VMI.— No. 15. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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•th slioulu be well mixed aiul jjassod tliioiigli a 'about thirty-eight years. There are several trees 



use sieve, reserving the detaclicd portions of 

 It and loam that will not pass tlie sieve to fill 

 bottom or the pots, thereby securing a free 

 .inaj;e, a circumstance indispensable to the suc- 

 s of tlie plants. They require plentiful water- 



at the respec;ive periods of growth and (lower- 



; during the latter, if not regularly sup|)lied, the 

 oni buds will infallibly fall oft' instead of expand- 

 nto flower; at other times a regular and inod- 

 te supply is essential, and the plants will improve 

 ppearauce byoccasionallysprinkling the foliage, 

 time for fresh potting is generally when the 

 ing growth has hardened ; and the dormant 

 ssoms for next season may then be detected in 



rounded form of the leading buds, wliich afier- 



•ds usually split into a growing and a blooming 



After potting, the i)lants may be placed in 



open air, or retained in the green-house, ac- 

 ling to the season in which they are wanted 



ower. When families spend the winter in the 

 , it is desirable to have them bloom a little be- 



Chrlstmas, and if the house is kept up to the 

 mth of a regular hot-house in February and 

 ch, tlie spring growth will be anticipated two 



ths, and an early, almost an autumnal bloom, 



be the consequence. With this treatment, the 

 liar watering is the only material circumstance, 



when the bloom buds are formed, as much 

 IS can be well admitted should be given them, 

 he eftoet of constant watering may be fairly 

 umed to diminish or destroy the vegetative 

 lerty of the small quantity of earth allotted to 

 1 jilant ; therefore, when the annual repotting 

 irs, to take carefully away as much of the for- 



ball of earth as can be done without cutting 

 ijnring the roots, and adding fresh, cannot but 

 eneficial. In common with all otiier shrubs, 

 eaves assume a darker green when kept in the 

 and when fresh potted, if the roots have 



of this species in Bennington, Vt., and New Leii 

 non, N. Y., and several other places in this vicinity, 

 which are as thrifty and flourishing as any other 

 forest trees ; which circumstance satisfactorily 

 proves that they may be profitably cultivated in 

 this climate. 



"The black walnut" (he continues) " is on sev- 

 eral accounts one of the most valuable trees which 

 can be cultivated by the farmer. Its straight stem 

 and luxuriant foliage make it one of the best 

 as well as one of the handsomest shade trees 

 which can be found in New England ; and unlike 

 most of the trees cultivated for ornament, it ])ro- 

 diices valuable fruit, or nuts, in great abundance. 

 Tlie nuts are better to cat than those commonly 

 known by the name of shag-barks, and are of such 

 a fat consistence that each one will yield about 

 half its weight in oil. The oil is easily obtained, 

 and is of the finest kind. It is useful to burn in 

 lamps, inoducing a remarkably strong and clear 

 light, and is almost entirely free from that disa- 

 greeable odor exhaled from common lamp oil : it 

 is also excellent, both for mixing with paint and 

 for polishing fancy woods, to which it communi- 

 cates an elegant and durable gloss. 



" The timber is strong and tough in proportion 

 to its weight, beautifully variegated in its shades of 

 color, of a coarse grain, and admits of a high jtol- 

 isli. Before the introduction of mahogany into 

 England, (about the year 1700,) it was chiefly used 

 for cabinet work in England and other parts of 

 Europe ; and it is still considered, both there and 

 in the western part of our own country, to be 

 decidedly superior to cherry, or any other wood 

 except the St Domingo mahogany, for all kinds of 

 cabinet work ; and as decidedly the best timber 

 known for the stocks of all kinds of fire-arms, 



This tree is indigenous in the western parts of 

 P^-nnsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and in 

 much disturbed, for a limited period that I the northern parts of the Persian empire, where it 

 tion is desirable. In winter protection from i propagates itself like other forest trees. It is also 

 e frost is also needed, the Camellia and Myr- j found in the southern parts of Germany, the east 

 •eing almost equally hardy. The most usual i of France, in those partsof Russia south of Mount 

 lod of propagation is by cuttings taken in July Caucasus, and many trees of it in China. It 

 August from the Single Camellia, which are abounds also in England ; but the climate, though 

 d to strike root more readily than the double favorable to its growth, is too damp and cold to 

 ties ; they are planted in pots half filled with ' ripen the fruit, and it is consequently propagated 

 'amellia compost described, and the upper half ^ ^y planting the shoots which spring from the roots 

 fine white sand. The pots are plunged in a of the older trees. It is supposed to have been 

 led, which exhales a gentle warmth, and close- introduced into England from Persia, by the 



Romans, a few years before the commencement 

 of the Christian era, and was subsequently much 

 used in the formation of lances and other imple- 

 ments of war. So valuable is this timber considered 

 in England, that a single tree has been sold within 

 a few years for seven liundred pounds, or about 

 three thousand dollars. 



" This tree grows very rapidly during the first 

 fifteen or twenty year.", and attains its full size 

 and perfection in about sixty years after being 

 lilanted. Taking into consideration its beauty as 

 a shade tree, its value for timber, and the high 

 price which can always be obtained for its fruit, 

 we think those of our friends who are engaged in 

 planting trees for any of these purposes would do 

 well to give the Black Walnut a share of their at- 

 tention, especially as there is no reasonable doubt 

 but it will grow as well with us as the Maple, Elm, 

 or Lombardy Poplar." 



aded for three or four months, by which time 

 fibry roots, or a cicatrice, from which they 

 wards diverge, are mostly produced. When 

 iently rooted to bear removal, they are potted 

 f in small pots, the sand being theif carefully 

 ved, for although eflicient in the first instance 

 ! production of fibres, its continuance is inju- 

 ; in fact, they will not long survive if wholly 

 id. When the young plants have attained the 

 f a flowering branch of a double variety, 

 1 they generally do in three years, they are 

 led, a mode of grafting which differs from 

 >inmon practice in the scion remaining on its 

 t stem till united to the plant to which it is 

 led. 



xk Walnut. — The editor of the Williamslown 

 lie states that black walnut trees are now 

 on land of Mr David Torrey, in the south 

 f that town, which were planted about fifty 



I ago, by the father of Mr Torrey, with nuts 

 U from New Jersey. They are of a large 

 lid very thrifty, and have prodirced fruit 



BRIGHTON SHOW. 



The Committee, loho were appointed to aicard the 

 premiums on Swine and Sheep, stibmit the follow- 



ing report : — 



That they were much gratified to observe the 

 number of Swine offered for premium this year 

 exceeding that of former years. Their general 

 character and breed appeared to be much im- 

 proved, and all of them shew strong evidence of 

 care in the selection, and attention to the best pro- 

 perties. But although there was a general ira- 

 jirovenient in all the Swine, your Committee 

 could not discover among them a boar possessing 

 such superior qualities as to entitle him to the first 

 premium. After a careful examination they have 

 awarded 



To John King, of Medford, the second pre- 

 mium for his boar, jjg 

 To John Mackay, of Weston, the third pre- 

 mium for the next best boar, $5 

 To William Stone, of South Boston, the first 



jiremium for the best sow, $12 



To John Mackay,of Weston, the second pre- 

 mium for the next best sow, $3 

 To James Robbins, of Watertown, the first 

 premium for the best pigs, not less than 

 four months old, $10 

 To Jonas Smith, the second premium for the 

 next best pigs, $5 

 The young boar offered by Mr Mackay, was of 

 his peculiar breed, well formed, and of good pro- 

 mise, and under Mr Mackay's judicious manage- 

 ment will be a great acquisition to his stock. The 

 boar presented by Henry Martin, of Salem, was of 

 the Bedford breed, and is much valued for the good 

 qualities of his stock. 



JOHN HEARD, Jr. 

 SAMUEL JAQUES, Jk. 

 THOMAS WILLIAMS. 

 The trustees having limited the premiums to 

 three different breeds of Sheep only ; the Carama- 

 nian, or Camlet wool, the Dishley, or New Lei- 

 cester, and South Down, none but the Dishley, or 

 New Leicester, were presented for premium, viz : 

 A ram and three ewes by Stephen Williams, 

 Esq. of Northborough, which were bred by him 

 from imported pure blooded Dishley sheep. 



A ram and six ewes, by John Prince, Esq. of 

 Roxbury, which he received from Halifax the 

 week preceding the Cattle Show, and by a letter 

 accompanying them, they are stated to be from a 

 flock " imported from England, and highly recom- 

 mended as of pure New Leicester, or Dishley 

 breed." 



A young ram, by Samuel Jaques, Jr. Esq. of 

 Charlestovvn, from the flock imported by Horace 

 Gray, which were selected with great care and 

 attention by Jo.shua Bate."!, Esq. from one of the 

 best flocks in England. 



Mr Jaques having offered a sheep for premium 

 dechned giving any opinion, and retired from the 

 committee, the other members, assisted by a gen- 

 tleman, whose knowledge, experience, and judg- 

 ment justly merits the highest approbation, after a 

 close and thorough examination of all the sheep, 

 do adjudge 

 To Samuel Jaques, Jr. the first premium, for 



the be.sit Dishley ram, $30 



To Stephen Williams the first premium for 

 the best Dishley ewe, $30 



The comniiMee cannot but hope, that consider- 

 ing the liberal premiums the trustees have offered 

 for Sheep, a greater number, and of diflferent 

 breeds, will in future be presented. 



JOHN HEARD, Jr. 

 THOMAS WILLIAMS. 



