Vol. VIII.— No. 27. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



211 



Washington Street. 



To Correspondents. — We are obliged to defer till 

 next week, a valuable Report from the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural Society, on Grain and Vegetable crops, raising 

 Trees and Hedges, Silk, Apple Orchards, Mulberry and 

 Locust Trees, Sic. Also a valuable communication from 

 Gen. [Dearborn, president of the Mass. Horticultural 

 Society; one from Bristol, R. I. by L. W. B. on Canker 

 norms; another from J. M. G. of Weston, on Potatoes; 

 one from Inquirer; two from J. L., York, Pa. and several 

 others. 



J^otice. 



S. Downer having received from E. W. Bull, Esq, 

 of Hartford, some cuttings of the Winne [Buck] Gripe, will 

 distribute them at the Hall of the Horticultural Society, 

 (0 members on Saturday, 30th January, 1830. 



lit of 11 feet, and refit the piston ; there will Newell's Agricultural Warehouse, 52 North Market 

 'tdtniain still nine feet of air between it and the j Sf-eet— or at Marsh and Capen's Bookstore, No. S62 

 JO! atcr, which cannot be sufficiently rarefied by a 

 k lot stroke, to open the clack, or fetch up more 

 lejatcr." 



The same writer says " It will always be more 

 i isy to draw with pipes that are large, and of an 

 111 pial bore throughout, because the water will 

 irti ivca less velocity in them, and the friction will be 



•ojiortionably less. Upon this account, the com- 



on puinps, made by plumbers, do not work so 



ell as those bored out of trees; because by ma- 



ng the pipe that brings up water from the spring 



uch less than the bucket, they as it were wire- 



aw the water raised. If the barrel for intance 



four inches in diameter, and the pipe of conduit 

 ;l le, it will in raising move si.\teen times as fast 



rough the latter as it will through the former, 



d al the expense of needless labour, as well ns 



eat wear and friction of the machine. 



" In practice, however, it is generally observed, 

 on at such leaden pum|)S as work pleasantly, and 

 ii B light on the hand, have the water-way in the 



cking-pipe nearly equal to one fourth of the area 

 the barrel ; and accordingly, an inch and an 



If pipe will |)retty well supply a three inch bar- 

 and a four inch barrel, should have a leading 



je nearly two inches in diameter. 



" In forcing pumps, it is of the utmost conse- 



ence to avoid all contractions in the pipes. The 

 a^iin which leads from the forcing pumps should 



equal to the working-barrel. If it has only 



If the diameter, it has but one fourth of the area; 



3 velocity in the main is four times greater than 



It of the jjislon, and the force necessary for 



icharging the same quantity of water is six- 



n times greater." 



Dr Gregory bigidy recommends Buchanan's 



mp, and says, "The points in which it differs 



sentially from the common pimip, and hy which 



excels, are, that it discharges the water below 



e piston, and has its valves lying near each 



lier," &c. He says, likewise, that it is " cajiable 



being instantaneously converted into an engine 

 extinguishing fire." A minute description of 



It pinnp may be found in Gregory's Dictionary 



A-ls, art. Pump, 



JVew England Parmer, complete. 



For sale at the office of the New England Farmer, 52, North 

 IMnrkel-streei, 



A COMPLETE set of the N. E. Farmer, in seven volumes, 

 from ils commencement, Aug. 3, 1822 ; being the only copy that 

 is known lo bo for^sale. The character of this work is loo well 

 known to require comment — comprising the official accounts 

 of the principal Cattle Shows in New England ; Reports of 

 Commutecs; numerous valuable essays on agriculture, garden- 

 ing, orcharding, domestic economy, ^c. (fee. by various agri- 

 cullurists in New England, and the Middle Slates— forming in 

 itself a useful library for the Farmer : neatly half bound and 

 lettered, and in very fine order, at S3,lb per volume. 



tf Jan. 22, 1830. 



THACHER'S IMPROVED APIARY. 



SVe have received and deposited in the Hall of the 

 issachusetts Horticultural Society, a model of an im- 

 ved Bee house and Hive, presented by DrJ. Thacher 

 Gen. Dearborn, for the use of said Society. The 

 enter and donor is the well known author of the Jliner- 

 n Orchardist, a Treatise on Bees, and other valuable 

 rks. 



The advantages of the invention are thus stated in a 

 nted description, which was transmitted with the above 

 ntioued model. 



' I have found by late experience, that a close house 



I continuity of hives, afford advantages greatly prefer- 



e to any other method. 1. It affords security against 



ravages of the bee moth, as it deprives them of the 



lliferous effluvia which entices them to the apiary and 



lies them all access to the hives except at the entrance, 



ere the bees will have a great advantage over their en- 



But where the moths are very numerous the 



ranee may be covered at night. 2. The hives are 



jlded from the intense heat of the sun in summer by 



ich the combs are frequently melted to the great injury 



the bees. 3. The hives being secured from the wea- 



r are less liable to decay, and the bees are kept dry 



comfortable during winter. The house, being in 



gth according to the number of hives, should be placed 



•ipo^ts about Si- feet high. The hives to be used may 



bios inches square in the clear, and 18 inches high as 



icril.od in my Treatise on Bees page 82, two drawers 



upying the upper part for the convenience of taking 



U honey." Further particulars may be learnt at Mr 



Wants a Situation, 

 As gardener, a steady, active young man, who is perfectly 

 acquainted with every department of ilie business, particularly 

 hot houses and green houses, and the treatment of trees and 

 vines in general ; has a wife, but no children ; will hire him- 

 self as a single man, and his wife lo live with the family, or in 

 any other form which may answer, according to arrangement j 

 will take charge -of a farm and garden if required, andean 

 give the most respectable reference in the vicinity of Boston. 

 Any commands directed lo G. F. No. 9, Devonshire street, 

 rear of ihe Exchange Coffee house, Bosion, will be respectfully 

 attended lo. * 3i Jan. iiJ2. 



For Sale, 



At Charlcstovvn Vitcyard, Eden-street, soulh side of Bun- 

 ker's hill, a lull collection of the finest kind of green house 

 plants, comprising 30 varieties of camellia japonica, 100 kinds 

 of Ihe finest geraniums, about 20 varieties of the finest China 

 roses, many of wliichare entirely new. 5 varieties of Peeonia 

 Arburla, a quantity of while and pink Primula Sinensis, with 

 a great number of other plants of the most rare and valuable 

 kinds. 



The above collection consists of such plants as are hardy, 

 and suitable for parlors ; many of thein have recently been se- 

 lected from die lirst eslablishinciils in England and Scotland, 

 by a person who had previously resided for several years in the 

 neighborhood of Bosion. He has be.m particular in procuring 

 such plants as will meet the taste of the Boston public, and be 

 suitable lo the climate. 'I'hey have arrived within the last 

 month, and are in fine order, having been under the immediate 

 care of die individual who selected them on ihcir passage 

 across the Atlantic. 



The above will be sold at the green house, at reasonable 

 prices, and warranted for the kinds specified on sale. A con- 

 slant supply of camellia flowers and bouquets for sale as above. 



Jan. 22. 3t DAVID HAGGERSTON. 



Valuable Real Estate. 



For sale, 370 acres of land in the town of Bradford, Mass. 

 called die Elwell Farm. lyingon Blenimack river, and on the 

 post road fi'om Haverhill lo Salem and rs'evvburyport, one mile 

 from Haverhill bridge, and which would be sold in divisions lo 

 suit purchasers, having several houses, barns, and out houses 

 thereon, to accommodate five or more farms, as might be 

 wanted. Said land consisls of mowing, tillage, ;i:id orcharding 

 excelled by none in the county of Essex, and has an island di- 

 rectly opposite containing £i'0 acres, well situated for the keep- 

 ing of sheep, or cuhivation of grapes. Also, about 70 acres of 

 sail meadow. 



For terms, which would be made easy, please apply at the 

 Merrimack Bank in Haverhill, or, of Messrs J. & H. J. How, 

 merchants, in Boston. 7t * 



Haverhill. Ms. Jan. 8, 1830. 



Hat Store. 



The Subscriber offers for. sale at his store, 29 Washington 

 street, a firsl rale assorlnienl of Hals, comprising all qualities, 

 among which are his four dollar hats, which he recommends 

 will; confidence lo the public, as being a superior article at Ihe 

 price. Also— Misses Black and Drab Beaver Bonnets, ol^ the 

 Latest London Fashion, elegantly trimmed. 



Nov. 20. lF18 STEPHEN V/.OLNEY. 



Situation Jl'anted. 



Wanis a shuation as Gardener, a married man, a native of 

 Scotland, with a wile and three heailliy children ; he is tho- 

 roughly master of the kilchen.fruit, and flower garden, hot and 

 green houses, and iheir reposilories, having had a considerable 

 uraclice in Scotland aii.l England, likewise, has a good know 

 ledge of dairy and other farniiiig; the wife would not object lo 

 Ihe charge of ihe dairy .with «liich she is well acquainted ; the 

 nejghborliood of a public ciij- would be preferred ; would not 

 object 10 the middle or western stales. Address by Icltcr, 

 post paid, to JOHN CAMERON, Salem. Mass. 



P. S. A respectable place, with liberal encouragement, 

 will be attended lo only. 3t Jan. I. 



Black Currant Wine. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, 52 North Market- 

 street, 



A few dozen bottles of superior old Black Currant Wine, 

 made by a gentleman in this vicinity ; an account of ils aslrin- 

 genl and detergent properties in various complaints, anu par- 

 ticularly the Sore Tlirnal will be found in the New England 

 Farmer, vol. v. page 2G7, written by Samuel W. Pomkkov, 

 Esq. and the late Docl. .Ion N G. Coffin. Price 75 cts. per 

 bottle,— also, a few bottles of old While Dutch Currant Wine, 

 price 50 cents per bottle. If Jan. 15. 



Gleditschia triacanthos Seed. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with llie New Eng- 

 land Farmer, 52, Norlh Markel-streel, 



A few pounds of fresh seed ol ihe genu'me gtedilschia tnacan- 

 thos, or three Ihorned Acacia, for live fences. This is the son 

 recommended by Judge Buel, (in llie New England Farmer 

 lor Dec. H, page IC-i,) »ho has several ihousand plains grow- 

 ing, as the best plant that can be cultivated in this country for 

 hedges; of very rapid growth, long and abundant thorns, and 

 of hard and strong wood. tf Jan. 8. 



PROVISION MARKET. 



COr.r.ECTED EVKKV week KV MR havward, 



( Clerk nf Famiiil-haU Market.) 

 REEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, best ])ieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL. . 



MUTTON, .... 

 POULTRY'. .... 

 BUTTER, keg and iiib, . 

 Lump, best, 



EGGS. 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIDER, [according to quality ,] 



