)t for some days, some dry food given tliem at 

 St once a diiy, and a niixtiire of one past of 

 I and two parts of fine chalk placed where 

 y can lick it. 



I iiin, &r. II. W. TKRRY. 



If'esl Hartford, Conn., March 9, 1S30. 



Vol.VIIT.— Nn.36. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



283 



Kcedings of the Massachusetts HorlicuUurat So 

 a dely at an adjourned meeting held at the Hall of 

 he Inslitution on the 13(/i of March, 1830. 

 The IVesident reported the following reguln- 

 s for the library and Cabinet of tlic Society. 

 trulations for the Library and Cabinet of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 \[iT. I. — All books, maniiscripts, drawings, en- 

 ivings, paintings,'' models and other articles be- 

 ijing to the Society, shall be confided to the 

 cial care of the Conimiltoe on the Library, 

 ich shall make a report at the annnal meeting, 

 the fir.st Saturday of Sei)tc;T)ber, of their con- 

 ion, and what measures may be necessary for 

 ir preservation, and augmentation. 

 Art. II. — There shall be jirocured proper 

 ;es and cabiiiets for the books and all other 

 ,. icles, in which they shall be arranged, in such 

 I, nner, as the Committee on the Library may di- 



. :t. 



Ill Art. III. — All additions to the collection of 

 )ks, and other articles, shall be placed U|)on the 

 le, in the Hall of the Society, for exhibition, 

 one week, and as much longer as the Library 

 mmi'tee may deem expedient, previous to their 

 ng arranged in their appropriate situations. 

 Anx. IV. — The following books of record shall 

 kept in the Ilall of the Society. 

 No. 1. To contain a Catalogue of the books. 



ss No. 2. To contain a jist of the manuscripts. 

 No. 3. To contain an account of the drawings, 

 'ravings, paintings, models and all other arti- 

 s. 



No. 4. Tlie register of books loaned. 

 Art. v. — When any book or other article shall 

 presented to the Society, the name of the do- 

 r shall be inserted in the appropriate record 

 )k, and the time it was received. 



II AnT. VI. — Kvery book and article shall have a 

 rii mber affixed to it, in the order in which they 



arranged, in the several books of record. 

 IJArt. VII. — When any new book is received it 

 dl be withheld from circulation, at least one 

 ek ; and very rare and costly works shall not 

 taken from the JIall, without the permission of 

 Library Committee. 



a Art. VIII Not more flian two volumes shall 



taken out by any member, at one time, or re- 

 ned longer than two weeks ; and every person 

 ill bo subject to a fine of ten cents a week, for 

 ery volume retained beyond that time. 



III Art. IX. — Every book shall be returned in 

 od order, regard being had to the necessary 

 ar thereof, with proper usage ; and if any book 

 ill be lost or injured, the person to whom it 

 nds charged shall replace it by a new volume, 

 set, if i! belonged to a set, or pay the current 

 ice of the volume or set ; arid thereupon the 

 Tiainder of the set, if the volume belong to a set, 

 ill be delivered to the person so paying for the 



■ne. 

 Art. X. — All books shall be returned to the 

 ill, for examination, on the first Saturday of 

 ptember annually and remain until after the 

 rd Saturday of said month ; and every person 



then having one or more books, and neglecting to 

 return the same as herein required, shall pay a fine 

 of one dollar; and if at the expiration of one 

 mrinth after the third Saturday of September, any 

 book has not been returned, which was taken out 

 previous to the annual examination of the Library, 

 the person to whom it stands charged shall be 

 required to return the same, and if after such re- 

 quest, it is not placed in the Hall, within two 

 weeks ho shall be liable to pay therefor, in the 

 manner prescribed in the ninth article. 



Art. XI. — No member shall loan a book to any 

 other person, under the penalty of a fine of one 

 dollar. 



Art. XII. — When a written request shall be 

 left at the Hall for a particular book, then out. it 

 shall be retained for the ))erson requiring it, for 

 two days after It shall have been returned. 



The foregoing Regidations having been submit- 

 ed at the adjourned meeting of the Massachusetts 

 Morticultm-al Society on the 13th of March, 1830, 

 they were adopted. 



H. A. S. DEARBORN, 

 Prcs. Mass. Hort. Soc. 



The following seeds were presented. Seeds of 

 a Squash .sent by Dr J. S. Rogers of Hartford, 

 Conn., Cauliflower seed of a snjierior quality from 

 the Island of Sicily, by Ca])t Perry of the United 

 States Navy, and 67 varieties of seed from Mexi- 

 co by the Hon. J. F. Wingate. 



The seeds from Mexico being without nam°s, 

 it was resolved to send them to Thomas Nuttall 

 Esq. Curator of the Botanic Garden in Cam- 

 bridge with a request that he would cultivate them 

 and report to the Society such as may be new 

 and interesting, and to furnish plants or seeds for 

 distribution among the members of the Society if 

 required. 



The following members were admitted. 

 Corresponding 3f embers. 



Allen Melville Esq. New York. 

 Subscription Members. 



"William Stone, South Boston. 



Joseph Ballard, Boston. 



The following resolutions were iidopted. 



That the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 all persons who have made donations of scions, 

 seeds, &c, and that the Secretary be requested to 

 notify them of the same. 



That the Professors of the Society be requested 

 to deliver lectures in the different branches of their 

 professorship during the month of April, and that 

 the Executive Committee be requested to inake 

 such arrangements with them as may be necessa- 

 ry for that jHirpose. 



That it is expedient to procure a suitable room, 

 in some central and convenient situation for the 

 use of the members, and that a Committee be naw 

 appointed to make the necessary inquiries, and to 

 report at the adjourned meeting to be held on the 

 27th current. 



Messrs B. V. French, 



Thomas Brewer, 



Zebedee Cook, Jr. were appointed 

 a Committee ))ursuant to the last resolution. 



A'^oted, That the Treasurer be requested to lay 

 before the Society at their adjourned meeting, on 

 Saturday the 27th current,' a statement of the 

 funds of the Society. 



A Committee composed of the following gen- 

 tlemen, was appointed to designate an individual to 

 I deliver the next anniversary afldress before the 



.Society, and to report at the next st.itcd meeting 

 of the same. 



Messrs Zebedee Cook, Jr. 1 

 Samuel Downer, | 

 E. Bartlett, ^Committee. 



Robert Manni.ng, j 

 Charles Lawrence, j 

 Correction. — In Uie list of Honorary Members of 

 Massachusetts Horlicultuial Society, last paper page 274, 

 instead of Lewis Clapret, read Lewis Clapier. 



The admission fee of 15 dollars as slated in the last, is 

 exchisivc of the entrance fee of 5 dollars. 



BEES — ANSWER TO INqUIRER. 



Mr Fessenden — A few days since, having oc- 

 casion for some- honey, I called on a neighbor who ' 

 went to his hive and took out what I wanted. I 

 asked him the reason why he had a hive of honey 

 without bees at this time of the year ; he told mc 

 lie cxjiected they had lost their King Bee as ho 

 knew of no other reason. The bees ajipearing to 

 be in good condition and well stored with honey. 



The manner in which he drove his bees out of 

 the old hive into a new one, to rid them of tlie 

 Bee moth, may ho worth mentioning. In the first 

 place he started the top of the hive up so that wa- 

 ter would run in; he then took a half hogshead, 

 deep enough to sink the hive in,aftcr which he took 

 the hive that had the bees in and put it top down- 

 wards in the hogshead, with the new hive on 

 top of that ; be then turned in water gradually, 

 till it was up to the top of the old hive, then took 

 the new hive, and set it it in the bee house, and 

 the bees went to work in one hour ; and always 

 have had honey sufficient for the winter. The 

 month of June is the time to change them ; he 

 told ine ho knew of no evil that attended the pro- 

 cess, as Mrs Griffith said it must be done with 

 care and moderation. 



NATHANIEL S.MITH. 



Hopkinion, Mass, March 18, 1830. 



Silks. — A specimen of silk,obtained from worms, 

 reared at Lisle in the years 1828 and 1829, has 

 been exhibited at the Museum of Natural History 

 in that city. These worms have been fed entire- 

 ly on the leaves of the scorzonera hispanica, a |)lant 

 common in every kitchen garden in France, under 

 the name oCsatsif. Cattle eat it with avidity, 

 and the milk of cows is both incseased and impro- 

 ved by it. Accounts from the Cape of Good 

 Hope state, that the rearing of silk worms is like- 

 ly to become a profitable branch of industry in 

 that colony. The silk produced there is of a very 

 fine quality, and the worms thrive well in the open 

 air. — Literary Gazette. 



A triple strawberry was gathered in a garden 

 in Charleston, S. C. 16tli ult. The owner conjec- 

 tured that the weather being too cnld for individ- 

 ual comfort, the three had thus lovingly entwined 

 themselves together. 



In the five years immediately succeeding 1821 

 not less than $35,156,494 worth of Silks were 

 imported into the United States from foreign 

 countries ; a sum nearly double in value to the 

 whole amount of grain and bread-stuffs exported 

 during the same time. 



A bed of Porcelain Clay was discovered Inst 

 fall, by a farmer in the town of Granby, in dig- 

 gintj a well. It lies about 6 feet from the surface, 

 and about 4 miles distant from the Farmington 

 Canal. It has been analysed by Professor Silliman, 

 and pronounced to be of the finest and most va- 

 luable kind. — AC Haven Her. 



