Water. 

 Mr. Samuel Pond of Cambridgeport, fine speci- 

 mens of Catawba, Isabella and Pond's Seedling. 

 Mr. William Kenrick, Blue Elsenburg, a very 

 small, sweet native grape. Dr. S. A. Shurtleff, 

 White Chasselas, fine ; and Isabellas. Mr. Vose, 

 White Chasselas, Royal Chasselas, Musk Chassel- 

 as, Chasselas of Thomery, Chasselasof Fontain- 

 bleau, Black Cluster, Large Frankenthal and Gros 

 Maroc, all produced in open culture. 



Melons. Thomas Mason of Charlestown, Pine 

 apple melons, and white skin and green flesh. 

 From Gen. Sumner, Sois, A. from the town of 

 that name in France. William Kenrick. 



Thomas Rotch of Philadelphia, was admitted a 

 Corresponding Member of the Mass. Hor. Society. 

 Col. N. Towson, President of Washington Hor. 

 Soc. and Joseph Gales, Jr. Esq. Vice President of 

 the same, were elected Honorary Members. 



In a former No. it was said that John Wintbrop, 

 Esq. of Charleston, S. C. was chosen a Correspond- 

 ing Member of the M. H. S. It should be, Joseph. 



[£f°For Exhibition of Flowers, See page 102. 



