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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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several others, and then it is easily done. A weight 

 which cannot be moved by a single hand, is hard- 

 ly felt wlien many join to raise it. It is thus tliat 

 the means of knowledge are brought home to the 

 poor man's door.' 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS, &c, June 5, 1830. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUI.TU It AL SOCIETY. 



At the E.\hibition of Fruits, &c, at the Hall on 

 Saturday, June 5th, the following report was made 

 by the Committee. 



By MrGEOKGE Thomson, from the garden of Pk- 

 TER C. Brooks, Esq. Medford, a fine specimen of 

 (to us) a new variety of Strawberry, called the Wel- 

 lington. The three large berries exhibited were 

 truly a rich sight; form similar to the pine, very 

 large, and highly perfumed. As the label expressed 

 they were not to be tasted, of the flavor we are un- 

 able to speak. — (These strawberries were forced.) 

 We are informed that John Lemist, Esq. will short- 

 ly present some of this variety, raised in the open 

 ground. We hope then to be able to speak more ful- 

 ly. By Mr D. Hagoerston, Charlestown, fine plants 

 of Wilmot's Superb Strawberry. The fruit was well 

 set, large and full, some of the berries nearly ripe, 

 (had been forced partly.) It has been said this fine 

 variety is not a sure setter, but the sample seems to 

 speak otherwise. We think Mr H. bids fair to pro- 

 duce fruit equal to what has been told us in Europe 

 of this fine variety. By Mr Rukus Howe, from the 

 garden and nursery of S. Downer, Dorchester, 

 fruit of the Early Virginia Pine, and Royal Scarlet 

 Strawberries. The Early Virginia is a valuable 

 Strawberry from the earliness of its ripening, being 

 from eight to ten days earlier than most other varie- 

 ties cultivated with us. The flavor and color partakes 

 much of our wild Strawberries. We have good au- 

 thority in considering it one of the parents of all 

 our numerous fine varieties. The Royal Scarlet is 

 considered one of our best varieties ; the fruit was 

 free from acid and very fine flavored, and is a sure 

 and great bearer. (Both these varieties were raised 

 in the open ground). By Mr Robert Manning, of 

 Salem, fruit of the Runnels Apple. A fair sized me- 

 dium eating apple; of a dull green color with a little 

 russet. This variety's chief value consists in its 

 keeping, being in good rating till August and Sep- 

 tember, and have been in good preservation till the 

 month of May of the second season, and can bo rais- 

 ed in exposed situations, as its hardness when green, 

 prevents its being pilfered by passers-by. 



Floriculture. — With regard to the exhibition of 

 flowers, &c, the following Report was made by the 

 Committee. 



Agrostemma Flosencul or Ragged Robin, Var. of 

 Columbine and Philadelphus Coionarius or Syringa, 

 from R. How. Russian Felix Rose, Double and Sin- 

 gle Scotch Roses, Dictamnus rubra, Hemerocallis 

 lutea or yellow Day lily, Phlox Suaveolens and Spi- 

 raea, from J. WiNSHir. Rosa Preusault, Rosa de 

 Meaux, single yellow Roses, two varieties of Pom- 

 pone Roses, Damask and Four Seasons' Roses, from 

 A. AspiNWALL. Mohuke flora multiplice Rose, Lo- 

 iiicera sempervirens, or Trumpet Honeysuckle and 

 PiBonia officinalis, from S. Downer. Native Plants 

 from E. M. Richards. Varieties of Geraniums, 

 Pompone Rose, Fuchsia GracUis, from D. Hagger- 

 STON. Double Pheasant Eyed Pink, from S. Pond. 



For Sale, 



The well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the last 

 fourteen years by the subscriber, containing about ^00 

 acres, well located in a square, bouhded on the south by 

 Cocliecho river, and on the east by Fresh creek, on winch 

 is a tide mill, with an apparatus for poundingand grinding 

 plaster. The Buildings consist of a large two slory Brick 

 House, of 40 feet by :iS, with awing of 20 by 16, all well 

 finished, adjoined to which is a shed 34 feet by 14, con- 

 necting the cider house 27 by 37, two stories, with one 

 plastered room, where all the spinning and weaving is 

 done for the famUy ; two Barns, one of which is 100 feet 

 by 12, with two wings of about 40 feet each, one employ- 

 ed as a stable, the other for a sheepfold, with a good yard 

 well walled in; the other is a Stone Barn of 45 feet square, 

 of 16 feet post, and will contain 60 tons of hay ; a pig- 

 gery of 50 feet by 30, with a cellar of 18 feet square un- 

 der it, with boilers set to make soap, brew, and cook for 

 swine. The fields are divided by permanent stone walls, 

 and consist of one of 40 acres in front of the house, one 

 of 17 on the East, one of 10 acres on the North, (princi- 

 pally orchard,) one of 15 Northeast, and one of 30 acres 

 West of the house, with three pastures of 20 to 25 acres 

 each. 



The Farm has been gradually improving for the last 

 ten years, and the two last has cut each year one hun- 

 dred tons of hay, and 20 to 25 Ions of thatch. It is one 

 and a half miles from the village of Dover, which affords 

 a good market. There has been planted some hundreds 

 of Fruit Trees, principally Apple, many of which are 

 grafted — with Pears, Cherry, Mum, Peach and Quince 

 trees, and many in bearing, with a small nursery. 



The terms of sale may be known by applying to Major 

 Andrew Pierce, of Dover, Mr Samuel Lord, of 

 Portsmouth, or the subscriber on the premises. 



June 11. WILLIAM FLAGG. 



PRICES OF COUM'TRY PRODUCE. 



Ross's Garden Compound, for the Preservation of 

 Peach Trees ; 



(Pieparecl and sold by Alexander Ross, No. 435, Strand, London,) 



An infallible Preserver of Peach and other Fruit Trees 

 from the destructive worm and insects, which in the 

 Spring of the year attack the stem and destroy the vitality 

 of the tree. By a proper application of this Compound, 

 all insects will refuse to deposite their eggs in the bark, 

 the tree will be preserved in vigorous health, and an 

 abundant crop insured. In bottlesoi one quart, sufficient 

 for dressing fifty trees, 75 cents; in bottles sufficient for 

 one hundred trees, 1 dollar 50 cents. 



Directions. — Remove the earth from the bottom of the 

 stem towards the root, and ivith a paint brush apply the 

 composition from thence nearly to the branches, then re- 

 place the earth. This may be repeated in the course of 

 the summer. 



By dipping some rags in this composition and fastening 

 them among the branches of the tree, the Nectarines and 

 Plums will be saved from the ravages of the slinging fly, 

 and vermin generally will forsake the tree. 



The following letter from the respectable firm of Mal- 

 colm & Co, Nurserymen, Kensington, near London, is an 

 ample recommendation. 

 ' To Mr Alerandtr Ross, 435 Strand, London. 



* Sib — We have, formany years, applied your Garden Compoi 

 to peach and other young Fiuil 'I'rees, and have found it the best [ 



ir yet known against the enemies of vegetation, and we shall al- 

 ways recommend it. Yours reapectfully, 



' MALCOLM iL CO. 

 Kensington J^ursery, March 24, 1828.' 



|]3= This Composition is also used with success at the 

 extensive orchard of Mrs Griffith, at Charlieshope, N. J. 



For sale at the Seed Establishment of J. B. Russell, 

 No 52 N«Tth Market Street, Boston. June II. 



PLES,besl, 

 ASHES, pot, first son, 



Pearl, first sort, - 

 BEANS, while, 

 BEEF, mess. 



Cargo, No. 1, 

 Cargo, No. 'J, 

 BUT'l'EK, inspecltd, No. l.ncw, 

 CHEESE, new milk, 



Skimmed milk, 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-slreel, - 

 Genesee, . . . - 

 R>e, besl, . . , 



GRAIN, Corn, 

 Rye, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, 

 HOG'S LARD, first sort, new, 

 HOPS, 1st quality. 

 LIME, .... 



FLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear. 



Navy, mess, 



Cargo, IVo. I, - . 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 



Orchard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - 

 Tall Meadow Oats Grass, 

 Red Top (northern,) 

 Lucerne, .... 

 White Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover.'! norihern) 

 French Sogar Beet, . 

 WOOL, Merino, full hlood, washed, . 

 Merino, full blood, unwashed 

 Merino, three fourths washed 

 Merino, half blood, 

 Merino, quarter wasiied, 

 Native, washed, 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort. 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORUECTEn every WEEK BT MR HAV^ 



(Clerk of Fimmil-hail Market.) 

 BEEF, beSI pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, besl pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL, 

 MUTTON 

 I'OUI.TKY. 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, - 



Lump, hcsl, 

 EGGS, 

 MEAL, Rye, retail, 



Indian, relail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIUER, [according lo quality,] 



25 

 4 00 



To CoRREsrosnENTs. — Several communications are 

 on file. We shall soon give a drawing and description of 

 the true mode of training Grape Vines, on the Thoniery 

 plan, copied from the Transactions of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society. 



Ten Dollars Reward. 



Stolen on Tuesday evening, June l,fiom the front Gar- 

 den of House No. 22, Franklin Place, a Flower Pot, con. 

 taining a fine Noisette superb Cluster Rose Bush, five 

 feet high, with fifty buds on the same. A reward of ten 

 dollars will be given by the subscriber, for infonnation of 

 the thief or plant. JOSEPH P. BRADLEE. 



June II. 



Jigricullural Tools. 

 150 doz. Farwell's Scythes 

 20 doz. Searle's do. 

 50 doz. Scythe Snaiths; 

 300 doz. Smithfield Scythe Stones ; 

 150 doz. Ames' backstrap Shovels ; 

 30 doz. do. plain do. from No. 1 to 10 ; 



20 doz. polished cast steel Shovels ; 

 100 doz. patent Hay Forks, of all sizes ; 

 Stetson's, Wright's, and Bisbee's Hoes ; Goose Neck 

 Hoes ; Sickles, &c. for sale by LANE & READ, 



Merchants' Row, near the .Market House. 

 June 11. 3t 



Brighton Market — Monday, June 7. 



[Reported for Ihe Chronicle and Patriot.] 

 1 At market this day 215 Beef Catfle (unsold 7) ; 10 pair 

 - Working Oxen; 6 Cows and Calves; 835 Sheep and 

 Lambs (unsold 145) ; 150 Swine. 



Prices.— Bcf/ Ca/«e— extra at $5 25 a 5 50; good $5 

 a 5 25 ; middling and thin (of which there was a large 

 number) $4 25 a 4 75. 



Working Oxev. — dull, no sales noticed. 

 Cows and Calves — sales $25 a 30. 



Sheep— s-iXci of lots at $1 75, 1 88, 1 92, 2 25, and 2 50. 

 Swine — sales slow ; probably in consequence of the 

 extravagant price they were held at, about 20 only were 

 sold, and those at retail, at 6 a 7 cents. 



Sportsman. 

 The full blooded horse Sportsman will stand at B 

 Taft's stable in Brighton, on Mondays and Tuesdays, un- 

 till neon; at Brigham's in Westborough on Wednesdays 

 at Estabrooks' in Shrewsbury, on Thursday ; and at 

 Stockwell's in Worcester, on Fridays and Saturdays, until 

 2 o'clock of each week through the season. May 28. 



Boston Vegetable Market. — The stalls of Faneuil 

 Hall Market are now abundantly supplied with the finest 

 early vegetables, at the following prices : — Early Peas, 

 $1,50 per bushel ; Spinach, 37ii cents per bushel ; early 

 white Dutch Turnips, 17 cents per dozen; Cucumbers, 

 long prickly and green Turkey, 12^ cents each ; short 

 prickly and early frame, 6^ cents each ; the stalks of 

 Tart Rhubarb, 6^ cents per lb. (the culture and use of this 

 excellent vegetable are becoming more highly apprecia- 

 ted ; one extensive garden in this vicinity has furnished 

 for the market 1000 stalks per day, on some days this sea- 

 son ;) green Gooseberries, for tarts, 10 cents per quart; 

 old Potatoes, 25 cents per bushel ; new white Portugal 

 Onions, 6 cents per dozen ; Asparagus, 6 cents per bunch ; 

 Cranberries, $2,00 per bushel ; Lettuce, 2 cents per head : 

 early Pine Apple Strawberries, $1,00 per quart; Apples, 

 4 to $3,00 per barrel. 



