NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Sept. 17,183 0- 



numerous baskets of beautiful peaches, grapes, pears, me- and fine Spice Apples 

 Ions, apples, &c, arranged in a very chaste and appropriate 

 manner Much credit is due to the public spirit of h-.Ld- 

 wards, Esq. of Springfield, Ms. a member oi the Society 

 who, in addition to the pleasure his own company gave at 

 the dinner table, enriched it witli ten basl<ets of beauti ul 

 neaches, plums, and pears, the produce of his own and his 

 neighbors' gardens. The trellis of grapes, raised in the 

 onen air by Mr Fosdick, of Charlestown, excited much at- 

 tention. The Hall of the Exchange was literally crowded 

 with visiters from 12 to '2. , • . * 



The Society was favored with an eloquent and interest- 

 inff Address by Z. Cook, Jr, Esq. of Dorchester at the 

 Lecture Room at the Atheneum, at 11 o'clock A. M. which 



we presume will be published for members of the Society. 

 AmoncT the fruits presented, were baskets of very fine 



Esperione and Black Hambursj Grapes, from VVm. Dean, 



of Salem ; from J. W. Treadwell, Salem, Pears, Johon- 



not; from T. H. Perkins, Grapes, St Peters, Muscat of 



Alexandria, white Frontignac, black do. ; black Ham- 

 burg, flame colored Tokay, Chasselas or Sweet Water ; 



Peaches and Nectarines, branches of Irish Ivy, from 



plants raised by Col. P. from cuttings taken by himself 



from Carrisbrook and Warwick castles, England, a beau- 

 tiful vine and pferfectly hardy ; from John Lowell, Grapes, 



black Hamburg, (1 bunch weighing 32 ounces,) and 



white Tokay ; Teaches ; a plant in flower, of musea 



Coccinea, has never been flowered before in this coun- 

 try • from Rufus F. Phipps, Charlestown, Nectarines, 



and Andrews Pears; from Dr Webster, Cambridge, 



flowers, dahlias, &c ; from Dr Adams, Boston, magnum 



bonum Plums; from Thomas Whitmarsh, Brookhne, 



Peacheii; from John Heard, Jr, Watertown, Bartiett 



Pears; Dr S. A. Shurtleff, Boston, St Michael's and 



Broca's Bergamot Pears, White Muscadine Grapes, open 



ground; from N. Clapp, Dorchester, Peacl 



ground; Iroin r*. uiapp, i^forcuesiur, i «:au..<;=,, natural 

 of the 5th and 6th generation, has never deteriorated 

 from the parent fruit; from J. B. Richardson, Boston, 

 Peaches- from E. M. Richards, Dedham, Summer Rus- 

 set, RodJuneating, and Benoni (a native) Apples, and 

 uncommonly fine natural Peaches; from David Fosdick, 

 Charlestown, White Muscadine Grapes, tastefully ar- 

 ranged upon a trellis ; from David Haggerston, Charles- 

 town black Hamburg Grapes and Flowers ; from Elisha 

 Edwards, Springfield, Peaches, natural, very large and 

 beautiful, also large and beautiful Pears and Plums ; from 

 John. A. W. Lamb, Boston, Peaches; from Nathaniel 

 Seaver, Roxbury, Bartiett Pears and Peaches ; from J. 

 &• F. Winship, Brighton, flowers ; from Messrs Ken- 

 rick, Newton, flowers ; from Ebenezer Breed, Charles- 

 town, Grapes, five clusters black Hamburg, (2 weighing 

 2i lbs. each,! weighing 2 lbs.) white Chasselas and Mus 

 cat, alio flowers ; ftom S. Downer, Bartiett Pears, Porter 

 and Ribstono Pippin Apples, Morris' White Peaches, 4 

 pots Balsamine, and 2 pots Snowberry ; from Ezra Dyer, 

 Boston, Plums and Peaches ; from John Prince, Roxbu- 

 ry, Ribstone Pippin Apples; Verte longue, Andrews 

 Bartiett, and green Catharine Pears; yellow letter Mel- 

 on, Royal D'Tours, Plums, a large branch of Datura 

 Arborea,in flower. Dahlias, &c ; from Z. Cook, Jr, Dor- 

 chester, Bartiett Pears, and flowers; fror* Hector Coffin, 

 Newburyport, bon Cretien Pears ; from Enoch Bartiett, 

 Dorchester, Peaches, and Bartiett Pears; from S. R. 

 Johnson, Charlestown, White Gage and Bolmar's Wash- 

 ington Plums ; from R. Toohey, Waltham, by E. W. 

 Payne, Black Hamburg Grapes, Pears, Peaches, and 

 Melons; from Win. Stone, city farm, South Boston, a 

 muskmelon, weighing 19i lbs.; from E. G. Austin, 

 Boston, magnum bonum white Plums ; from Edward 

 Sharp, Dorchester, very fine red roman Nectarines ; 

 from Richard Sullivan, Brookhne, Black Hamburg 

 Grapes; from Andrew Brimmer, Boston, White Gage, 

 or Prince's fine white and Hill's native Plums, and a 

 branch of Swan Pears, and a basket of Pears ; from H. 

 A- S. Dearborn, Roxbury, great mogul Plnms ; from G. 

 W. Pratt, Waltham, large Bouquets of flowers; from 

 Wm. Carter, Botanic Garden, Cambridge, natural 

 Peaches, very large and beautiful, and flowers ; from 

 Elias Phinney, natire Grapes, and Nectarines; from 

 Chevor Newhall, Dorchester, fine natural Peaches; from 

 Nehemiah D. Williams, Roxbury, Porter and other Ap 

 pies ; from O. Petteo, Newton, Caroline Cling Stone 



REGUI-AR TOASTS. 



JVew England— The hills that gave shelter to Liberty 

 are now crowned with the blessings of Ceres. 



The ConstUutinn of the U. S— The vigor of the stock 

 will soon correct the saplings thai may be engrafted on it. 

 Liberty— Ha.v'mg completed her Temple— we would 

 entwine'the stately columns with the peaceful vine. 



Our Senator in Congress — Himself invulnerable ; he 

 furnishes arms for thB~security of States. 



Our Controversies jcith the parent conntry— Let them 

 be manly struggles for a more honorable union on re- 

 ciprocal principles. 



^fnssachusctts Caltivators—Ma.y our eff"ortB and suc- 

 cess be in an inverse ratio to our climate and soil. 



Golden Jipples and Golden Fleeces— Ma.y they cease 

 to be emblems of discord and disunion. 



J\,'ullifi.cation — A mode of re-dressing — highly destruc- 

 tive of the black and white sorts. 



Horticulture and Floriculture — By which all climates 

 and all soils may be compelled to concentrate their uses 

 and beauties at the pleasure of man. 



The practical and scientific Cultivator — A man who 

 makes experiments in farming and in gardening for the 

 benefit of his neighbor. 



Diffusion of kinds and of kindiiess — Our grapes can 

 never be sour, for they will be within the reach of every- 

 body. 



Woman The industry, science, and taste of man, is 



improving the soil for a more extended dominion of 

 Flora. 



The fruits of the Patriots of France — We would re- 

 turn them renovated and more grateful to the world by 

 American adoption. 



The monarchies of Europe — Vicious stocks must go to 

 the wall for improved cultivation. 



Cultivation in its tico great branches, menial and man- 



^^l Tiie latter without the former is an eddy in a stream 



—always moving, never advancing. 



Kovelties in eultivatio7i—'!Severl adopted without cau- 

 tion nor rejected without trial— for although everything 

 which is new may not be useful, yet everything useful 

 was once new. 



VOLUNTEERS. 



best modern commentary upon its power and influence 

 when exerted in the cause of civil liberty and the rights '" 

 of man. " 



By the Hon. Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of th( »• 

 Commonwealth : Agriculture and Horticulture — Pursuit 

 in whicli competition excites no jealousy, and when 

 ambition is always crowned with success. 



By John C. Gray, Esq. : The memory of Stephen El 

 Holt, of South Carolina — The death of an accomplisbei 

 botanist is the loss of the whole world. 



By E. Phinney, Esq. Vice President, Rural Employ 

 Tncnt — It gives purity and freshness to the opening bui 

 of youth — beauty and fragrance to the flower of man 

 hood — and a wholesome soundness to the fruits of oli 

 age. 



By Dr Thacher, of Plymouth : The noble achieve 

 ments of Horticulture— VediCheB and Pears big as pump 

 kins, and Grapes in clusters like that borne on a staff b. 

 two men from the valley of Grapes in the wilderness o 

 Paran. 



By Gen. Sumner : The J^ulllficators — South Carolin; 

 Borers — as nobody cares about them out of their owl 

 State, they ought to be dug out there. 



By Dr S. A. Shurtleff: Gen. Lafayette— The Hero o 

 three Revolutions. 



Communicated by Judge Story, who was prevente 

 by illness from attending the meeting : Thepleasures c 

 the Day — The fruits of good taste, and the taste of goo 

 fruits. 



The soil of Mlgiers under French culture — Let th«t 

 plant the tree of Knowledge, and that of Liberty, wii 

 sjiring up of itself. 



By J. C. Gray, Esq. ; The Republics of South Jimerit 



Thrifty plants which have withstood fire and steel b' 



(lint of vigorous shooting — may they never be injure 

 l:y any injudicious attempt at Crown Grafting. 



By S Downer, Esq. : The Second Anniversary of oa 

 Hociety — It brings with it tlio strengthened assurance ( 

 its great success, in promoting the elegant, useful, an 

 interesting science, which it has for its object. 



The Recipes of our English ' Kitchener,' may suit 

 foreign taste — We prefer the prescripions of a yank« 

 Coolc. 



The Garden Festival — 



* Blossoms and rruitl,and flowert togetfier riie, 

 And tho wholo year in wild profusiun lies.' 



ill 



By the President, General Dearborn : Lafayette- 

 ' Without fear and without reproach ;' the illustrious 

 Champion of liberty in three Revolutions. 



Bv His Excellency Gov. Lincoln : The Vine, under 

 the shadow of which Freemen dioell securely— Ma.y its 

 new growth be protected in that country, where it re 



qui 



1 rather training than heading. 



By His Honor the Mayor : J\'c?(i England— May every 

 farm become a garden, every garden be adorned with 

 vines— and may it be the boast of our posterity, that 

 their Fathers did not eat sour grapes. 



Bv the Chief Justice : Education— The culture of the 

 mind, which always requites the faithful laborer with 

 the sweetest flowers and the richest fruit. 



By Hon. B. W. Crowninshield : The Apple and Plum 



.May we never eat of the apple of discord, and have 



plums enough to make smooth the way of life. 



By the Rev. Mr Pierpont : A Garden— the primitive 

 and perpetual scene of all that makes man great — labor 

 and serious thought ; in which having seen the smile of 

 God in the heat , he may hear his voice ' in the cool of 

 the day.' 



By Judgo Chipman, of New Brunswick : The city of 

 Bos(o?i— -May it preserve its high character and its pub- 

 lic spirit. 



Communicated by the Hon. John Lowell : — The Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society-May libfrality, without 

 a tincture of jealousy, and cautious and scientific scru- 

 tiny, be its distinguished characteristic. 



Bv Zebedee Cook, Jr, Esq. 1st Vice President : The 



PeachM ; from S. G. Perkins, » dressed basket of Fruit, PBESs-Charles X. and his ' travtllmg C«4me< —the 



After the Governor had retired — 



Gov. Lincoln — Fearless, independent, and patriot! 



May he who never forgets his country, be alwij 



supported by his countrymen. 



Communicated by Jacob Lorrillard, Esq. President ( 

 the New York Horticultural Society ; The Massach 

 setts Horticultural Society — Her blossoms insure a frait 

 ful harvest. 



Communicated by Judge Buel, President of the Albl 

 ny Horticultural Society : Old Massachusetts — A not 

 sery of Industry, Enterprise, Talent, and Patriotism- 

 Her plants have been widely disseminated, and are fouji 

 to flourish and fruit well, in every climate, and in evw; 

 soil. 



Sent by Wm. R. Prince, Esq. of Flushing, N. Y. 

 The Star of Promise— The Ancients watched its gloij 

 in the East — H'c hail its bright r.scenjion in the West. 

 By Dr Storer, of Boston : Our Society — in these it 

 days of successful operation, may she gratefully remeiii 

 her the vehicle which has borne her on to popularityoi 

 usefulness — a Dearborn. 



Sent by Alfred S. Prince, Esq. of Flushiug, N. Yoii 



Boston Nature's favored spot, where the flowers t 



rhetoric commingle with these which spring from tl' 

 domain of Flora. 



On motion of Mr Z. Cook, Jr, the Hon. Ward Chip 

 man, of New Brunswick, was elected an honorary ma 

 ber of the Society. 



When Judge Chipman retired — 



Jurff^c Chipman — our new member, and the agent f, 



the British Govcnmcnt for establishing our EaiU^ 



boundary — We should be pleased to have such an «• 



fixed as would bring him within ojjr limits. 



By Mr Edwards, of Springfield : The Massaekuilf 

 Horticultural Society— Succeaa and prosperity to all b' 

 experiments. 



After the President had retired, Mr Cook gave— 



Henry A. S. Dearborn, President of the Massodt 



setts Horticultural Society — Under his assiduous, skilfc 



and energetic administration, this institution cannot »i 



to realize the hopes and anticipations of its founderl- 



