VOI-. XIV. so. ao. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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MASSACHUOETTS HORTICCI^TURAI. SOCIETY. 



An ailjoiiniod nicetin;; of Uie Society was held 

 October 24th, itt the usual time and place, the 

 Presidout, Hon. E. Vosc, in the chair. 



The coiiiniittce for ro-iiiodclling the Constitu- 

 tion and hy-lavvs of the Society, presented their 

 re|)ort, coniprisinj; a revised draft of the same ; 

 whii'h after having heen read, the report was ac- 

 cepted unanimously, and the proposed constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were also unaniiuously adopted. 



On motion of IMr French, it was then voted, 

 That the committee charged with the publishing 

 of the annual address, be directed to superintend 

 the publication of the new constitution and by- 

 laws of the Society. 



On motion of jMr French, the propositions of 

 Mr Olik-er, previously laid before the Society, to 

 award pieces of plate to sundry gentlemen therein 

 named, viz. : Messrs Robert Manning, of Salem, 

 William Keurick, of Newton, Sainiiei Walker, of 

 Roxbury, and Messrs Winship, of Brighton, were 

 (uken from the file, and disposed of as follows: — 



Voted, unanimously, That the Society award 

 to Mr Robert planning, of Salem, a piece of plate 

 of the value of fifty dollars, with a suitable in- 

 scription, for his meritorious exertions in promo- 

 ting the cause of pomological science, and for 

 obtaining valuable new varieties of fruits from 

 Europe. 



Voted, unanimously, That the Society award 

 to Mr AVilliam Kenrick, of Newton, a piece of 

 plate of the value of fifty dollars, with a suitable 

 inscription, for his successful efl^orts in procuring 

 Bcions of new fruits from Europe, and for his 

 valuable treatise on fruit trees. 



Voted, unanimously, That the Society award 

 to Mr Marshal P. Wilder, of Dorchester, a piece 

 of plate of the value of fifty dollars, with a suit- 

 able inscription, for beautiful exhibitions of Ca- 

 raelias, Roses, and Dahlias, embracing many new 

 varieties, imported by himself from Europe. 



Voted, unanimously. That the Society award 

 to Mr Samuel Walker, of Roxbury, a piece of 

 plate of the value of fifty dollars, with a suitable 

 inscription, for splendid exhibitions of new varie- 

 ties of tulips, pinks, and anemones, imported by 

 himself from Europe, and for his successful efforts 

 in the cultivation of the same. 



Voted, That the Society award to Messrs Win- 

 ■hip, of Brighton, a piece of plate of the value of 

 fifty dollars, with a suitable inscription, for their 

 long and valuable services as members of the 

 Society. 



On motion of Mr French, Voted, That the 

 ' Wells' premium,' of one hundred dollars, being 

 the amount of a donation from the Hon. Johu 

 Wells to the Society in the year 1829, for improve, 

 ment in the cultivation of Apples — together with 

 the interest which shall have accrued thereon — 

 be awarded in the year 1839, according to the 

 original intention of the donor, and that the Trea- 

 uurer of the Society is hereby directed to appro- 

 priate from the funds, to be kept specifically sepa- 

 rate, the amount necessary to carry this object 

 into effect. 



Voted, That the Executive Committee b'e 

 charged with procuring the awards to be pre- 

 sented to the several gentlemen, agreeable to pre- 

 vious votes. 



Voted, To adjourn to Saturday next, 11 o'clock, 

 A. M. E. Weston, Jr., Rec. Sec'y. 



Extract of a letter from Dr Mease,* of Philadel- 

 (ihia, relative to a new |iear, called the Tyson pear. 

 The scions were received by Mr French, and by 

 him distributed to members of the Society, last 

 spring, some of which have taken and are now 

 doing well. 



Philadelphia, March 31, 1835. 



Dear Sir: — I have this day put on hoard the 

 brig Juan, (a regular trader,) a small box of grafts 

 of the "Tyson pear," from Jenkintown, Abington, 

 Montgomery county. Pa. They were brought 

 to town this morning by Mr T. for me, in conse- 

 quence of your request of the 11th inst. They 

 came from the original tree, which was a seedling 

 that Sjiruug up in a hedge on Sir Tyson's farm. 

 If the climnte and soil of the Bay State should 

 prove propitious to the fruit, I think you will say 

 what I do of it, — that it is superior to any early 

 pear we have. I send the grafts, with my hearty 

 wishes for their success, and hope the mend)ers 

 of the Horticultural Society who may cuUivate 

 them, may long live to enjoy the wholesome luxu- 

 ry of their fruit. 



* Dr Mease is an Ilonorar}' Member of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society ; but, by some mistake, his name is 

 omitted in the Catalogue. 



CABBAGr;s. — The largest cabbage in the world 

 has been raised by Mr George P. Frost, in his 

 garden in the village of Ithaca, in the state of N. 

 York. It weighs thirty and a half pounds ! — Al- 

 bany Evening Jour. 



Not so fast, Mr Journal. The little state of 

 Vermont has beat "the world" all hollow. A 

 <'abbage raised in the garden of Dr Cyrus Wash- 

 burn, of Vernon, was left at this office on Satur- 

 day last, which weighed thirtyone pounds ! It 

 grew on a stump of one inch and a quarter in 

 diameter, and measured, exclusively of a few loose 

 leaves, four feet in circumference. — Ver. Phcenix. 



[Mr Colder, at bis stall in this market, has ex- 

 hibited there a cabbage head, which v/eighed 

 thirty'hree and a half pounds. It was a huge 

 one, and attracted much attention. Vermont and 

 New York, ' hide your diminished heads.' -Mas- 

 sachusetts' heads against the universe.] 



New silk worm. — "The fruits of this captain- 

 cy (Maranham, Brazil,) are excellent. Cattle, 

 sheep, and goats, ai-e stated to be more prolific 

 than in Europe, but they degenerate. There is 

 said to be a native silk worm here, whose cone is 

 thrice the size of the European one, the color of 

 the silk a deep yellow ; it feeds upon the pinheira, 

 or atta, an indigenous tree, and upon the leaves of 

 the orange." — Communicated from the Modern 

 Traveller, vol. 5, p. 286. 



Cider — Is as plenty as ' toads under a harrow ' 

 this year. It is hard stuff we should think, by 

 the grimaces people make in drinking it. As an 

 old soaker said, when he took a long swig, drain- 

 ing the whole cup, he couldn't bite it off! One 

 can hardly blame a man for entire abstinence, — 

 for "swearing off" from the use of suc/t cider. 

 It's selling here, some of it, at fifty cents a barrel, 

 and it is a " dead shave " to buy it even at that 

 rate. — N'orthampton Courier. 



The population of the city of New York, it 

 appears by a late census is 269,873. 



From the Old Colony Press. 

 To the Trustees of llio IMyninutli County Agricultural Society. 



The Committee on Manufactures in inakiugtho 

 report of awards would remark: 



In no former exhibition 1ms there been a greater 

 display of industry, iugemilty and corract taste. 



It is not saying too much, nor is it unmerited 

 ap|ilaiise, to make public acknowledgment, that the 

 ladies, the better half, do all of their half in sus- 

 taining and iu giving a lively interest to our Cat- 

 tle Shows. As it regards the exhibition of Man- 

 ufactures, they do the whole. The Carpets and 

 Rugs presented this year were very rich and taste- 

 ful, some of the best specimens of female indus- 

 try, ingenuity and taste, we have ever noticed, and 

 we thought it requisite to extend the rewards. 



The small piece of black worsted cloth, pre- 

 sented by Mrs Mary Aldeu ol Duxbury, was very 

 nice and fine, worthy of special notice. 



The samples of F'lannels were unusually good, 

 shewing an advance in that article — also the 

 Blankets — the pair presented by Mrs Deborah 

 Cushing of Hingham, were beautiful. 



As to Hosiery, there never has been presented 

 so great a variety nor better samples — black and 

 white worsted, fine woollen, cotton and linen : and 

 there was a pair of rich silk hose manufactured 

 by Mrs Elizabeth Brooks of Scituate, deserving 

 particular attention. The committee agreed to 

 award her one dollar, but it was unintentionally 

 omitted in reading the report; as was also the case 

 in regard to a pair of beautiful linen sheets made 

 and presented by Mrs Jonathan Copeland Jr. of 

 West Bridgewater, for which we recommend an 

 award of two dollars, and we trust in both of these 

 instances of omission, the Trustees will confirm 

 the awards, at their next meeting, for no articles 

 presented were more meritorious. The Exhibi- 

 tion this year has never been surpassed, if equal- 

 led ; and we are confident the board of Trustees 

 discern solid grounds of encouragement and per- 

 severance, and that they will be stimulated there- 

 by to lead the jjublic omcard, in laudable compe- 

 tition to greater and still greater degrees of well 

 directed industry, and progressive improvement, 

 to an unparalleled elevation. 



MORTON EDDY, 

 Chairman of the Coynmittee on Manufactures. 



N. B. — The Cocoon of a native silk worm was 

 presented for show by Jacob Tirrel of this town, 

 and it ought to have been exhibited. He discov- 

 ered the worm on an apple tree feeding on the 

 leaves. It was about 3 inches long, in color very 

 beautiful. He took it and fed it on mulberry and 

 apple leaves when it commenced spinning, and in 

 ten or twelve days finished a cocoon which very 

 much resembles the cocoon of the ordinary silk 

 worm, yet of rather coarser texture. 



Michael Guy was lately indicted, tried, con- 

 victed, and sentenced to pay a fine of twenty dol- 

 lars and cost, and be imprisoned three months in 

 New Castle, Delaware, for attempting, when dri- 

 ving a four horse wagon, to prevent a gentleman 

 from passing him in a carriage, and driving 

 against him after he had passed. 



A French paper gives a description of an um- 

 brella, invented by an ingenious mechanic of Pa- 

 ris, which he calls an omnibus. This umbrella, 

 very light, is of the ordinary dimensions, and by 

 means of a spring may be extended at pleasure, 

 so as to place under cover two, four, or even six 

 persons at once. 



