Published by John B. Russell, at JVb. 52 J^orlh Market Slreet, (at the Agricultural Warehouse) — Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor. 



VOL. YIII. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1829. 



No. 2. 



HORTICULTURE. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



GREVILLE ROSE. 



;or that I liad the best success. In the beginning 

 of hist month a few clusters began to open veiy 



j inilifiorently, I was much disjjleased witli it, but a 

 few (lays afterwards it flowered to my utmost sat- 

 isfaction, immense numbers of clusters of from ten 



tween tlie rows, the weeds eradicated, and the 

 ground often hoed and raked until the (rnit be- 

 gan to ripen. 



The Chili plants, which are more tender than 

 any other strawberry I have cultivated, suffered 



I have cultivated many varieties of the straw- 

 berry, and am entirely satisfied that the Pine Ap- 

 ple has a decided preference. It is very jirolific, 



Mr Editor— I do not desire to enter into any jg twenty roses each. There were in some clus- partially from the unusual severity of the winter, 

 'lollision with the writer of the statement in your j jers as many as WnVten different shades, very A\s-\ The Roseberry first bloomed and a few ripe 

 Sst i)aper, about the Greville Rose, but he cer- ^ tjnct, in others from four to nine, from a dark pur- 1 berries were picked on the 5th of June ; the Pine 

 duly must have been unfortunate at least about ; |,]g ,o ^ yg,.y tender blush. There were clusters : Apple was but a few days later, while the Scarlet 

 le developement of his plant ; for in this vicinity : ^f ijiu^hes only, likewise iiurple mid scarlet, but all was four or five. On the 14th of June, twenty- 

 number have bloomed the present season in great ; ^f different shades. It" was pronounced by a si.x boxes of the^ine Apple strawberries were 

 ^lendor. One of these of very large size is in ) „umber of gentlemen to be the handsomest and | gathered, and four of the Roseberry. On the 17th 

 °'1lr E.vgie's fine garden at Brooklyn, a private j „|ogt curious of all the roses. Even the mo.st in- j thirteen boxes of the Pine Apple, on the ISth 



diflerent could not help admiring it, for every, »ine, and on the 19th eight; after this it was 

 chistrt- formed a beautiful bouquet. The roses i neglected to notice the quantity, but there were at 

 are somewhat larger than the common Mulliflora. ' least fourteen boxes more picked, making seventy 

 Some are double, others not so much, but even the ihoxes, or nearlj^iine quarts to each row of the 

 semidouble had their merit, for their bright yellow 1*'"^ Ap|)le. 

 stamens in numbers, surroimded by their purple, 

 scarlet, or blush petals were very handsome. 



This is the rose I purchased of you about 18 

 months since, and planted it on the east side of the fruit large, beautiful, sufliciently high flavor- 

 thc house, with the Multiflora, Lady Banks, and ed, anil aromatic, but not quite so rich, or posscss- 

 Champney roses, all in one row, and left them ' ing the fragrance of the Chili, or Roseberry. But 

 uiqirotectcil, by straw, &c. during the last severe \ the Chili is a shy bearer, and but a small portion 

 wniter. The result was that I lost the Lady '; of the blossoms of the Roseberry produce fruit; still 

 age 20, and in other London publications. And Banks totally, the Multiflora, and Champney to | it '"ay be called a prolific and most valuable kind. 

 * 16 character of the foliage cannot fad to strike vvithin six inches of the ground, the Greville rose ! The Chili claims attention from its size,— as 1 

 'liieata single glance with its difference, added lost six inches only from the top, the latter was have raised them four inches in circumference, — 



which it is so much more hardy that it lives sixteen feet hiih last fall 

 ^rough severe winters uninjured when the Multi- T ' j address you this in the hope it may be agree- 

 ora perishes. Mr E.ngle remarked that he would 3,^]^ to" you ; have the kindness to excuse the 

 -"ot take one hundred dollars for his plant. The :■ ,,,ts^ ^s I write to you in a language foreign to 



my own, and am no botanist. 



ResiiectfulJv yours, 



JOHN B. SMITH. 

 Wm Robert Prince, Esq. ) 

 Flushing, Long Island. ) 



entleman who is a great amateur of the family of 

 le Rose. Many specimens were also exhibited 

 t the Horticultural Society's meetings, from Mr 

 rmentier's and other gardens, which present- 

 ' i all the shades of color. At Mr Prince's gar- 

 en at Flushing, a number have bloomed. I think 

 is necessary for the plant to become vigorous 

 nd strong before its beauties can be fully real- 

 ^] :ed. I would here notice an error that seems to 

 ave been propagated, that the Greville rose is a 

 arietj' of the Alultiflora, tvhich is not the fact, as it 

 stated to be a totally distinct species in the Hor- 

 is Brittanicus, page 138, in Page's Podromus, 



me of this rose does not, however, depend solely 

 1 nurserymen at New York, for it had received 



BJc: le highest plaudits from the London Horticultu- 

 il Society, and from writers in Loudon's Maga- 

 ;ie, before it was disseminated in this country — 



Im nd one plant is there stated to have grown forty 



H '.et in a single season. It certainly could have 



een no cause of complaint against the proprietor 



''fany nursery here, if from confidence in Euro- 



ean statements of such high authority, he had 



Mt een led to import it, increase and vend it before 

 had flowered, and it should afterwards not real- 

 :e the desciijitions there given ; the whole blame 

 . rould lie 071 the persons loho made misstatements in 

 lurope — and what let me ask have we to depend 

 n but similar statements, and from the same 



'* mrces in regard to the new fruits latterly re- 

 eived in Boston, and which are sought after with 



jiijj much avidity, and scions of which have been 

 istributed with such noble generosity by Mr Low- 

 Li.. Suppose some of these kinds create disap- 

 ointnient, will any one be so base and ungrateful 



yj, s to blame Mr Lowell ? It is a curious rule 

 lerefore that will not equally apply to one who 



•'j: [lends his money as to him who receives a gra- 

 jiity. JUSTICE. 



JVeu) York. 



vopy of a leUer frnm John B. Smith, Esq. of Philailclpliio, 

 to \Vm Robert Prince, of llie Linnsean Garden, near New 

 York — read al llic last meeting of (he New York Horlicullu- 

 ral Society.] 



Philadelphia, July 15, 1829. 

 Dear Sir — Not having seen or heard lately of 

 ,j, ny description of the Greville Rose, I almost con- 

 liided that mine was the first that had flowered, 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



but more csi)ecially.for its powerful aroma, deli- 

 cious flavor, and being later than the others. — 

 The Scarlet is very prolific, but inferior in size, 

 flavor, and )>erfV.mo tn the oth'T three kinds ; still 

 wonhy of extensive cultivation as it continues 

 longer to produce fiuit than the Pine A])ple or 

 Roseberry, if the season is wet. 



For the Roseberry and Pine Apple I am indebt- 

 ed to John Lowell, Esq. to whom we are all un- 

 der the greatest obligations, not only for numerous 

 additions to the products of our gardens, fields, and 

 orchards, but for a fund of interesting and valua- 

 ble intelligence, which he so liberally disseminate?, 

 on all the ' branches of agriculture and garden- 



CULTURE OF THE STRAWBERRY. 

 Dear Sir — When I had the pleasure of a visit 

 from you at the time my strawberries were in j inn- 

 bloom, you expressed a wish that I should inform 1 The most celebrated writers in Great Britain 

 you of the mode of cultivation, and what kinds recommend planting the runners in beds, three 



feet apart, with three rows in each, two feet apart, 

 and the plants eighteen inches asunder ; and if 

 the mode I have jiractised should be adopted, I 



were most estimable for size, flavor, and produc- 

 tiveness. 



Between the first and tenth of October, 1827, 1 j 

 set out twenty rows, one hundred feet in length, | recommend that the rows be three feet apart ; for 

 of the following kinds. Four of the Chili, eight | if" 'I'e ground is made rich, and well tilled, the 

 of the PineApple, twoof the Roseberry, and six of plants grow so luxuriantly as to require more room 

 the Scarlet. The ground had been cultivated for ' than two feet between the rows, to cultivate them 

 several years, with various garden vegetables. It properly and gather the fruit, without injury to 

 is a sandy loam, and had been annually highly ; the vines. 



manured. It was ploughed, harrowed, and raked But to cultivate strawberries successfully, irri- 

 level. The runners were placed one foot apart gation is indispensable. In Great Britain, where 

 in rows two feet asunder. Before the ground this delicious fruit is raised in the greatest abun- 

 froze they were covered with litter, to protect ' dance and perfection, the climate is remarkably 

 them during the winter. In the spring of 1828 ''fnid, "'"1 drought is rarely experienced ; still 

 manure was siiread between the rows, spaded in, ; every jirecaution is taken to insure an ample siip- 

 and the ground raked level. During the summer | P'y of water to the plants. Various modes have 

 they were often weeded, hoed, raked, and the run- !been adopted to accomplish this with the greatest 

 ners as they appeared carefully laid lengthwise of | ease and certainty, as will be perceived by the fol- 

 ihe rows, so that in the autumn the intervals were ['owing extract from Loudon's Encyclopedia of 

 completely filled up with plants, which were cov- 1 Gardening. 



ered with litter, as in the preceding autumn. This I " Brick Beds for Slrawberiies. — These were 

 spring manure was again spread and dug in be- [observed in a small garden near Chatham, and are 



