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equally lieneficiiil to bolli countries ; and anx- 

 s to evince llie inleres^t whicli it lakes in your 

 ors, and the esteem which it has for the Meiii- 

 ■s <if yoni- Society, you, Mr President, with 

 BEDEE Cook, Jr. John C. Gray, Enoch 

 KTLKTT, and Jacob Bigelow, liuve been elect- 

 Honnrai-y Members. 



' I am iinu li flattered in bein<r the organ of the 

 rticidtiiral Society of Paris, to announce to yon 

 ise elections, wliicli will form a new bond of 

 on between tlie two Societies. 

 < Receive, Mr President, the assurance of the 

 •iiiguished consideration, with which I Imve 



honor to be, 

 " Your very obedient servant. 



" Lb: COMTE I)E LASTEYRIE. 

 %. A. S. Dearborn, ) 



" Pics. Mass. Hort. Soeiely." f 



P. S. Mr Barnett, Consul of the United 

 ites at Paris, has char5,'e of a small package, 

 itaining seeds of the Semkicra Pimcnlifolia,* 

 ich he will transmit with this letter. It grows 

 the Western coast of France, and has been 

 ently introduced as a plant to be used as a 

 ad. It can be cut four or five times during 



year, and when the leaves are young, and four 

 'five inches high, they make a go >d sallad." 



GEN. DEAKBOUN'S ADDRESS. 



[Continued from page 207.] 



The details of each grand division ^f Horticul- 

 annot be embraced within the range of such 

 leral remarks, as propriety seems to prescribe 

 an occasion like the present. Tliey are to be 

 gilt in the works of the learned, and rendered 

 liliar, by precedent and progressive experi- 



"'nts. The field is ample, and requires an un- 

 iig perseverance, to gather in the rich harvest 

 instruction, and render it practically available, 

 at this may be achieved in the most econonii- 

 , speedy, effectual and satisfajrtory manner, 



*rtlcnltural Associations have been deemed in- 

 [jensable. They excite the public interest, 

 i™ ;er a taste for the useful and ornamental 

 nches of culture, and stimulate individual exer- 

 i; by the distrilui.tion of entertaining and in- 

 ictive publications, — by a correspondence be- 

 ;en the officers and among the members of like 

 itutions, — by the establishment of libraries, — 

 premiums lor rare, valuable, beautiful, early, 



« superior products, — important discoveries, esti- 



lible inventions, excellence of tillage, and meri- 



•vious communications, — l)y periodical meetings, 

 the interchange of opinions, and mutual in- 

 iction, — by public exhibitions, — and by col- 

 aud disseminating seeds, plants, models of 

 dements, and information on all sulijects, con- 

 ted with the theory and practice of gardening. 

 *fumerous esculent vegetables, delicious fruits, 

 leib flowers, ornamental shrubs and trees, ce- 

 1, vulnerary, and medicinal plants, and others 



u'lservient to the arts, manufactures, and public 

 nomy, both exotic and indigenous, are either 

 iilown to us, or but partially cultivated. Seve- 

 varieties, whicli have been obtained from the 

 latorial regions, and confined to the shelter and 

 rmth of green houses, stoves and conservato- 



fii, have been found to bear the severities of a 

 eal winter, even when first exposed, or have 

 n gradually acclimated ; and many are annn- 

 i detected in every ipiarter of the globe, which 



Mr Barnett writes that he shall send the package 

 ' the January Packet, which has not yet arrived. 



deservedly merit nuturalization ; and still what 

 numbers are " born to blush unseen and waste 

 their fragrance on the desert air." 



Most of our common fi'iiits, flowers and olera- 

 ceous vegetables were collected by the Greeks and 

 Romans from Egypt, Asia, and other distant 

 climes, and successively extending over Western 

 Europe, finally re^-.clied this country. But so 

 gradual was their progress, " it was not till the 

 reign of Henry VIII, that any salads, carrots, tur- 

 nips, cabbages, or other edible roots were pro- 

 duced in England. The little of these vegetables 

 thai was used was imported from Holland." Ful- 

 ler observes, that " Gardening was first brought 

 into England for profit, about the commencement 

 uf the seventeenth century, before which we fetch- 

 ed most of our cherries from Holland, apples from 

 Fiance, and hardly had a mess of rath-ripe peas, 

 but from Holland, which were dainties for ladies, 

 they came so far, and cost so dear." 



Peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, pears, 

 cherries, stravi berries, melons and grapes were 

 luxuries, but little enjoyed before the time of 

 Charles II, who introduced French gardening at 

 Hampton Court, Carlton, and Marlborough, and 

 huilt the first hot and ice houses. 



At this period Evelyn, the great apostle of 

 p\aiitiiig, translated "The comidete Gardener," 

 and a treatise on orange trees by Qnintinyne, a 

 Flench author of great merit; and having devoted 

 the remainder of his life to the cultivation of his 

 rural seat at Sayes Court, near Deptford, and in 

 thi publication of his Sylva, Kalendarium Hor- 

 tcDse, Terra, Pomona and Acetaria, he " first 

 taught gardening to speak proper English." 



The Horticulture of France had hitherto been 

 considerably in advance of that of Great Britain ; 

 it wa? soon, however, destined to be surpassed by 

 her powerful rival, in the contest for national 

 granueur; but these kingdoms are again approxi- 

 mating towards an equality, in the progress of 

 tillage. 



Ill the literature and science of gardening, 

 France has produced numerous authors of cele- 

 brity, and several whose works have not been su- 

 perseded by those of any other country. The 

 publications of Du Hainel, Thoiiin, Buflbn, Ge- 

 rardin, D'Argenville, Rosier, Du Petit Thoiirs, 

 and the two Jiissieus, are agronomic text-books of 

 the highest repute. 



The nursery of the fathers of the Chartreaux, 

 established by Louis XIV, near the Luxembourg, 

 long supplied a great part of Europe vvith fruit 

 trees. The Jardin des Plants, in Paris, " includes 

 departments which may be considered as schools 

 for horticulture, planting, agriculture, medical 

 hotany and general economy ;" and there can be 

 no question, says Loudon, of its being the most 

 scientific and best kept in Europe. 



The flower garden of Malmaison, the botanical 

 garden of Trianon, and numerous nursery, herb, 

 medicinal, experimental, and botanic gardens, in 

 various parts of the kingdom, are preeminent for 

 the variety, number, and e.xcellence of their pro- 

 ilucts, and for the perfection of their cultivation. 

 To be concluded next week. 



of clearing the Rail Road of snow. " The expe- 

 riment," says the American, " was conclusive and 

 highly satisfactory, and proved that we need not 

 apprehend the smallest delay or inconvenience 

 from the deepest snows which are ever likely to 

 occur." 



Rail Roads. A bill is before the Ohio legisla- 

 ture to construct a Rail Road from Butler county, 

 through Preble, to Shelby county, Several pa- 

 pers in the state already talk of filling up their 

 canals to afford sites for Rail Roads. 



The experiment has been tried near Baltiinore 



Lowell Railroad — We hope soon see to a rail- 

 way between this town and Boston in successful 

 operation. That the experiment would be suc- 

 cessful we entertain no doubt. There are now 

 100 passengers daily between the two places in 

 stage coaches, and the transportation of cotton, 

 goods, merchandize, &c. amounts to nearly or 

 quite 30 tons a day. We believe that the road 

 would pay immediately six per cent on a cost of 

 $400,000, which is nearly $100,000 more than 

 the estimate of the engineer. — Lowell Journal. 



Very Cold. — On the 24th ult. the thermometer 

 at Bangor (Maine) stood at 27 degrees below zero 

 on the 30th ult. at Albany, at 6, P. M. at 9 de- 

 grees below zero — at Newbury port at 12 de- 

 grees below zero. — At Portland, on the morning 

 of the 31st ult. at 18 degrees below zero. — At 

 Lancaster, Mass. at the same time 10 degrees be- 

 low zero. — At Mr. Wilder's in Bolton, an elevated 

 situation at 15 degrees below zero. 



England. — Tredgold says, that the first Rail 

 Way in England, was used in the neighborhood 

 of New Castle upon Tyne, about the year 1680. 

 It is stated, by another writer, that there are now 

 in that country, more than sixty companies. 

 Thirtyfour of them have capitals equal in 

 amount to about one hundred and thirlyfive millions 

 of dollars. 



MULBERRY TREES. 



As the season for transplanting approaches, it 

 would be well for farmers to make ready a small 

 lot for mulberry trees. They are of slow growth, 

 but he that plants an orchard of them, will do 

 better for his descendants than to Wave thrice the 

 number of apple-trees. The silk Worms even 

 now, may be made to enrich their masters and 

 there is a certainty that the demand for silk will 

 never cease. The whole process in which the 

 worms are engaged lasts but six weeks, and a 

 woman, moderately skilled in the business, may, 

 in tliat time, make about thirty-five dollars, and 

 as her attendance may be had for nine dollars 

 tv/enty-six dollars would be the gain of him that 

 hires ; and forty females, in the six weeks, would 

 produce a clear gain of more than a thousand 

 dollars. 



Another source of profit, as well as enjoyment, 

 is, of late, neglected. Yet it is believed, that as 

 the country has been more richly cultivated, and 

 gardens more extensive, that bees would thrive, 

 and honey be raised in greater quantities : certain 

 it is that there are flowers enough to supply a 

 hundred times the bees that are kept, and demand 

 enough for both honey and wax. It is a mistake 

 to suppose that bees require much care, or are 

 diflicult to be hived or taken up. The few direc- 

 tions requisite may be found in any book of rural 

 economy. The bee seldom stings one who oflTers 

 no injury ; but though he "rewards his friends," 

 he well knows how to "punish his enemies." — 

 Palladium. 



Government has ordered cannon balls from the 

 iron mines in Po'osi, Missouri. 



