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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



Two or three preparatory meetings have laterly been 

 held in Burlington, N. J., to talcc into consideration 

 the propriety of forming a State Horticultural Society. 

 On the 23d u!t., as we learn from the Burlington Ga- 

 zette, the Society was fully organized by the election 

 of Richard S. Field, Princeton, President ;— William 

 Wright, Newark ; Richard Fetters, Camden ; Charles 

 Bispham, Mount Holly ; Amor W. Archer, Burlington ; 

 Charles C. Yard, Trenton ; and Ro^well L. Colt, Pater- 

 son, Vice Presidents; — Ira B. Underbill, Burlington, 

 Treasurer;— William White, Lawrenceville, Corres- 

 ponding Secretary ; — and Wm. W. King, Burlington, 

 Recording Secretary. 



We are gratified to hear of the enterprise ; and judg- 

 ing from the names associated with it, we trust the 

 Society will not be idle. 



The prize Essay, by Willis Gaylord, one of the edi- 

 tors of the Cultivator, "On the Preparation and Use 

 of Manures," is brought to a conclusion in the present 

 number. It is throughout, valuable for the sound sense 

 and good judgment, and mattcr-of fact tendency which 

 characterize it. The concluding paragraph itself, at 

 page 176, on the necessity of manuring, contains many 

 hints and stimulants to exertion, which the shrewd 

 and intelligent farmer will not fail to turn to profit- 

 able account. 



We are indebted to one of our friends at Contre- 

 ville, Md., for a couple of fine specimens of red and 

 yellow corn. They shall be distributed, and the sender 

 will accept our acknowledgments. 



The Gardener's Almanac, of London, states that 

 from some experiments made by Professor Lindley, he 

 comes to the conclusion that it was best to plant pota- 

 toes in rows about two feet apart, and the sets six 

 inches distant from each other, and about the same 

 depth. We are advised also, not to place the sets upon 

 manure in trenches, nor to raise potatoes oftener than 

 once in four years, on the same ground. The editor, 

 George W. Johnson, Esq., has very great doubts, whe- 

 ther earthing up is beneficial or injurious, but he in- 

 clines to think the latter. The blossoms, he says, 

 Bhould be taken off as they appear, and the ground by 

 iU means, be kept loose by frequent hoeing. 



In a letter from Dr. Kirtland, addressed to the Cleve- 

 land Herald, he says : " Few people know that modern 

 horticulturists have obtained numerous varieties of 

 pears of the finest quality, that will keep through the 

 winter with as much certainty as the best kind of late 

 keeping apples. With the name of Winter pear is 

 usually associated the idea of a hard, austere fruit, that 

 is not eatable until prepared by cooking. Such, for in- 

 stance, is the Pound pear, and from it our ideas of win- 

 ter pears are mostly formed." 



We are fully aware that many farmers in this vi- 

 cinity are discouraged from planting the pear tree. It 

 flourishes till it is six or eight years old, — bears a year 

 or two, and then too frequently disappoints the hopes 

 of the grower, by becoming diseased at the ends of the 

 limbs, or around the trunk, and dies. The Editor has 

 from year to year, found this to be the case with his 

 own trees. But we would say — persevere. As an ar- 

 ticle of luxury in the family, the Winter pear is deli- 



cious; as one of profit, it does not deserve to be so 

 much neglected as it is. Dr. Kirtland, well known for 

 the interest which lie takes in the subject, and the at- 

 tention which he has given to the propagation of fruit, 

 refers in his letter to the Easter Beurr'c, — Beurr'e D 

 Jiremlerg, and other varieties of excellent winter 

 pears, capable of being readily kept through the win- 

 ter, and which are entirely calculated to save us the 

 trouble of sighing for the banana and the pineapple. 

 Very few of the winter pear are to be found in our 

 markets, and the subject is certainly deserving the at- 

 tention of farmers. Trees may be procured of Samuel 

 Rhoads, Jr., of this vicinity. 



Youatt on the Horse. 



Lea & Blanchard publish and have for sale, "The 

 Horse," by William Youatt, a new edition with nu- 

 merous illustrations, together with a General History 

 of the Horse; a dissertation on the American Trotting 

 Horse, how trained, &c.; an account of his most re- 

 markable performances; and an Essay on the Ass and 

 the Mule, by J. S. Skinner, Assistant Post-master Gen- 

 eral, and Editor of the Turf Register. In one volume 

 8 vo., with over fifty engravings on wood.— For sale at 

 this otfice; price §2. 



At a stated meeting of the Philadelphia Society for 



promoting Agriculture, held the 3rd inst.,the following 



officers were elected for the present year: — 



Dr. James Mease, President; 



In place of N. Biddle, Esq., resigned. 



James Gowen, ) „ Presidents 



Kenderton Smith, i ^- ^"^esiaenis. 



Aaron Clement, Recording Sec'ry. 



P. R. Freas, Assist. Record. Sec'ry. 



Dr. a. L. Elwyn, Cor. Secretary. 



Algernon S. Roberts, Treasurer. 



Samuel C. Ford, ) curators. 

 Isaac Newton, ) v^"""-"'"- 



Aaron Clement, Librarian. 



We keep on hand at this office, and will supply our 

 friends with. Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather;— Price $4 00 

 YOUATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 



ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 



THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37i 



THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37i 



DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 62J 



Complete sets of the FARMER'S CABINET, 



half-bound, 7 vols. 5 75 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 31^ 



JOHNSTON'S Agricultural Works. 

 LIEBIG'S FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12^ 



As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri- 

 culture. 



Subscriptions will be received for Colman's Agri- 

 cultural Tour in England and on the Continent. 



HJ" We are prepared to bind books to order. 



Wheat is worth from 90 to 98 cents ; rye 56 to 63 

 cents; corn 38 to 41 cents; oats 26 to 30 cents; wheat 

 flour $4 25 to $4 75 ; rye flour $3 25 ; buckwheat flour 

 $2 25 to $2 50; wool 30 to 42 cents; cotton 8J- to 10 

 cents ; clover seed from $4 50 to $5 50. 



