Vol. XI.-So. 17. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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kind of apple and both off>ponlaneoiis growth. The oldest 

 tree was liist in hlossom 80 years ago, and ;»ltained its 

 utmost growth about 50 years since. The truiil< is 30 

 inches in diameter live leet from the grouml, when the 

 branches eoiiinience and extend themselves about 15 

 feet horizontally. The height is 25 to 30 feet. It is re- 

 markable lli.it it bears more or less every year and the 

 greatest quuntily in any one year is supposed to be 20 

 bushels. 



The younger tree is situated about fifty rods from the 

 other; and fifty years ago was five inches in diameter, 

 and now about thirty ; and about five feet from the ' lighly esteemed tor their excellent qi:alities 



Wlnships' Biiglitou Botauic Gardens and 

 Nurseries. 



Situated on the Mill Dam Ruad from Boston to IVa- 

 tcrtow/i, about an equal distance from the Mansion 

 [louse, Cattle Fair, and Franklin Hotels. 

 FOR S.\LK, a very extensive variety of Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, Nectarines, Mul- 

 berries, Shepherdia or Buffalo Ijerry trees, Quinces, 

 Raspberries, Grape Vines ; all the varieties of Straw- 

 berries in cultivation, with superior kinds of Goosebei-ries; 

 also si.vleen kinds of Currants, most of them new, and 



ground divides into three br.inches and shaping itself like 

 the elder. , 'I'he soil in which they grow is lich, moist 

 and rocky, and such as I should say the apple tree de- 

 lights in. Mr Patterson 1 think will confirm what I say, 

 and perhaps give you some additional particulars. The 

 specimen I send you compoils so illy with my first state- 

 nient, thati really wish you might interrogate him on 

 the suuject lest you may consider it exaggei'aied and fan- 

 ciful. Respectfully your humble servant, 



HENRY GASSETT. 



Paris and its Historical Scenes. — Lilly & 

 Wait have jiiSt published the 27tli and 28th Nos. 

 of the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, con- 

 taining Paris, and its Historical Scenes, vol. ii. ; the 

 Revolution of 1830, embellished with beaiiliful 

 co))|)er-i)late and wood engravings. Price 40 cts. 

 .•1 number. Published under the superintendence 

 of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- 

 ledge. 



To Correspondents. 



We are ohl'gcdto defer this week several favors, among 

 which are an interesting letter from H. Longvvorth, 

 Esq. of Cincinnati, to Gen. Dearborn, on the culture of! fui collection, among which ai-e foityfi 



A great collection of Oinamental Trees, — English 

 Mountain Ash ; Weeping do. ; Sliver Leaf Abele, a new, 

 b'auliful, and vigorous growing tree ; Horse, Fruit, ami 

 I'warf flowering Chcsnuts ; Silver Fii's ; Balm of Gil- 

 eid ; Scotch Larch ; Arbor Vita; ; Holly, Cypi'ess, Ju- 

 riper, Kalmia, Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Laurels, &c. 

 &c. ; Gum, Rose, and Three tborned Acacias ; Sugar 

 or Rock, Moose, a id Scarlet flowering Maples ; Scotch 

 keeping Bii'ch, of poetic celebrity, and other varieties ; 

 Inglish, American, Mountain leaved Elms ; Aspen leav- 

 el and Italian Poplars ; Ailanthus, or the Chinese Tree 

 cf Heaven; Linden Limes; Walnuts; Chesnuls ; Fil- 

 herls ; Pecan Nuts ; Weeping, Ring-leaved, Basket and 

 other var-ieties of Willows; Great floweiing Catalpa ; 

 /cacia ; Buckthorn ; Hawthorn, &c, for hedges, Box- 

 plants for edgings ; also the following splendid Honey- 

 sickles, viz. — rMonthly Golden Trumpet, Monthly Siri- 

 p-d Evei'blooming Fragi'ant, Monthly Scarlet Trumpet, 

 Monlhly Chinese Evergreen Twining, with beautiful 

 sli'iped flowers of delicious fragrance ; Yellow Pube- 

 scent; Early Flowering, &c, &.c. 



Shrubbei'y, including four liundred varietio» of Roses ; 

 Altheas; Snowberries ; Spirajasof various kinds; Liciimi 

 or Matrimonial Hower, a great beauty; Lilacs, red and 

 wkite Persian ; Cut leaved do. ; large Chinese do , with 

 coinnion kinds. Also, a most splendid assortment of 

 IL'rbaceous Plants, comprising a veiy rai-e and beauti- 



varielies uf 



the vine, and the mode of making wine fiom naUve 

 grapes; and one from " A Subscriber" in Plymouth coun- 

 ty, asking for a remedy against the ravages of the mice 

 among fruit trees. 



Peonies, a hundi'ed of Carnations and Pinks, a hundred 



of Dahlias, &c. 



Ladies and Gentlemen can visit the establishment at 



any lime and make selections for themselves. 



Trees and Plants will be securely packeil for this, or 



any other couniry ; and ilelivered at ihe Gardetis, or in 



Grape Vines, &c. &c. j the city of Boston, free of expense for transportation. 



ISABELLA, Catawba, Black Hamburg, Oval Purple, ' Orders nray be addressed to J. B. RUSSELL, Agent, 



Fi'ench Black, Constanlia, White Chasselas,Ferroll, Na- Boston. November 7. 



poleon, White Muscat, some of each very large, Barce- ' . 



lona, Black and White Muscatel, Palomino, Mantua,) m- ^. - <• lo <- 



,-, . ,, 1 Ai ■ 1 1)1 ij . ■ Tin Covering lor Roofs. 



Caslellana, aird Mantua de Pila, Horatio, etc. etc. — 1 



Pear Stock;., Peach and Plum trees. Buttonvvood, Elm, { A very simple plan of Covfring the Roofs of 

 Horse Chesnut, Wlijte Ash, Rock Jlaple, Beach and j Houses, Manufactories, and intact any Building, 

 English Oak Trees, nil suitable for tian*planting, »nd I with TIN, has been adopted wUh enlii'e success in 



theiniddle and Southern Stales, and a Patent obtained 

 The great advantages over Slate Roofs, are — 1st, less 

 than one half the expense; and 2d, a great saving of 

 Timber in framing the roof, as the Tin is so much lighter 

 than Slate. There ai-e Tin Rools in Montreal that are 

 now in good condition, which have been covered with 

 Tin more than lOt) yeais. The improvement in this cov- 

 erin{[, is that each sheet, although secured by two nails, 

 no part ofthe nail is exposed to the atmosphere. 



The subscriber will exhibit a building covered as 



above, and enter into contract to co\'er any number of 



___ „,-_ , ., ~ „..,,. -. • , - buildings the ensuing season, on application to him at 



FOR SALE at the Nur.sery of A\ilham Kenrick, in injian^HiH {.'arm, near Ncwburyport, Ms.; or applica- 



raised from Seed — Rose Bushes, and other flowerin^ 

 Shrubs, and a few Scotch Gooseberry Bushes and Quince 

 Trees. 



ALSO, 20 or 30 tons English salt hay, 180 bushels po- 

 tatoes, 100 sni.ill white cedar po-ts, suitable for Vine 

 Trelises, 500 bamboo poles, for sale by the subsciiber, 

 at Dorchester, or at TJ Congress Street, Boston. 



ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr. 



November, C. 



Morns Molticaulis, 



Newton, at jjil each, $5 (or six, or $9 per doz. $b7 per 

 hundred. Packing included. 



ALSO, Shade trees of exii-a sizes, of the Butter- 

 nvts. Elm, Horse-Chesnuts, and Weeping Wil- 

 lows, for streets and avenues. 



Orders may be sent by mail or left with the general 

 agent, J. B. Russell, at the New England Farmer of- 

 fice and Seed Store, No. 50J North Market Street. 



Nov. 7. 



Bremen Geese. 



JOHN PERRY has for sale on his farm at Sherburne, 

 twentysix superior Bremen Geese, of pui'e blood. Al-o, 

 a few hundred White Mulberry trees, four years old. 



For information please apply to Mr Hollis, Quincy 

 Market, or to the subscriber on his farm. 



Nov. 7. JOHN PERRY. 



Pigs for Sale. 

 FOR S.\LE, two pigs of an excellent breed. Inquire 

 at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 50i North Market 

 Street. Nov 7. 



tion can be made to J. R. NEWELL, Esq. Agricultural 

 Warehouse, Boston. ROBERT WILKIE. 



Nov. 7, 1S32. 



I Isabella Grape Vines. 



FOR sale at the New England Seedstore, No. 50^ 

 North Market Street, 



A few extra-sized standard Isabella Grape Vines, five 

 years old, which have made fifteen feet of wood this sea- 

 son. Each vine has about half a dozen brandies, and is 

 packed in moss for safe transportation, and if planted out 

 this month will be pretty sure to bear next season ; they 

 have very fine roots, and are from eight to ten feet high. 

 Price $1,50 each. Nov. 7. 



Sweet Potatoes. 



For sale at the Horticultural Garden in Lancaster, 

 Mass., by the snbscr-iber. One Hundred bushels of Sweet 

 Potatoes, red, white and yellow, of excellent quality. 

 Price $1,00 per bushel, or $2,00 per barrel. 



JOSEPH BRECK. 



Lancaster, Mass., Oct, 2, 1632. 



Trees, &c. 



MRS PARMENTIER, at the Horticultural Botanic 

 Garden, Brooklyn, L. 1. two miles froin New York, of- 

 fers for sale a choice collection of Pear, Apple, Peach, 

 Plum, Cherry, Quince, &c. Trees, Grape Vines Orna- 

 menlal trees and Shrubs— Green-house and Herbaceous 

 pl:nts. 



Al.so, the Morus multicanlis, or true Chinese Mulber- 

 ry, of which any quantity not exceeding ten thousai;a 

 can be Inrnished. 



Oiders lor Boston, may be .sent to Mr John B. Russell'- 

 Agricullural Warehouse, No. SOJ North ftlarket Street 

 Boston. Orders by mail will be carefully attended to. 



Brooklyn, Oct. lath, 1832, 4t 



White aiulberry Trees. 



SIX hundred While Mulberry trees, of fine size and 

 appeaiance, for sale, of large -..nd thrifty growth, 4 year? 

 old horn seed. Inquire at this Office, or at the Farm of 

 Elizalieth Wales in Dorchester. 3t" Oct. 25. 



For Sale. 



A hardsome Bull, part of the Holderness aud part of 

 the Admiral breed. He will bo three years old next 

 March, and will be sold cheap. Address Isaac S. 

 Houghton, Roxbury, care of Daniel WeM & Son, 

 7i-> Washington Street, Boston. 4t* Oct. 31. 



New England Farmer's Almanac. 



JUST published, Ihe New England Farmer's Almanac 

 for 18:i:5, by T. G. Fessenden, editor of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer— containing Ihe usual variety of an almanac 

 and several articles on agriculture, by the editor and 

 others. Price 50 cents per dozen. Nov. 7. 



Horse for Sale, 



FOR SALE a good Mill Horse, who is well acquaint- 

 ed with his business, slops quick, and is a valuable ani- 

 mal lor such work ; price $30. Inquire at Roxbury 

 Chemical Works, near Hog Bridge, were he may be 

 seen. Nov. 7, 1S32 



For Sale. 



A full Blood Alderney Bull and Heifer, two year,? old 

 last spring ; the Heifer in Calf by a full Blood Alderney 

 Bull, to come m June next. Apply at this Office 



Oct. 9, 1832. 



Straw Wanted. 



A few Tons of Barley or Oat Straw, suitable for Beds 

 wanted at the House of Industry, Soulh Boston ' 



3w 



Durham Short Horn Bull. 



A firie animal four years old, full blood, pioceny veiy 

 prouiising, for sale, if applied for soon at this office. 



BRIGHTON JIARKET— Monday, Nov. 5, ISSsT 



Reported for the Daily Advertiser and Palriot. 



At market tliis day, 4050 Beef Calile, 1180 Stores 

 4660 Sheep and 1-156 Sivine. 270 Swine and a few' 

 Stoi'cs were repoilcd last week. 



Prices. Serf Cattle.— Sa\es were gencraliy made 

 at a shade less than they were last week. Some lots 

 were sold at last week's prices. We quote today, exlTO 

 at .$5,17, a 5,33 ; prime at $4,75, a 5 ; good at $4,25, a 

 4,67. 



Barrelling Cattle.— Mess at$4 a 4,17 ; No. 1, $3,07 a 

 $3,73. ^ 



atores.— Two years old at $10,50 a IC ; yearlings at i?S 

 all. J s f 



Cows and Calves.— Sales were effected at $18, 19, 21, 

 22, and $25. 



Sheep. — Lois were purchased at less prices than they 

 were last week of equal qualily. We noticed lots takea 

 at $1,53,1,67, 1,71, 1,88, $3, 2,17, 2.2.5, 2,33, and $2,42. 

 Wethers at $2, 2,33, 2,50, 3, and :i,50. 



Swine. — One entire lot of 270, half barrows, were 

 taken at 3c. ; one lot selected, half barrows, at 34c. ; as^ 

 one at 3^0. ; one lot of barrows, at 4J, and one at 4c. At 

 retail, 4c. for sows, and 5c. lor barrows. 



JVetv York, A'ov. 3. — Market this week well suppIieJ 

 and sales in general not brisk. 900 head of Beef Cattle 

 have come in, and sold at an average about the same a< 

 last week. Sheep and Lambs— about 6000 in, sales were 

 slow— good Sheep still scarce. Beef Cattle, $5 a G 7i ; 

 Sheep, good, $3i a 5 ; inferior, $1 a 3J : Lambs $1 a 

 $2 60; Swine $3i a 4. 



