FOR THE NEW ENGLiND KARMEB. 



-• adiun Dix's seedling Pear. 



Madam Dix has politely offered to present to jj) 



Published by John B. Rdssei,!,, at jYe. 52 JVorlh Market Street, (at the Agrleultural Warehouse).— Tuo^iaI G. Fessenden, Edihi^ 



VOL. VIII. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER JJ, 1829. 



No. 21. 



AGRICULTURE. 



xj.-FiuLuuui.ii oociei^, nil ougn I bearing three or Joui-yoars, snannijiv this season, 



and lias always remained wliere it sprang up. The; Easy culture in peat and loam, and readily 

 = top is so thick vvitli branches and cross limbs, be- propagated by seed, cuttings, and dividing tho 

 ing full of thorns, that the head cannot be entered I roof. 

 TUP nrv priA-D ''"'' "'''•' '"fticulty. Tlic branches grow out at I Azalia Lndica. e. 4. March to May. scarlet. 1808. 



1.1 T. IHt, mx PEAR. .' first horizontally, then after l)onding down a little, v. f/n«Wc purp/c. ISUi. 



Mr Editor—Iu comphauce with your request, turn up at the ejul. It makes rather small wood : I "«"'^=°-f:=/- ^■ 

 |send you a Instory, descr.ption, and drawing of leaves small, and finely serrated, not folded like | i™^ 18sl 



the St Germain, b^It flat, with long stems, color 1 This very pniaiucntal species is a native of Chi- 

 reen, with a gloss. The tree has been injiia, from which country, also, the varieties have 



come. The flowers, which are produced in abun- 

 dance, are beautiful, and very fragrant. The plant 

 i.s somewhat delicate, but blooms well in a moist ' 

 heat, in a rough or sandy peat, well drained. It 

 should occupy an airy part of the green-house, 

 and water given sparingly in winter ; in summei 

 it should be in :iie o[)eu air, but shaded from tho 

 powerful sun^ The mode of propagation is, by 

 cuttings ofjthe young wood, -taken off close to 

 that which js ripened ; planted in pots of sand, 

 and covered with a bell-glass, which triust be fre- 

 quently raised r.nd dried, as damps are very injuri- 



e, any number of scions the tree will afford, 

 ill attend to procuring them next spring. 

 Dorchester, Oct. 20, 1829. S. DOVVNER. 



1 1 but was full last year of large and very fai 

 paars. When the tree is properly pruned, the 

 size of the fruit will probably be increased, and 

 the fruit improved. The soil is rich, and its situ- 

 ation very good. 



1 DESCRIPTION AND DRAWING OF MADAM Dlx's 

 PEAR. 



Size, over medium, arul may rank with large 

 pears ; the specimen of which a drawing is now 

 making for the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, was taken from one, measuring four and a 

 half inches high, and eight round ; skin, rough, 

 and rather thick, resembling the St Germain, but 

 is longer and larger. Those growiiig inside of the 

 tree, are green ; but those on the outside, exposed 

 to the sun, have a fine blush, turning yellow when 

 mature. Stem not exceeding three quarters of an 

 inch in length, not large, and set on the top of the 

 fruit ; blossom end a little indented, with a pecu- 

 liar eye, appearing as if drawn up with a string, 

 and puckered or plaited round it, and a little 

 knobby at the bottoin. This very fine pear com- 

 -5o:?s very nearly to the St Germain in ajipearance, 

 but has higher and more fine flavor in it ; comes 

 in eating sooner than the above named pear, being 

 in perfection from the middle to the last of Octo- 

 ber. It bids fair to be one of our very best au- 

 tumn pears, and valuable for its recent origin, and 

 its claims as a native. It may with the greatest 

 safety be introduced into our gardens and nurse- 

 ries. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CULTIVATION OP EXOTIC PLANTS, &c. 



Mr Loudon in his Encyclopedia of Gardening, 

 has given a list of exotic plants of easy culture, 

 which he thought might be considered as afford- 

 ing the best choice for a small, showy, odorifer- 

 ous, evergreen, and everflowering collection. Per- 1 as flowering nearly all the year. They thrive best 



in sandy peat, the pots well drained with broken 

 [lotsherds. They may be propagated by ripened 

 cuttings, taken off at a joint, and planted in sandy 



Daphne odora. c 3 Marcli to Dec. purple. China. 1771. 

 oleoides. e. 2. Jan. & Dec. white. Crete. 1815. 

 Cidtivated in peat and loam, and propagated by 

 cuttings. 



Hypericum baletincum. e. 1 J. Mar. to Sept. yellow. Ma- 

 jorca. 1714. 

 monogynum. e.3. Mar. to Sept. yellow China. 1753. 

 coris. e. 1. Mar. Sept. yellow. Levant. 1640. 

 ericoides. e. 1. .Tune, July, yellow. Spain. 1821. 

 canariense. c. 2. June, Sept. yellow. Canaries. 1699. 

 cochin-chineso. c. June, Aug. crimson. China. 1821. 

 Conunon culture, and propagated by cuttings. 



Auetia.jlatoj_i.ui. '.OS. e 2, Mr [Dec. white. C.G. Hope 1692. 

 Cultivated in peat and loam, aud propagated by 

 cuttings. 

 Epairis grandiflora. e. 3. .Tan. to. June, scarlet. 1803. 



pulchella. e. 4. Ap. June. pink. 1804. 

 Beautiful plants from New South Wales, which 

 thrive best in a sandy peat soil, the rougher and 

 more turfy the soil, the better ; they should ahvays 

 be shifted into fresh pots before they are taken 

 out in the spring. Young cuttings planted in pols 

 of sand under a bell-glass, will strike root readily 

 in Autumn, winter, or early spring, but not in sum- 

 mer. 

 Beronia le.difolia. e. 1^ March, April, white. 814. 



pinnati. e. 2. Feb. May. purple. 1794. 



serrulata. e.3. June, July, crimson. 1816. 

 Pretty ])lants from New South Wales, valuable 



haps the publication of this list might aid such of 

 your readers as are desirous of forming small col- 

 lections. In this view I have subjoined from that 

 Madam D.x's Mansion house is situated at the ! ""'J'"'"'" Encyclopedia of Plants, lately published, 

 ith part of Boston, where she has resided for ' f"!^ f''"'" °""='; ^°"';«^ of equal authority, the 

 ,re than thirty vears ; contiguous to the house i'f ^ht of the plant in feet, its time of flowering, 

 ifine spacious "garden, containing many large i "^® ''■°"""'y ^'°'" '^^^'="'^« imported into Englaiul, 

 it, trees among which are a St Germain, and ^\^ ^f!'' "[ "" "ai-ortation, and the proper mo.le 

 led Christian, both large, and near together, !°*^ "''Vy""""- As chmate has a great effect upon 

 lichraaybethe parents of this seedling pear, ! ^:'^Setables the native country of plants, and the 



time they have been subjected to the artificial cul- 

 ture of the green-house should be noted. The 

 list commences with WOODY green-house plants 

 — the letters for evergreen, and d for deciduous. 



York, Pa. JVov. 20. J. L. 



Salvia dentata. d.i^, Dec.to Jan. crims. C.G. Hope. 1774. 



africana. d. 2. Ap. to June : violet. 1731. Cape. 



aurea. d. 3. Ap. to Nov. yellow. 1731. Cape. 



iormosa. d. 4. Ap. to Oct. scarlet. 1733. Peru. 



lich came up fifteen years since, near the woo 

 use. Its close resemblance, in appearance, to 

 s St Germain, gives the strongest reason to sup- 

 56 it one of its parents. The seedling pear tree 

 ;wentythree feet high, and ten inches in diame- 

 , four feet from the ground. With the cxcep- 

 n of some of the lower limbs having been ta- 

 il off the last season, it has never been pruned : 



peat under a bell-glass. The glass must be taken 

 off occasionally, to dry them, as they arc very lia- 

 ble to damp off. 

 Calothamnus quadrifida. e. 



villosa. e. 



gracilis, e. 

 Beautil'ul New Holland plants, introduced in 

 1803, bearing splendid scarlet flowers, of easy 

 culture in sandy peat, and propagated by cuttings 

 of the young wood in sand, and the air kept still 

 and moderately moist by covering with a hand- 

 glass. The appearance of the first species with 

 its large stnuiens.an inch and a half long, cover- 

 ing the branches is very fine. They are in 

 bloom from July to September, and are three feet 

 high. 



