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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Mar. 19, 1830. 



An .Iccouut of the PioeeeJiiif^s of the Cuunctl of the ] tlieir oliligntions, ami liig naiiu! will be ever clier 

 .MaasachuselLa Horticultural Hucieti/ at the (^uar- > isiied by the debcendaiits of ibc I'ilgiiiiis. 

 tcrli/ McttiiifT, hrld ut the Halloft.'ie Imititution 

 on the 6th of December 1830. — Report made iij 



H. A. H. Dearboh.v, President of the Society. 



Since llic lust meeting tlio fi^Jiowing letters 

 have been received. 



1. .\ letter from Vicoinle Herr art Df. TuuRV, 

 President of the Horticultural !-"ociot_v of Paris, 

 expressing his thanks for the honiir which this 

 Society bad done him, in electing him an Honor- 

 ary member. 



2. A Letter from CoBitc ile J.asteyrie, Vice 

 President of the Horticultural Society of Paris, ten- 

 dering bis grateful acknowledgments for the like 

 attention shown bini, and annoiiiiring that the 

 Society of which be is an olVicer is desirous of en- 

 tertaining a correspondence with that of Mas.su- 

 chusetts ; and that anxious to evince the interest 

 and respect which h entertains for our labor;?, be 

 nniiounces that the President, Vice I're.side.-.ts and 

 Corresponding Secretary had been named lionor- 

 ary tnenibcrs of that Society ; and be has sent a 

 l)aekage of seeds of a plant recently introduced 

 as a sallad, called Seiiikiera jjimciitifolid. The let- 

 ter was published by the order of the Executive 

 Committee. 



3. A letter from J. C. Bar.xf.t, ilsq. Consul of 

 the I iiitej States in Paris, with a ease containing 

 the following books I'or our Library, which bad 

 been ordered to be purchased. 

 Thouin, Plans des Jurdins, tables et i)lans colo- 



re.=, 1 vol. 

 Nouveau Cours d'.Agricultnre, IC vol. 8vo. 

 Duliamel, La Physique des Arbres, 3 v. 4to. 

 Ventenot, Description des Plantes. 1 v. 4to. 

 Thouin, Cours do Culture, 3 v. 8vo. 

 Ilotton, Manuel de I'Elagneur, 1 vol. 

 -■Vrt du Jardinier, 1 vol. 12mio. 

 Culture Rurale, 2 v. 12mo. 

 Traite des Bois, 1 v. 

 Lecons sur la taille des Arbres. 

 Catalogue de Van Mens. 

 Manuel Complet d" Janlinier, 4 v. 8vo. 

 .■\ii!iales do la Sicietc d'lloniculture, 4 v. 8vo. 

 Chaptul's Cbi'nie, a]i])li(juee a I'Agrieiilturp, 2 v. 



8vo. 



4. LetJers have been received from Col. Aspiii- 

 wall, Coiijiil of ibc United States in London, an- 

 nouncing that be would cheerfully procure the 

 book> wbieii have been ordered for the Library ; 

 •licy arc daily expected. 



5. A letter from Doct. Jamfs Tmacukr, of 

 Plymouth, with a model of an .Apiary and Bee 

 Hive, which have been deposited in the Hall of 

 the Society, and noticed in the N. E. Farmer. Doct. 

 Thacher merits especial commendation for the 

 services be has rcndereil to the arts of Rural 

 Economy, by his works on fruit trees and the cul- 

 tivation of Bees. His recent improved Hives ami 

 Apiary appear to combine vyimtevcr is desirable 

 for the comfort, protection, and good manngenxnt 

 of those vabiable insects. 



What a cheering spectacle does this venerable 

 imtriot present; how worthy of example arc hi.-: 

 acts of beneficence. After a long life devoted to 

 the best interests of bin roiintry, the horizon of 

 its decadence is gilikd by the rays of intelligence, 

 in.slrnclioii for the gi-neration,-, which are ascend- 

 in? toward the meridian of their u.sefubics.s. The 

 cultivators of the sod acknow ledge, with gratitude, 



Communications for puhlicalion. 



1. A Communication from Andrew Parinentier, 

 Esq. Proprietor of the Horticultural and Botanic 

 Garden of Brooklyn, on a method he has discov- 

 ered for preventing the bleeding of Grape Vines, 

 which has been delivered to the Library Commit- 

 tee for publication. 



2. 'J' wo Communications from \Vm. Kenriek, 

 Esq. of Newton, on fruit trees and orchards, the 

 former of which bus been published in the N. E. 

 Farmer, and the other will be. 



3. A Commuineation frou) S. Downer, Esq. of 

 Dorchester on native Grape Vines, which has 

 been )>ublished. 



4. Two Communications on native Grapes, and 

 the i.'niiivatioii of Musbrcdins by Z. Cook, Jr. of 

 Doi-chestcr; published. ' 



5. Seven Cotnnmnications from II. \. S. Dear- 

 born, on the Canker Worm, — New Ameliorated 

 Fruits, — \ new specicsof the Mulberry tree, — The 

 Horticultural Institute of Fromont, — Transplant- 

 ation of plants in full verdure, — The Chrysan- 

 ibeniums of China — and on Pruning Fruit Trees; 

 published. 



Proceedings of the officers of the Society and 

 of the Executive Committee of the Council. 



Cor/)rnunJcations have been sent by the Presi- 

 dent to the President and Vice President of the 

 Hnrticultural Society of Paris, and to Professo.- 

 Poiteau and M. Du Petit Tbours, on various sub- 

 jects, and requesting an intcrcliange of intelligence 

 on the interesting objects for which oar institu- 

 tions were establish-jd, and of the seeds and plants 

 of France and of this country. 



To reciprocate the favors received and to 

 -evince our solicitude for an amicable intercourse, 

 cuttings have been sent of the following native 

 fruits, which were collected ami carefully packed 

 up by Samuel Downer, Esq. chairisan of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, who also furnished descriptions 

 of the varieties ; and Z. Cook, Jr. Esq. having ad- 

 ded vines of the Isabella, accompanied them with 

 a very full and particular account of his maimer 

 of cultivating that grape, as well as of all other 1 

 kinds. 



List of scions and plants collected by S. Dow- 

 ner, transmitted to France by the President. 



PEAKS. 

 No. 1 Scions of Dix 



2 " . Lewis 



3 " Ilarvanl, heretofore known as the 

 Epergne. 



4 " Gore's Ileathcote 



5 " Clapp 



6 " Secklo 



7 " Barllett 



8 " Andrews 



9 " Cushing 



10 " Wilkinfor. : 



APPLES. 

 No. 11 " Baldwin 



12 " No name 



13 " Porter 



14 '' A Bed 



15 " Double and treble 

 10 " Koxbury Kussetiugs 



.\t the Eume time the two last volumes of ib 

 N. Englaiul Fanner were irausmitied, loillusirat 

 the accounts given of the fruits, and for the ii 

 formation they contaiu on the Horticulture of ihi 

 cnimtry. 



Instructions have been sent to Mr Bar.net, i 

 [irocure the following additional French worl 

 fur :lic Library. 



1. Duhamcl Truiic des .■Vrbres Fruiticrs ; tl 

 new edition, in twentyfour numbers, with colore 

 engravings, of Pear.«, Grujie-s, Plums, Apple 

 Pcnches, Cherrieg, Oranges, and other green lioui 

 fruits. 



2. Almanach du Bon Jardinier for 1829, wi 

 colored plates. 



3. Annalesdc L'lnstitul Horticole Dc Frouiot 



4. Culture Dc» Rosicrs. 



6. Esquisse Hisiorique of the Catalogues 

 fruits, by Du Petit Tbours. 



6. Lectier's Catalogue of Fruit Trees publish 

 in 1626. 



7. Bonnefore's Catalogue, published in 1651. 



8. Catalogues of the Nurseries of the Luxcn 

 bourg and Lieusaint. 



Mr Van Mons bus been written to, and rcque: 

 ed to transmit his recent large Catalogue, a: 

 other publications on his mode of raising nt 

 kinds of fruit. 



A correspondence has been opened with t 

 Director and Curator of the Imperial Garden 

 St Petersburg, by Doct. Harris, our Professor 

 Entomology. 



The drawing of the Diploma has been mai 

 and is now in the hands of the artist to be litk 

 graphed. L, 



17 " Downer's milive mazzard Cherry 



18 One Isabella Grape Vine 

 1!) " Bland's pale red '• 

 20 " Caluwba '• 



Honorary Members. 

 John Taliakf.ruo — f'irginia. 

 Philip P. Barbolr — I'irg^tnia. 

 Horace Everett — Vermont. 

 M. Dc Petit Thoi rs — Paris, France. 

 Professor Poiteap, of the Inslilut Horticole 

 Fromonl. 



.Mrs Rebecca Gore — Jf'ultham. 



Mrs Dorothy Dix — Boston. 



Mrs Mart Griffith— CAoWiVj //opt, ,V. . 



Stepiie.n GiRARi,— Philadelphia. 



George Gibbs — AVic-lbr*. 



Josh I- A Losgstrztu — Philadelphia. 



Lewis Clapret '• 



He.nrv Pratt " 



Corresponding Members. 

 Jous Fox — K'ashington, Disl. Columbia. 



Hpister — Baltimore. 

 James Coi.vill — Chelsea, England. 

 Mr Alfbo — Pepinierisle de Lieusaint 

 Michael Floy — .Vurseryman and Plorist,.\ 

 York. 

 Thomas Hogg » " .Yeic-York. 



E. W. UvhL— Hartford, Connecticul. 



Subscription ^[evibers. 

 Edward D. Ba.nub — h'orcester. 

 Natiia:»iel Cirtis — Hozbun/. 

 Sam I- el Phildruk — Hrookline. 

 Til o M A s 1' A RK E R — Dorchcstcr. 

 He.miv Swift— .N'dii/iicAir 

 P'A.MEL Adams — AVirtiiry. 

 \\'iLLiiM Pratt, Jr. — Boston. 

 Joii.N F. Priest " 



Frikborn Sisso.n — /rorrrii, /»'. Uland. 

 Damel p. Parker — Boston. 



Sa4II/EL Al'rLtTOX " 



