Vol. X.— No. 8. 



AND HORTICLLTURAL JOUMNAL. 



59 



A fadiple ol' Liu-enie Grass uas prcst'iited l)y 



J. Swett, Esc]. afci)iii|iaiiled li_v the subjoined coiii- 



rnunicatliiii. 



Henry A. S. Dearborn, Esq. 



Pie-...r ilM- M..SS. H..rt. Soc. 



Sir — I take ihc lilii'ity lo send to tlie Horticul- 

 tural Hall a small liuiicli of Liiceine Grass for ilie 

 inspection of tliose members that may he present. 

 This );ras3 is of ihr fourili crop this season, and 

 according; in my iicst estimate has produced at the 

 rate of Hhoiit.3000 Ihs. per acre each crop, when 

 tirled. I have raised this grass for the lliree last 

 years and lind that my horses and cows like it 

 tiiucli. ^1 prepare my land in the following man- 

 ner : have it plonghed twice, harrowed well, and 

 all the weeds and riiltiiish taken from the land, 

 then sow about 30 Ihs. of seed to the acre. 1 have 

 laid down three small pieces of land vviih this val- 

 uable grass and have succeeded every time to my 

 perfect satislaction. J. Swett. 



Dorchesta; Sept. 3, 1831. 



The followiiiir letter was read and the Bust of 

 Linna;iis placed in the Hall of the Association. 



To lliB Sec. ollhe BI.ss. Hort. Society. 



Sir — Onr friend Mr Russell will hand you a 

 bo,x containing a Hiisl of the immortal Linnoeus 

 wliich we imported from Paris, for the purpose of 

 presenting your valuable Society as an ornament 

 to their dinner table or flower stage on the ap- 

 proaching anniversary, after which place it in your 

 council chamber. 



It is believed to be a striking likeness — was 

 moulded from the celebrated fine bust at Upsal. 



With respect, your Iriends, 



(i. Thorborn & Sons. 



Mio Yor!:, Aug. 27, 1S31. 



Resolved, That a general cominittee of arrange- 

 ment, for celebrating the approaching annual fes- 

 tival, bo chosen, and that the nomination be made 

 from the chair. 



The following gentlemen were unanimously cho- 

 sen: Zebedee Cook, Jr, Abbott Lawrence, George 

 W. Pratt, Elijah Vose, Clieever Newhall, Charles 

 Lawrence, Salem, H. A. Breed, Lynn, E. W. Payre, 

 E. H. Derby of Salem, Jno. VVinship, Brighton, 

 Charles Tappan, Charles Senior, G. W. Brinmier, 

 Daniel Chandler, Lexington, David Haggerston, 

 Samuel Downer. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be 

 presented to Messrs G. Thorburn & Sons, for a bust 

 of Linnaeus presented by them to the Society. 



James K. Mills of Boston, Hall J. Howe, James 

 Vila, Thomas Melville, Daniel Gould of Reading, 

 were admitted members. 



Adjourned to Saturday, Sept. 10. 



llorliciilturalHall, I 

 Saturday, Sept. 3, 1831. j 



FRUITS E.XHIBITED. 



tipples. — By Dr Robliiiis of Roxbiiry, sjiecimens 

 of the small fine Crimson apples exhibited at for- 

 mer meetings anil a beautiful specimen of Por- 

 ter Apfdes. 



By Mr E. D. Dyer, large striped apples of very 

 handsome appi.-arauce but not in eating, name un- 

 known. 



By Mr Geo. Brown of Beverly, a specimen of 

 Gloria Mundi. 



By J.C. .Magoun ofjMedford, Early Sweet Apples 

 seven on one stem and very fair. 



Pears. — By John Prince,Esq. specimens of An- 

 Urevvs,Capiatimont and Boston L'Ejjergne now call- 

 ed Harvard, all very fine and fair. 



By Mr Tlios. Dmiiie of lior^ton, specimens of 

 the Lato Green or Spice Caiberiiiea very j)roduc- 

 tive fruit. 



By Mr Swett of Dorchester specimen of the 

 Jnlieniie whic-h we characterized on a former oc- 

 casion. 



By Mr Whitmarsh, BrooUline, specimens of a 

 green pear, name unknown, anil thejUog-u/ Summer 

 a larife pear, haod.-^ome, productive, sweet, but not 

 abounding in juice. 



By Mr P. B. Hovey of Cambridgeport siieci 

 mens of Harvtird Pears. 



By Mr David Duilley of Roxbury, fine specimens 

 of the favorite Bartlett Pear. 



By Mr A. D. Williams of Roxbury a sample 

 of a native fruit which originated on bis farm ; size 

 under medium and in form pyriform, and much like 

 a Capiaiimont, color yellow with a blush on the 

 sunny side, and of exceeding fine flavor: The 

 Conmiitiee recommended that this fruit be called 

 the fVilliams Pear. 



Peaches — By ?,ir. E. M. Richards samples of 

 excellent native Peaidies. 



Grapes. — By Mr B. V. French from his gar- 

 den in Braintree, several large and handsome 

 bmiches of Sweet Water and Golden Chasselas. 



By Mr J. Ames of Boston very large and fine 

 hunches of White Chasselas. 



By Amos Perry of Sberbuine, specimens of 

 White Native Grapes, very sweet. 



By Dr John Williams of Cambridgeport, speci- 

 mens of Native Grapes of good flavor. 



By Col. John Wilson of Deerfield, specimens of 

 11 native grape called Mulher and of another na- 

 tive called ./l/ng-na/M, one of medium size and the 

 other very large and both very sweet. 



The character of all our Native Grapes of New 

 England so far as we have seen them here exhib- 

 ited is iniicli the same. 



Per order of the Comndttee, Wm. Kenrick. 



VEGETABLES. 



Mr A. Houghton, Jr. Lynn, presented a fine spe- 

 cimen of sweet potatoes, raised bv him, 



D. Chandler. 

 Samuel Downer, Esq. 



Cli ilniiaii of Ihi- CoinmillPe nn Fniils and Fruit Trees, 



Massacliiis..iis Hiroculriiral Society, Bostcm. 



My Dear Sir — In conformity to your request, 

 I have drawn up a succinct account of the tree 

 whit h produced the pears, recently submitted to 

 the cominittee oii Fruits, for examination. 



Some twelve years since, I discovered a young 

 seedling pear tree, in the border of the avenue, 

 which divides my front yard. It came up amidst 

 a cluster of Syringa and Rose bushes, and when 

 it was about five years old, I concluded to tranfser 

 it to the nursery, as a stock for budding. After re- 

 moving the earth, for over two feet in deiilh, it was 

 discovered that there was but a single tap root, 

 which apparentely extended as much farther at 

 least; and being apprehensive that an attempt to 

 deplantit, might occasion such mutilation as to ren- 

 der it doubtful, whether it would survive the op- 

 eration, I directed the earth to be replaced, con- 

 cluding to let it remain, until it bore fruit. 



The shrubs which suiTounded it were removed, 

 and the tree grew rapidly ; but as it was inclined 

 10 shoot up tall and slim, I headed it down so as 

 to leave it about eight feet high. It is now twenty 

 feet in height and ten inches in diatneter. It has 

 never been pruned except by cutting off two small 

 branches which projected into the avenue. It be- 

 ing so little filled with wood, and the form regular, 



there has been no occasion to attempt imiiroving 

 the appearance or beneliting the tree by prnuiui'. 



There can be no doubt that the plant sprang 

 from a seed, at^cidentally dioppeil, as there was no 

 pear tree in the vicinity, oi; could there have been 

 for many years, if ever, as upwards of twenty years 

 since, when my father purtdiased this seat, there 

 were eighteen Loinbarily Poplars growing in the 

 front yard, to the exclusion ot every other tree. 

 They were at least a foot in diameter, and after 

 being dug up by tjie roots, the whole area was 

 trenched, manured and planted with ornamental 

 trees, shrubs, and flowers. 



The tree is of vigorous growth, tall for its age 

 anil the size of the trunk, branches long, rather 

 slender, extending liorizontally, to within eighteen 

 inches or two feet of the ends, which are turned up- 

 wards perpendicularly. The bark of the annual 

 shoots is brown freekleil with small grayish dots, 

 that of the preceding years' growth and of the 

 truids of a dusky green. 



The leaves are ovate, short, rounded at the base 

 and pointed at the other extremity, finely serrated, 

 smooth, borders undulate, bright green, paler be- 

 neath, nerves conspicuous. 



The fruit is of a medium size, rounded at the 

 blossom end, largest midway its length, and regu- 

 larly diminishing in a jjarabolical manner, lo the 

 peduncle, which is inserted in a small cavity, but 

 little depressed, the eye slightly sunk, loaves of 

 the calyx not very prominent. 



Skin smooth, tliiu, green, sprinkled with russet 

 points, and a fawn colored blotch about half an 

 inch in diameter round the peduncle, which is 

 short and commonly bent. Within three or four 

 days before the maturity of the fruit, it begins to 

 acquire a lighter green and when fully ripe be- 

 comes a delicate yellow. 



Last year there was a cluster of blossoms near 

 the end of a lower branch, which produced one 

 pear; this year the tree has borne thirtyfivp. 



The fruit began to ripen on the 12th, and ths 

 last were mature on the 30tli of August. 



The qualities of the fruit I have not pie^urned 

 to describe, that being within the especial province 

 of the Committee, of which you are Chairman. 



Annexed is an e.\act profile of one of the pears 

 with its dimensions. Very respectfully, your most 

 obedient servant. H. A. S. Dearborn. 



Leoglb Si inclies, dianeier 2 inches. 



