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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



May2&, 1831. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1831. 



Messrs Bcel and Wilsoiv, Nurserymen, of 

 Albany, who are indefatigable in tlieir exertions 

 to introduce the new horticultural productions of 

 Europe, have just received the following vahiahle 

 acquisitions which will be propagated with all 

 practicable despatch. 



100 varieties of pears, mostly new, duplicate 

 plants, from M. Noisette. 



15 new green house and 15 hardy tree roses 

 duplicate plants, from do. 



27 New Roses from Loddiges of London. 



50 do do from Charlwood. 



18 Pears, 12 apples, 3 plums and 5 cherries 

 (scions) from the Loudon Horticultural Society's 

 garden. 



27 Pears and 15 apple (trees) from B. Saun- 

 ders, island of Jersey. 



13 Pears and 28 apples t'rom M. Saul, Lanca- 

 shire, Rev. Mr Bree, Coventry, Youngs, Epsom and 

 Ronald's, at Brentford. 



40 extra fine Dahlias, selected by an amateur, 

 and cost in London §1 each. 



where they get their drink. As there is no run- oneniaZi* ; some of theni are well grown although 

 ning water on tlie farm, we have to depend on only three years planted. 



pumps. And it may not be out of place here to | In the Nurseries we saw a great many Mag- 

 slate, two dogs, one at a lime, pump all the water, nolias, of which they possess no less than thirteen 

 and cut all the corn stalks, straw and hay used distinct species, and tliree varieties ; one plant of 

 for all the cows and other animals of the farm, the Grandiflora is 20 feet high, and in full bloom. 

 These cut articles, nii.xed with cornmeal, hran, ! Here are likewise the Cordata 50 feet high; 

 shorts and roots, are cooked by means of a very I a beautiful Eliptica, in flower ; and a magnificent 

 simple steam apparatus for their food during the | specimen, 18 feet high, of the Conspicua ; th» 

 winter with occasional variations. 4 curious Osage Orange, that retains its lucid foliage'' 



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Value of Agricultural Information. 



Extract of a letter from a subscriber in Maine. 

 'Twenty years since I planted out several peach 

 trees, all of which died soon after, for want of 

 knowledge how to treat them. I was then iiiforin- 

 ed by our knowing ones, that the i)each would 

 not grow in this place. I believed them, and 

 made no farther effort to propagate them, until 

 three years since, I ])rocured from VVm. Kenrick's 

 valuable nursery half a dozen trees, five of which, 

 I now have in a healthy, flourishing state, very 

 full of blossoms, and with a prospect of much 

 fruit from them. For this I am indebted to the 

 information obtained frojn the New England Far- 

 mer. There arc some persons here who know not 

 what kind of tree it is that appears so beautiful, 

 and others when passing have even called in to 

 inquire what they were.' 



SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



The following letter was written by the pro- 

 prietor of ' Orange Farm,' to the editor of the 

 American Farmer. This farm is situated about 

 two miles from Baltimore, and is under the care 

 of Mr Underwood, formerly of Roxbury. It is 

 certainly a very encouraging example. 



Mr Smith — Under an impression thai the 

 agriculturists of our country with a few excep- 

 tions, did not employ capital enough in their 

 business, I, about twelve years since, determined 

 to carry my ideas into effect upon my Orange 

 Farm, consisting of 400 acres. After the desired 

 fertility had been given to the soil, 80 acres of it 

 were converted into a garden, and 270 acres 

 into a dairy farm. Of these 270 acres, about 

 70 are in wood, and about 200 under cultiva- 

 tion. 



The cows are in number about 100 — some- 

 times more, and sometimes less. They are kept 

 in warm, but well ventilated slaldes throughout 

 the winter, and part of ilie spring anil autumn 

 They are not exposed to cold rains even in sum- 

 mer. They run during the summer on luxuriant 

 pastures, each of which afTbnl a comfortable 

 shade. So much importance is attached to shade, 

 that sheds have been erected over the troughs, 



The cows are at all times in the stables clean, 

 by being kept clear of their own dirt, by means 

 of a well constructed drain so fixed as to re- 

 ceive all their dung and urine. 



Of the sales of the jiroducts of this dairy 

 farm, there has been for a series of years a 

 progressive increase. — The account of the sales 

 of last year, as rendered to me by my manager 

 on the 1st Jan. last, you have below; and lam 

 given to understand that it will be more this 

 year. In this statement the jiroceeds of the gar- 

 den of thirty acres are not included. 



As the expenses of repairs, of buildings, and 

 of every other kind, are paid by the manager, I 

 have not allowed myself to pry into them very 

 closely. I have contented myself with knowing, 

 that he has to deliver to me, and that he does 

 deliver to me, without limitation every day, 

 whatever quantity my family may want of fresh 

 butter, creain and milk, and that he has to jiay 

 to me and does pay to me in cash every Saturday, 

 a satisfactory net amount of rent. 



Amount of sales on the Orange Farm for 1830. 

 Milk, $4,822 20 



Butter, 1.779 36 



Beef, 1.201 84 



Veal, 184 79 



Pigs, 72 50 



Vegetables, 455 87 



Hay, 1.153 06 



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9,669 62 



tract froiT 



iting Committee of tile Penn- 

 iely, made July, 1830. 



'NURSERIES AND GARDENS OF D. AND 

 C. LANDRETH.' 

 ' These extensive grounds stand on Federal 

 street, near the Arsenal ; they were first cult^a- 

 ted fortyone years ago, and have been well kept 

 up ever since. 



The earliest collection of Camellias was made 

 here ; some of those now in possession of these 

 distinguished nurserymen, are 10 feet high ; they 

 have twentyfive sorts, two of them seedlings, in 

 liigh estimation. 



The selection of Gree?? House Plants is valu- 

 able, and extensive — consisting, among many oth- 

 ers, of Rhododendron arborea, 7^ feet high, bear- 

 ing rich crimson flowers. The Erythrina crisla- 

 galli, conspicuous in the Papilionaceous tribe, and 

 bearing for the second time this season a profusion 

 of flowers ; the Streiitzia regina, with its curiously 

 formed and elegantly contrasted flowers ; the Cor- 

 rcea spcciosa, &,'c. Diflierent species of the genus 

 Cilrus, consisting of the Orange, Lemon, Citron, 

 Shaddock, &fc. are in good order and covered with 

 fruit. 



The Green Houses are 132 feet, to which are 

 added a room 40 by 20 feet, and extensiire glass 

 framing for keeping plants. Adjoining to the 

 mansion-house are some handsome evergreen 

 hedges of the Arhorvitce, Thuya occidenlalis, and 



longer than any other diciduous tree ; a very large 

 J'irgilia lutea the Gordonia puhcscens ; the 

 Halesia — Carolina snow-drop tree ; a beautiful 

 bush, 8 feet high, of the Clethra acuminata ths 

 Andromeda arborea ; varieties of red, yellow, and 

 white Azalea fine ; Hydrangeas planted in the- 

 open ground many years back, some of which ar8 

 4 feet high, and 22 feet in circumference with^ 

 about two hundred flowers, one flower measured. 

 12 inches diameter ; it is thus proved that with a. 

 little protection this shrub will stand our winters 

 in the open ground ; a large bush of the Pyri 

 Japonica, more than 30 feet round, stands the win*- 

 ters well too. 



The Nurseries are very correctly managed, and- 

 cover 40 acres, supplying every part of the Unio) 

 a detail of which would occupy too much of oi 

 space. We therefore content ourselves wi(h statin] 

 that the stock is very large, and in every 

 of growth, consisting of Forest and Ornamtntai 

 Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Vines and Creepers, with 

 a collection of Herbaceous Plants, Fruit Trees of 

 the best kinds, and most healthy condition ; large 

 beds of Seedling Apples, Pears, Plums, ^-o, for 

 budding and grafting upon, a plan very superior 

 to that of working upon suckers, which carry with 

 them into the graft all the diseases of the parent 

 stock. In these grounds are to be seen in th^ 

 spring tiie most beautiful Hyacinths in the country, 

 consisting of fifty different sorts of the double 

 kinds. 



Garden Seeds of the finest quality have been 

 scattered over the country from these grounds, and 

 may always be depended upon. The seed estab« 

 lishment of these Horticulturists is the most exteflj 

 sive in the Union, and the reputation is well safl 

 tained from year to year. To obviate the chanoSi 

 of mixture of the farina of plants of the same 

 family, they have established another nursery at* 

 suitable distance, so that degeneration cannot ta! 

 place, and which secures to purchasers a genuine 

 article ; the age, quality, and process of culture of 

 every plant being thus known to the proprietors, 

 the supply from their grounds is- recommended 

 with great confidence. When properly assorted 

 and labelled, the seeds are sold at their Ware- 

 house, No 85 Chesnut street, where may be had 

 likewise all kinds of Garden Tools, and publica' 

 tions on Botany, Horticulture, Landscape, and ffu- 

 orative Gardenin, 



HINTS TO FARMERS. 



Baron Humboldt says, that timber should be lift 

 standing on the tops and sides of hills, for three 

 very good reasons : 



1st. Aflbiding a shelter during high winds. 



2d. Aflbrding better fuel than timber from lOW 

 lands. i' 



2d. Preserving the subterranean water courtfei 

 which pursue the uneven tenor of their way Wj 

 the sleep woodlands ; but when the sun is let in, 

 the parched earth drinks up, retards, and finally 

 stroys them. 



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