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in the neighborhood of other corn; and these 

 doubtswere strengthened by the circumstance 

 that the grains were of several varieties, viz. 

 sacharine, yellow gourd seed, white gourd 

 seed, &c. &c. ; but since then the following 

 certificate has been placed in my hands; and 

 I must confess that, as at present advised, I 

 do not know what to think of it. 



P, A. Browne, 

 December 22, 1837. 



"1 do hereby certify that last spring I 

 planted in my garden back of my house, No. 

 477 Sassafras street, Philadelphia, two grains 

 of Indian corn of that variety which has a 

 husk on each grain, commonly called Texian 

 corn ; there was no other corn planted in my 

 garden, nor any in the neighborhood, that 1 

 know of. Two stalks grew, both had corn 

 ears on them, but one only came to perfec- 

 tion. The ear that grew upon this one was 

 about six inches long, and was well filled 

 with grains, but had no husk on the grains. 

 The shape of the grains resembled the Tex- 

 ian corn. 



"M. McCloskey." 



Note. — A gentleman from Pemberton, N. 

 J., left with the editor of the Cabinet, some 

 few weeks since, two ears of corn plucked 

 from the same stalk, the grains of one envel- 

 oped in a separate husk; the other ear hav- 

 ing the appearance of the common flint corn, 

 except the shape of the grain, which resem- 

 bled the Texian corn. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Horticultural Society* 



The Monthly Meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society was held on Tuesday, 

 the 19th December, in the room under tlie 

 Atheneum. 



The premium. for the best display of inter- 

 esting plants was given to Isaac Buchanan, 

 who exhibited Azalia Indica alba, Justicia 

 Speciosa, Rosa Smithii, Plumbago Capensis 

 Capsicum bachatum, Eupherbia Poinsettii, 

 Daphne Indica, Astrapae Wallichii, Camel- 

 lia imbricata, Althae flora, &c. 



The premium for the best display of fruit 

 was given to Hugh Hatch, N, J. 



The premium for the best display of vege- 

 tables was awarded to William Chalmers, 

 eenr, 



Robert Kilvington, Turner's lane, exhib- 

 ited some fine specimens of Sea Kale and 

 blanched Dandelions. 



Benjamin M. Hollinshead exhibited a very 

 fine specimen of Valparaiso squash. 



Alexander Parker exhibited olea fragrans. 

 Daphne Indica, Ardisia Selanacea, A. Crenu- 

 iata, Rochea folcata, Crassula imbricata, Ta- 



silago farfara, Lachenalia tricela, Lauristinos, 

 white and yellow Indian Chrysanthemums. 



The display of plants and vegetables were 

 limited at the meeting owing to the season 

 of the year and the danger of bringing out 

 fine exotics. The plants exhibited by Mr. 

 Buchanan were healthy and very superior in 

 appearance. 



G. Watson, Record. Sect^y. 



For ihe Farmers' Cabinet. 



Borer in Apple Trees. 



In looking over the New American Orch- 

 ardist not long since, I come across the fol- 

 lowing, which I thought would apply to the 

 case of your correspondent H., of Burlington, 

 ill the preservation of his favorite young ap- 

 ple tree. As he is desirous for any sugges- 

 tions that might tend to the further resusci- 

 tation of his tree, I send it, thinking at least 

 that it may be interesting to him, and, per- 

 haps, not only tend to the renovation of the 

 injured tree, but prevent any more from be- 

 coming victims to the same malady. 



'^Section XII. Noxious Insects, etc. — 

 Subs. 2d. BORER.— The borer is a destruc- 

 tive worm whicb perforates the wood of the 

 apple and quince at the surface of the earth 

 or a little below, where the bark is tender. 

 If the insects have once entered the tree, they 

 may be dug out, or destroyed by introducing 

 a sharp flexible wire, and the aperture must 

 afterwards be filled with clay or mortar. 

 The eggs which produce this insect are de- 

 posited from the last of April to the begin- 

 ning of June. To prevent their attacks and 

 secure the trees efl^ectually, nothing more is 

 necessary than to surround it, a little before 

 the season when the eggs are deposited, 

 either with a small conical mound of un- 

 leached ashes, or clay, or mortar, or with a 

 wrapper of brown paper, as recommended for 

 the peach. For small trees, a solution of two 

 pounds of good pot ash in seven quarts of wa- 

 ter, applied with a brush, from the height of 

 a foot quite down to the surface, is a very 

 cheap, easy, and efl^ectual mode of preserving 

 trees from their attacks, provided the appli- 

 cation is made at the suitable season." 



A. 



Chester county, Dec. 9th, 18.37. 



For the Fanners' Cabinet. 



In No. 10 of 2d vol., page 147, I have dis- 

 covered "an error of the engraver, in the 

 figure accompanying the written specifica- 

 tion, which is diflierent from the original. 



The original figure represented one side 

 of the stove, and dotted lines showed the par- 

 tition of the top, bottom, and two ends of the 

 casing, and also represented the stove pipe as 

 terminating upwards a short distance hio-her 

 than the lower side of the arch of the "fire- 



