vol.. XI, NO. 53. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



411 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



JEXHIBITION OP FLOWERS AT THE MASS. 

 HORT. SOC. ROOMS. 



Saturday, Jul;) 6th, 1833. 



Tlioiiias Mason, Charlestovvii Vineyard, Carna- 

 tions, Pinks, Dahlias, and a variety of Herbaceous 

 Flowers. 



John A. Kfinrick, Newton, Roses. Spirea sor- 

 bitblia, and KmIjms var. albo pleno. 



E. Putnam, Salem, Dahlias, including Globe 

 and Anemone flowering. 



Also, fine specimens of flowers were sent from 

 the Gardens of William Worthington and Ham- 

 ilton Davis, Esqrs. of Dorchester and Charles- 

 tovvii. Per order, 



JONA. WiNSHIP, 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



Snturdiiy, July 6th, 1833 



The fruits exhibited this day were the finest 

 specimens of their kinds — and of finest kinds. 



Cherries. By Elijah Vose, Jr. of Doichester, 

 White Bigarreau Cherries. Also, Black Tartarian 

 — all of extraordinary size. 



By Rev. F. Parkman, White Bigarreau Cher 

 ries. 



By Mr. Downer, specimens of the Downer Cher 

 ry. Specimens of the same fruit were exhibited by 

 A. D. Williams of Roxbury. 



Raspberries. By Messrs. Wiasbip, White Ant- 

 werp Raspberries — specimens of Barnet Raspber- 

 ries, fine and large. Per order, 



William Kenrick 



my iron bars and stone sled, shall prepare that ex- 

 cellent soil for the [ilough. 



How much of our best land is totally unproduc- 

 tive, entirely useless to its owners, which would 

 on an average pay 20 per cent, on the cost of 

 rendering it arable. Senex. 



From the Farmer's Reporter. 

 INTEREST. 



Talking with a neighbor at the door of his un 

 finished house, I kindly inquired of him why it was 

 not better covered, and in a more comfortable state 

 outside and in ? "I am in debt," said he, "and 

 could not afford to finish any more. — We can live 

 in it till some of my debts are paid. When I am 

 able, I intend to clapboard and plaster it thorough 

 ly." "What will it cost you?" said L "Not less 

 than sixty or seventy dollars," was his answer. 

 We conversed upon the subject till he acknowl- 

 edged, that without any reference to the enjoy- 

 ment of his family and friends, the saving be should 

 realize by a warm house in the consumption of 

 wood, probably might be double the interest of 

 what the finishing would cost. It was natural to 

 observe, as I did — "You are paying twelve per 

 cent, for money which you might have for six, and 

 have as pleasant a fireside as your neighbors. 

 Twenty dollars spent in repairing a house, would 

 in many instances, save forty, not to say twice 

 that sum in fuel." 



I noticed a very valuable part of his farm, natu- 

 rally a productive soil, lying waste, covered with 

 stones and shrubs. To the question why those 

 acres were thus neglected his answer was as before, 

 "I am in debt ; when I get a little more out of 

 debt, I will exchange these brambles and brakes, 

 for herdsgrass and clover, for that is my best land:" 

 "What would it cost an acre to change it to a pro- 

 ductive state, with a good fence around it ?" Af- 

 ter calculating, he said, "Not a cent short of twen- 

 ty dollars." Upon estimating the produce when 

 properly cultivated, we found that barren spot fair- 

 ly promised, at least, twenty if not thirty per cent, 

 interest upon the cost of cultivation. He smiled, 

 thanked me, and with a composed and determined 

 voice, very deliberately said : "My bush scythe, 



AVOOI,. 



Agents from the manufacturers of Webster 

 and other towns have recently visited this county 

 and Berk.shire, and purchased large quantities of 

 wool in Worthington, Peru, Hinsdale, Windsor, 

 &c. Many loads of wool passed through this 

 place last week. We are informed that the prices 

 given range from 47 to 70 cents, and tlie quality 

 of the wool, from half blood to full blood and 

 Saxony fleeces. We have heard of only two lots 

 that brought 70 cents. What is called full blood 

 merino brought from 5-5 to 65 cents. Such is the 

 information we have received ; it may not be en- 

 tirely correct. — A'orthampton Gazette. 



From thp. Genesee Farmtr. 

 PLANTING POSTS FOR GARDEN FENCES, &c. 



Instead of filling the holes up with the earth ta- 

 ken out in digging them, I would recommend in fill- 

 ing in around the posts leached ashes instead of 

 common earth, and topping off" with five or six in- 

 ches of unleached ashes above the surface of the 

 ground ; for it is generally between wind and wa- 

 ter, as the sailors term it, that garden posts begin 

 to decay. My reason for recommending ashes ts 

 that I have frequently found pieces of board, hoops 

 and staves, buried under heaps of leached ashes, 

 which had lain there many years and were quite as 

 sound as when first buried. No doubt many of 

 your readers have noticed the same, in reniovino- 

 old ash heaps near pot-ash works. 



USEFUL. DISCOVERT. 



A machine has been invented and put in oper- 

 ation in Philadelphia, for napping hats by steam. 

 The editor of i(ie Philadelphia Inquirer, recently 

 witnessed the performance of this machine, in a 

 hat manufactory, and speaks in high terms of its 

 capabilities. The beauty and superiority of the 

 work, are at once admitted by all who have exam- 

 ined it. It is not stated whether, or not, the pro- 

 cess is more rapid than by the old method ; but 

 it is held to turn out a much better article, as the 

 napping process requires very hot water, steam 

 applied to the same purpose may be many degrees 

 hotter than boiling water. The invention is 

 thought to he a very useful one. 



From the New i^or/c Farmer. 

 TO MAKE A I.IQ,UID OPODELDOC. 



Take two quarts of whiskey, rum, or brandy, or 

 any other proof spirits, put it in a kettle and warm it 

 witi; coals, dissolve in it as much soft-soap as it will 

 takqiqi. When cold, put it into a bottle and add one 

 oz. of camphor,lialf an oz. volatile salts of ammonia, 

 wheti these are dissolved, it is ready for use. This 

 preparation is called Liquid Opodeldoc, and in all 

 swellings about horses and cattle is a safe and good 

 application. Some gentle physic should be given 

 at the same time. The opodeldoc will scatter the 

 humors if recent, and the physic will clear them 

 out of the system. 



Yours, &c. Carlo. 



Destruction of Insects. R. M. W., a writer for 

 the Genesee Farmer, gives the following as a 

 method for destroying the turnip-fly and other in- 

 sects in hot beds. Take a tea-spoon full of sul- 

 phur or brimstone reduced to a coarse powder, put 

 it on a small piece of paper and lay it on the hot 

 bed, then light a piece of brown paper and lay it 

 burning on the sulpliur, it will soon set the sulphur 

 on fire, then put down the sash close. The 

 burning sulphur will destroy all the oxygen in the 

 frame and pervade every part of it, destroying eve- 

 ry living thing within it. After two or three min- 

 utes the sash may be raised and the sulphuric fumes 

 blown out, and no insect will be left to do mis- 

 chief. 



I^reservivgCulinary Vegetables through the Winter. 

 Th« Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Soci- 

 ety give the following mode of preserving French 

 bea|is, parsley, celery leaves and spinage, through 

 the; winter. Gather the leaves or beans without 

 waaliing them ; put tbeni into a barrel without a 

 heall, alternate layers of vegetables and salt. — 

 Then put a board upon the vegetables, and a 

 weight on the board, which will now be covered 

 with the juice of the vegetables. When wanted for 

 use, take out the quantity required, and wash it 

 carefully, returning the board and weight. The 

 best weight is a clean water worn stone, tolerably 

 heavy. The watery juice towards the board ex- 

 cludes the action of the air, and prevents putre- 

 faction. 



Parsley, celery and spinach leaves, carefully 

 dried and kept from moisture are excellent iu 

 aoups, &c. 



FIRES. 



It will be seen by the annexed statement of 

 fires in this city and vicinity, during the last six 

 months, that the fire department have had a busy 

 season, whatever othors may think to the contrary. 

 In the city the number of fires during the sis 

 months ending Juue 30, 1833, was 42 ; and out 

 of the city, at which the Boston Fire Department 

 turned out 12 ; false alarms 21, — making in all, 

 75 turns out. The loss in the city was $40,050, 

 of which $21,760 was insured ; the loss out of 

 the city, was $30,700, of which only $3000 was 

 insured. Loss in all $70,750 ; insurance $23,760. 

 During the twelve months of 1832, there were 

 only 50 fires iu the city ; 18 out, at which the De- 

 partment turned out ; and 60 false alarms. Loss 

 in the city, $61,863,34, of which $24,078,34 was 

 insured ; out of the city, $25,650, of which 

 $12,300 was insured. — Loss in all $87,513,34; 

 insurance $36,378,34. From this it appears that 

 there were only 14 more actual fires in 1832, than 

 in half of the present year ; and that the amount 

 of damage was only $16,763 more in 1832 than 

 in half the present year. — Boston D. Adv. 



Burning of TTiree Steamboats. The Louisville 

 papers of the 22d state, that about ten o'clock on 

 the preceding evening, the steamer Sentinel took 

 fire while at the wharf in front of that city. The 

 flames spread with such rapidity, that in less than 

 ten minutes the Dclphine above and the Rambler 

 below, were also on fire, and the three boats were 

 burned in about an hour to the water's edge. 



JVovel Steamboat Accident. The steamboat Can- 

 ada, on her way to Quebec, on the 22d ult. with 

 4 or 500 passengers on board, experienced a sin- 

 gular accident. A part of her deck, ten feet wide, 

 extending across the vessel, gave way, and 200 of 

 them fell together below. Only two were severe- 

 ly wounded. 



