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NEW E N G L A N D FARMER, 



OCT. 6, 1841. 



Permit me, tlioii, to scan llie past history of lliis 

 Society, and say a word in anticipation lA' the fu- 

 ture. It is sometimes well to loolj back and see 

 from whence we .sprung. Fourteen years ago and 

 the Massachusetts Horliculturiil Society was not in 

 existence. Their first ineclin<,'3 were held in a 

 Binall room in Congress street; after that, they met 

 in an upper room over the New England Agricul- 

 tural Sfed Store ; from ti>ero they removed to Joy's 

 huikiinjf.s, und from there to a room in Cornhill, 

 and finally to their present hall, in Tremnnt Row. 

 This is a history of its location. Jlut who can re- 

 count its (ids, and the benefits thereof to the com- 

 munity and after generations I 



Had 1 the eloquence of Cicero, it might be ex- 

 hausteil on this sulijecl. The purchase of, and the 

 maturirig the plans of the Cemetery at Mount Au- 

 burn, are deeds worthy of any Society. This act, 

 sir, may be considered as the corner-stone of onr 

 transactions. And on this act we may, by united 

 effort, raise a temple, which shall be the delight of 

 future generation.s. A temple where the old and 

 the young, the rich aRd the poor, the learned and 

 the unlearned, may come and partake freely of the 

 treasures which ever flow from our lovely Flora, 

 and her twin sister, the beautiful Pomona. I said, 

 sir, raise a temple. Yes, sir, a temj)lc, that shall 

 be an ornament to the city of Doatim, and the fu- 

 ture pride of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

 Sir, the people are with us — our interests are the 

 interests of the public, and we have only to say we 

 want a hall of suitable dimensions for our use, 

 and who that understands tlie subject can refuse 

 us aid, and bid us God speed ? No, sir, let the 

 claims of fruits and flonors, und their moral influ- 

 ence he fully understood, and we shall liave no ri- 

 val with the virtuous and the wise, except tliat re- 

 ligion whoso ways are ways cif pleasantness and 

 all her paths are ])aths of pence. 



He concluded with the following sentiment — 

 The Practical Cultivator — 



" For him the Spring; 



Distils hpr dews, and from tlie silken gem 



Its hicld leaves unfolds; fur hiin, ihc hand 



Of Autumn linges every fertile iirnnch 



Willi Mooming gold anil blushas like the morn." 



By J. E. Tesclieniacher, corresponding member 

 — The union of Science and Horticulture — It will 

 improve our fruits, flowers and vegetables, and will 

 advance the knowledge of the practical cultivator. 

 By Isaac Ilurd, Esq., of Cincinnati. The fruits 

 of the North — As delicious as those of the tropics, 

 though many are of a If'ilder growth. 



By I). Haggerston. New England — Though in 

 her soil the fig-troe does not blossom nor the olive 

 yield her oil, yet in her schools and colleges morals 

 and intellect are matured ; in her forum the myrtle 

 flourishes for her sages, and Hunker Hill and Ben- 

 nington will be ever green with laurels for her he- 

 roes. 



By J. Stickney. The Mnssachnaetts Horticul- 

 tural Society — Although situated far to the north, 

 in a sterile section of the country, it has beeo stead- 

 ily progressing in usefulness, till its powerful influ- 

 ence is felt 10 the utmost limits of this vast repub- 

 lic. 



By S. Pond. Robert Manning, of America, and 

 Van Mons, of Europe — Their exertions in the 

 cause of Pomona, entitle them to tlio gratitude and 

 respect of all generations. 



The Members of the Massachusetts Horticultu- 

 ral Society — While we have such Cusliinps to re- 

 pose on ; such H'ind-ships to sail with ; such fVar- 



rens to breed in ; such Ponds to circunmavigate ; 

 such H'alkem on the course; it behooves the young 

 amateur in horticulture to take heed to his ways, 

 as he will find a Wilder man in the field, who is 

 hard to beat. 



By R. M. Richards, the Recording Secretary. 

 The Apple of discord — .May those exclusively who 

 sow, reap it, and eat of its fruit to their heart's 

 content. 



By C. M. Hovcy. Robert Manning — The inde- 

 fatigable Pomologist and the estimable citizen. 

 His labors in identifying our various fruits, have 

 accomplished for America what Knight has for 

 England, and Van Mons for Belgium. 



By S. Sweetser. Horticulture and Fluriculture 

 — The flint and sled, which, when brought in col- 

 lision, elicits a spark that purifies and elevates the 

 soul. 



By Wm. Thomas. Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Societies nf the IJ'th century — Second only to 

 the schools planted by our ancestors of the 17th 

 century for the protection of our liberties and the 

 welfare of man. May their fruits be as good. 



By (). Johnson. Our Society — Devoted to the 

 promotion of the peaceful pursuits of horticulture: 

 may its members cultivate the virtues, liberality 

 and good feeling. 



By a Guest. Mr Presidei;t, — Having heard 

 much regret expressed that ladies are not admitted 

 to our board, I will oft'er this sentiment — 



May our tables in IS12 be adorned, not only by 

 the fruits of the cartli, but by the flowers of heaven. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society — Loses 

 nothing of its attraction, while it marshals at the 

 head of its list the Wilder fruits. 



Horticulture — Art engrafted on nature. 



The Editor of the Magazine of Horticulture — 

 His works prove that he is not less expert in hand- 

 ling a pen than in handling a hoe. 



Many other sentiments were given, of which we 

 have not obtained copies. 



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tice of this little interesting creature, which bringt 

 its labors into a new view, and by which it won 

 seem that wc might be able to account for th 

 extensive forests of oaks which spring up sponi 

 neously on the removal of a growth of pine ; a cir 

 cumstance that has ballled the coniertures of iiianj 

 of the learned amongst us, and has never beei 

 satisfactorily accounted for. 



In a late English work, it is said : "The truth 

 that no animal is created but for some wise pur 

 pose, is beautifully illustrated in the squirrt'l. I 

 is a singular but well-authenticated circumst:inc« 

 that most of those oaks which are called spont* 

 ncous, are planted by this animal, in which way hi 

 has performed the most essential service to maa 

 kind. It is reliitcd that a person walking one do) 

 in the woods, his attention was diverted by a squlj 

 rel which sat very composedly upon the ground 

 In a few moments the squirrel darted to the tup o 

 a tree beneath which he had been sitting, and ii 

 anotlur instant he was down with an acorn in hi 

 mouth, and after digging a small hole with his fon 

 feet, he stooped down and deposited the 

 then covering it, he darted up the tree aga 

 in a moment was down with another, wh 

 buried in the same manner: this he contiu 

 do so long as the observer thought proper to 

 him. This industry of the little animal is d 

 to the purpose of securing him against want 

 ter, but his memory not being sufficiently reti 

 tive to enable him to remember every spot in wh 

 he deposited an acorn, he must lose many ev 

 year, which are destined to spring up at some Ik 

 ture period to supply the place of the parent tra 

 — perhaps a century hence!" B. j 



From the Farmer's Cabinet. 



SQUIRRELS. 

 Mr Editor — I am glad that agriculturists are 

 combining against the race of gunners, more prop- 

 erly termed loafers, who whge an eternal war 

 against every thing that has life in the shape of 

 bird or beast, be it never so small and insignificant 

 in value; their only object would seem to be ex- 

 termination, without the least regard to the injury 

 they are inflicting on the harmless animals them- 

 selves, or the proprietors of the lands upon which 

 tliey trespass with impunity. It has often been 

 calculated that the services of a pair of small birds 

 have been of more real value to the farmer than 

 the labors of many a large animal, and ihe conside- 

 ration of the subject seems at length to have awak- 

 ened them to their true interests : it is to be hoped 

 they will carry out their determination to alTord 

 protection to their little laborers, by which there is 

 no doubt they will reap advantages an hundred 

 fold. But, although we find many who are ready 

 to advocate the cause of the birds, we never hear 

 any conunisseration expressed for the little ani- 

 mal, tho squirrel, whose presence enlivens the oth- 

 erwise lonely solitude of the deep wood, and adds 

 n charm to every landscape, but who is doomed tn 

 destruction by wholosale, merely for the sport of 

 the indolent and unemployed of every town and 

 village in the land. I have lately met with a no- 



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Boston, Sept. 18, JSU. 



Gentlemen — .\t a meeting of the .Mr vhn 

 Apprinticts' Library dissociation, }ust hold, th 

 lowing preamble and resolution were unanimousl; 

 adopted : 



Whereas this Association is deeply inJebiLil I 

 the various Editors and Publishers of uKi^ja^au 

 and newspapers, who gratuitously furnish us uit 

 their respective publications, and as it is but prop* 

 that we should at the commencement of anith* 

 term, give expression to our feelings in regard t 

 it — Therefore, 



Resolved, That every Editor or Publisher wb 

 favors the Association by supplying it with ,i rn'ri 

 odical, is entitled to our most heartfelt acl.uowl 

 edgements, for the benefit conferred upon the in«| 

 tution, by adding to the value of those advanta] 

 of which it has so much reason to bo proud 

 the disinterestedness and magnanimity of lli~ «f 

 itself will always cause us to cherish towards iliot 

 the sincercst sentiments of gratitude and n^pot: 



Permit ine to add, that the consideratioii thi 

 this is doing no more than an act of justice, iitlori 

 nie an additional pleasure in transmitting to youi 

 copy of the above. 



Respectfully, your ob't serv't, 



JOHN M. L. BABCOCK. 

 Corrispoudiiig Secretary .U. ^1. L. ./. 



JosFfii Bbeck & Co. 



A correspondent of the Morris Jerscymau say* 

 " I am satisfied that screenings of anthracit 

 are a good protection of peach trees against woi 

 I placed around each tree a box two feet sq 

 and six inches deep, and filled it with the coal ; 

 they have no indication of worms about them." 



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