VlII._No. 11. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



87 



, of Roxbury, and others, for the purpose of as- 

 ;rtaining their true name. 



At tho last meeting it was voted, that a subscrip- 

 3n paper be placed on tho table at the Hall, for such 

 jntlemen as may see fit to subscribe to raise a fund 

 r the purchase of books for the Library of the So- 

 ety. 



A committee was appointed to procure accurate 

 awings of our principal native fruits for the Hall of 

 e Society. This will doubtless be considered by 

 I a very judicious measure, as accurate descriptions 

 ' all our superior fruits will be published in the N. 

 igland Parmer, and reference made to the draw- 

 gs. 



A list of the Officers chosen at the last meeting, 

 ill be published in our next paper. 

 Mrs Gore, of Waltham, has politely sent to the 

 all, for examination to-morrow, specimens of the 

 5iie lleathcot Pear, a seedling from her garden. 



Wo shall publish next week, a full list of the 

 eniiums oflereJ by the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 ral Society, for the approaching Show at Bright- 



— circumstances have prevented our doing it 

 is week, and have compelled us to defer some 

 'her articles connected with the occasion. 



For Sale. 



The colebraled farm, commonly called (he Keltic point 

 farm, situated in Seekoiili, Jiassacliusetts, on the cast side ol 

 I'rovideiice river or ^arragonset bay, and distant but two miles 

 by water or laud, from the town of Providence. 



This farm contains about (M acres of excellent land in a 

 high state of cultivgLlion, properly divided into pasture, tillage, 

 mowiiig and orchard, and now undergoing a regular rotation 

 of crops. 



The northern, eastern and southern boundaries form three 

 sides o( a square, but the western boundary facing the river is 

 more irregujar, running into and forming a point of land which 

 gives name to the farm. The dwelling house and out buildings 

 nic situated upon the point and command one of the most de- 

 lighiftd views in the U. S., embracing the harbor and town of 

 Providence on the north, and the Cay and Islands, lor the dis- 

 tance of 15 miles, on the south. 



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

 30 sail of vessels, including several steam boats, pass daily up 

 and down at a short distance from the shore. 



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



Harvard Universitij. — Medical Lectures. 



The Medical Lectures in Harvard University will begin in 

 the Massachusetts Medical College, Mason street, Boston, the 

 third WED.NE.SDAY in October next, thc21st, at nine o'clock, 

 A. M. 



Anatomy and Surgery, 



Chen^istry, 



Midwifery and Medical Jurisprud* 



Materia Medica, 



Theory and'Practice of Pliys 



Students attending the Medici 

 cut fee, to the Surgical opcrali 



Dr Warren. 



Or Webster. 



Dr Channing. 



Dr iiigolow. 

 :. Dr Jackson. 



I Lectures are admitted wiJh- 

 s, rind clinical practice of the 



A Treatise on lite Vine, 

 work now in Press, and will be ready for delivery to 



subscribers and others, the present month, 

 iomprising a copious and complete dissertation on its 

 ,ture, IManagement, &c. and on the process of making 

 ine, — together with accurate descriptions and remarks 

 tlie properties of about "200 varieties of Grapes best 

 ited for Wine and the Table, with a careful arrange- 

 ti :nt of the synonymes. — A Topographical list of all the 

 ist celebrated Vineyards throughout the world, and 

 rticularly of those in the ditferent Departments of 

 ancc, and the mode of culture pursued in those of 

 st note. This work will comprise all the important 

 brmation contained in the nctc edition of DuUammcl, 

 blished in 18*3.>; also that contained in the jVoHi-eaw 

 urs Compht d' .Igriculture, edited by Members of the 

 yal Institute of France ; together with such addition- 

 nforination as is found in the works of Rozier, Chap- 

 , JitUien, McCullock, Forsyth, Speechly, Borneaud, 

 1 other Authors of authority. By Wii.li.im Prince, 

 jprietor of the 'LinnJEan Botanic Garden, near New 

 rk ; Vice President of the New York Horticultural 

 ciety ; C. M. of the Linnjean Society of Paris, of the 

 rticultural Societies of London and Paris, and of the 

 perial Society of the Georgolili at Florence ; Hono- 

 y Member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ,&c. 



f . B.— The price of this work wdl be $1 2.5, or .fl to 

 se who remit in advance — and it can be sent per mail 

 10 great expense. 



i.Lso, was published recer.tly by the same author, a 

 Tt Tireatise on Hortici/lture, pp. 20G. — Embracing 

 criptions of about one thousand species and varieties 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Bulbous 

 wers. Green-house Trees and Plants, &c. Price $1. 

 (( y person remitting the cost of five copies of either of 

 above works, shall receive the sixth gratis. 

 3=Order3 for either of the above works received by 

 3. RfssEi.L, at his Seed store. No. 52, North Market- 

 et, where the Treatise on the Vine will be for sate as 

 Q as published. 3t Oct. 2. 



[Massachusetts Gciieral Hospital during the courses. 

 Aug. 3. eptmeeiing W. CHANNIlNG, Dean. 



evation of about lorty feet above the surface of the river, wli 

 can be made to irrigate about 10 acres, and conveyed if w'ant- 

 ed by a leaden pipe to the ttwelling house and out buildings. 

 Several valuable ledges of rock can be opened near the shore 

 and sold in Providence at 1 30 to 2 dollars per cord.— About 

 two hundred loads of sea weetl are gathered annually from the 

 shore. _ 1 — 



The orchard contains above 700 trees of the finest varieties 

 of the Apple, Pear, Peach, Aprtcot, Cherry and Plum, from a J 

 to 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 Ailanthus. >o 

 and Honey Locust, (G7ff/!(s/i?'a (racanf/ios.) 



The dwelling house is 35 by 40 feet, two stories; wood 

 house 13 by 20Yeet ; granary 15 by IG feel ; wash house with 

 two boilers' and cooking apparatus to steam food for swine, \'i 

 by 15 feet; hogpen attached to tho same, boarded on three 

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

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

 and a well constructed barn with a cellar 35 by 45 feet.— 

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

 another barn near the centre of the farm which is 2o by 30 feet. 

 The fences are in excellent order. 



A plan of the buildings ^d a list of the different varieties of 

 fruit in the orchard, hav9 been left at the office of the New 

 England Fanner.— With the above will be sold a thrifty wood 

 lot containing about nine acres. 



This Farm will beexposed for sale but three wee/cs,as the present 

 owner and occupant is about to engage in some other business, 

 and although it is ncidy worth ! 0,000 dollars, will be sold to 

 the first apiilicant for one halfthe sum. 



Seekonic, Sept. 25. ' JAMES FOSTER. 



Bull Calf, from Admiral, For Sale. 



F(T sale, a very fine Bull Calf, 15 months old, by Admiral, 

 out of a superior cow, that obtained a premium at Brighton 

 in 1826. Price .S35. 



Apply al the New England Farmer office. Oft. 2 .3t. 



Jl'ild Geese, For Sale. 



For sale by Aaron Capen at Dorchester, near Milton Village, 

 twelve Wild Geese, large, in fine order, and from one to three 

 3'ears old, one pair three years old. 3t. 



Dorchester, Sept. 30. 



J^foiice. 

 Wanted on or before the first of November next, in a family 

 ino- in the vicinity of Boston, a laboring man, well qualified 

 manage a kitchen garden, lake care of a horse and cow, 

 ...id one who is willing to do such other work in and about the 

 house as may be required of him. For further particulars in- 

 quire of Mr j. B. Russell, at the New England Farmer office. 

 Sept. 18 -It 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Splendid Bulbous Roots. 



.lust received at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 

 52 North Market-street, direct from Van Eeden &Co. Harlem, 

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

 prising the finest varieties of 



HYACINTHS— (double and single) dark blue, porcelain 

 blue, red and rosy coloured, pure white, crimson, white yellow 

 eve, white with rosy eye, and yellow with various ,eycs; from 

 12 CIS. to gl 00 each. 



TULIPS -splendid variegated, rrd, yellow, and mixed, 12 I SEEDS, H 

 _cls. each SI 00 p'er dozen, (our iniporlalion of fine tulips is very 

 large, and we are enabled to put some sorts as low ns ,5**5 per 

 100— an object to tliose who wish to form a superb tulip bed.) I 



New England Farmcr''s Almanack for 1830. 

 ast published by Carter & Hendee, corner of 

 lOol and Washington-streets, and by J. B. Russell, 

 52, North Market-street, the j\ew England Farmer's 

 cA'/or ]*W. By TiioM.ts G. Fessendek, editor 

 .he New England Farmer. 



his .Almanack, it is thought, will be found to be con- 

 rably improved upon that of the preceding year. 

 Astronomical calculations have been prepared and 

 .sed with great care by a gentleman of this city — the 

 3 particularly noted — a complete C.alendar of the 

 M irts for each state in New England, including the 

 kilbate Courts of Slassachusetts — the Sun's declination 

 table of Roads and distances from Boston, &c. and 

 mtoen pages of miscellaneous articles, principall}^ 

 n .Agriculture and Gardening. 



j^Country traders and others supplied upon the most 

 ral terms, by tlie thous.and, groce, or dozen, 

 ept. 18. 



CROWN IMPERIALS- assorted, of tho most splendid 

 colours, and sho\vy flowers, large roots, 25 to 3S cts. each. 



JONUUILLES— sweet scented, finest roots 12 els. each. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS— fragrant, white with cit- 

 ron cups, and yellow with double white cups, extra sized roots, 

 33 cts- each. 



DOUBLE NARCISSUS-fragrant, of all colours, 12cts. 

 each — one dollar per dozen. 



SPRING CROCUS- of £.11 colors, 6 cts. each— 50 cts. per 

 dozen. 



7'he above roots are from the same house from whicli we re- 

 ceived our supply last .season, and which gave such universal 

 satisfaction ; some of the double Hyacinths having produced 

 bells 1 inch and SlOths in diameter. 



Purchasers are requested to notice that the above I'ools are 

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

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



Also, a further supply of Bulbous Roots, comprising Large 

 White fragrant Lilies, ia cts each, 1 dollar per dozen. Tiger 

 (spotted) Lilies, same price, Marlagon or Turk's Caps Lilies, 

 same price. 



APPLES, best, 

 ASHES, pot, first sort. 



Pearl, first sort, - - - 

 BEANS, while, 

 BEEF, mess. 



Cargo, No. 1, 

 Cargo, No. 2, 

 BUTTER, inspected. No. l,ncw, 

 CHEESE, new milk. 



Skimmed milk, 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-street, - 

 Genesee, - - - 



Rye, best, - - - - 

 GRAIN, Corn, . . . . 



-Rve, 

 Barley, 



Oats, . . . - 



HOG'S LARD, first sort, new, 



LIME, 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear, 



Navv, mess, 

 Cario, No. 1, 

 "^ ■ "■ Gra.ss, - 

 Orch.ird Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - 

 Rye Grass 



pound 



pound 

 cask. 



from I TO - 



125 00130 CO 



125 00 i,30 00 



90 1 00 



10 50 11 00 



9 00 y 30 



8 00 8 50 



13 1.5 



7 9 



2 3 



6 00 



5 62 



3 75 



60 



70 



6 25 

 C 00 

 4 00 



46 



4S 



Tall Meadow Oats Grass, - 

 Red Top . - . . 



Lucerne. . -- - - 

 White Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 French Sugar Beet, - 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed, - 

 Merino, full blood, unwashed, 

 Merino, three iburtlis washed, 

 IMerino, half blood, 

 Rlerino, quarter washed, 

 Native, washed, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort, 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort, I 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTED EVKRV WEEK KY Bllt HAVW 



(Clerk of Faneiril-haU Ularkel.) 

 BEEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fredi. best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL. - - - - 

 MUTTON. .... 



85' 90 



j 3 50 



16 00 17 fjO 



13 00' 13 00 



12 30! 13 00 



j 2 00 



30O 



3 CO 



4 m 



,' 1 • 3 00 

 1 00 



. 50 



£0 



S 



1 50 



38 



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Sea Kale Roots. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 52, ■ ^,'j!j'J,|.p',;'Y_ 

 North Market-st., ' liTITTFH t-cn- and tub 



A fine collection of Sea Kale roots, done up in packages of '^U 1 1 Ji-it, |^^fe^»»"^^'^['' 

 12 cash, from 2 to G years old— prime from .37 1-2 to 75 cts. J p,„p^2 . _.' . ' . 

 per dozen roots, according to their size.— Directions fur the iip/^i'iive retail '.'.'. 

 cullure of this excellent vegetable can be found in Fesscnden's ' '■ '' jpl^Ha,, retail 

 t<ew American Gardener, — the roots are in fine order, and if i,qti \toS ' ' ' ' 

 transplanted this autumn, and properly managed, would proba- ■ (.mia, [according to ^ua'lit^■.]' 

 bly be fit lur use next spring. ^ o , . a 



