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MASSACITUSETTS HORTICIJI.TURAI. SOClKTY. 



Saturday, April 9. 

 REPORT oy FLOWERS. 



Tn compliance with a vote of the Society, on 

 the 2il inst., "That tlio Flower Cotiirnitlee should 

 take charge of the seeds and hulbs, (fiorri Baron 

 vou Lndwi-j, of Cape Town of the Cape of Good 

 Hope,) and make them into packages, with a cat- 

 alogue of the same, and distribute the same in 

 such proportion and manner as may be most ad- 

 visable to secure a successful cultivation of the 

 le " ; "and also to procure the plants in the 

 iJcraia of Biuuii Liunvig" — beg ieave lo 

 report, that they have attended to the duty assign- 

 ed to them. The bulbs and a part "of the seeds 

 were distributed, on Monday last, 4th inst. to eight 

 of the members of the Society, with an under- 

 standing that a report should be made, and speci- 

 mens exhibited to the Society of such of the hulbs 

 and seeds as may prove to be rare ; and further, 

 some of the recipients of the seed and bulbs, 

 promised to divide their share with the botanist 

 and scientific amateurs in the state, thus giving 

 the donation a wide circulation into the hands of 

 those who will cultivate them in the best manner. 

 An order for the desiderata has been placed into 

 the hands of Mr William E. Carter, of the Bota%ic 

 Garden, of Cambridge, with directions to collect 

 the same, and at a proper season to ship them 

 under directions of the Society. A catalogue of 

 the bulbs and seeds is herewith submitted ; and a 

 further distribution of the residue of the seeds 

 will be made to such of the members as may wish 

 to cultivate any part of them. 



For the Committee, 



Sam'l Walker, Chairman. 



Catalogue of bulbs and seeds sent to the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, by Baron von 

 Ludwig, from Cape Town, Cape of Gfood Hope, 

 in all 261 packages of seeds, 41 packages con- 

 taining 1211 bulbs and two plants, viz: Zamia 

 hortida and Testadinaria Eliphantipes. 

 Amaryllis falcata ; do. sp. from I'rontier ; Bahi- 

 ana strieta var.; do. rubra cyanea ; do. plicata j 

 Brunsvigia sp. ; Bulbine pugioneforme ; Antholy- 

 zamontana; do. praealta •, Hsemanthus coccineus; 

 do. tigrinus ; Ornithogalum inconspicuum ; do. 

 aurcum ; do. do. var.; Cyn-.nthus sp. nou. des. j 

 Vallota purpurea ; Watsonia sp. ; do. spicata ; do. 

 Meriana ; do. do. var. ; do. aletroides ; NSrine 

 sarniense ; do. undulata ; Disa chrysostachya ; 

 Gladiolus hirsutus ; do. sp. ; do. blandus ; do. 

 alatus ; Hesperantha s]). ; Tritonia lineata ; do. 

 longiflora ; do. sp. ; Ixia flexuosa ; do. strieta ; 

 do. do. var. ; Cyanella lutea ; Lapeyrousia corym- 

 bosa ; do. falcata ; Eucomis sp. ; Ixia viridiflora ; 

 Bulbine floribunda ; Myrica cordifolia; do. ser- 

 rata ; Solanum crassifolium ; Brunia albrotanoi- 

 des ; Septospermnm scojiarium; Dolichos ligno- 

 sus ; Phylica larviflora ; Olea capensis ; Crotalaria 

 elegans ; Nymphse scutifolia ; Protea scolymus ; 

 Zygophyllum .Morysana ; Ipcmoea Q5notheroicles; 

 Protea grandiflora; Pomaderis lanigora ; Eulea 

 racemosa ; Virgilia sylvatica ; Eriocephalus afri- 

 canus; Echium capitatum ; Myrica quercifolia ; 

 Sutherlandia fruticosa ; Strelitzia augusta ; Protea 

 cynaroides ; Thujacupressoides ; Protea mellifera ; 

 Protea speciosa rubra ; Burchellia capensis; Pro- 

 tea glabra; Senecio elegans; Casuarina; Sider- 

 oxylou inerme minor; Protea longifolia nigra; 

 Gnidia pinifolia; Hibiscus Ludivigii ; Glycine 

 bimaculata ; Sideroxylon inerme major (olea) ; 



Protea acaulis ; Protea speciosa nigra; Priosiley^ 

 sericca ; Ollionna poctinata ; Solaiiuin laciniatum ; 

 [lex crocea ; Osteos|iermurii spiMiisiim ; Protea 

 plumosa ; F.legia juncea ; Virgilia capensis ; Do- 

 <lonea briquctra ; Prostraiithera oasianthus ; Ur\- 

 known fine shrub ; Gardenia Rothmamia; Oste- 

 ospcM-rnum pisiferam ; Mundia spinosa ; Senecio 

 dentata ; Polygala speciosa ; Testadinaria ele- 

 phantipes; Diosma alba ; Diosma crenata ; Erica 

 alepecuroides ; do. conferta ; do. lateralis ; do. pu- 

 hescens minor ; do. major; Tubiflora; Flexuosa; 

 Mammosa ; Caccans ; Schana rubra ; Viscata ; 

 itlur^ui iiuocu , plukenneilia ; Capitata ; Pulclteiia ; 

 Cricoides ; Imbricata ; panalicniata ; Calycina 

 minor ; Gilva ; Concinna ; Nigrita ; Accacia 

 lophanta ; do. var. speciosa; do. pinnata ; do. 

 oxycedrus ; do. verticulata ; do. longifolia; do. 

 scabra ; do. venusta ; do. bispidcila ; do. sp. black 

 Wattle ; do. Bathurst ; do. Catechu, sp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 5, 6, 7, 8 ; Cu presses australis ; Piiltunea stipula- 

 cea ; do. sp. ; do.daphnoides ; do. longifolia ; do. 

 sp. ; do. cuneata ; do. obcordata ; do. linifolia; 

 Aster sp. ; do. sp. 2; do. sp. 3; do. sp. 4; do. 

 sp. ; Pittosporum sp. ; Pittosporurn viridiflorum ; 

 Calicoma seiTatifolia ; Prostanthera sp. ; Dracana 

 australis; Daviesia mimosoides ; Dillwynia sp. ; 

 Xanthorrhea sp. ; Exocarpus sp. ; Pi-ostranthera 

 lasianthus ; Glycine sp. ; Sieria lanceolata ; Cro- 

 wea saligna; Indigofera australis; Calotharnnus 

 villosa ; Pomederis elliptica ; Eucalyptus obliqu. 

 us ; Glycine bimaculata ; Gompliolobium grandi- 

 florum ; Eucalyptus sp. ; Eloocarpus cyanea j 

 Erythrina Caffra ; Cassia australis; Daviesia in- 

 termedia ; Long Pumpkin ; Pomaderris lanigera ; 

 Glycine rubicunda; Pittosporum undulatum ; Dii- 

 wynia ericifolia; Podolobium trilobatum ; Lep- 

 tospermum scoparium ; Callistemon parviflorum ; 

 Daviesia ulicina; Callistachys ovata ; Clematis 

 antartica; Metrosideros saligna; Eninllis, cloth 

 plant, New Zealand ; Mirbelia reticulata ; Hibis- 

 cus splendens ; do. heterophylius ; Eriostemon 

 inyoporides ; Cynoglossum aiistrale ; Solanum 

 laciniatum; Dodonea triquetra ; Casuarina sp. ; 

 Leucadendron pallens ; Othonna Athanasia j Mal- 

 va retusa ; Manulea cheiranthis ; Podocarpus elon- 

 gatus ; Taxus angustifolius ; Campanula appressa ; 

 Cysticapnos Africana ; Cyclopia (?) sp. ; Kigge- 

 laria Africana ; Helisphylla araboides; Stiibe pi- 

 nastra; Plectronia corymbosa ; Manglila (.') sp. ; 

 Cussonia thyrsiflora ; Hibiscus pedunculata ; lle- 

 benstretia aurea ; Royena glabra; Aristea sp. ; 

 Indigofera cinifolia ; Leucospermum couocarpum ; 

 Willemettia Africana; Hemiannia hyssopifolia; 

 Ononis sp. ; Brunia lanuginosa; Chysocoma co- 

 maanrea ; Silene sp. ; Phyllica pubescens ; Cro- 

 talaria arborescens ; ArctO[iusechinatus ; Ilebens- 

 tretia dentata; Gerbera (?) sp. ; Celastrinea silk 

 hark ; Mesemhyanthemum subalutnm ; Salvia 

 aurea; Convolvulus sp. ; Erodium incarnatuin ; 

 Podalyria argentea; do. myrtifolia ; Podalyria 

 oleofolia ; Witte Peer Colononum ; Artemesia 

 afra ; Astelma speciocissimns ; Leucadendron 

 nana; do. salignum ; Astelma eximium ; Schotia 

 speciosa; Cynanehum sji. ; Melianthus comosus ; 

 Lobelia pinifolia ; Podalyria styracifolia ; Cliiro- 

 nia di'cussatta ; Lessertia ; Pelargonium sp. ; Ce- 

 lastrus pyrantha; Calendula Tragus; Leonotis ; 

 Sida Sonneratianum ; Melianthus major ; Glycine 

 angustifolia ; So!anuni giganteum ; Calodendron 

 capen.se ; Piper capense ; Agapanthusumbellatus; 

 Lobelia sp. ; Malva sp. ; Succisa allenuata ; Eke- 

 bergia capensis ; Astelma Stohelina ; Leucaden 

 drou argenteum ; Mersine sp. ; Phoenecoma pisti 



fera ; Clematis sp. ; Selago sp. ; llhanums letra- 

 gonus ; Taxus angustifolius; Psoralea sp., &c. 



CuLTiVATio.N OF Fbuit. — .\s to thc matter of 

 ]irofit, I would inquire in what manner an acre it 

 ground, in the ordinary course of cultivation, can 

 be made so |)rofitable as in the cultivation of fruits. 

 Good fruits will always find a good ami reat'y 

 market. After th* trees are set out, the ground 

 may be cultivated for many years, with little or 

 no injury to the crop, and with great benefit to 

 th-j frees. The trees themselves will require little 

 other jniior llmn pniniirr. Jiml iliis n'ouires one 

 day annually. If the fruit be judiciously selected 

 it would sell in the market for more than the 

 whole crop of corn, potatoes or grain, and pay for 

 gathering or marketing. 



Fruit is also one of the greatest luxuries which 

 God in his providence has given to man. Have 

 you not been at the festive hoard, loaded with all 

 the dainties which wealth and taste could collect 

 from this and other citmes ? And have you not 

 seen that those ripened in our own sunshine have 

 always been preferred ? What foreign fruit can 

 compare with the mellow blushing apple, the lus- 

 cious pear, and the peach which fills the room 

 with its fragrance ? And yet all these we may 

 have vvhh very little labor and very little expense. 

 Ripe fruit also contributes greatly to health. I 

 have seldom known a family of children accus- 

 tomed to the daily use of ripe fruit, which have 

 much occasion for a physician. 



The peach is probably the most short-lived 

 tree of all our fruit trees, but it is renewed with 

 very little trouble. Plant a peach stone in the 

 piace where you want a tree to grow, and it is 

 very sure to cotne up and flourish. Tlie better 

 way is, however, to have a nuriery. Take a few 

 feet of ground in the garden, and in the fall plant 

 a number of stones. At two years' growth, the 

 tree may be budded with fruit which you know 

 to be excellent, and in the fall of the year it may 

 be transplanted to the place where you wish it to 

 stand. Let it have a southern aspect, at the soutli 

 side of the house or barn, or on the south side of 

 the hill, and it will for several years produce fruit 

 abundantly, which will repay all your labor and 

 trouble. When it decays, let it be renewed by 

 another. In the same manner other fruits may 

 be produced. — Address before the Essex Agricul- 

 tural Society. ^ 



Health of Hop srowers Those who are 



habitually engaged in hop growinghave been so 

 uniformly in good health, as to attract the aften- 

 tion of medical: philosophers. In the farming 

 districts, so called in England, in which from 

 three to four thousand people are exclusively 

 employed in the various preparations of hops, 

 there has been but one death for a long period. 

 Formerly the business was deemed unhealthy, 

 and Mv Ellis, a very humane gentlctnan, engaged 

 at his own personal expense, the services of a 

 j)hysician to he constantly in attendance at East 

 Farley, another famous hop raising place. So far 

 as observation has been made in the United States, 

 an equal share of good health has been meted out 

 to all grades of hop-growers. 



The world is full of cant. There is the cant 

 of knowledge — the cant of sentiment — and 

 (worse than all, because the most ruinous,) the 

 cant of piety. The truly wise, feeling, pious man 

 can detect the counterfeit. 



