V„I. VIIJ.— No.lO. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



pij Mr J. fl. Itiissdl, Pulilishcr of the .Wjo England 



' rmcr. Tlic Long Island Puince of Horticulture — 



titled by his science, zed and activity to the coronet 



[^lora, a badjje of distinction more honoraule tijail tile 



'/( iwn of the conqueror : in him we arc favored with an 



ellent exception to the ancient adage, " Put no trust 



iJPWftces." 



P' Sent by Mr Grant Thorbttrn of New York. The city 



Boston — its splendid churches, its public spirited citi- 



is, and its magniHcent villas. 



'« ?(/ Mr E: IV. Melcalf. The cultivation of the earth, 



■'"I the Art of Printing ; the sources of animal life, and 



nental improvement. 



Si/ Mr Jeremiah Fitch. Our country's independence ; 

 bast fruit its soil ever produced. 

 ?j/ Mr Rebello, Charge d' Affairs from Brazil. Mutu- 

 rauiplantations between North and South America 

 ''■ he happiness of mankind is based on the liberal ex- 

 ^ .ngc of respective natural products. 



?!/ Dr Thatcher of Plymouth American Farmers — 

 ^ increase the capabilities ot the soil, gather the honey, 



* ; shear the fleece, and reap the harvest foi themselves, 



* 1 not for another. 



]i,?j/ the same. Mrs Mary GrilBth, the scientific Apia- 

 ^ of Now Brunswick. 



Ttj Cajit. J^'iclioison, of U. S. Navy. Agriculture, 

 ulture and Commerce — the graces of civilization. 

 The following Song, written for the occasion by 

 Finn, of the Tromont Theatre, was sung by him : 



" Let one great day. 



To celehratcd sports and Jloral ploy 

 liC set aside.^' Prior. 



This is our Rome, and I 

 A Flamen Pomonalis. 

 I U prove, in Men'« pursuits, 

 Some Horticultural is ; 

 But while the glass goes round. 

 Lot not a sucher stray, .Sirs ; 

 Transported by the vine, 

 ""T would be our Botany bay, Sirs. 



The Fruits of Horticulture, 

 You '11 find in every shape, Sirs, 

 Our sailors stein the Currant, 

 In battle, /occc the Grape, Sirs; 

 King George, in olden Thyme, 

 Could not with .S'/jc«r-mint loyal. 

 Compel our soldiers Sage, 

 Tu pay the Penny-Royal. 



A Lawyer, in his books, 



Discovers foliation. 



And often makes his bread, 



By a.flotcer-y oration; 



The Sportsman likes the Turf 



To train his cattle jadish, 



If he buys a reddish horse, 



Ho 's sure to like Horse-radish. 



fairest of Eden's flowers 

 Was Woman, ere farewell. Sirs, 

 She bade to Eden's fruit. 

 The fatal JS'onpareil, Sirs. 

 Here 's Wom.vn ! from the time 

 Creation's pencil drew lips. 

 And the breathings of the Rose, 

 "That lives upon her two-lips. 



And when at Gretna-ffrcen* 

 Young ladies wish a frolic, 

 if Pa says " C'un't-elope," 

 Why they feel Jlfcioji-cholic ; 

 Good Wives the jy'urserij love, 

 Their tender plants to feed, Sirs, 

 And Widows wish, sub-rosa. 

 To throw aside their weeds, Sirs. 



The Gambler, on a spade 



His all on earth \v\\\ stake, Sirs, 



The Drunkard is a sieve. 



The Libertine "s a rake, Sirs. 



May he who — like a blight — 



The Maiden's peace has broke. Sirs, 



A /iff7i^mo--Garden see, 



And feel the Art-to-choke, Sirs. 



The pretty Gentleman, 

 So lady-like and lazy, 



Who goes to Mari-gold, 

 And lisps out " lauk a daiscy," 

 Of Navarino stock — 

 A nice corsetted scion, 

 .\mong the Garden stuff', 

 He 's dubb'd a Dnndc-lion. 



The Spendthrift ends with slugs, 



And " Verbum sat" 's a hint. Sirs — 



The Miser is a Snail, 



That starves upon the Mitit, Sirs : 



You may Old bachelors. 



In £///(! r-berries nab, Sirs, 



Old Maids they say are Medlars 



Grafted on the Crab, Sirs. 



We '11 toast the kitchen garden. 

 The Dishes all and each. Sirs, 

 It would our taste im-pair. 

 Their goodness to im-peach. Sirs ; 

 And may we never want 

 The means such limbs to lop, Sirs, 

 And always have good grounds, 

 To gather a full Crop, Sirs. 



My lines I must re-trench. 

 They better things impede. Sirs, 

 And as my song 's sow, sow, 

 Perhaps you may see seed, Sirs, 

 I 'm certain, with your Leaves, 

 If doggrells thus should trick us 

 Out of our good wine, — 

 Each would be Hortus siccus. 



Then may Life's evening sun. 

 In setting be serene. Sirs ; 

 Time well employ'd — in Age 

 Will make us evergreen. Sirs : 

 And when the pruning-knife — 

 From fe.ather, or from Cot-bed — 

 Transplants us to the soil. 

 May we escape a Hot-bed. 



A fine specimen of peaches was making the tour of 

 the tables with great applause, when one of the gentle- 

 men observed, ««c <rn?i5(<o'ZorM mundi, which had no 

 sooner touched Mr Finn's tympanum than he responded, 

 gloria Saturday, not Monday. 



Brighton Market. — Monday, Sept. 21. 

 (Reported for the Chrouicle and Patriot.) 

 Beef Cattle — 745 at market, including those 

 unsold last week. -- ~ ■ 

 at the close of the market this day, llian at any 



For Sale. 



The celebrated farm, commonly railed ll.e Keltic jioiiit 

 farm, situated in Serlionk, BJassacliusetls, en the cast side o( 

 I'rovidcuce river or Narragniisei bay, and distant but luo miles 

 liv water or land, from the lowii of Providence. 

 ' 'I'liis farm contains about GO acres of excellent land in a 

 liigli-.stale of cultivation, properly divided into pasture, tillage, 

 mowing and orchard, and now undergoing a regular rotation 

 of crops. 



'I'hc northern, eastern and southern boundaries (orm llirre 

 sides of a s<]uare, but the western boundary facing tlie river i.i 

 more irregular, rinniiiig into and forming a point uf land which 

 gives name lo the farm. The dwelling hon.se and out buildings 

 aie siiuateci upon liie point and command one of tlie must de- 

 lighiful views in the l). S.. embracing Uie harbor and town of 

 I'Viividcnce on the noi-tli, and the Hay and Islands, for the dis- 

 tance of 15 miles, on the south. 



At this place the river is narrow and deep, and from 20 to 

 oO sail of vessels, including scleral steam boats, pass daily up 

 aiifl down at a short distance from the shore. 



A large and never failing spring of pure water rises at an el- 

 evation of about forty feel above the surface of the river, whicli 

 can be made to irrigate about 10 acres, and conveyed if want- 

 ed liy a leaden pipe to the dwelling house and out buildings. 

 Several valuable ledges of rock can be opened near the shore 

 xuiil sold in Providence at I 50 lo 2 dollars per cord. — About 

 two hundred loads of sea weed are gathered aunually from the 

 shore. 



'i'lie orchard contains above 700 trees of the finest varieties 

 of the Apple, Pear, Peach, Apricot, Cheiry and Plum, from 5 

 lo 10 years old. — There is also a nursery of several thousand 

 Peach trees inoculated from this orchard, with a variety of or- 

 namental trees consisting principally of the Chinese Ailanlhus 

 and Honey Locust, [Gleditshia triacanthos.) 



The dwelling house is 33 by 40 feet, two stories; wood 

 house 15 by 20 feel ; granary 15 by IC feet ; wash house with 

 two boilers and cooking apparatus to steam food for swine, 12 

 by 15 feet; hogpen attached lo the same, boarded on three 

 sides, with a roof, 20 by 60 feel ; shed on Ihe north side of the 

 barn yard connecting the hog pen with the barn, 12 by 45 feel; 

 and a well constructed barn with a cellar 3.5 by 45 feel. — 

 These buildings are nearly new and iu good order. — There is 

 aiioiher barn near the centre of the farm which is 28 by 30 feel. 

 The fences are in excellent order. 



A plan of the buildings and a list of the difl'erent varieties of 

 fruit in the orchard, have been left ai Ihe office of the New 

 England Farmer. — With the above will be sold a thrifiy wood 

 lot containing about nine acres. 



This Farm will be exposed for sale but three weeks,as the present 

 owner and occupant is about to engage in sume other liusiness, 

 and although it is richly woitb !0,000 dollars, will be sold to 

 the first applicanl for wie half the suin. 



^eekouk, &pl.t^ JAMES FOSTER. 



Splendid Bulbous Boots. 

 iTust received at ihe Mew England Farmer Seed Store, No. 

 More Cattle remained uusold ',^~ ^"''''" Market-street, direct from Van Eed^n &Co. Harlem, 

 I Holland, a large assortment of Bulbous Flower Roots, com- 

 i prising the finest varieties of 



previous day since the comineiicemeiit of our re- j HYACINTHS— (double and single) dark bhie, porcelain 

 unit The market was exccpdimdv heavv -ind '''"^' '''"' ^"'' """"^ "''""'■''''' P"''" "'''"'' '^'"''"^°"' "'*''"' >'^"°"' 

 dull through the daj', purc'.iasers not manifesting 12 cts.to gl DO each. 



a very liberal disnosilion. The few good Cattle I TULIPS-splendid variegated, red, yellow, and mi.xed, 12 

 , ^ I , , . , >, . „, CIS. each SI 00 perdozen, (our iniportationof fineluhpsis very 



at market founil a ready sale at about §4 75 per j |a,.ge_ ^„,^ „.e are enabled to put some sons as low as &'5 per 

 cwt. but all other qualities had to submit to a re- ' 100— an object to those who wish to form a superb tulip bed.) 



' CROWIN l.MPERIALS- assorted, of the most splendid 

 colours, and showy fiowers, large roots, 25 to 33 els. each. 



duction of nearly 2-5 cents per cwt. and it was a 



ruinous business even at that. 



Store Cattle — 672 at market, of which more , „ .,,,,,• - ■ , 



, 1 iL- . 1.1. I £■ i ron cups, and yellew with double white cups, extra sized roots, 



than one lialt were at market last week; alter [ga(.|, 



having paid their respects to different sections of 



the country, they returned — but to go and return 



again. 



Sheep — 4546 at market, including those unsold 

 last week. As with Cattle so with Sheep, more ! 

 remained unsoli! at the close of the market than 

 at any previous day this season. We shall not 

 this week make an attempt at prices — it is enough 

 to say that an otVer was seldom refuseil. 



Swine — 321 at market, including 194 unsold 

 Ia.st week. We noticed a slight improveinent in 



Jt>N(iUlLl.ES— sweet scented, finest roots 12 cts. each. 

 POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS— fragrant, while with cil- 



each. 



DOUBLE NARCLSSUS-fragrant, of all colours, I2cls. 

 each — one dollar per dozen. 



SPRING CROCUS- of all colors, 6 cts. each— 60 cts. per 

 dozen. 



I'he above roots are from the same house from which we re- 

 ceived our supply last season, and which gave such universal 

 satisfaction ; some of the double Hyaciuilis having produced 

 bells 1 inch and S-lOths in diameter. 



Purchasers are requested to notice that the above roots are 

 not purchased at auction, and are all remarkable for their size, 

 and for the beauty and delicacy of tint of their flowers. 



Sea Kale Roots. 

 For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 52, 



the Switie trade, owing probably t^ the limhed | S£ti3^ sy^rs'^llll^rlm^^^^ 

 number in. Two or three lots were taken at 3 3-4 per dozen roots, according to their size.— Directions for the 

 cts. per pound, and a few by retail at 4 a 4 J cts. ''"""'•<= °^ "''^ .^ellent vegetable can be found in Fessenden's 

 * * - I New American Gardener, — the roots are in nne order, and if 



Mr F08T1 



this place is very tine — a pi; 



lion of alf tfie fiuit 



Office. 



the attention of our readers to the advertisement of transplanted this autumn, and properly managed, w ould proba- 

 n this day's paper. The collection of fruit on i biy be fit for use next spring. 



1 of the farm, and a particuli 



in be seen at the New England Farmer 



Errata.— }n Mr Davis' article on Le"hora Wheal, page 68, third 



10 from top, for 1827, read 1833— Ihild lino from the bottom, for fin, at 1 

 read pea. 



Notice. 

 A Special meeting of the Board of Counsellors of the Mas- 

 sachuseiis Horticultural .Society will be held on Saturday next, 

 lock, at Horticultnral Hall. A punctual altend'ance ii 

 requested. R. L. EMMONS, Recording Scc'ij. 



