No. 3. 



Editorial Notices. 



101 



The Long Island Horticultural Society had quite a 

 spirited exhibition at Flushing, about the middle of 

 last month, and awarded numerous premiums. VVm. , 

 R. Prince and Co. sent from their garden and nurseries,! 

 more than fllty varieties each, of apples and peaches, 

 and upwards of sixty varieties of pears, besides flow 

 ers in abundance. 



Cattle are sometimes choked with an apple or po- 

 tatoe. A friend lately informed the Editor, that a cow 

 of his, was this summer greatly distressed by getting 

 an apple in her gullet, and which, with all his efforts 

 he was unable to remove either upwards or downwards. 

 As a last resort, thinking she must die, he placed the 

 part of the throat where the apple lay, over a solid 

 block, and with a blow of a mallet, mashed it. She 

 swallowed the broken fruit, and was instantly reliev- 

 ed. Considerable swelling and inflammation of the 

 parts, naturally followed, but with proper care, he had 

 no doubt, she would entirely recover. 



A VERY serious disease has within a few weeks, ap 

 peared among the horses in the vicinity of New York. 

 It was for a time pretty much confined to King's Co., 

 on Long Island, but subsequently extended to Flush- 

 ing and Statcn Island. From a letter dated at Bergen 

 Point, N. J. the 19lh ult., we learn that it had reach- 

 ed that neighborhood. A friend from Salem, in the Odr friend C. W. Haywood, of Germantown, left at 

 lower part of Jersey, informed the Editor, some three i this office a few days ago, an ear of last year's corn, 

 weeks since, that a number of horses had been seized i many of the grains of which, had been curiously per- 

 with this distemper in that county, and that it had nforated, and a good deal of the inside eaten, as we of- 

 proved alarmingly fatal. Its seat is doubtless in the ,t6n see the pea eaten in the spring of the year, by a 

 head. In a case on Staton Island, relief was produced i worm or moth. The corn was lying in bulk in the ear , 

 when a copious discharge was obtained from the head' '" ^^^ garret, and some five or six weeks since, num- 

 of very offensive matter. The brain, on dissection, ;|berless moths were observed on the wing, and it was 

 has appeared like a mass of clotted blood, and it has' 1^0°" discovered that they had made their escape from 

 been suggested, that immediately on discovering thej^''" grains of corn. It is of course, much injured; and 

 attack, the first symptom of which is indicated by a pc- ^^ould the insect spread itself widely over the country, 

 culiar drooping of the animal, the forehead should be, '' '^ ''"P''^^''''^ to estimate the amount of injury which 

 shaved between the eyes, and a powerful blister ap'j'^ '^ '^^P^'''^ of inflicting- 



plied. Let this be accompanied by steaming with'] The Editor very well remembers something of the 

 vinegar and hot oats— moderately bleeding, and reliev- 1 I^ind that attacked the corn in the ear in the crib, some 

 ing the costiveness always attendant uponlhe disease, I fi^'e and twenty, or thirty years ago, particularly in 

 if it even be by resort to the mechanical process oflithe lower part of West Jersey. Is the moth we now 

 raking. Our friend from Salem, called it the blind|^P<^*l'°''^i™i'" i" character and habits, to that which 

 staggers, and believed it was occasioned by some dele- j ''PP'^^red a quarter of a century ago, and which then 

 terious substance procured in the pasture, and would 1 excited a good deal of alarm ? If our memory is not 



strongly advise the stabling of horses, without letting 

 them run in the field. It is not believed to be conta- 

 gious, as instances have occurred where horses have 

 died, while others standing by their side, have escaped. 

 It was recently stated by a member of the Farmers' 

 Club in New York, that he had known a similar epi- 

 demic in Spain, and that cures had been effected by 

 wrapping the head in blankets steeped in hot water, 

 and following it up by copious bleeding. A committee 

 was appointed by the Club to investigate the matter, 

 and ascertain the remedies, if any really effective, had 

 been discovered. 



in fault, it did not continue more than two or three 

 seasons. Who can tell us all about it? C. W. Hay- 

 wood said he had upon enquiry, not been able to hear 

 of it among bis neighbors. 



A H.tNDSOME display of fruits, flowers, vegetables, 

 &.C., was made at the rooms of the New Jersey Horti- 

 cultural Society, in Princeton, at its annual meeting 

 on the 2,3rd, 24th and 25th of last month. The fruit 

 was splendid, and the attendance, such as manifested 

 a lively interest in the concerns of the Society. 



Occasion was taken four months ago to mention 

 the excellent location for an Agricultural School, offer- 

 ed by a property which lately belonged to the estate of 

 W. G. Rogers, deed, and which had been purchased by 

 our enterprising friend James Gowen. It is adjoining 

 his homestead at Germantown, and seems admirably 

 adapted for such a purpose. James Govven, we have 

 understood, has it in contemplation to open such an 

 establishment, should his health admit of it. We can- 

 not but believe the Sjuth and Southwest might derive 

 lasting benefits from a school of this character in this 

 vicinity. We heartily wish the enterprise may be 

 prosecuted, and with all success. 



William R. Prince, proprietor of the Linncean Bo- 

 tanic Garden and Nurseries at Flushing, and author 

 of the Treatises on Horticulture, on Fruits and on the 

 Vine, has lately published a 1VI.4Nual or Roses, com- 

 prising the most complete History of the Rose, includ- 

 ing every class, and all the most admirable varieties 

 that have appeared in Europe and America, together 

 with ample information on their culture and propa- 

 gation. 



We have received a copy of the work,— a neat duo- 

 decimo — and have no doubt the lover of the Rose w'ill 

 find in it, as expressed in the title page, every thing 

 almost, which it may be desirable to learn, regarding 

 its cultivation and management. 



" During the last ten years" says the preface, " the 

 acquisitions made to the family of Roses, have been 

 so remarkable for their splendor, fragrance and other 

 qualities, that the public attention has been awakened 

 to their culture in a degree, almost unprecedented in 

 the annals of Flori culture," and those who most par- 

 ticipate in this awakened interest, will most need and 

 enjoy such a manual as is now off* red to them. Our 

 fellow-townsman, Robert Buist, so well known among 

 us for his enterprise and good taste as a florist, it will 

 be recollected, also published a couple of years ago, an 

 excellent Rose Manual, which is widely circulated 

 among amateurs. 



