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NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



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for the description of his process of manufacturing 

 it, and remarks upon the soils best adapted to the 

 sugar orchard. To us, good maple sugar is a lux- 

 ury, and as an accompaniment to a great variety 

 of common dishes it is unsurpassed. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



LANDSCAPE Gardening : or, Parks and Pleasure Grounds, 

 WITH Practical Notes ox Cointuv Residences, Villas, 

 PcBLic Parks and Gardens. By Charles II. Smith, Land- 

 scape Gardener, Garden Architect, &c., with Notes aud Ad- 

 ditions, by Lewis 1\ Allen, £axton,N. Y. 



There is no man, permanently settled on his 

 farm, hut may profitably introduce something of 

 landscape gardening about his house ; it may be 

 a. very Utile, but that little will give the whole 

 premises an air of neatness and comfort and at 

 traction -which larger and more pretending homC' 

 steads shall utterly lack. We have seen a ten^ 

 ant so beautify the premises which he was occu- 

 pying by virtue of a lease, and with little pros 

 pect of remaining after that lease had expired 

 that the whole property was considerably en- 

 hanced in value in the course of a few years 

 This was done with a view to supply his table 

 with the common garden fruits and vegetable, but 

 at the same time the promptings of a true taste 

 were indulged, and the beautiful grew up under 

 liis hands, as well as the crops he was cultivating. 



But tliis taste for the beautiful, if natural to 

 all, has never been developed, and something is 

 needed to excite it and lead it on. Good exam- 

 ples among us, in such a degree of landscape gar- 

 dening as would be feasible to all, would do much, 

 — but we must have other helj^s. The book be- 

 fore us, may prove such a help. It is plainly 

 written, gives all the suggestions neccssafy to be- 

 gin and complete a desired plan. In some x'espects 

 it is not adapted to our climate and mode of liv- 

 ing ; but the notes by Mr. Allen, — one of our 

 most practical farmers, as well as a gentleman of 

 fine taste in rural art, — will obviate any difficulty 

 on that score. The book is well printed on largo, 

 fair type, and sold at $1,25, by Tappan & Whit- 

 temore, Boston. 



Eddy on Bek-Culture, and the Protective Bee-IIivk. By 

 IIexby Kddy. With an introductory notice by Dr. J. V. C. 

 S.MiTH. Uararell & Moore : Boston. 



, Dr. Eddy has evidently given the subject of 

 Bees, and the Bec-Hive, much attention, and has 

 treated the subject simply and intelligibly, so that 

 those who "i-un may read and understand." His 

 teaching, we believe, is safe throughout, and the 

 bee-keeper will find it valuable. 

 The Practical Farmer. 



The second number of this newspaper is before 

 us — the first was duly received, but was spirited 

 away before we had time to read it. It is a large 

 and handsomely printed sheet, and fdled with val- 

 \iable and practical articles. Its Editors are al- 

 ready well known to the public as the Editors of 



the Journal of Agriculture, which paper will 

 hereafter be made up from the agricultural por- 

 tion of the Practical Farmer. We welcome to the 

 field every co-worker in the great art, and hope to 

 see good husbandry spring up everywhere from 

 the suggestions and teachings of this Practical 

 Farmer. Boston : William S. King, Editor ; 

 Prof. J. J. Mapes, and Levi Bartlett, Esq., As- 

 sociate Editors. 

 Transactions OF the Norfolk Agrictltural SociETr, for 1853 



Like its predecessors, thesa liransactions are of 

 high inserest, The Address, by the Rev. F. D. 

 Huntingdon, is a« excellent one ; many of the 

 reports are made up in a condensed form and are 

 instructive. The society is prosperous and useful. 

 In another column we give a report from these 

 pages on milch cows. 

 Transactions of the Bkrksltre Agkiccltubal Society. 



The Transaction.'] of this society are before us, 

 and denote a growing interest and wholesome pro- 

 gress in old Berkshire. The Address was by Jus- 

 tus Tower, the President of the Society, and is a 

 good one. The printer, in this case, does not do 

 himself so much credit as do the farmers. 



"GO FORTH INTO THE COUNTEY," 



Go forth into the country 



From a world of care and guile, 

 Go forth to the untainted air, 



And the sunsliine's open smile ■, 

 It shall clear thy clouded brow — 



It shall lose the worldly coil 

 That binds thy heart too closely up, 



Thou man of care and toil .' 



Go forth into the country, 



AVhcre gladsome sights and sounds 

 Make the heart's pulses thrill and leaj* 



With fresher, tiuicker bounds. 

 They shall wake fresh life within 



The mind's enchanted bower ; 

 Go, student of the midnight lamp, 



And try their magic power. 



Go forth into the country, 



With its songs of happy binls. 

 Its fertile vales, its grassy hill;<, 



Alive with flocks and herds. 

 Against the power of sadness 



Is its magic all arrayed — 

 Go forth and dream no idle dreams, 



0, visionary maid ! 



Go forth into the country. 



Where the nuts' rich clusters grow; 

 Where the strawberry nestles 'mid the furze 



And the holly-berries glow. 

 Each season hath Its treasures, 



Like thee all free and wild — 

 Who would keep thee from the country. 



Thou happy, artless child .' 



Go forth into the country ; 



It hath many a solemn grove, 

 And many an Jiltjir on its hill*, 



Sacred to peace and love. 

 And while with grateful fervor 



Thine eyes its glories scan. 

 Worship the God who made it all, 



0, holy Christian man ! 



Dublin Univ. Mag. 



