No. 9. 



Notices. 



295 



Farmers' Cabinet— Rcmlttnnces, &c. 



As many gentlemen residing in distant 

 parts of tlie coimlry, complain of the ditficulty 

 of remitting so small an amount as the an- 

 nual subscription to the Cabinet, we take this 

 occasion to say, that all postmasters, who are 

 willing to act as agents, are hereby author-; 

 ized, and respectfully requested to do so, andi 

 the receipt of any postmaster will be valid. 

 But in cases where postmasters decline act- 

 ing, and we have no local agent in the place, 

 any gentlpman may constitute himself a spe- 

 cial agent by forwarding five dollars, free of 

 postage, for which seven copies will be sup- 

 plied for one year. 



To those who wish ♦o take the Cabinet from 

 the commencement, or become permanent 

 subscribers, it will be sent for seven years for 

 five dollars. The back volumes can be sent 

 by mail, when desired, subject to newspaper 

 postage only, to any part of the United States. 



I¥civ Publications. 



A friend has very kindly forwarded us f()r 

 examination, two new publications, one the 

 American Flower Garden Directory, an 

 octavo volume of nearly 400 pages, published 

 in this city by E. L. Carey &l A. Hart, 

 Chestnut st.; the other a small volume enti- 

 tled the American Fruit Gard.en Compan- 

 ion, published in Boston, by Weeks, Joudon, 

 &i, Co., and for sale by H. Perkins, Chestnut 

 street. The litle of the first mentioned work 

 is sufficiently expressive of its contents. — 

 "The American Flower Garden Directory, 

 " containing practical directions for the cul- 

 " ture of plants in the flower garden, hot- 

 " house, green-house, rooms, or parlor win- 

 "dows, for every month in the year; with a 

 "description of the plants most desirable in 

 " each, the nature of the soil, the situation 

 "best adapted to their growth, the proper sea- 

 " son for transplanting, &c. Instructions for 

 " erecting a hot-house, and laying out a flower 

 " garden. Also a table of soils most congo- 

 "nial to the plants contained in the work. — 

 " The whole adapted to either large or small 

 "gardens, with instructions for preparing the 

 "soil, propagating, planting, pruning, train- 

 "ing, and fruiting the Grape vine; with dc- 

 " scriptions of the best sorts for cultivating in 

 "the open air. Second edition, with numer- 

 "ous additions. — By Robert Buist, nursery- 

 " man and florist." The author is well known 

 to many of our readers, as an intelligent and 

 observing gentleman, as well as a practical 

 horticHltiirist. This woCk will be a favorite 

 with amateurs, and a valuable assistant to all 

 engaged in the delightful pursuits of floracul- 

 ture. That part of the work devoted to the 

 culture of the Grape is worth the price of the 

 book to any person engaged in the cultivation 



of this most whole.'jome and delicious fruit. — 

 The observations are of a practical character, 

 and the directions so plain that all may under- 

 stand. 



The American Fruit Garden Companion, 

 is from the pen of E. Sayre, and is a practical 

 treatise on the propagation and culture of 

 fruit in the Northern and Middle States. It 

 abounds with useful information ; and we re- 

 commend it'cheerfuliy to all persons who arc 

 interested in raising good and choice fruits. 



AGUICULTUKAti PEKIODICAL.S. 



Having been frequently applied toby many 

 of our patrons, as to the best method of procur- 

 ing copies of the several agricultural papers 

 published throughout the country, and as with 

 but few exceptions agencies are not established 

 in this city, we have not been able to give the 

 desired information. We have tlierefore con- 

 cluded, as a matterof accommodation to those 

 gentlemen who wish to patronize Agricultural 

 Cvorks, published in other and distant places, 

 to offer oiir services to the publishers of such 

 work;s as locaJ agents. Those who wish us 

 to act in this capacity, will please give us 

 early information ; and forward specimen 

 numbers. Address Publishers of the Farm- 

 er's Cabinet. 



How to fejiow the kind of Apple from tUe 

 first leaf of tlie Yearling Seed Plant< 



Frun'. Lawrance's Land Steward. 



"A short and dark green first leaf of the 

 yearling plant, denotes a crabbed fruit. A 

 larger and thicker dark green leaf, a good 

 winter apple, fit to grow on a stiff soil. A 

 fading, broad willow leaf, flat, insipid apple. 

 A paler green, especially if the leaf be limber 

 also, delicate fruit. A wrinkled leaf of mid- 

 ling green color, red streaked fruit ; generally, 

 the' broader the leaf, the fairer the fruit." 



We have just received from a friend in Boston a 

 (■opy of the " Second Report nf the ^gric.-ulture nf Mas- 

 snchusclts" by Rev. HBlfRY Colman, Commifsioner for 

 the Ajriciiluiral Survey of the State. This is a highly 

 important document— notice and extracts in our next. 



Improre your Sfoci.— Gentlemen interested in the im- 

 provement nf stock, are informed that " His Grace," 

 an imported thoroush bred Durham Bull purchased last 

 fall by Mr. PaschallMorris, at Mr. Whitaker's sale at 

 Powelton, is to be found at the residence of Mr. Morris, 

 near West Chester, Chester co.. Pa. For further par- 

 ticulars see Philadelphia Reporter for May, 1833. 



Quantity of rain which has fallen in each month 

 since January I, W.fi. Inches. 



1st month 5.<i3 



2(1 month, 3.42 



'M\ monih 1.05 



Philadelphia Hospital, 4th mo., 1st, 1839. 



Bound Volumes of Farmers' Cabinet* 



ne third edition of thr first volutne nf the Formers' 

 Cahivct is vom ready. Gentlemen who wish the first or 

 second volutnes, or both, can be accommodated. The 

 volumes mav be sent in flexible covers to any part of 

 the United Stales, by mail. They may also be obtained 

 at the otTce, or of our agents, neatly bound-, at one 

 dollar and a quarter per volume. 



