X.— No. 1; 



AND HOIITICULTUUAL JOURNAL. 



91 



eiiii;,' tree.s, and slirubs, i-0(|uiriii^' a. soil lliiis con- 

 sntuti;il for Uieir successllil cultivation, wliile tlieir 

 suiface may be spangled wiili lUe brilliant blos- 

 sijiiis of the Nymplinea, and the other beautiful 

 tribes of aquatic plants. The excavations for 

 iliL|jening and eulargin!» the |)onds and niorat^ses 

 will afVord inexhaustible souitcs of manure, of 

 iiiMiluable consequence to the Garden, as well as 

 r.ii lliose portions of the Cemetery which will be 

 I'lhbuHisiied by cultivated plants. 



From these favorable circumstances and the 

 ^eii''iouszea! which has been evinced for the en- 

 ergetic prosecution of the labors, which are required 

 to perfect the details of the whole extensive plan, 

 there no longer remains the least doubt, that in the 

 summer of 1834 Jlount Auburn will rival the | 

 most celebrated rural burial grounds of Europe, 

 and present a garden in such a state of forwardness 

 as will be highly gratifying to the Society, and the 

 public. The work has been commenced on an 

 over dining foundation, has the approbatimi, and 

 patronage, of an enterprisincr, intelligent and pros- 

 perous coininunily, and cannot fail of progressing 

 in a niauucr, that unist give universal satisfaction. 

 There has Iforticulture established her temple, — 

 there will all douomiualions of Christians surren- 

 der up their prejudices, — there will repose the 

 ashes of the humble, and exalted, in the silent 

 and sacred Garden of the Dead, until summoned 

 to those of eternal life, in realms beyond the skies. 



Respectfully submitted by 



H. A. S. Dkareorn, 

 • HoillcuUiiri.l Hall I For llie Coinmiltee. 



gejjl. 30lll, ttiSI . i 



Voted, That the Committee on the Garden and 

 Cemetery be instructed to appropriate such funds 

 ns may be realized from the sale of lots in the 

 Cemetery for the erection of such buildings as they 

 may see proper. 



On motion of Z. Cook, Jr, 



Voted, That the thanks of the Iilassarhusetts 

 Horticultural Society be presented to Dr IM. A. 

 Ward, for his highly interesting and acceptable dis- 

 course delivered on the occasion of the amiual cel- 

 ebration on Wednesday the 21st ult. and that he 

 be requested to furnisli a copy of the same for 

 publication. 



Samuel Kidder of CTa/Zcsioio?i— Horatio Carter 

 of Lancaster — Ward Pool of Danvers — Samuel 

 Adams of Milton, were admitted members. Adj. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



.1pplcs.-»-By Mr R. Manning from the garden of 

 Mr John GTarduer, Salem, a small red variety, in 

 perfect preservation of the growth of 1830,aud from 

 the orchard of Mr Elisha Odlin, Salem, an apple, 

 one half russet, the other half green; it grew upon 

 a Roxbury Russet near to a R. I. Greening. By Mr 

 Samuel Abbot, Charlestown, Baldwin, large size 

 By D'jct. Robbius, Roxbury, Golden Russet, Rox- 

 bury Russet, Baldwin, and some of the la<t gather- 

 ing of the small handsome red called the Robbins 

 apple. By Gen. Dearborn, Roxbm-y Russet, very 

 large. By Mr Jolm Clapp, S. Reading, York Russet, 

 Baldwin and Greening. By Mr David Stone, Water- 

 town, a specimen of apples partaking of two varie- 

 ties, the Baldwin and the Russet. Mr Stone thinks 

 that he obtained them by a division of the scions and 

 uniting the different kinds ; however this may be 

 the apples bore evident marks of distinct sorts ; 

 they are called Stone's Baldwin Russets. By Messrs 



Wiiiships, a variety received from Mr , a part of 



which were entirely sweet, others sweet in one dis- 

 tinct part of the apple, some in the other. 



Pears. — By Hon. Mr Lowell, a ripe specimen of 

 the Tillington ; a rich, melting and finely flavored 

 fruit, and the first of the kind we have seen ; we be- 

 lieve it may be said that this as well as all the 

 other varieties received by that gentleman from Mr 

 Knight, as far as mature specimens have been ex- 

 hibited, have realized the high expectations enter- 

 tained of them when the scions were received. A 

 note from ftlr Lowell is annexed. By Hon. H. A. 

 S. Dearborn, Napoleon, not in eating, ftlarie Louise, 

 melting and fine. Passe Colniar, not quite at matu- 

 rity, geckle, of large size, and a variety called 

 English Bergamot. By Z. Cook, Jr, Esq. Johounot, 

 Moor Fowl's Egg, Rushniore's Good Christian, and 

 three varieties not mature. By Mr E. Bartlett, 

 Marie Louise. By Mr E. Breed, Charlestown, a 

 large and uncommonly beautiful specimen of 

 Seckle, and a variety from an imported French 

 tree unknown. By Mr Cheever Newhall, Marie 

 Louise. By Mr Charles W. Greene, Roxbury, 

 very fine pears from an imported tree, without a 

 name. By Mr R. Manning, BeurreKnox, Swan's 

 Egg of Coxe, and Napoleon, the last very melting 

 and fine. By Doct. Fiske, Worcester, Seckle, 

 large size, the 'Van Mous' received by him from 

 France, and a very fine specimen of the Brown 

 Beurre, which last Doct. F. considers evidence of 

 the renovation of that variety, but altliongh that as 

 well ns the St Michael are still sucessfully 

 cultivated at Worcester, we believe that in the 

 vicinity of Boston, their day is i)ast. By Mr 

 William Stearns, Salem, a basket of hand- 

 some Chauuiontelle. By Mr John Clapp, Chati- 

 montelle, Bickwell, and two other varieties. — 

 By Mr S. Downer, Benrr6 Knox, Beurr(i du Roi, Ur- 

 banisto, true but not in eating-, a beautiful sjiecimen 

 of Capiaumont ; some prejudice has existed the 

 present season against the last variety in conse-l 

 quence of its being tasted before ripe, it should 

 not be eaten until the flesh yields to a very slight 

 pressure of the thuud), when it will be found 

 very melting and fine — Beurre d' Autouinc, Dix 

 and Ileathcote. — By Doct. S. A. Shurlleff, Broca's 

 Bergamot and large sized handsome clingstone 

 Peaches, one weighed S oz. 



By Mr C. Cowing, three clusters of Black Cape 

 from the vine which produced the very fine girdled 

 fruit presented by him on a former occasion ; it 

 could not be perceived that they were injured by 

 the success of girdlingthe other part of the branch. 

 — By Mr S. Pond, Black Hamburgh, white Chasse- 

 las, Catawba, a handsome specimen of Isabella for 

 premium, ami Pond's Seedling, a very good variety 

 of native grape, the skin thin, sweet and although 

 it has pulp it is quite free of any foxy taste. 



Grapes. — By Mr Charles Tappan, Isabella, fine 

 specimen, and a handsome cluster of the Red 

 Scuppernong, the berries compactly set and of uni- 

 form size, sweet with a pulp, free of the foxy taste, 

 but not eipial to the Catawba and it ripens latter. 



By Z. Cook, Jr, Esq., Isabella, Catawba, large 

 and fine, Schuylkill Mnscadel. This passes under 

 various synonymes, is very thrifty and a plentiful 

 bearer; it has a thick skin and hard pulp, with 

 throe seeds, and as a table grape is but little bet- 

 ter than the best of our New England Pox Grapes. 

 Also the Bland, which we think the best Ameri- 

 can grape ; It has no i)ulp, and closely resembles 

 the Royal Purple Cbassclas, but as it ripens laler 

 than that or the White Chasselas, it can hardly be 

 expected to succeed here in open culture. 



Gen. Dearborn presented a handsome specimen 

 of that excellent variety, the Orange Quince. 



In behalf of the Committee ou Fruits. 



E. VOSE. 



■ nc)il)ury,Scpl.30. 



Hon. H. a. S. Dearisorn, 



Dear Sir — I send you a specimen of Mr 

 Knight's Tillington produced between the Jargon- 

 elle and the Autumn Bergamotte. Some weeks 

 since, I thought I must have made a mistake and 

 that this was the Urbaiiiste. I have since seen a 

 more full description of the Tillington, which is 

 said to resemble closely the Doyenne Gris, and to 

 have a stalk fleshy at Us insertion. These two 

 marks settle the jioint. I should not have distin- 

 guished it from the Doyenne Gris, but by its great- 

 er size. We have thought it fine, and the gentle- 

 men of the Agricultural Society who tasted it 

 preferred it to the Capiaumont and Bartlett. 



One of these may be too advanced but the 

 other will be i)erfoct in a day or two. 



I am Sir, &c, J. Lowell. 



TREES— IMPROVEMENT. 



To llie Editor c.r the New England l''armer. 



Sir — I can bear it no longer. For long hope- 

 ful expecting years 1 have travelled the Salem Turn- 

 pike or at least a part of it, and no improvement 

 yet meets the weary eye. The road so fine de- 

 mands a corresponding excellence in surrouniling 

 fields, but the same marsh, naked, cold and cheer- 

 less, meets the wandering eye. Can you lUjt, and 

 will you not use your influence with the Saugus 

 and Lynn people to cover their bleak hills, and 

 desolate meadows with beautiful and profitable 

 trees. Let each member of their Lyceums be a 

 committee to obtain leave from the owner of every 

 pasture of 20 to 100 acres to appropriate one acre 

 or more for a nursery for oaks, ash, firs, Norway 

 pines, and other useful trees; the Lyceum or 

 some of its patriotic members to be at the expense 

 of planting and fencing, with privilege of planting 

 some 10 or 20 trees when sufliciently grown on 

 each acre of naked pasture land, and on the bor- 

 ders of each field wlien a road runs by it. I do 

 not know but sugar maples would do, as they af- 

 ford a profit in ten years. One Locust planted or 

 set out when well grown will cover a hill side with 

 trees in 20 years without any care fi-om the plan- 

 tor. The increased moisture produced by the trees 

 would enlarge the streams which now in spring 

 fertilize the few fields where they are found, and 

 woidd distribute water throughout the year in 

 many places. How beautiful the rivers of Sangus 

 would appear with willows bending over their 

 banks. The bold blufts northeast of the Lynn 

 Hotel, how much finer they would be with pines, 

 firs, and noble oaks, among their ancient iTiossy 

 rocks. The ultimate benefit to be derived from 

 plenty of trees for the purpose of tanning and 

 manufacture of cabinet work, are too distant to 

 engage the attention of any but land proprietors, 

 and they have been invited to do their duty to 

 themselves some years ago, and are still urged by 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural Society. 



Touching another subject, do not the Lynn 

 gardeners know the value of bits of leather and 

 shop refuse as a manure ? if so, why allow the ma.-i 

 ses of rotten gelatine to lie about the doors of 

 their neighborhood. 



The new town which is promised ou the Ferry 

 grounds, will, I trust, inspire the neighbors with 

 some horticultural propensity, and lead them to 

 investigate the soil, and unfold its neglected wealth. 



Yours, Eco.NOMV, 



