Vol. VIII.- 



AND HOUTICUL I UilAf. JOURNAL. 



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notifications of ilif:ir liaviiig been niliiiitlud Uoii- 

 oiuiy iiiejnlieis liave been reeeived from the 

 Hon. P. p. Bail)oiir, ami J. Taliaferro, of Virginia, 

 and Col. George Gihlis, of New York. 



7. A lett r from Robert Carr, Esq. Proprietor 

 of the Banraiii IJotunic Garden, near Pliiladel- 

 l)liia, kindly offerinjj to fcnnish seeds of the Finns 

 rubra, or Norway I'ine, for M. Vilniorin, from two 

 trees growing in bis garden wbieh were brought 

 from Canada, by tlie elder John Bartram, iiiiiely- 

 five years since. 



Letlei'3 of thanks enclosed in communications 

 on various subjects in relation to the- object of 

 our Society, have been jierformcd, and will be 

 speedily transmitted to the (ollowing gentlemen : 



1. To the Chevalier Soulange Bodin, for the 

 present he recently made the Society often num- 

 bers of Ann lies De L'Institut Horticole De Fro- 

 monl. 



2. To M. Vilmorin fur the Bon Jardinier, and 

 various kinds of seeds. 



3. To llobert Barclay, Esq. for the splendid 

 cojiy of the Encyclopedia of Plants. 



The following Resolutions having been submit- 

 ted by Z. Cook, Jr Esq. were adopted. 



1. Resolved — That the four Committees on 

 Fruits, the Products of the Kitchen Garden, 

 Flowers, and the Synonynies of Fruits, be special- 

 ly charged to examine the various products witL- 

 in their several departments, which may be week- 

 ly exhibited, in the Hall of the Society, and to 

 furnish reports thereon, for publication in the 

 New England Farmer. 



2. Resolved — That the Committee in relation 

 to the procnrenient of a Hall, be instructed to peti- 

 tion the City Council (or an apartment in tho Old 

 State Hou.se, or any other city edifice, to be used 

 as the Hall of the Massachusetts HorticuUural 

 Society. 



3. Resolved — That a Committee, consisting 

 of three mend)ers, be chosen to obtain subscrip- 

 tions, and to co-operate with the Pennsylvania 

 and other Horticultural Societies in the United 

 States, for accomplishing the object announced 

 in the connniinication from James Mease, Esq. 

 which has this day been laid before the Society, 

 and that said Committee report at a subsequent 

 meeting the propriety of appropriating a portion 

 of the funds in furtherance of this object. 



The following gentlemen were chosen as the 

 Conunittee to carry into effect the provisions of 

 the third resolution. 



ZeBEnER Cook, Jr. 



EliAS PlIINNEY. 



Joseph Jov. 



Members Admitted. 

 Honornri/. 

 James Brekman, of New Yiirk. 



Subscribing. 

 Edward J. Rand, of Newbiinjport. 

 Hector Coffi.v, do. 



James M. Smith, Boston. 

 Samuel Whitmarsh, Nnrlhtimpton. 

 Thomas Whitmarsh, Brookline. 

 Samuel P. P. Fav, Cambridge. 

 Samuel M. Pond, Bucksport, 3fe. 

 James Little, do do. 



Messrs Daniel Chandler, Lexington. 

 Nathaniel Seaver, Roxbury, 



were elected to fill the vacancies in the Commit- 

 tee on Vegetables. 



Messrs AuGusTu.s Asi'inv/ai.i,, Brookline, 

 David Haggurston, C/iarle$town, 

 in the Committee on Flowers. 



Gen. Dearborn |ircsented some cuttings of 

 Sea Kale of beaulifid (ni[>earance and fine qiuili- 



On Saturday, 10th May, at the Hall of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, were pre- 

 sented (or distribution, fnini E. VV. Bull, Esq, 

 (Hartford,) Scions of the Winter Seek-no-further 

 apples. 



Hi;.\RT Sheafe, Esq. of Boston, presented sev- 

 eral bottles of very good Perry, which was fine 

 flavored, brisk, and lively as Champaigne. 



THE SEASON. 



We avail of that portion of our scientific and 

 intelligent correspondent ' Ohservator's' commu- 

 nication, which appears to us the most essential, 

 and most interesting to our readers in general. 



Mean heat of April, 47 1-3— Till the I9th the 

 season was not more forward than usual, and the 

 prevalence of colil N. E. winds for a long time In- 

 creased the apprehensions of many, that the sea- 

 son would prove a backward one. The change of 

 the wind on that day to S. W. soon changed the 

 opinions of those who entertained such fears, and 

 gave a new aspect to the face of the earth. Till 

 the close of the month, the progress of vegetation 

 was the most rapid ever known in this region at 

 so early a period. It is very unusual for trees of 

 any kind to be in full blossom in April ; and dur- 

 ing the last 23 years there has occurred no in- 

 stance, within the knowledge of the writer, of an 

 apple tree's blossoming in that month. In 1808, 

 they began to show a few blossoms as early as the 

 3d of May, and in no year since have they been 

 observed before the 5th of the month ; which was 

 the case in 1814, 1825, 1827, and 1828. Last 

 year, the first blossoms noticed were on the 18th of 

 May. This year several trees were observed quite 

 fidl blown on the last day of April, making at least 

 IS days difference in the progress of the 2 seasons. 

 At this time they are in full bloom.and there is prob- 

 ably the greatest profusion of blossoms ever known 

 here. Pear, Peach, and Cherry trees have also 

 blossomed unusually full, and there is at present 

 a prospect of a superabundance of all kinds 

 of fruit. Grass looks remarkably well and like 

 the trees, is from 15 to 20 days earlier than 

 usual. 



Wallham, May 7, 1830. 



The following table exhibits the periods, at 

 which Apple trees have been considered in full 

 blossom for the last 24 years. 



In 



1807 

 1808 

 1809 

 1810 

 1811 

 1812 

 1813 

 1814 

 1815 

 1816 

 1817 

 1818 



In 



LANDRETHS' NU>;ER1ES, 



We are indebted to the i olitencss of Messrs D, 

 & C. Landreth, for some very beantifid speci- 

 mens of the Hyacinth, selected from their collec- 

 tion now in bloom at their extensive nurseries in 

 Federal street. They are believed to be superior 

 to any other ever imported into this country, and 

 these gentlemen arc entitled to praise for introdu- 

 cing the finer sorts of this exquisite exotic among 

 us ; the bells of some of the flowers measure 

 from four and a half to five inches in circum- 

 ference. 



Their nurseries are jiarticularly attractive at 

 this time ; among other rare plants in bloom will 

 be found twelve varieties of the Camellia Japoni- 

 ca — two species of the Chinese Magnolia, and the 

 niagnifiisient Rhododendron Arboiea from the 

 mountains of Napal in India, 



Poulson''s Jim. Daily Adv. 



Weeping IVUlnw. — The first weeping willow 

 was planted in England by the celebrated Alexan- 

 der Pope, The poet having received a present 

 of figs from Turkey, observed a twig of the basket 

 in which they were packed, putting out a shoot. 

 He planted this twig in his garden, and it soon he- 

 came a fine tree ; froni which stock all the weep- 

 ■ng willows in England have sprung. 



Product of the JVewport Mmshouse Farm, 1829 



30 tons hay ; 200 bushels corn ; 675 do potatoes ; 

 379 do onions; 2232 bunches <!o ; 58 bushels 

 barley ; 75 do oats. 



The produce of the firm exceeds that of any 

 other year, and is yearly im[)roviug in wall;), 

 buildings, &c. About two acres for an orchard 

 have been walled in, in which trees will be set this 

 season. There is at present, 55 acres cultivated ; 

 57i in meadow. 



The BaUimore Chronicle speaks of a great 

 trotting match, which occured on Thursday last, 

 and in which a mare trotted over the course near 

 that city, sixteen miles in the short »pace of fifty 

 six minutes and forty one seconds. Thus the match 

 was run in 3 minutes and nineteen seconds less 

 than an hour, and the last mile was done in one 

 second less than the first. After the eighth mile 

 had been performed, the mare was halted, water- 

 ed, and the rider changed. 



The Massachusetts claim is for $843,000 of 

 which wc are likely to get now §439,000. The 

 New York Journal of Commerce says the Legis- 

 lature of Massachusetts can now aid the Kail Road, 

 or finish the memorial to the brave, at Bunker Hill. 

 .Mr Benton, the late assailer of New England, was, 

 on this bill, its friend. 



Brighton Markkt — .Monday, May 10. 

 (Reported for the Chronicle and Patriot ) 



At market this <lay, 241 Beef Cattle, including 

 8 ujisold last week, (unsold 21,) 24 Working Ox- 

 en, 19 Cows and Calves, 62 Sheep and 30 Swine, 

 including 15 unsold last week. 



Prices — J5cp/Ca/;/e— Extra $5,33 a 5,50.; good 

 5 a 5,25 ; thinner Cattle, about twentv. 4,50 a 

 5,00. 



Working Oxen — Few sales, viz : $14, 45, 42. 

 70. 



Cows and Calves — Ordinary, sales $18, 19, 23, 

 24. 



Sheep — Price not noticed. 



Swine — One entire lot of twenty one, 4 l-2c ; 

 at retail 5 a 6e, 



