VOL, XIV. NO. 13. 



AND GARDENER'S .1 O U R N A L 



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Lcillinii; Diililia of very great merit, raised by lilm. 

 — W. Wortliingtoii, Esq., Dorchester. A consid- 

 lalili- nunilior ot' bouquets ot" cut flowers, con- 

 aiiiiri;;, with otiiers, some remarkably fine speci- 

 -lu'iis of China Aster. 



J. I,. L. F. Warren, Esq., Brighton. A fine 

 ;olK'ction of Dahlias, with several beautiful 

 )ouquots. 



.1. Crane, Esq., Boston. Two fine plants, in 

 )Ots, of Helianthus giganteus. 



Mr .S. Walker, Roxbury. A fine bouquet of cut 

 lowers, with a choice collection of Dahlias ; the 

 nost brilliant in color and perfect in shape were 

 lueen of the Dahlias, ^liss Pelhani, Denisii, 

 ipringfiekl Rival, Tyso's Matilda, Groonisbridge's 

 •latchless; also, a small but elegant group of 

 eedling Heartsease, (Viola). 



Botanic Garden, Cambridge, under the direction 

 f Mr Carter, the following plants in pots: — 

 ianksia serrata in flower, Eugenia jambos, Cal- 

 istemon lanceolata, Eleagnus, Melaleuca, Clero- 

 endron, Protea argentea, Acacia falcata. Aster 

 rgyrophylhus, Laurus indica, Paasiflora alba, 

 )iosma, Gordonia lasiantlius, Ballota, Fuchsia 



f "Delia and Thomsonia, Calothainnus quadrifida, 

 hododendron, and others; also, a very fine col- 

 ectiou of Dahlias, the most prominent of which 

 irere Wells's white, Amanda, Belladonna, Queen 

 If the Dahlias, and a seedling of considerable 

 iauty, raised by Mr Carter. 

 Mount Auburn Garden, under the direction of 

 r Russell. A profusion of cut flowers. 

 W. Kenrick, Newton. Several beautiful plants 

 I pots, including two fine specimens of Morus 

 ulticaulis, with a large quantity of cut flowers. 

 J. A. Kenrick, Newton. A large quantity of 

 HJt flowers. 



Messrs Winship, Brighton. A large quantity 



if cut flowers, with two magnificent plants of the 



ockscon)b, Celosia cristata. 



Lancaster Botanic Garden, under the direction 



f Mr Jos. Breck. A numerous and matchless 



Mllection of Dahlias ; the most striking for beauty 



id shape were Village maid, Thorburn's seeilling 



irom Widnall, King of the Whites, Transcendant, 



^olviU's Perfecta, Widnall's Jason, Queen of the 



fellows, Wells's Royal Lilac, and Margaret's 



^avorite, a beautiful seedling, raised by Mr Breck. 



Messrs Ilovey, Boston. A very choice and 



irilliant collection of double China Asters, em- 



iracing twelve distinct kinds, with several very 



ne Dahlias, the most conspicuous for beauty both 



»f Bhape and color were Lord Liverpool, Negro 



oy, Cassina, Prince George, Widnall's Adonis, 



iota formosissima ; also, several bouquets, re- 



narkable for variety of flowers and elegance of 



irrangement, containing Gladiolus natalensis, Zin- 



ia, violacea var. coccinea, Euphorbia variegata, 



)ahlias. Phlox roseuni, glomerata, cordata, Wheel- 



riana, Americana, Solidago altissima, with a 



juantity of cut flowe;s. 



Mr Sweetser, Boston. A supei-b collection of 

 Oahlias, amongst which the finest were Alba fim- 

 jriata, and the King of the Yellows ; several 

 jeautiful bouquets, and a fine specimen of Rosa 

 Lamarque, one of the most delightful and fragrant 

 jf the tribe. 



Mr D. Muqihy, Roxbury. Many greenhouse 

 plants ; amongst them were a large Myrtus com- 

 munis with fruit, Cyclas revoluta. Viburnum 

 finus, Orange trees, Calla Ethiopica, many bou- 

 quets and cut flowers. 



John Arnold, Cambridge. A variety of plaata 

 iu pots. 



J. D. Williams, Boston. A variety of plants in 

 pots; among ihcm were the Silver-edged Holly, 

 the Jrish Yew, and the Laurel. 



W. Wales, Dorchester. A fine collection of cut 

 flowers and bouquets, in one of which was the 

 beautiful and fragrant Yellow Tea Rose. 



S. H. Weld, Esq., Roxbury. Dahlias and cut 

 flowers. 



B. P. Winslow, C. Newhall, J. Richardson, N. 

 Davenport, J. Gardner and Mr Farnsvvorth. Cut 

 flowers. For the committee, 



J. E. Teschemacher. 



Preservation of Teeth. — Nearly all the ex- 

 pedients resorted to in these scientific days for the 

 preservation of the teeth are directly calculated to 

 hasten their decay. In the first place pulverized 

 charcoal applied from day to day with a brush, an 

 almost universal practice, wears upon the enamel 

 by constant attrition ; under this grinding opera- 

 tion, idtimately, the osseous or inner bony part 

 begins to have a blue tinge, and finally carious 

 spots give evidence of the certain commencement 

 of disease. Salt, lemon juice, indeed any of the 

 acids, are positively injurious, as they act directly 

 upon the lime of which the teeth are constituted, 

 destroy the cohesion of particles, and bring on a 

 speedy decay. Ashes, next to charcoal, is intol- 

 erably bad. Peruvian bark is a good application 

 for the gums, but possesses not the least control 

 over the chemical composition of the teeth. Burnt 

 crusts reduced to powder, also scratch and mar the 

 enamel. Those persons who exclusively confine 

 themselves to brushing their teeth daily with pure 

 cold water, without any regard to the thousands 

 of articles ostensibly prepared with cost, to arrest 

 the progress of caries in teeth, with very few 

 exceptions, preserve them in the highest state of 

 organic perfection. — Scientific Tracts. 



Yesterday the beautilul vineyard of J. Dow, Esq, 

 Brooklyn, was thrown open to the gentlemen and 

 ladies of that city, and to hundreds from New York, 

 and not less than 1600 partook of the grapes and 

 wine, most ta:tefully arranged under an extensive 

 arbor in the centre of the vineyard. Bacchus or 

 Cupid never witnessed a more fascinating scene, 

 and if Bacchanalian hilarity was ever excusable, 

 it would have been so on this occasion, the temp- 

 tations were so great. 



The urbanity and attention of Mr. Dow and his 

 family, excited tin admiration of the numerous 

 visitors. 



Our readers will be astonished to Iparn, that 

 after the profuse consumption of grapes, Mr. Dow 

 has still on liis vines from six to seven tons of 

 grapes, although the vines supporting them do not 

 occupy more than about 100 feet square. — JV. Y. 

 Gazette. 



Smut in Wheat. — The following extract from 

 an article in the New York Farmer of 1831, by 

 one of the correspondents of that paper, will show 

 the neccessity of guarding carefully against every 

 means by which seed wheat can become infected 

 with this disease. Results simdar to this are 

 frequently witnessed. 



"A neighbor of mine, having purchased some 

 very excellent seed wheat, the same was delivered 

 in the farmer's bags of whom he had bought the 



wheat, with a promises that he, the purchaser, 

 would return the bags immediately after the grain 

 was .sown or deposited in the drill. My neigh- 

 bor complied with this request, and having drill- 

 ed about half the quantity, from tliose bugs in 

 which he had received tlii> wheat, he took oppor- 

 tunity on t:ie following day, which day had been 

 very wet and unfiivorable for drilling the remain- 

 der, to empty those bags, in order that they might 

 be returned. Thus was this excellent, clean, and 

 till then unadulterated seed wheat, put into his 

 (the purchaser's) own bags, which befi)re had 

 contained some very foul and diseased smutty wheat, 

 as he together with his farm servants, acknowl- 

 edged the fact. On the third day the remainder 

 of the wheat was drilled ou the sane soil, and in 

 the same field, hut not from the clean bags of the 

 seller of the seed wheat. 



"Now, mark the result at harvest. The clean 

 seed wheat, which had been emptied into the far- 

 mer's own filthy smutty bags, produce about OTif 

 twentieth part of smutty ears ; whereas, from the 

 former day's drilling, not a single car of smutty 

 wheat could be found." 



Cows. — The management of cows, so as to 

 keep them healthy, and ensure a constant supply 

 of pure milk, is not generally understood in cities, 

 and if understood is not practised. Ktrolling 

 through Orange, near Grand street, says the Edit- 

 or of the New York Star, our olfactor}" nerves 

 were refreshed with the delightful odor of cows, 

 something like new mown hay, which perfumed 

 the air, and that too in a part of the city not re- 

 markable for its cleanliness. On pushing open 

 the door of a wooden stable or pen, we found 

 thirty fine cows, each in a stall, and kept iu the 

 most wholesome manner. They were attended 

 by grooms, like horses, curried and kept clean 

 daily, fed with warm swill three times in twenty- 

 four hours, besides meal and hay. The swill is 

 emptied in a vat and pumped into their troughs, 

 and the free use of water coursing constantly 

 through the stable, keeps the place sweetand clean. 

 The consequence of this treatment is, that their 

 hides are smooth and glossy, the animals lively, 

 and their udders distended with milk, which is 

 served to city customers. We think this mode 

 preferable to turningcows loose on the common to 

 pick up the stunted shrubbery, and nip the rank 

 grass, or walk_ the streets gathering the oflials of 

 the city. 



The breath of these cows is considered good 

 for consumptive persons ; and, although the stable 

 has not an inviting exterior, yet the condition of 

 the tenants is really admirable, and we should 

 prefer milk from animals kept so carefully. 



Time for painting houses. The Genesee 

 Farmer says, that repeated experiments show that 

 paint put upon houses late in autumn, or in 

 winter will last far longer than that put on in 

 warm weather. In cold weather the oil dries on 

 the clapboards, and with other ingredients forms 

 a durable body ; but in hot weather the boards 

 absorb the oil, and what remains on the surface 

 has but little substance. 



A Hit. — In reply to a remark that the gentle- 

 men who exchanged two shots at six paces, without 

 effect, " shoota hands," the Lynchburg Virginian 

 ays, that, " it is very clear the gentlemen's hands 

 shook b;fore the reconciliation." 



