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Fkvit bearing trees. 



ao. Juglans alba, or Shelbark Hickvi-y of Oliio. Tlicso 

 are of the common size, ami well worth cultivating. 



21. Juglans nigra. This tree in the rich bottoms, is 

 sometimes six feet in diameter, at the lower end, and at- 

 tains the lioii;bt o(>H) or 100 feet. 



2\2. Qiu'uus lyr.it.i. or {oecr cup oak;) growing on the 

 banks of tl}e Ohio and ilississippi rivers, but flourishes 

 well on dry uplands ; limber valuable for posts, &c. 



23. Djosporus amcricana, (.American Date.) 



24. Anona glabra {cusiard ojiple.) 



25. Chickasaw Plum, a very superior one, from Gran- 

 ville, Ohio. 



26. Crab apple. Seeds of the indigenous crab apple — 

 well worth cultivating, for the delicious fragrance and 

 lieauly of its flowers 



Vises and Creepers. 

 28. Parilla lutea. Seeds of the je How Parilla, a pe- 

 —.'ennial vine, bearing large clusters of purple berries, like 

 grapes, and hanging on the vine through the winter. 

 Leaves large and heart shaped. 



!29. Rosa muUiflora, ohioensis ; producing a profusion 

 )f blossoms, of three shades on the same cluster ; one stem 

 leing sullicient to cover the front of a large house. 

 ,30. Celaslris scandens; a climbing plant ; pretty in a 

 jorder of shrubbery. 



31. ISignonia ndieans ; very common in our rich bot- 



Ioms, and affording a prolusion of flowers from May to 

 leptembcr. 

 Native Flower Seeds. 



32. Blue Perennial Aster. 



33. Seeds of an indigenous Red Lily. The stem from 

 ^bich these seeds were gathered, was 9 feet high, bearing 

 profusion of flowers — 37 having been counted on one 



Item ; requires a rich, moist soil, and a little shelter from 

 Ihe suD. 



34. A variety of anemone. 



35. Button Snakeroot. 



36. Indigenous Dracocephalus ; from the hills near 

 Marietta. 



37. Fios adonis ; perennial — requiring a shady situation ; 

 lolor a rich azure ; in October. 



38 Asclepias tuberosa. Not inferior to any exotic, for 

 ■eautv and permanency of flowers. 



39. Gillenia trifoliata. American Tpecacuana. 



40. Cassia marilandica ; common in the river bottoms 

 iDd lich bill sides. 



Seeds from mv Garden. 



41 — 12. Seeds of the Crown Imperial, red and yellow 



-raised in my garden. An ingenious gardener may 



irhaps raise from them some new varieties of this su- 



erb flower. 



43. Purple Dahlia; raised in my garden. 



44. Scarlet Dahlia. Seeds of a ifine scarlet Dahlia ; 

 lOm my garden. 



45. Seeds of a fine Water Melon, called the ' Icc-rind.' 



46. Ohio, flat, sweet Pumpkin — P'lesh five inches 

 lick ; superior for pies. 



47. Sweet Potato Squash; to be cut in pieces and 

 liked, with the cuticle on like a sweet potato. 



48. E.^tra Early Corn ; from the Mandan villages on 

 te Missouri river; fit for eating the last of June in this 

 limate if planted early. 



Twelve Varieties of Peac.k Stones, 

 elected from our best fruit, and ripening at different 



periods. 

 No. 1. Large white freestone Peach — ripe in Sep- 

 mber. 



2. Blood Peach clingstone ; medium size — ripo last of 

 jptember. 



3. Portugal Peach ; a large white clingstone, remark- 

 Hy rich and juicy — ripe in October. 



4. Large red and white free stone Peach ; very rich 

 id juicy, weighing from 6 to 11 ounces — ripe first Sep- 

 oiber, a seedling from mv garden. 



5. Red and orange hee stone ; very beautiful — ripe 

 le last of September. 



6. Large yellow free stone ; a very superior Peach — 

 oe in August. 



7. Lifcrge yellow free stone Peach — ripe first Septem- 

 ir. 



8. Large red clingstone Peach ; weighing from 6 to 8 

 mces^very beautiful. 



9. Red rareripe Peach— ripe in July. 



10. White Peach; (free,) — ripe in August; a very 

 lauiiful Peach, producing white blossoms like a plum. 



11. Yellow rareripe Peach— ripe in July; a very fine 

 Taach. 



1 12. Fine Peaches, not named — Free stones. 

 BirE SPECIMEN OF our common riELD Corn. 



Thirteen seedling apples, scions of which 



AKK put up and NUMBERED, AS FOLLOWS :— 



No. 1. A yellow apple, above medium size ; a regular 

 bearer; ripo in March and April, but will keep sound un- 

 til July — a juicy, pleasant apple, for eating or for pies. 



'.i. .\ deep and bi illiant red, striped and spotted with 

 white. Skin smooth and glossy ; fle.sh white, tinged with 

 red ; juice lively and aromatic — a fine eating apple ; ripe 

 in October, but keeps till January — grew in the orchard 

 of Mens. Thierry, an emigrant from Paris, in the early 

 settlement of this place. 



3. Pale red and yellow, flesh yellow, tender, rich and 

 spicy — a great and constant bearer ; fit for the table in 

 October, but will keep with care till January ; a lar<rc 

 and sitperior^apple for eating. 



4. A large red apple ; ripe in October, but will keep 

 until December — good for eating er cooking. It has 

 been named by the family of McAllisters, who raised the 

 tree, the ' Lalayette apple.' 



5. Medium size, red and orange colored, flesh pale 

 yellow, juicy and sprightly — keeps till late in the spring ; 

 good for eating oi' cooking. — From Mr Middlcswart. 



6. A mottled and marbled appearance, dark mixed ; 

 juice very sweet; medium size, flat— fine for baking or 

 making preserves; keeps sound until spring. — From'do. 



7. A large and yellow apple, of the most brilliant and 

 beautiful appearance ; a great and constant bearer— su- 

 perior for culinary purposes, and a tolerable table apple ; 

 keeps till January. — From Mr Jennins^s. 



8. A very beautiful apple ; spotted on the sunny side 

 like a leopard, red and yellow spots ; medium size ; flesh 

 white, juice rather acid ; keeps well, but more valued for 

 its striking beauty, than e.xcellent qualities. — From do. 



9 A large, well formed apple, highly tinged Willi red; 

 flesh white, rich and fine flavored ; ripens in October, hut 

 will keep till November or December. — From Mr Gates 



10. A good sized apple ; yellow when ripe, with a rus- 

 set cheek ; flesh, juicy, aromatic and breaking, and to 

 my taste one of the very best table apples ; shaped like a 

 lemon, and by me named the Lemon Pippin; a gi-eat 

 and constant bearer; keeps till January; raised in the 

 orchard of Mrs Cook. 



11. A seedling from the ' Cooper apple ;' a fine large 

 apple, often weighing a pound ; one of the most rich, fine 

 flavored, and aromatic apples in the country ; in eating 

 from October to January. External appearance like that 

 of No. 9.— From the orchard of Mr Cole. 



12. A fine large sweet apple— striped with bright red, 

 a little inor-e oblong than No. 7 ; ripe in October and 

 November, a great and constant bearer ; very fine for 

 baking. The tree stands by the side of No. 7, and as 

 the fritit falls on the ground, and intermixes from the 

 two trees, it requires a careful scrutiny to distinguish the 

 sweet from the sour. — From Mr Jennings. 



13. A large apple, nearly the size of No. 4, in the 

 painted specimens ; color not so deep ; more flat ; ripe in 

 October — a super ior apple for eating or culiuaiy pur-poses. 



14. Cuttings of a wild plunr ; ripe in September. 



15. Cuttings of a native Gooseberry; fruit covered 

 with spicula; very hardy and suitable for tarts, but not 

 good for eating. 



16. Cuttings of a native grape; growing on the hills in 

 a poor clayey soil, producing its fruit near the ground, 

 being a small vine compared with the fox grape ; it 

 makes a very rich wine. 



17. Burlingame pear cuttings. 



18. Native crab apple scions ; blossoms of the most de- 

 licious fragrance. 



Also, 4 varieties of Peach cuttings- seedlings. 



Drawings, done in oil, of ten of the apples are packed in 

 the box, with a basket of Ohio fruit, grown last autumn, 

 and painted by Mr Bosworth, of Marietta. 



N. B.— The drawings of the apples .are numbered on 

 the back of the piece, opposite the fruit represented ; and 

 corresponding numbers are attached to the bundles of 

 scions. 



Attached to each bundle of Seeds, is a written descrip- 

 tion of the plant, its blossoms, habit, &c. or something 

 relating to its qualities, which may be useful to the cul- 

 tivator. [Published in preceding column.] 



Resolved, That the thanks of llie Society lie 

 presented to Doct. S. C. Hildieth, for the valtia- 

 hle jireseiit of seeds and scions, anil drawings of 

 several kinds of Ohio fruits which he has so lib- 

 erally transmitted. 



Z. Cook, .Tr. Esq. first Vice President, pre- 

 sented scions of several valuable fruits. 



Doct. Francis Lieber jiresented a jiackage of 

 Lentils, which where raised in Germany. 



This losunie is o.xtensively cultivated by the 

 Dutch and Germans, and is esteemed as one of 

 their most valuable edible vegetables. Tliey are 

 only eaten when ripe and are ineserved as a sub- 

 stitute for dry peas and beans. 



The Lentils of Egypt were highly valued by 

 the ancients, am! arc ofton mentioned in the Uible. 

 Doct. Shaw says ' those of Alexandria arc par- 

 ticularly valiiabh,', and are the principal food of 

 persons of all distinctions ; they arc stewed with 

 oil, dissolving easily into a mass and making a 

 pottage of a cliocolair color. This we find was the 

 " letl pottage," which Esau, from thence called 

 Kdom, exchanged for iris birth-right.' ' When 

 David was come to Mahanaim, Sliobi, Machir 

 and Barzillai brought him /e?iii7s, among the vari- 

 ous articles of food, which were furnished to his 

 hungry, weary and thirsty people in the wilder- 

 ness. 



Doct. Lieber li.is kindly promised to furnish tbe 

 German recipe for cooking them, when it wHl be 

 publisheil in the New England Farmer. 



licsolved, That the thanks of the society be 

 presented to Doct. Francis Lieber for the addi- 

 tion he has made to our varieties of pulse. 



The following letter from Admiral Sir Isaac 

 Coffin was read by the President of the Society. 



Phil.idelpliia, Mny 3, 1831. 

 Sir — I should long since have replied to your 

 kind communication of the 6th of last December, 

 had not the gout disabled my right hand. 



I am truly sensible of this additional mark of 

 attention ray countrymen have been pleased to pay 

 me, and on all occasions as far as my poor abilities 

 will allow shall be most happy to contribute to the 

 advancement of horticultiu-al knowledge in that 

 part of the United Slates most dear to me. 



I must take occasion to observe, which you can 

 communicate to the jiarfies most interested, thai 

 I have no doubt tbe ravages annually committed 

 by fiost on our Islands in Boston Harbor and no< 

 the sea, may be easily and successfully arrested by 

 planting hardy trees of the Pinastro tribe ficing 

 the sea on Deer Island, Long Island and George's 

 Island. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your humble servanf, 



Isaac Coffiw, 

 Gen. H. a. S. Dearborn, Admirat. 



Pips. JI.iss. Hort. Focielv. 



Clark's Patent Waffon continues the transporta- 

 tion service between Boston and Montpelier, and is 

 approved by the driver. It started from Boston on 

 Saturday, with a cargo of four tofis, which was 

 drawn over our pavement with ease and at good 

 speed by two horses, the driver sitting on the wagon 

 with long reins. The vvheels are seven feet in di- 

 ameter, each wheel acting on a short and separate 

 axle established outside of the wagon. Tire wagon 

 is thus ))Grmitted to hang low between the wheels, 

 and is loaded with peculiar conveniejice. The ac- 

 cident of upsetting, which sometimes occurs toother 

 wagons, can hardly happen to this. 



Population. — A list has been published in many 

 of the papers purportinfr to contain the names of the 

 towns in the United States, of more than .'5000 in- 

 habitants, with their population. Tliis list is quite 

 imperfect, and the statement of population incorrect. 

 Three towns in this State, of over .'5000 inhabitants, 

 each, are omitled, viz. Gloucester, which has 7.513, 

 Nantucket 730-2, and Middleborough 5008. There 

 are 15 towns of this class in Massachusetts. 



The late Hon. James Lloyd bequeathed .$5,000- 

 each to the Asylum for Indigent Boys, and to the 

 Female Orphan Asylum, of Boston, 



