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NKW ENGLAND FAUMEK, 



June 25, 1830. 



occii|)ii;il so lurce ii s|mce in all H!,'riciilriinil piih- 

 lications ori^'iriiilc'l in tlie disfovery oflliis alisi.rb- 

 ing power of the earth, iiinl in llie npiihcnlion of 

 it to the most benefieial purposes. A skilful agri- 

 culturist would no more think of allowing ii vio- 

 lent fernienlntion to bo going on in his dung-hill, 

 unniixed with earth or other matter, to fix and 

 secure the gaseous aliments, than the distiller 

 would suffer Win apparatus to be set at work with- 

 out surmounting his still with the worm to eool 

 and ronileiise the rarefied spirits, which ascend in 

 evaporation. In both the most precious matter 

 is that wliieh assumes the iuriform state ; and to 

 behold it escaping with uiiconcefned inditVerence, 

 is a deiiioiistrntiou of the most profound iguo- 

 rancc. 



CHLORIDES OF SOD.\ AND LIMK. 

 \Vc received some time since, a pamphlet of 32 

 pages, 8vo, en'itled Instructions and Observations 

 concerning the ust of the Chlorides of Soda and 

 Lime. IJy A. G. LAEAaaAcitE. Translated by J \- 

 COB Porter, Member of the American Antiquarian 

 Socitty, the American Geological Society, Sfc, &,-c. 



The subject of this treatise is of more impor- 

 tance than any other of a temporal nature, to 

 which tlie attention of the philanthropist can be 

 directed. Life and health are almost or quite 

 as much dependent on the air we breathe as or 

 the food we eat ; and if our liuigs are annoyed 

 with poisonous exhalations, no attention to ali- 

 ment, incilicirie or exercise can be of much avail 

 in preserving a sound mind in a sound body ; or 

 that colidition without which life is little better 

 than a protracted disease. 



M. Labarraque states that 'after three years of 

 uninterrupted success among the sick, proved by 

 the observations |)ublislied in the various scientific 

 jotirijals, and, especially, after a coneideruble 

 number of experiments on animal matters in a 

 state of putrefaction, the Uoyal Institute of France 

 proclaimed in their turn the beneficial eflects of 

 the application of the chlorides of lime and .soda, 

 by decreeing tne a first prize, at their public sit- 

 ting, June 20, 1825.' 



Then follows a resolve of the Prefect of Po- 

 lice, that tliere shall be a disinfecting apparatus 

 of tlie invention of Mr Labarraque at La Morgue, 

 [the place where the bodies of suicides and 

 others who have died from casualties, are deposi- 

 ted to be claimed by their friends,] and with the 

 commission of police. We are then |)resented 

 with instructions for the uses of these liquids, 

 when ' taking up and inspecting a corpse,' — for 

 the 'disinfection of vaults,' &c. And Mr Labar- 

 raque remarks that 'the chloride of soda will be 

 of very great utility in purifying and disinfecting 

 unwholesome stables, and those that have been 

 occiq)ied by sick horses,' and then proceeds to 

 give instructions with regard to the use of the 

 chloride. These are (ninuto and too long for 

 this notice. 



Wo arc hapi>y to perceive that the chloride of 

 r^oda is sold wholesale and retail, by Lowi: and 

 II r.KD, Druggists, No. Ill, State-street, Boston. 

 'I'his article which they furtiish has been examined 

 and reconnnended l)y Dii Wkiister, Erving Pro- 

 fi.'ssor of Chemistry, in Harvard University, A. A. 

 Mayes of the Koxbury labaratory, and Dr Jerome 

 V. C. Hmith, Superintendent of the Quarantine 

 Ground, Iloston llaibor., From some trials of its 

 cllicncy, which have come within our observation 

 wo are led to concliide that its disinfecting and 



sanative properties have not been, and scarcely 

 can be overrated. The chloride of soda possesses 

 some ailvaiiiages over that of lime. It is a more 

 effectual extinguisher of eliluvid from animal sub- 

 stances, and has nothing oflensive in its own odor. 



l.N SECTS. 

 Our friend, the Editor of the Xewburyporl He- 

 rald, has forwarded for our inspection some insects 

 caught I)y a .Mr C. Salisbury, who says that ' they 

 deposit their eggs in Jime in the pimns or apples,' 

 &c. We believe, however, that Mr Salisbury has 

 not apprehended the real offenders. The insects 

 which we received rescndile a species of fly, which 

 we have often seen hovering about the heads of 

 horses, in warm weather. They came to us, how- 

 ever, in such a crushed and mutilated state, that it 

 is not |>ossible to describe their characteristic traits 

 with any precision. They appear to be Diptera, 

 or possessed of two wings, which are naked and 

 tran.<parent, with long legs and antenna?, or feel- 

 ers. Hut the CurcH^'o, or insect which is so inju- 

 rious to our fruits, and for the extirpation of which, 

 premiums have been proposed, is a genus of in- 

 sects belonging to the coleoptera, or beetle order. 

 The manner,' says Dr Tilton, ' in which this in- 

 sect injures and destroys our fruits, is by its mode 

 of pro])agation. Early in spring, about the time 

 when the fruit trees are in blossom, the curculions 

 ascend in swarms from the earth, crawl up the 

 trees, and as the .several fruits advance, they punc- 

 ture the rind or skin, with their pointed rostra, and 

 deposit their embrios in the woimd^s thus inflicted. 

 The maggot thus bedded in the fruit, preys upon 

 its pulp and juices, until, in tnost instances, the 

 fruit perishes, falls to the ground, and the insect 

 escaping from so unsafe a residence, makes a sure 

 retreat into the earth : where, like other beetles, it 

 remains in the form of a grub or worm, during 

 the winter, ready to be metamorphosed into a bug 

 or beetle, as the spring advances. Thus every 

 tree furnishes its own enemy ; for although these 

 hugs have manifestly the capacity of flying, they 

 appear very reluctant in the use of tlieir wings ; 

 and perhaps never employ them but when neces- 

 sity compels them to migrate. It is a fact that 

 two trees of the saine kind may stand in the near- 

 est possible neio'hborhood, not to touch each other, 

 the one have its fruit destroyed by the curculio, 

 and the other remain uninjured, merely from con- 

 tingent circumstances, which prevent the insects 

 from crawling up the one while they are uninter- 

 rupted from climbing the other.' 



MASSACnUSETT.S HORTlCULTUR.\L SOCIETY. 



FRUITS. 



Cherries. — Of this fruit, three specimens were 

 exhibited at the Horticultural Hall on Saturday, 

 by Mr IluFUs Howe, from the garden of Sami ei. 

 DowNEK, Esq. of Dorchester, viz: several hainl- 

 some bunches of the Black Tartarian, of large 

 size and nearly ripe; the English ' May Duke, 

 and a fine specimen of ' Davenport's Early May 

 Duke.' For a particular history of this latter 

 cherry, being the fruit of a seedling tree, we refer 

 the reader to the last No. of the N. E. Farmer. 

 This is uiKptestionably one of the most valuable 

 varieties of the Early Cherry to be found in this 

 country. The specimens exhibited by Mr Howe 

 were grown upon a sucker, taken from a mot 

 of iho parent tree of Mr Davenport. On com- 

 paring the English with the I)aven|>ort May Duke, 

 both of whi'-h were shown in boxes, ami upon 

 branches, the latter was found to difl'or essentially, 



and to be decidetlly superior to the former, possess- 

 ing u richer flavor, of' larger size, darker color, 

 and ripening earlier. 



Stiuiwbirrics. — Fine gpccimcns of tlic Royal Scar- 

 let atid Mulberry were exhibited by Mr Toohey, 

 from the garden of Mrs Gore, and a box of the 

 Roseberry Strawberry, of superior flavor, l>y Mr 

 Newhall of Dorchebter. A splendid sample of 

 tlie Do Wilton was shewn by Z. Cook, Esq. but the 

 specimens 'of Keen's seedling,' ofTercd by Mr 

 llaggerston, of llie Charlestown Vineyard, ex- 

 celled any thing of the kind we had ever seen. 

 This new variety, introduced into this country by 

 diat enterprising' and skilful horticulturist, fully 

 sustained the high character given of it, in the 

 English i>ubhcations, and all that is said of it 

 m the Pomilogical Magazine, where it is ikscribod 

 as being ' I'cr^ targe, viry good and very prolific' 

 Taking all the pyopertics of this justly celebrated 

 ftrawberry into consideration, it may be said to 



iiive no rivrd. Some of the largest of these cx- 

 nibited by .Mr llaggerston, measured over 6J inches 



n circumference, and the average circuinferencc 

 )f the sample, being about one quart, it is believed 

 was over 4 inches. A few of them were of the 

 coxcomb shape, but mostly round or ovate. The 

 produce upon the stalks of a single plant, set last 

 autumn, was exhibited at the Hall by Mr llaggers- 

 ton, which on counting, was fouiid to consist of 

 the astonishing nninber of 157 ripe and grem 

 berries. The size and strength of the fruit stalks, 

 its broad, deep grein leaves, and the general health, 

 "ness and vigor of the plant, ar- well adapted to 

 ;he support and protection of tli. enoimoussize and 

 quantity of fruit which it yields. The conuiiittee 

 on fruits are therefore unanimously of opinion that 

 Mr llaggerston is entitled to the .-^ciety's premium 

 of S2, for the best strawberries!, which is accor- 

 t*ingly awardeil him ; and they further award him 

 a premium of $5, for introducing this new and 

 most valuable variety. — Bv order of the Commit- 

 tee. E. PHIN.NEY, CAairmaii. 



FLOWERS. 



Passiflora ca'rulea, Passiflora Qiiadrangularis, 

 Iri.s, Pseudacorus, Penstcmon campanulatum, Po- 

 dalyria ctcrulea, Tradescantia, Virginica, Varal- 

 bas, Lirioden(h-on,Tulipifera or Tulip Tree, a very 

 title ornainental tro', and some other fine speci- 

 mens from John Lowell, F.si^. 



Digitalis Graiidiflora, Rosa Sulpburea or Double 

 Yellow, with many other fine kinds of Roses, aiid 

 o'.h(ir flowers from Messrs Wi.Nsnir. 



Gardenia Florida flora, Pleno or Double cape Jas- 

 mine, with other flowers from .N. Davenport. 



Specimens of tin' Dahlia ami Jacobea Lily 

 from Geo. Pratt. 



Fine roses from Mrs R. Johnson. Roses and 

 odicr flowers by R. How, from S. Downer's gar- 

 diMi. Roses from .Mr Gibhs, Rk iiaros, and Ii. 

 Sto.ne. R. L. E.MMONS, CAdtVmaii. 



EARLY VEGETABLES 



Were exhibited as follows: fine early Beds 

 frnm Mr N. Seaver of Roxbury ; niusliroonisfri>ni 

 Mr N. Davenport of Milton; and early Potatoes 

 iiieasiiriiig DA inches in circumference, from Mr 

 PoNP of Cambridge. 



Mr Israel Graves, of Northampton, recently niHde 

 from the milk given liy a fi>ur years old Inifir in 

 line week, 13 ponnds and it ounces of butter. \ 

 man in Cireenficlil lately made 29 pounds of luii- 

 tcr from one cow in two weeks. 



