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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



Thansactions N. Y. S. Agricultural Society 

 for 1849 ; by the politeness of B. P. Johnson, E«q., 

 Secretary. — This is a large octavo volume of nearly 

 1000 pages, well filled with valuable matter, such as 

 the doings of the State Society, abstracts of the 

 transactions of the county societies, essays, commu- 

 nications, reports of discussions, lectures, &c. This 

 work is embellished with beautiful engravings. It 

 reiiccts great honor upon the state, and is highly 

 creditable to the able secretary, who has superin- 

 tended the work. 



Transactions of the Michigan State Agricul- 

 tural Society, with Reports of County Agricul- 

 tural Societies. — This is an interesting work of 234 

 pages, exhibiting a great degree of intelligence and 

 enterprise, and a rajjid progress in the improvement of 

 the commonwealth in its infant state. Will not this 

 commendable example stir up some of the old states 

 to do something ? "Where is the Massachusetts S. A. 

 Society ? Asleep ! or in a more hopeless condition. 



Transactions of the York (Me.) Agricultural 

 Society for the years 1847, '8, '9 ; by the politeness of 

 S. L. Goodale, Treasurer. — This society has been in 

 operation only three yeai's, but its Transactions show 

 that it is in a very flourishing condition, as it dis- 

 penses liberal and numerous premiums, and is rap- 

 idly accumulating a permanent fund. Our worthy 

 friend, and occasional correspondent of the Farmer, 

 Hon. Ilufus M'Intire, has presided over this associa- 

 tion since its formation. 



Night- Side of Nature, or Ghosts and Ghost- 

 Seers, by Catharine Crowe. — This is a collection of 

 materials on remarkable dreams, visions, &c., &c., by 

 an interesting romantic writer, well adapted to the 

 taste of those who delight in the marvellous. Bos- 

 ton : Muzzey & Co., 29 Cornhill. 



Oration, by Edward Everett, with a brief ac- 

 count of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniver- 

 sary of the battle of Bunker Ilill, at Charlestown, 

 June 17, 1850. — Wc have not yet read this work, 

 but it claims perusal, from its being the produc- 

 tion of one of the first orators of the age. 



HovEY''s Magazine of Horticulture is an excel- 

 lent work. At the beginning of the present volume, 

 the price was reduced to $2. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



Of ^Messrs. Hovey, specimens of a new seedling 

 cherry, which is one of the largest and handsomest 

 cherries we ever saw. Our specimens were not fully 

 ripe, yet its quality indicated that it was of a high 

 character. Mr. C. Hovey informed us that it was 

 of excellent quality, and that it ripened as late as 

 the Sweet Montmorency, which is usually the last 

 week in July and the first of August. Wc think it 

 is a fruit of great promise. It will not be for sale 

 for a few years, until it is more fully tested, and 

 co-nsidcrably propagated. 



From Mr. Theodore Drew, Plymouth, seedling 

 currants, on a branch of tlie bush. We never saw a 

 greater bearer, and the plant seems remarkably vig- 

 orous. The size of the berry is tolerably large, the 

 color darker red than usual," and the flavor seems 

 richer and milder than the common red currant. Mr. 

 D. has not yet propagated it, having only the origi- 

 nal bush. 



Of Mr. Shed Needham, Danvers, a box of u-hite 

 blackberries. These berries are sweeter than the 

 common blackberry, resembling in flavor the mul- 

 berry. Mr. N. is so well pleased with this variety, 

 that'he is extending; its culture. 



THE OLD APPLE-TREE. 



BY CHARLES H. LEWIS. 



The old apple-tree, where in childhood I played, 

 Round the chair of my grandsiro, that sat in its shade ; 

 O, the loved ones that once sat beneath it are gone, 

 And the old apple-tree is deserted and lone. 



But dear to my heart is the old apple-tree ; 

 Its blossoms still nourish the murmuring bee ; 

 The redbreast still rustles its branche-s among, 

 And the lark from its top pours liis orison song. 



The grass is still green on the turf underneath, 

 The sweet-brier distils there its odorous breath, 

 The rose and the eglantine still are as fair 

 And as sweet as in childhood's blest season they were. 



O, long may that tree in its verdure bo seen. 

 And long may the turf underneath it be green. 

 The birds there sing sweetly, and flowers blossom fair, 

 For the loved ones of childhood are slumbering there. 



THE OLIO. 



I like the story of the blacksmith, who was re- 

 quested to bring a suit for slander. He SEiid he could 

 go into his shop and hammer out a better character 

 in six months than all the courts in Christendom 

 could give him. 



Give me the money that has been spent in war, 

 and I will purchase every foot of land upon the 

 globe. I will clothe every man, woman, and child, 

 in an attire of which kings and queens might be 

 proud. I will build a school-house upon every hill- 

 side and in every valley on the habitable earth. 



Education — the twilight that ushers in the glo- 

 rious sun of liberty. 



TERMS. — The New England Farmer is published 

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 year, or five copies for ^4, payable in advance. It may 

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