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NEW E N G L A X D FAR M E R , 



JULY 2t, IR4I. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Committee on Flowers recommend the fol- 

 lowing prcjniiims for tlic year 1841 : 



Pansies — Fur the best 12 varieties, a premium of $5 



Best n varieties, ' ' 3 



Best seedling flower, ' ' 2 



Piconies — For the best display of flower.s, ' ' 5 



2d best ' . i . 3 



Pinks — For the best display of Pinks, ' ' 5 



Best G dissimilar kinds, ' ' 3 



Best seedlinsr, ' ' 2 



Roses — For the best 50 different varieties ' ' 8 



2d best .50 ' ' ■ i 5 

 3d best .50 ' .113 

 Best display of Cliinese and lender 



Roses, a ])rcmiurn of .5 



2d best do. do. 3 



Carnations — For the best 24 varieties, a prein. of 5 



2d best 24 do. ' ' 3 



Best 6 fJowers, of sorts, ' ' -3 



German Asters — For the best display of flow- 



firs, a premium of 5 



2d best do. do. a premium of 3 

 Balsams — For the best S different varieties, a 



premium of 3 



2d best 8 do. do. a premium of 2 

 Perennials — For the best display of flowers, a 



premium of 3 



Ne.\t best do. do. a premium of i 



Annuals — For the best display, a premium of 3 



Next best do. ' ' 2 



Dahlias — In the following order : 



Premium prize : fi dissimilar blooms, 10 



Best specimen bloom, any color, 4 



2d best do. do. do. 2 

 (Open to nil cultivators.) 



Division A. 



(Open to all cultivators of more than two hun- 

 dred plants.) 



Class I. Best 24 dissimilar blooms, a prize of (3 



2d best 24 do. do. ' ' 4 



Class II. Best 12 dissimilar blooms, ' ' 5 



2d best 12 do. do. ' ' 3 



Class III. Best C dissimilar blooms, ' ' 4 



2d best C do. do. ' ' 2 



Division B. 

 (Open to all cultivators of more than one hun- 

 dred plants.) 



Class I. Best 24 dissimilar blooms, a prize of C 



2d best 24 do. do. ' ' 4 



Class II. Best 12 dissimilar blooms, ' ' 5 



2d best 12 do. do. ' ' 3 



Class III. Best (J dissimilar blooms, ' • 4 



2d best G do. do. ' ' 2 



SI.W 

 The same rules and regulations which were vo 

 ted lust year, will bo observed Ihi.i. 



The committee Impe that the increased interest 

 which has been manifested by the public to visit 

 the Society's room, will be reciprocated on the part 

 of the members, by as rich displays as possible; 

 and every individual is inviled to contribute. 



C. M. HOVEY, Chairman. 

 Boston, June 12//i, 1841. 



Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a high- 

 er respect to wealth than to talent ; for wealth, al- 

 though it be a far less efficient sourceof power than 

 talent, happens to be far more intelligible. — Lacon. 



From the liaUimore Patriot. 



A CONTENTED FARMER. 

 " Was there ever such a person knoiin as a contented 

 Farmer ')" 

 The talented editors of the .American and Com- 

 mercial Advertiser, in their report of Thursday, 

 asked the question whicii I have placed at the head 

 of this article. I answer yes, there have been, and 

 there arc thousands of contented farmers. Roll 

 back the pages of ancient history. Let us for a 

 moment go back to mighty Rome, where Agricul- 

 ture was held in the highest estimation, and where 

 such men as Scipio practiced and praised its pur- 

 suits. Here, too, we sec the great and glorious 

 Cincinnatus guiding a plow, and refusing the 

 brilliant offer of a croivn — the crown of the mis- 

 tress of the world. Was not the farmer Cincinna- 

 tus happy, when he gave up or rather refused the 

 grandeur of a throne, and all the pomp, the pride 

 and pageantry of royalty, for the peace and quiet 

 of his domestic birth ? To him the ojien field, 

 waving with tlie golden grain, the shady wood- 

 land, and the great church of Nature, were more 

 attracting than the splendor of Rome, " Niobe of 

 Nations." Far dearer to him was the humble cot- 

 tage of his childhood, than the grand and gaudy 

 palace of the Caesars. He was contented, and 

 what cared he for the renown of the proudest po- 

 tentates that ever swayed the sceptre, or the might- 

 iest heroes that ever baptized the world in blood. 

 The great book of nature was open before him; 

 and the morning hymns of the feathered choir had 

 more charms for him than music in the brilliant 

 halls in the city of the Ciesars. In the lieautiful 

 flower that bloomed at his door, he saw an emblem 

 of mortoiity — in its fragrance and beauty he fan- 

 cied the virtues of the human character, and in its 

 fragile nature he saw an emblem of the mortality 

 «f man. 



J then ask the question, was not such a farmer 

 contented, when for his farm he refused all the 

 grandeur and glory, all the pomp and splendor of 

 Roman power ? Happy in his' humble home, he 

 despised the crimson robes of royalty, and the de- 

 ceitful adulation of cringing courtiers. Cincinna- 

 tus was emphatically a contented man. 



There are a few illiterate farmers who are al- 

 ways unhappy and dissatisfied with their lot; but 

 the great mass are contented and happy. And the 

 farmer should be the most contented of mortals, be- 

 cause he has the greatest reason and the greatest 

 cause to bo so. In the first place, the fariuer is 

 the most independent of all men, for he is depen- 

 dent on none but (Jod. He sees the rain descend 

 upon his green fields, and lifts his heart in grati- 

 tude to that sublime Being who guides and governs 

 the universe. He i-an produce all he needs; his 

 house is a jiattern of neatness, and his daughters 

 models of innocence nnd virtue. They know not 

 the hoilow-heartedness — the coquetry and frivolity 

 of the city. Like the poet Moore's charming girl, 

 " Tlii'V blush when you praise lh<im, 

 And wcnp whnn you l>lnnic them." 

 Seated around tlie homestead hearth upon a win- 

 ter's evening, who is so happy as the farmer? 



" The childrrn a group, cluslnr round. 

 All Hiiiiliui! tjiroufjli ro^es <>l bnnllh ; 



All when' cnn thtise riches bi' found, 

 SiirpnsKing ihr jiu^handman's wealtli ? 



And oh, ifllipru's crntiludp due 

 Kroni all lei the Father of lo»u. 



How uft should Iho farmer renew 



Hit thanks for ihos* giftii from above' 



The farmer's family is a family of health. They 

 show not the delicacy and disease which harrat^s 

 the pampered sons of the city. True, they have 

 not the refinement, the knowledge and luxury, 

 which are common in the city ; but at the same 

 time they have not the acuteness of sorrow and 

 suffering they bring with them. Industry is the 

 watchword of the farmer's family. 



" For love of wealth some get ensnared 



In sppciilalion's toils, 

 And Cillers when disasters come 



Are ncrabbliiig for ihe "spoils;" 

 ijtill does Ihe prudent laimer pay 



To inrliisiry his vow, 

 Nor heeds the struggle nor tlie strife. 



But steady guides his plow." 



I have tasted the luxuries of the city and the 

 country. 1 have stood in the. halls of grandeur 

 and wealth, surrounded by pomp and pride ; I have 

 knelt at the feet of the proud, haughty, and beau- 

 tiful lady seated in tin? splendid ottoman, and I 

 have talked love to the simple, but sincere and 

 beautiful girl of the cottage : bnt where did I find 

 most contentment, most happiness? Not in the 

 lordly halls of wealth — for pomp and grandeur al- 

 ways carry with them, like the rose, a thorn ; while 

 the modest lily carries nothing but its loveliness 

 and charms. 



I love the city best, because it is my nature tc 

 wish to move amid congregated men. I love tht 

 human race, whether they shine in the gay ant 

 gaudy saloon, or move in the silent fields. But ' 

 do firmly believe, that the farmers of our country 

 are the happiest and most contented men on earth 

 I believe their wives and daughters to be the pat 

 terns of neatness, industry and virtue. In ancicn 

 Rome the farmer was considered the most rcspecta 

 ble of all professions, inasmuch as his was th( 

 groundwork of all, and from him they derived ihei 

 sustenance. There are many weak-minded per 

 sons who, because wealth has raised them abovi 

 the necessity of following a profession, affect !■ 

 despise the farmer — affect to look down upon hir 

 with contempt. Why ? Because lie labors in ih 

 field to feed such fellows as these. It is always 

 murk of ignorance in a man to despise honest in 

 dustry and judge a man's character by his profes 

 sion. It is not the business that ennobles the mar 

 but the man that ennobles the business. 



MILFORD BARD 



The following is from a very interesting addres 

 delivered before the Boston Natural History Soci 

 cly, May .5, by J. E. Teschemacher : 



" I hope yet to see the time when every niombc 

 of the Legislature of this State, shall see his ow 

 district fully represented in the halls of this Soci 

 etv, by specimens of its geology, its mincrnlogx 

 its polished marbles, its soils, timber, and all th 

 products of its earth and waters ; that the Amen 

 can, as well as the foreigner, thirsting for a know] 

 edge of the works and operations of nature in thi 

 rich and beautiful country, may find here such ir 

 dications to guide him in his researches and facili 

 tate him in his inquiries. 



"Our Commonwealth eo liberal, I had nearl 

 said^lavish, in its appropriations for the educatio 

 of its youth, will no doubt soon feel it a duty ( 

 equal if not of superior importance, to instill a tast 

 for such healthy, useful and innocent studies inl 

 those minds in a more adult state, of which it ha 

 been so careful during their infancy. 



" Surely no employment tor leisure hours can b 



