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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



DECEMBER 30, 1833. 



some tracts of our country the waste contuiues ; 

 in the tliicklv settled parts a scarcity is beg.unmg 

 to bp felt, "and if the injudicious- and prodigal 

 method of felling and consuming tins article is 

 continued where it is now plenty, that scarcity 

 will increase till our markets are scantily supplied 

 at an enormous price. In selecting a farm, then, 

 bear in mind that, though an orchard can be 

 planted, and ^'ood and durable fences erected, yet 

 it is not an easy matter to make good soil; it is 

 not a few years which will put you in possession 

 of a handsome wood lot, nor generally a small suni 

 of monev which will supply a pasture destitute of 

 natural streams with a good and commodious 

 watering-place. 



Upon the inauagemenlof a farm, too much can- 

 not be said ; different individuals will pursue dif- 

 ferent courses, but notwithstanding this circum- 

 stance, there are some general principles a neglect 

 of which will miiversallyand inevitably cause rum 

 and distress. In tlie first place diligence and 

 active untiring zeal to accomplish the tasks which 

 are ever before the husbaudman, are indispensably 

 necessary, and may be rightly termed the main- 

 siirin" of agricultural mechanism. A sluggard and 

 a loiterer never succeed ; the one begins his work 

 late and the other is forever about it. Again— 

 intelligence, an understanding of his work, is espe- 

 cial! v requisite for the farmer, if he wishes to per- 

 forin that work easily and well ; this he can only 

 gain by strict attention and a desire to profit by 

 the experiments of others, as well as by his own 

 experience. Let theorv and practice be combmed 

 in his occupations, for the one will .seldom lad to , 

 detect the errors of the other, and they are often 

 of mutual assistance to him, the theory guiding 

 him in practice, and practice perfecting the prin- 

 ciples of the theory. In the management, then, ol 

 a farm diligence and intelligence arc all in all ; 

 the one calls you to your work in season, and the 

 other sets yoii about it in the right way. 



Never permit the duties of one season or por- 

 tion of the year to run in and interfere iith those 

 of another," for the seasons are by no fieaus too 

 Icu^aiy for the farmer to accomplish |he work 

 peculiar to each. It was truly said by Bolomou, 

 " there is a time for every thing," and m no em- 

 ployment is this assertion oftener verified than in 

 that of husbandry; the cultivator of tlie iarth has 

 so many duties to peribrm, that this axioni by him 

 should never be forgotten. In spring, areUns pas- 

 tures and mowing lands to be top-dressediand his 

 fences viewed and repaired where they a* found 

 to be deficient, and many other duties (peddiar to 

 this season) to be attended to ? His th.ie it occu- 

 pied by other matters belonging to the past Reason. 

 There" was a time for these things, but it Jassed, 

 and the fiirmer has only to bewail his lack »! dili- 

 gence. Again, he has a piece of labor (no (natter i 

 what) to jierform, and without the benefit ^1 ad- ] 

 vice from others or personal experience, he ijnder- 

 takes it ; it is finished, and there is either arierror 

 or slight in the manner of its execution, fhere 

 was a proper and a profitable way by whi^h he 

 could have done it, but he was not aware (jf this 

 himself, and he forgot that others might ililorm 

 hiin. I 



Upon diligence and intelligence, two "peaiis 

 without price," depend a farmer's success jn his 

 avocation ; where they rule, you can find no bar- 

 ren field, fallen fences, comfortless barn, or skele- 

 ton stock. L. L. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At a special meeting of the ?dassachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, hekl on Saturday, Dec. 22d, 



1332 William Hume Cowan, of Biookline, 



George C. Barrett, " Ijoston, 



.Joshua Crane, " " 



were admitted subscription members. 



Professor Tonoie, director of the botanic garden 

 at Naples, and William Fox Strangways, Esq. 

 British Secretary of Legation at the Court of Na- 

 ples, were elected corresponding members. 



Hesohed, That the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to M. C. Perry, Esq. for his active services 

 and kind attentions to the interests of this Society. 

 Resolved, That the box of seeds now presented 

 by jM. C. Perry, Esq. to the Society, be confided 

 to the care of "Mr. David Haggerstoii. 



Resolved, That the letter from iMessrs. Baumaun 

 & Brothers be published in the New England Far- 

 mer, and that their catalogue of plants be referred 

 to the standing committees on fruits and flowers, 

 for the selection therefrom of such plants as may 

 be desirable for the Society. 



Adjourned to Saturday, Januaiy 5, 1833. 



There is a separate parcel containing catalogues 

 of the botanic garden at Najiles, and a list of the 

 roots, seeds, &.c. contained in the box. 



Signed, W. F. Strangways. 



To J. Nelson. Esq. 



FRUITS. 



Dec. 22, 1832. 

 Presented by Mr. Robert Manming, of Salem, 

 •Apples — Carthouse or Gilpin of Cox, Moore's 

 iSwceting, Yellow Bellflower, Pickman's Pippin, 

 JBlack Apple, Winter Queen, Codlin, and a Seed- 

 ling from the Siberian Crab about twice the size 

 )f the parent fruit and very fair. Pears — New- 

 town Vergaloue, a very desirable fruit for cooking, 

 |nd an abundant bearer. 

 , Per Order, E. VosE. 



United States' ship Concord, 

 Portsmoidh, .V.R Dec. lOih, 1832. 

 Si„^ 1 transmit to the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society a box and parcel entrusted to my 

 charge by W. Fox Strangways, Esq. British Sec- 

 retary of "legation at the court of His Sicilian .Ma- 

 jesty, which were received by him from Professor 

 Tenore, director of the Botanic Garden at Naples. 

 You will i)lcase to observe by the cojiy of a 

 note (herewith enclosed), addressed by Mr. Strang- 

 ways to J. Nelson, Esq. U. S. Charge d'Afiairs at 

 Naples, that I am requested by i'rofessor Tenor.' 

 to bestow this collection of seeds and roots upon 

 one of the public gardens in the United States. 

 As I know of no public botanic gardens in our 

 country, I feel myself at full liberty to gratify my 

 own inclination in iilacing them at the disposal of 

 the Society of which I have the honor to be a 

 corres])onding member. 



It may not he iiiqiroper for me to express the 

 opinion "that both Mr. Strangways and Professor 

 Tenore would be particularly gratified to become 

 corresponding members of your society. They 

 have the reputation of being distinguished b.>tanists, 

 and are gentlemen of the first respectability. 



I am sir, very respectfully, your most oliedient 

 servant,' M. C. Perry. 



To Ihe Secretary of llie 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Copfl of a .Vote addressed t» J. Mlson, Esq. by W. 



F. Strangways, British Secretary of Legation at 



J\/'aplcs. 



S,R,_With this note I talie the liberty of sending 

 the box of seeds, &c. which Capt. Perry was M 

 obliging as to promise to take to America. 



I find Professor Tenore has no regular corres- 

 pondence with any scientific establishment in^tliat 

 country, but on my informing him that Capt. Perry 

 was himself interested in botanical and horticultu- 

 ral pursuits, &c. he begs leave to place it at Capt. 

 P.'s disposal to be by him bestovwd on any public 

 garden he thinks jiroper. 



As he understands and reads English he would 

 Ifeel much gratified if this opportunity should 

 prove a step to procuring him the correspondence 

 of any scientific man in America. 



I HORTICUL.TURA1. PREMIUMS. 



I At a meeting of the Committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society on Fruits, on Satur- 

 day the 22d December, 1832, the following Pre- 

 ■niuins were awarded. 



. For the best foreign grapes, cultivated under 

 rlass — from a beautiful specimen of white grapes 

 lalled " Horatio," to Mr. Jacob Tidd, of Rox- 

 lury, $5. 



! For the best foreign grajies of open culture — 

 White chasselas, to Cheever Newhall, Estp, Dor- 

 thester, $5. 



. For the best apples — to Enoch Bartlett, Esq., 

 Roxburj', for a fine collection of fifteen varieties, $4. 

 The fine specimens of apples presented by Mr. 

 John Mackay, of Weston, were thought by the 

 coiimittee to be very nearly equal to those which 

 obtained the premium. 



fbr the best strawberries, "Downton," to E. 

 Yose, Dorchester, $2. 



For the best gooseberries, to Mr. Samuel Walker, 

 of Roxbury, for five valuable varieties — Bank of 

 England, Hopelcy's Globe, Green Gascoigne, Lan- 

 caster Lad, and Milling's Crown Bob, $2. 



For the best quinces, orange, to E. Vose, Dor- 

 chester, S2. 



In consetjuence of the very unfavorable season 

 for fruits, few specimens of jiears, peaches, cher- 

 ries, apricots, nectarines, or plums were presented, 

 and none for which the committee thought them- 

 selves justified in awarding a premium. 



Per order, E. Vose, Chairman. 



Mr.Fessenden, — In the course of the past year, 

 the committee on fruits, of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultuial Society, by the request of its President, 

 collected .scions of fifty-one varieties of the choicest 

 native fruits of this country, which they transmitted 

 to theMessr.s. Baumann, proprietors of the ancient 

 and very celebrated nurseries, at Bollwiller in 

 Franee ; it is gratifying to learn tliat notwithstand- 

 ing the delays incident to the various tranship- 

 ments to wiiich they were subject, the scions 

 reached their ultimate destination in good condi- 

 tion. I enclose a translation of a letter received 

 fnm those gentlemen acknowledging their receipt, 

 fcr insertion in the Farmer. 



Very respectfully, E. Vose. 



Bollwiller, in the Department of the Up- 

 per Rhine, France, Sept. 20, 1832. 

 Sir, — With your respected letter of the 24th 

 December of fast year, you have done us the 

 favor to direct to us a box of scions of your most 

 cdebrated kinds of fruit trees, which we have re- 



