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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Octobers, 1832. 



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Boston, Wednesday Evening, October 3, 1832. 



PLANTING TREES, &c. 

 We have from time to time, since the com- 

 mencement of our editorial labors puhhshed arti- 

 cles on the subject of planting or transplanting 

 fruit trees, &c ; but we do not recollect having 

 given the following methods, recommended by 

 European writers. 



Planting with balls. — By removing a plant with 

 its roots attached to a surrounding liall of earth, 

 it continues in a growing state, without receiving 

 any or hut very little check from its removal. 

 This mode is often practised, more particularly 

 with the more delicate anil choicer kinds of exot- 

 ics, both trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, and 

 occasionally with many of the fibrous-rooted 

 flowering plants, both annuals and perennials, even 

 in their advanced growth and flowering state, 

 when particularly wanted to supply any deficient 

 compartments, or when intended to remove any 

 sort of tree or plant out of the proper planting 

 season, as very late in spring, or in summer. The 

 most difticult tribe of plants to transplant, when in 

 a growing state are bulbous loots, which succeed 

 with difticulty, even when removed with balls at- 

 tached. 



Planting by mudding in, is a German practice 

 in planting fruit trees, particularly suitable to the 

 dry sandy soils of that country, and soinetitnes 

 adopted in similar situations in England. The 

 pit being dug out, the mould in its bottom is wa- 

 tered and stirred so as to form a mass of mud 

 about half the depth of the pit ; the tree is then 

 inserted, and its roots worked up and down in the 

 mud, so as to spread them as much as possible 

 equally through it. Alore mud, previously pre- 

 pared, is poiu'ed in till the pit is full, which is then 

 covered with dry earth, raised round the stem, 

 but hollowed in the middle, so as to form a basin 

 roimd its stem, and finally covered with litter, 

 (mulched,) and if a standard, it is fastened to a 

 stake to protect it from winds. Diel, a scientific 

 German author, assures his readers, that trees 

 planted in this way in spring, thrive better in cold 

 situations than those planted in the ordinary way 

 in the preceding autumn ; and, that though it oc- 

 casions considerable trouble, it should never he 

 neglected in spring or autumn, lie found it also 

 particularly useful in the case of planting fruit 

 trees in pots. (Ohs. Orangeric, &c, vol. ii.) 

 Pontey, alluding to this mode says, "planting in a 

 l)uddle occasions the soil speedily to firm, not only 

 too hard for the roots of the plants to spread, but 

 also so far as perfectly to exclude water." — Rural 

 Improver, p. 89. 



^^ Planting by Jixing with water is an excellent 

 variety of the last species. It has been success- 

 fully practised by Pontey, and is thus described by 

 him. The hole being made, and the tree placed 

 in it in the usual manner, the root is then slightly 

 covered with the finer parts of the soil, the tree be- 

 ing at the same time shaken, as is common, to set- 

 tle the earth among its roots. Water is then ap- 

 plied by a common gardening watering-pot, by 

 pouring it upon the soil with some force, in order 

 to wash it close to and an)ong the roots of the 

 plant. But this can only be dune effectually by 

 elevating the pot as high in the hands as it can be 

 conveniently used, alicr first taking off" the nose. 

 It will be obvious, that for such purposes a large 



pan with a wide spout is to be preferred. The 

 bole is then filled up with water as before, which 

 usually finishes the business. The foot is neter 

 applied except iii the case of bad roots, wheh 

 sometimes occasion the plants to be left a litlle 

 leaning. In such cases, the application of 

 foot slightly, once or twice, after the soil has 

 come somewhat firm, (which generally happenstn 

 less than an hour) sets the tree upright, and lo 

 firm as to require no staking. — Rural Improveme; 

 p. S'X 



Edinburgh Review. — The 110th No. of this a 

 journal is just republished by Lilly, Wait, Co ■ 

 man & Holden of this city, and is filled wii i 

 elaborate articles on the following subjects. Pa ■ 

 grave's Rise and Progress of the English Con • 

 monwcaltb ; Corn Law Rhymes; Political Cond ■ 

 tion of the Italian States; Lander's Voyage ar I 

 Discoveries on the Niger; Recent Commerci I 

 Policy of Great Britain ; Present State and Pro 

 pects of Spain; Dr Thomson's Life and Wrilin; 

 ofCullen; The Americans and their Detractors 

 Rossetti on the Anti-papal Spirit of the Italia 

 Classics; Dumont's Recollections of Mirabeaii 

 the French Revolmion ; List of New Publica 

 tions; Index. Republished quarterly at $5 pe 

 annum. 



Daldias. — We acknowledge the receipt of se\ 

 eral splendid bouquets of Dahlias from the gai 

 dens of Hon. T. II. Perkins, Mr James ViljI 

 and G. W. Brimmer, Esq. The latter gentlemai 

 has sent us an uncommonly beautiful one, raisi'i! 

 from the roots presented to the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society iti 1830, by M. Faldermarm, 

 of the Imperial Botanic Garden, St Petersburg. 

 Russia. 



At an adjourned meeting of the Massachueett* 

 Horticultmal Socii'ty, held on Saturday, Sept. 

 9"Jth, the following officers were chosen for tb« 

 ensuing year. 



PRESIDENT. 



Henry A. S. Deareor.n, Roxbt^iy. 



VICE-PRKSIDENTS. 



Zebedee Cook, Jr. Dorchester. 



John C. Gray, Boston. 



Enoch Bartlett, Roxhury. ■ 



Elias Phinney, Lexington. 



treasuheh. ; 



Cheever Nevvhall, i}os(o7i. 



corresponding secretary. 

 Jacob Bigelow, M. D. Boston. 



recording 

 Robert L. Emmons 



iECRETARY. 



, Boston. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETV. 



SATUBDir, Sept. 29, 1832. 

 FRUITS exhibited. 



.Ipples. — By Mr R. Manning, Corse's Favorite ; 

 also from Mr Manning, other specimens of the 

 same variety from the farm of John Gardner, Esq. 

 of Danvers, from scions sent by Mr Corse to the 

 Horticultural Society — very productive and very 

 high flavored. By Enoch Bartlett, Esq. an ap- 

 ple of extraordinary beauty, name unknown. 

 By James Read, Esq. of Roxbiiry, fine spec- 

 imens of Porter Apples. From the Fairweath- 

 er place in Cambridge, apples of two differ- 

 ent kinds, of great size, names unknown. By 

 Win. Kenrick, Beauty of the A'orth, a native ap- 

 ple, received of Mr Oliver Fisher of Dedham. A 

 beautiful red apple, of handsome size, and fine 

 flavor. 



Pears. — By Thomas Whitmarsh, Esq. from his 

 seat in Brookline, pears from a French tree, qual- 

 ity middling good, name niiknovvn. By Enoch 

 Bartlett, Esq. specimens of St Michael and Juli- 

 enne. 



Grapes. — By Mr Senior, specimens of White 

 Frontignac, Black St Peters, Chasselas, Black Ham- 

 burgh, Royal Chasselas, and a French Grape, name 

 unknown, all of beautiful appearance and excel- 

 lent quality. By Mr Jacob Tidd of Roxbury, for 

 premium, three remarkably large clusters of 

 grapes, of a variety called Horatio, of very fine 

 appearance, one of which weighed 9 lbs. 9 ozs. and 

 another 2 lbs. 13| ozs. 



WILLIAM KENRICK. 



COUNSELLORS. 



Augustus Aspinwall, Broottlyn — Thomas Brewer, Rox- 

 bun/— Henry A. Breed, L»,7i"— Benj. W. Crownin- 

 sliielil, Boston—}. G. Cos:swell, A'orthampton—tiaihan- 

 iel Davenport, Milton — E. Hersy Ueiby, Salem — Sam- 

 uel Downer, Z)orc/ifs(er— Oliver Fiske, Worcester — B. 

 V. French, Boston—}. M. Gourgas, Weston— T. W. 

 Hanis, M. D. Cambridge — Sanuicl Jaques, Jr. Charles- 

 (own— Jos. G. Joy, Boston — Wilhani Kemick, J^ewton 

 — John Lemist, Roxbury— S. A. Shurtleff, Boston — E 

 M. Richanls. Dcrf/iam— Benjamin Kochiian, A~cw Bed- 

 ford — John B. Russell, Boston — Chailos Senior, Roxbu- 

 ry — William H. Suiiner, Dorchester— Cbii\esTsippiin, 

 Boston — Jacob Tiild, ijoxftury — Jona. Winship. Brighton 

 — \\ illiam Wortliington, Dorcliester — Elijah Vose, iJor- 

 chcster — Aaion D. Williams, Roxbury — (^eoige W. Pratt, 

 Geo. W. Biimnicr, Boston— Oavid l-laggeislon, Charles- 

 town — Charles Lawrence, Salem. 



professor of botany and vegetable 



physiology. 

 Malthus a. Ward, M. D. 



pbbfessor of entomology. 

 T. W.Harris, M. D. 



PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURAL CHEMISTRT. 



J. W. Webster, M. D. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



On Fruit Trees, Fruit, Sfc. £. Vose, Chairman. 

 Robert Manning, Samuel D jwncr, Oliv r Fiske, Charles 

 Senoi-, Wir.. Kenrick, E. M. Ricliaids, B. V. Eicnch, 

 S. A.Shuitl.-ir. 



Onthe Culture and Products of the Kitchen Gar- 

 den. Daniel Chandler, C'Aairninn— Jacoh I'idd, Aaron 

 D. Williams, J. B. Russell, Nallianiel Davenport, Leon- 

 ard S|Dne. 



Ori Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Flowers and Green 

 Houses. Jonathan Winship, CViairman— Joseph G.Joy, 

 Davit HaKj)er>^ton, George W. Pralt, SamuelWalker. 



Or\ the Library.— H. A. S. D.- uborn. Chairman — 

 JiihnJC. Giay, Jacob Bigelow, T. W. Harris, E. H. De-- 

 by,Z Cook, Jr. 



0) the Synonymcs of Fruits. — John Lowell, Chair- 

 man -Roberi Manning, Samuel Downer. 



Oi the Garden and Cemetery —Uon. Jhdge Story, 

 Chaman—H. A. S Oearbum, Jacob Bisilow, M. ». 

 G. 1. Brimmer, George Bond, Edward Everett, Z. 

 Cook Jr., B. A. Gould, G. W. Pratt. 



E:'.catire Committee of the Council. — Z. Cook, Jr. 

 Chaiman—G. W. Pratt, Cheevur Newhall, Charlei 

 Tapf n, Joseph P. Bradlee. 



V ted, That the following communication from 

 Dr J imes Please be published in the N. E. Farmer.* 



E S. Reynolds of Schenectady, N. Y. was 



elecsd a corresponding member, and John Phes- 



Toipf Boston, a subscription member. 



c'aTTLE SHOWS, &c. 



The Cattle Show, Ploufthing Match, Exhibition 



of Manufactures, Implements, &c, and Public sales of An- 



Js and Manufactures, of the Massacbu-elts Society 

 of /ronjoting Agriculture, will be held at Brighton, on 



._. sday, Oct. 17th. Arrangements are making for 

 anpxhiliiiion worthy of the Slate Society. 



The Worcester County Socieiy, hold their Show 

 orce>ter, on Wednesday the lOih ofOclober. Ad- 

 s by Waldo Flint, Esq. ^ 



[The communication referred lo is unavoidably omit- 

 tedmis week. 



