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a ball or cocoon to run over tlie floor, similar to 

 a ball of yarn, while I held the fibres in my fin- 

 gers. For the principle in the use of spirits of 

 wine, as above stated, I refer to " Dr. Lardncr's 

 excellent book on silk manufactures." To the ap- 

 plication of the spirits of wine I have added cam- 

 phor, which renders the process more immediately 

 effectual, and is of much benefit to the cocoons, 

 which are thus cured for market. Let objections 

 (if any to this principle) be made. Thus I have 

 completed my principal design, in having obtained 

 a knowledge of the nature, disposition and general 

 properties of the silk worm, and particularly so as 

 concerns the congeniality of this climate with their 

 health and the quality of their silk. With this at- 

 tainment I am highly gratified. In faith, I be- 

 lieve 1 am willing to hazard an opinion, so far as 

 to say that with a grove of the white, or any other 

 mulberry suitable for the production of silk, a suit- 

 able building, with the necessary fixtures for the 

 business, silk may be made in Louisiana and its 

 vicinity, equal in quantity and quality to any other 

 part of the United States. * * * 



I further believe, that it may be made a busi- 

 ness of profit to the man of small capital — that in 

 three mouths of every year, a single person well 

 .icquainted with the business may, with the aid of 

 three small boys to gather leaves, &c. realize one 

 thousand dollars in the product of labor from silk. 

 I know of no business which I could more readily, 

 and I think safelyj recommend to every honest 

 man, wliose purse contains but few dollars, and 

 whose house is ornamented with many healthy 

 and promising children. I think that any aid 

 every industrious man, who will cultivate a grwe 

 of mulberry trees, and obtain the other fixtures 

 necessary, simply suited to the business, may real- 

 ize three hundred dollars annually to every child 

 of 12 or 13 years of age, that is able to labor. 

 Such an income would do much more than main- 

 tain a family with all the necessary comforts of 

 life. As a commodity of commerce, silk has ever 

 been, is now, and ever will be, a cash article ; 

 and while human necessities exist, it will find a 

 market, and command as ready a sale as cotton 

 or any other raw material. Such emolument 

 holds out strong inducements, and kindly invites 

 the laboring part of the community into the silken 

 garden, where, by their industry, they may not 

 only obtain the connnon comforts of life, but with 

 them may enjoy luxury. Hence, let honest indus- 

 try dispel penury and distress. Let every rational 

 man reflect, look into himself, and consider the 

 end and aim of his existence, he will see that there 

 is nothmg wanting in his temporal concerns to 

 render him comfortable and happy, but prudent 

 application and persevering industry with econo- 

 my. He who will embrace these principles as a 

 maxim of conduct, will not be under the disagree- 

 able necessity of disgracing himself, by annoying 

 liis neighbor with " pray, my good sir, can you 

 favor me with the loan of five dollars a day or so." 

 Accept the friendship of J. B. Brewee. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARROW ROOT. 



" We have been [iresented," says the Ports- 

 mouth (N. H.) .Journal, " with a bundle of imita- 

 tion of Arrow Root, handsomely done uj) in blue 

 paper, manufoctured from potatoes, at the Starch 

 Factory in this town ; it is a superior article. Dr. 

 Prout recommends the Potato Fecula, as better 

 thaB that from the arrow root." 



FRUITS, EXHIBITED AT THE HAI4I. OF THE 

 MASS. HORT. SOCIETY. 



June 22d, 1833. Strawberries. By Mr. P. B- 

 Hovey, Jr. of Canibridgeport, Southborough. This 

 specimen was nearly equal to tlie Methuen, in 

 shape more globular. Also two boxes of Methuen, 

 Scarlet, all very fine, but not equal to his last ex- 

 hibition. 



By Mr. Thomas Mason, Charle.stown, Royal 

 Scarlet, Keene's Seeding, and Wilmot's Superb, 

 of medium quality. 



By Mr. E. Vose, of Dorchester, a large basket 

 of Dovviiton, quite fresh, of fine flavor and ap- 

 pearance, not equalling his specimen last year. 



Mr. R. Wood, of Roxbury, a box of Methuen 

 Scarlet, large and handsome, fifty for a quart, the 

 largest measuring 4 7-8 inches one way, and 4 5-8 

 inches the other, in circumference. 



B. V. French, Braintree, Lancashire Gooseber- 

 ries. 



Nathaniel Davenport, of Milton, a box of the 

 native May Duke Cherry — a fine specimen, prop- 

 erly the Daven))ort May Duke — an early cherry 

 that can safely be recommended for cultivation. 

 For the Committee, B. V. French. 



The following was furnished from the Society's 

 Experimental Garden, at Cambridge, by Mr Ha- 

 gerstoii, being the first fruits of the Garden for 

 the members. 



Radish, Rose Demi Longue. Seeds from the 

 London Horticultural Society — tasted, aad found 

 to bo very fine, and recommended for cultivation. 



Normandy Cress, from the Society's Garden. 



Mr. Haggerston gives notice there will be for dis- 

 tribution on Saturday next, June 29th, at the Hall 

 «f the Rlassachusetts Horticultural Society, from 

 tieir Garden, Mount Auburn, Plants of three va- 

 r^ties of Cauliflower, and seven varieties of Broc- 

 coli, seeds wliich were received from the London 

 Hprticultural Society, and from the Botanical Soci- 

 etjr of the kingdom of Naples. 



For the Committee on Vegetables, in their ab- 

 sence. 



B. V. French. 



The meeting of the Committee on fruits stands 

 adjourned to Saturday, 29th inst., at 11, when a 

 punctual attendance is requested. 



The Crops. During the latter part of the month 

 of May and the first of June the weather has been 

 extremely unfavorable for crops. Our farmers tell 

 us, that they have very seldom known the pros- 

 pect more gloomy for corn, in the middle of June, 

 than it is this season. Owing to the heavy rains, 

 there is a great growth of grass — we rarely recol- 

 lect to have seen heavier burdens on the meadows. 

 Ab there is not much wheat raised innnediately in 

 this vicinity, we cannot speak from our own ob- 

 servation with regard to it. We saw some pieces 

 about the first of May that looked exceedingly 

 well. If it does not grow so fast as to hinder it 

 from filling well, the probability is that the crop 

 will be good. 



The papers from the western part of New York 

 and Ohio give fluttering accounts of the prospect 

 of the wheat crops in their vicinity. The growth 

 is said to be unusually large. — The American, Mid- 

 dlehunj, Vt. 



MOUNT AUBURN. 



The cemetery and garden of Mount Auburn now 

 constitute the most interesting and delightful spot 

 in our vicinage. Many monuments are already 

 erected, others are in preparation, and the propri- 

 etors of numerous lots are preparing them for the 

 reception of trees and ornamental plants, and en- 

 closing them with palings or other appropriate 

 iron fences. The experimental garden is also in 

 progress. Mr. Haggerston has already taken up his 

 residence in the cottage recently erected for the 

 gardener, and with two laborers has been constant- 

 ly and most industriously employed in setting out 

 over thirteen hundred forest, ornamental, and fruit 

 trees, planting culinary vegetables, and preparing 

 hot beds for receiving a great variety of plants 

 which are intended to be distributed over the va- 

 rious compartments of the garden and on the bor- 

 ders of the avenues and paths. Among the seeds 

 planted are four hundred and fifty, which have been 

 recently sent from Europe, Asia, and South Ameri- 

 ca. Mr H. is assisted in the discharge of his ardu- 

 ous but most interesting duties by the porter, 

 who has special charge of the beautiful and appro- 

 priate gateway, at which commences the avenues 

 and paths that lead in every direction through the 

 grounds. The whole establishment is in a njost 

 flourishing condition. It is one of a novel charac- 

 ter in New England; and our medical brethren 

 who intend visiting us next week, will find them- 

 selves amply repaid for a visit to the spot, by 

 its rich varied scenery, and the tasteful disposi- 

 tions of is lots, paths, avenues, trees and shrub- 

 bery. — Medical Jouriud. 



" The skins used by the gold-beater are produ- 

 ced from the offal of animals. The hoofs of 

 horses and cattle, and other horny refuse, are 

 employed in the jiroduction of the prussiate of 

 potash, that beautiful yellow crystallized salt which 

 is exhibited in the shops of some of our chemists. 

 The worn out saucepans and the tin ware of our 

 kitchens, when beyond the reach of the tinker's 

 art, are not utterly worthless. We sometimes 

 meet carts loaded with old tin kettles and worn- 

 out iron coal scuttles, traversing our streets. 

 These have not yet completed their useful course ; 

 the less corroded parts are cut into strips, punch- 

 ed with small holes, and varnished with a coarse 

 black varnish for the use of the trunk maker, who 

 protects the edges and angles of his boxes with 

 them ; the remainders are conveyed to the manu- 

 facturing chemist in the out skirts of the town, 

 who employs them in conjunction with pyroiigne- 

 ous acid in making black dye for the use of calico 

 printers." — Babbage on Mmuifactures. 



Progress of Enterprise, fllr. D. Whitney, an 

 enterprising pioneer at Green Bay, is about to erect 

 a shot tower at a settlement called Galena upon the 

 Wisconsin river, about sixty miles from Fort Win- 

 nebago, in the midst of the lead mines. It is ex- 

 pected to go into operation early in August. His 

 expectation is, that the product of these mines will 

 soon be transported to the sea, by the way of the 

 Erie Canal ; a route wliich he believes to be far 

 more eligible than that of the MississippL 



The A'cw England Institutiem for the Blind. The con- 

 dition upon whjch tiie Hon. Thomas H. Perkins made a 

 donation of his elegant house in Pearl-street to the above 

 named Institution, has been complied with, and the title 

 completed. 



