NEW ENGL.AND FARMER. 



Mk Fesse.nde>' — I enclose some extracts from 

 tlie August numbers of the Annales D'Horticu 

 turo, anil of the Institiit Db Fromoiit, containing 

 accounts of several varieties of pears, anil a very 

 intcrcstiiijr plant, from the North West Coast. 



In one of ilio above named publications, is aa 

 pitome of a Horticultural tour made in England, 

 lurini; the last year, by M. Filippar, who frankly ac- 

 nowlcilgcs the preeminence of that country in a'l 

 he branches of rural culture. I shall send it D 

 ou in a few days, as it gives a pleasing accouit 

 f the wonderful progress which has been made il 

 reat Britain in usef;il and ornamental tillage, 

 nd of the efforts which are rapidly developing ii 

 'ranee for the advancement of the science ^nl 

 rt of gardening. 

 Since the general pacification of Europe, eaci 

 ition ap[iears to have sent out its intelligent anc 

 iterprising travellers to explore all others, for tht 

 immendnble purpose of collecting horticultura 

 formation, and bringing back the vegetable 

 assures of every clime. I trust the period is 

 •t far distant, when we shall participate in the 

 nefits and honors of such meritorious and pa- 

 otic explorations. 



With unfeigned respect, 



Yom- most obedient servant. 



11. A. S. DEARBORN. 



EXTRACT NO. XXVIII. 



From Ibo' Annales D'Horticulture. 



JVew fruits, or such as are but little known. 



PEARS. 



Beurke-Curtet. Fruit oval, rounded ; skin 

 len, thin, unctuous at the moment of becoming 

 llow, strijied, and stained with red, on the side 

 'csed to the sun. Flesh white, melting, full of 

 •et juice, quickened by an aromatic tartness, 

 lUliar to the Berganiots. Ripens from the Inst 

 September, to the middle of October, 

 'his new Pear, described by Van Mons, was 

 ined, in 1S28, by M. Simeon Bouvier, an 

 thecary of Jodoigne, who has dedicated it to 

 >urtet, a physician of Bruxelles. 

 ECRRE D'Aremberg. M. Van Mons has de- 

 ed this pear, which is no longer new, but is 

 one of the best, which we know. We only 

 of it now, to show how much confusion 

 leen produced in the nomenclature, by the 

 inymes. The Beurre D'Aremberg can scarce- 

 umber twenty years of existence, and never- 

 it has already four names. Obtained at 

 .eim, by the Abbe Deschamps, in the garden of 

 ospice Des Orphelins in that city, Des- 

 iips at first called it Beurre des Orphelins; M. 

 [Mons, soon after named it Beurre Deschamps, 

 nor of its discoverer ; others have called it 

 "•e Z>' Hardenpont ; and finally the name of 

 j-e D'Aremberg has been given to it, by mistake, 

 •ut doubt, but it has prevailed and will pro- 

 be the only one that is continued. 

 RRURiER D'AuTOM.NE. M. Van Mons says 

 68 is tall and majestic ; the leaves small, 

 lated, and apositely folded. 

 e fruit is very large, oblong, obtuse at both 



'ends ; skin of a delicate green, covered with nu- 

 merous white spots, forming a kind of net work. 

 The flesh is white, tender, melting, full of very 

 abmulant sugary juice. 



At the epoch of its maturity, which is towards 

 the end of October, the skin a.ssuines a yellow 

 shade ; the frfit can still be kept three weeks lon- 

 ger in a good /state. 



M. Van Mons says, that seed from the pear tree 

 which produced the Serruricr, and which was 

 sown at the same time, produced a new Sanguine, 

 resembling )n every respect, as to the form of the 

 fruit and th(: color of the flesh, the ancient, but 

 liclier and more tender. 



De Rao,uinchen. The tree is vigorous, branch- 

 es erect, bark reddish ; buds small and slim ; the 

 shoots often thorny ; leaves narrow, downy on 

 the under surface, and a little dentated ; fruit 

 round, compressed ; stump an inch in length ; 

 skin, rough and brown, like that of tho Messire 

 Jean ; flesh very melting, buttery, and sugary ; 

 high flavored ; rii)ens in Novenjberand December. 



This species of Pear tree merits dissemination, 

 from tho quality of its fruit, which is as melting 

 as the Beurre Dore and the Crassane ; its branch- 

 es should be trimmed at full length, for after the 

 fruit buds are formed at the ends of the young 

 shoots, in order to obtain fruit soon, it should be 

 cultivated in the form of an espalier; the fj-uit 

 jjrows in bouquets like the Crassane, of which it 

 is believed to be a variety ; it succeeds better up- 

 jij a free stock th.in upon the quince, although it 

 l)roduces fruit sooner, when engrafted upon the 

 latter. This new acquisition is very interesting, 

 from the quality of its fruit, and the beauty of 

 the tree. It was obtained by Bl. Noisette. 



CoLMAR D'Ete. Rii)ens in August and Septem- 

 ber; the tree in all respects resembles the Cohnar, 

 but its bark is always creased ; a great bearer ; a 

 very good species, but little disseminated. Pro- 

 duced by M. Noisette. 



Beurre ue Saint Quen'tin. Ripens in Sep- 

 tember ; the tree erect and beautiful ; wood reddish ; 

 leaves long and narrow ; fruit in form of the com- 

 mon Doyenne, not quite so long and larger in its 

 circumference; demi-beurre; well calculated for 

 large orchards, being a great bearer. Produced 

 by M. Noisette. — 



EXTRACT NO. XXIX. 



A method of destroying iveeds lohich grow between 

 the paving stones of yards and courts, and in 

 garden tvcdks. 



Boil about 20 pounds of quick lime and two 

 pounds of sulphur, in 25 gallons of water ; let 

 the liquid cool, drain it off clear, and with a wa- 

 tering pot, sjjrinkle it over the pavement and 

 walks, so as to moisten the ground thoroughly, 

 and no weeds will appear for several years. It is 

 thus that the Cours des Mornaies in Paris, al- 

 though but little frequented, is prevented from ex- 

 hibiting the least vegetation. 



EXTRACT NO. XXX. 



From the Annales L'lnstitut Royal Horticole Do Fremont. 



Remarks on the Lupinus Polyphyllus ; by Guillemin. 



We early signalized, in the Annales of Fromont, 



the services which Mr Douglas has rendered, not 



only to botany, properly so called, but to the nat- 

 ural sciences generally, by the introduction of 

 plants from the Northwest coast of America. 



Among the plants, there arc an astonishing 

 variety, of the Lupinus, Penstemon, (Enothera, 

 &c. It seems that nature iias placed, in those 

 localities, the nidus of these genera, from whence 

 some species have been scattered here and there, 

 upon the surface of the earth. During three 

 years, each monthly number of the Botanical 

 Register, and Botanical Magazine, reveals to us 

 the existence of one or more of these charming 

 plants, reported by Mr Douglas. In October, 

 1827, Mr J. Lindley, described and figured, in the 

 first of these periodical collections, a magnificent 

 species to which he gave the name of Lupinus 

 polyphyllus. After many attempts, we hud the 

 plcasm-e of receiving some of the seeds at the 

 commencement of the year 1829. They came 

 up readily ; but only produced radical leaves the 

 first year, which were multifoliolated, and borne 

 on long petioles. Being transplanted into rich 

 earth, but exposed to all the intemperance of the 

 rigorous winter which we experienced, the roots 

 did not suffer in the least. In the month of April 

 the stalks began to be developed, and produced, 

 toward the middle of May, spikes of flowers 

 which were more than two feet in length. 



Plant herbaceous, vivacious, perennial ; the 

 leaves composed of from 11 to 15 green leaflets, 

 lanceolate, hairy on the under side ; the flower 

 disposed in a lonij terminal cluster. These flow- 

 ers are of a beautifid azure blue, with a reddish 

 border, and they form a kind of whorls very near 

 each other, or to speak more exactly spirals round 

 a connnon axis. The general appearance of this 

 plant is something like that of the Baptisia 

 (Podalyria) auslralis ; but it is, without contradic- 

 tion, more elegant. 



When this plant shall become common, it will 

 be generally cultivated, on a large scale, for for- 

 age, as it requires no more care than sainfoin, or 

 any other legume. 



It is thus noticed in the Annales D'Horticulture. 



We believe we can announce to the amateurs of 

 flowers, cultivated in the open groujid, that it is a 

 long time since anything has arrived, so magnifi- 

 cent, as this plant. Its culture and multiplication 

 appear to be very easy. It is a fortunate acquisi- 

 tion for our parterres. 



Mr Fessenden- — The following Intters having been 

 read, at a recent meeting of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, it was directed, that they should be pub- 

 lished in the New England Farmer. 

 Very respectfully, 



Your most obedient servant. 



H. A. S. Dearborn. 



Brinley Place, ( 

 Dec. 1,1S3IJ.' j 



Letter from F. Falderman, Esq. Curator of the 

 Imperial Botanic Garden at St Petersburg. 

 Sir — I was very happy to be informed, by Doct. 

 Harris, that the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society had considered me worthy of being 

 elected one of its Honorary Members. For this 

 favor, which you have kindly conferred upon me, 

 I promise to do whatever is in my power to render 

 myself useful to the Society. 



