26 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



-Alls. 1-1, 1-j 



4. Kudbcckia fulgidn, native. 



5. A youug thrifty jiine apple, will be ripe iu 

 October. 



Mr Parker exhibited, 1. Cactus Tuna, or 

 prickly pear in flower, with numerous fruits, but 

 in au iiiiiiiature stule. 



2. Scverul I'hiius, viz : — Quitzcr, Bolmar's 

 'Washington (yollow,) Welhurill's large blue. 



C'lilorcd drawings of these, hy Mr Knf,'stroni, 

 ^ No. 70, biiutli Eigliih street, were also shown : — 

 blue egg plum, imperial violet, rod egg, and a 

 large yellow plum, a seedling, the fruit large but 

 not ripe, said to be of fine flavor ; red gage, yel- 

 low gage, and white egg, with colored drawings 

 in oil, by Mr Woodside. The figures hy both art- 

 ists, by comparison with the fruits, were found to 

 be perfect representations of them. — The weight 

 of the blue egg plum was IJ ounces and 70 

 grains. That of the red egg, 1^ ounces, less 20 

 grains. 



Mr EngstroiD exliibited colored drawings of 

 several flowers growing in the gardens of dilVer- 

 ent members of the .'Society, which gave great 

 satisfaction, from llieir botanical accuracy, and 

 the beauty of the colors. His mode of coloring 

 is peculiar to himself, and he is recommended to 

 those who wish to acquire the pleasing art of 

 which he is master. 



Upwards of fifty new members were elected, 

 and thirty more proposed on their own appli- 

 cation. 



Delphinium consolida, (two varieties) — Fcrbtna ca- 

 pitala, and yerbascum rtpandum. 



From Mr Cowi>o of Roxhury, specimens of 

 Clethra alnifolia, a hardy, indigenous shrub. 



From Thomas Brf.wkr, Ksq, of Koxbury, se- 

 veral varieties of JlUhca, Impaliens baUamina, and 

 Coreopsis tincloria. 



From Mr Emmons of Boston, beautiful speci- 

 mens of the Double flowering Tomegranate, and 

 the new Italian Marygold. 



Fine specimens of hardy indigenous perennials 

 and early fruit.s, from WiNsiiirs' Nursery, and 

 other articles from Col. Jaques of Cliurlcstown, 

 and ("apt. ("iiandler of Lexington. 



A box of fruit was forwarded by Thomas 

 IJloodgood, Esq. of New York, and intended to 

 have reached the Society's Hall on Saturday. — 

 It unfortunately arrived too late for the Society's 

 meeting — It contained specimens of a fine, simi- 

 mer |)car, called at present in New York the 

 Bloodgood Pear, ll is believed to have origina- 

 ted at Flushing. 



ever bumble and unprofitable, the busincKs 

 be considered at this date, is nevertheless the 

 port and fortress of the nation. " The king 



►e. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



.\niong the articles exhibited at tlie Hall of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on Saturday 

 the 8th inst. were the followi.ig: — 



F'rom J. II. CoiiB, Esq. of Dedliam, specimens 

 of raw Silk — silk cocoons — 1 lb. of reeled or 

 organzine Silk, and 1-2 lb. of silk tow from the 

 outside of the cocoons. — The reeled Silk sells 

 readily to tlie manufacturers at S5 per pound — 

 when prepared for tliu loom, $1,50 per ounce. 

 This American Silk is prefered by the manufactu- 

 rers to that imported fronj China, and will bring a 

 higher price. It was reeled on an apparatus, 

 which is considered belter than the celebrated 

 Languedoc inqtroved reel, and is capable of reel- 

 ing the silk to any degree of fineness. — Ma (^onii, 

 we understand, has made about 20 llis. of organ- 

 zine silk this season, for which he has already 

 been oflered oae hundred dollars hy the manulhrtu- 

 rers. It is but three years since he tiirni'd his 

 attcnlion to ilie bnsiiiess of raising the White 

 Mulberry ami Silk, and he finds but few obsta- 

 cles. Ho states that in three months from the 

 time of taking the mulberry leaf in June, he can 

 furnish silk rringe, and other articles of silk, 

 which sell readily for cash. 



From the garden of lion. John Welles, speci- 

 mens of a very (ine Apricot, imported hy him from 

 France. Mr W. likewise brought buds of the 

 same for distribution among meinhers of the So- 

 ciety. — Members not present will bo furni-shed 

 with the buds by Mr Welles, at bis place in 

 Dorchester. 



From the garden of John Lemist, Esc). of 

 Roxbury, specimens of .Xrrium splendens, (very 

 rare nnd beautifid) — Altlien, six varieties — Cacatia 

 eoccinea, Voreopsis linrtoriu, Snluia splendens, 



^^^hn/sanlhcmum tricolor, llosa noisrlle, I'iscidium, 

 4^HBi»nta miUliJlora, and 'A. elef^ans, Impaliens lialsa- 



.•*«ia. (very fiiie)_7'osf<M ertcta and T. patula, 



MAHOGANY. 



The discovery of this beautiful timber was ac- 

 cidental, and its introduction into notice was slow. 

 The first mention of it is, that it was used in the 

 repair of some of Sir Walter Raleigh's ships, at 

 Trinidad, in 1596. The finely variegated tints 

 were admired ; but in that age the dream of El 

 Dorado caused matters of more value to be ne- 

 glected. The first that was brought to England 

 was about the beginning of last century : a few 

 planks having been sent to Dr Gibbons, of Lon- 

 don, by a brother who was a West India Captain. 

 The doctor was erecting a house in King street, 

 Covent Garden, and gave the plaidvs to a work- 

 man, who rejected it as being too hard. The 

 doctor's cabinet maker, named Wolhiston, was 

 employed to make a candle-box of it, and as he 

 was sawing iq) llie plank, he also conq)lained of 

 the hardness of the timber. But when the can- 

 dle-box was finished it outshone in beauty all the 

 doctor's other furniture, and became an object of 

 curiosity and exhibition. The wood was then ta- 

 ken into favor. Dr Gibbons had a bureau made 

 of it, and the Duchess of Burkingliam another ; 

 the despised mahogany now became a prominent 

 article of luxury, and at the same time raised the 

 fortunes of the cabinet maker by whom it had 

 been at first so little regarded. The mahogany 

 tree is founil in great (unmtities on the low and 

 woody lands, and even upon rocks in the conn- 

 tries on the westernshorcs of the Caribbean sea, 

 about Honduras ond Campeachy. It is also 

 abundant in tlie islands of Cuba and Hayti, and it 

 used to he i)lentifiil in Jamaica, where it was of 

 excellent quality ; but most of the large trees 

 have been cut down. It was formerly abundant 

 on the Bahamas, where it grew on the rocks to a 

 great height, and four feet in diainrter. In the 

 earliest periods it was much used hy the Span- 

 iards in ship-building. — Library of Jintcrtuiniiig 

 Knowledge. 



Kroin the Springfield Republican. 



[Exiraci from the Kov. Alexnnilcr IH'I.enn'»()rnlion. ilolivcrcd 

 111 llu- I.iuilon- Kiulory Villiigf, July 1, IB'JS,] 



The Farmer. — Our industrious, enlightened, in- 

 dependiMit, and virtuous yeomanry, fiirni a truly 

 respectablo class of our citizens — they are entitled 

 to consideration and resi)cct. Agriculture, how- 



self is ser\ed by the fruits of the field." Tof* 

 understanding it is perfectly incomprehensible 

 any person should consider the employmeu 

 the farmer low and mean, far beneath ah 

 every other profession. I am sorry to say I 

 disiiosition is too prevalent, especially anq 

 many of the young gentlemen ofthiscountr 

 engage in any other busines.^, (or no bueines U, 

 rather than engage in the honest employinec fit 

 the field. And why is it so ■ The reason io 

 humble 0[iinion is, they entertain a mistaken fi^ 

 tion that the employment of the agriculturit 

 less honorable than that of most other professi 

 Could this erroneous opinion be removed I 

 their minds, incalculable benefit might be thi 

 suit, to themselves and to the community. Su 

 the man of business and enterprise is daily 

 gusted with the sight of so many young men 

 troling our streets and wharves, and louDj 

 away their time in the store and tippling sho| 

 the great grief of near and dear connections, 

 to the injury of public morals. " Why stand 

 here all the day idle ? " " Arise ye ond e 

 into the vineyard, and what is right shall yc 

 ceive." 



What was Adam the first man ? I answe 

 farmer. God placed him in the garden of E 

 to dress it and to keep it. Gen. ii. 15. 

 after he was expelled from that delightful gar 

 God expressly commanded him to till the groi 

 and assured him " that iu the sweat of his fact 

 should eat bread all the days of his life." V 

 was Job ? that perfect and upright man : 

 was the richest'man in the East ; he too w 

 farmer. And I exultingly ask, what was W 

 ingtou ? the friend, the saviour of his coun 

 lie likewise was a lurmer. The Roman nai 

 while attentive to agricultural pursuits, flouri; 

 and prospered. Her senators, counsellors, 

 generals were often taken from the plougl 

 serve their country in the balls of legislation, 

 in the field of battle. But when she bee 

 proud _and haughty, despising the labors of 

 field, she fell, and great was her fall. Am 

 the same way, many nations besides the Ron 

 have fallen to rise no more forever. Gentlen 

 my fancy now leads me, as I ascend the hil 

 imagination and look towards the East, to inq 

 what courageous hand of heroes do I see voi 

 approaching the plains of Lexington, and hei;, 

 of Bunker Hill, to meet the well disciplined 

 well accoutred British lt)e ? They are farmer; 

 See, O see, these brave fellows, leaving tl 

 ploughs stuck in the sod they were iu the ac 

 turning over — dropping the axe, the hoe, 

 spade — with hasty steps be hurries to his hun 

 dwelling — ho slings his knap.-ack on his bad 

 shoulders his rusty firelock, and with a look 

 eagerness and love fixed for a motnent on the 

 jects of his alVection, thus oddre.sses them : Fi 

 well wife — farewell children — (lod protect yoi 

 I must haste away — I hear the cannon's roa 

 American blooil has been spilled — I go to defi 

 my country — to avenge her wrongs. And p 

 who were these? again I answer thoy were /n 

 ers. Yes, my attentive hearerv, the yeomunrj 

 this eountry are its bulwark — its sinews — it.s 1 

 blood — its all — wiihout them no other profess 

 could live. And shall ony who hear me this i 

 be ashamed of the nomc nnd employment oft 



