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AND HORTICULTURAL R E (i I S T E R . 



PUBLISHKH BY JOSKPH BllECK & CO., NO. r,i NOUTll M.VRKKT STllKKT, (Aohicultuual WABBMounit.j-ALf.KN PIJT.NA.M, KDITOK. 



BOSTON, WRDNKSDAY K.VKNINC, OCTOHKR 'JO, 1811. 



[HO. 16. 



N. E. FARMER. 



TIIIRTEKNTII .\N.NIVERS.\RV 

 9r tliF .>la»«chuactta HorticnlturBl Sociaty. 



"To Btuily iNiiliiro, w ns iliu Insk do»ij;nril. 



And Iparn rr'>in lii:r llie Qtilartcni«nl ol the iniiiil. 



Lparn from her wurks wliitevcr Truth mimires." 



Another season his, in its coiir.'se, brought the 

 enJs of Flor.i anJ Punnnn together. They hnvo 

 hibited ami compared their various speclnieiiR of 

 owcrs and Fruiw ; and notwitlistanding^ the sea- 

 n has bceii unusually hot and dry, glill the earth 



u 3 yielded her increase, and our Hall has been 

 coraled with the things that delight llie eye, and 

 r tables loaded with fruits of the choicest kinds. 

 Tlie Hall of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ny "as opened to the public at noon on Wednes- 

 y, Sept. 2"2d ; and, although the Meclianics' Fair 

 IS drawing thousands to admire the works u( Jhl, 



5 D Hall was soon filled with visitors. It is with 



i sasure we record the fact, that the taste for fruits 

 d the love of flowers are on the increase. Tfie 

 hibition closed on Friday, at 9 o'clock, P. M. ; 

 d tliDugh the weather was unfavorable, yet the 

 jiu was filled vrith company, many of whom re- 

 ed with reluctance, — an evidence of the interest 

 t by the public in the science of Horticulture. 

 With these few introductory remarks, we submit 



^ following report : 



Flowers. 

 Our friends are aware that this is not the .season, 

 th the e.TCpption of the Dahlia, for fine flowers : 

 ! shall therefore confine our rsport to a list'of 

 5 names of the contributors, with a brief notice 

 such specimens as were new, rare, or of great 

 aiity. 



Plants in Pots — from the garden of J. P. Cush- 

 ^, Esq., Walertown ; by Messrs. Winship, Brigh- 

 n ; from the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, by W. 

 Carter; from the Public Garden, Boston, by Jno. 

 idness ; by S. Sweetser, Woburn ; by J. T. 

 nith, Ro.^bury ; by K. N. Perkins, Rnxbury ; and 

 essrs. P. Barnrs, The*. VVillot and T. H. Felt. 

 We noticed fine specimens of Corypha embracu- 

 •ro, and C. Taliera, by Mr Gushing ; Cactus seni- 

 , and Banksia sp. ? by Mr Carter ; Lisianthus 

 jssellianus, by Mr Cadncss ; Rhodochiton volu- 

 e, from Mr K. N. Perkins ; Brunsvigia t"alcat>, 

 Mr Willot ; and Lagerstrsmia indica, by the 

 cssrs. Winship. 



D'lhliiis. The display of Dahlias wag fine. The 

 incipal contributors wore M. P. Wilder, Ksq., 

 esident of the Society ; Messrs. D. Mclntire, J. 

 ickney, Hovey &, Co., J. J. Low, F. W. Macon- 

 y, Dutton, Winship, Haggerston, Cadness, Mt- 

 nnan, Carter, J. Breck & Co., Sweetser, Barnes, 

 irague, Bacon, Vila, Ware, J. .'\. Kenrick, Wnt 

 jnrifk, Ellery, and S. Walker. 

 In the collection of the President, and also n 

 e stand of Mr J. Stickney, we noticed Pickmck, a 

 and beautiful variety. It has often been sad 

 at there is much in a name; and while we pen 

 is report, we have the original Pickwick befo-c 



us, in our mind's eye, and imagine wo hear him 

 exclaim — 



" In liglil's elheroal bcnuly drest, 

 Bob..li!, behold Iho fiivor'd nowcr, 



Which Fl"rn'9 high conimnnda invest 

 With ensijtns ofimpcnul power." 



Wr also noticed in the collection of Mr Wilder, 

 charming specimens of Primrose, Marshal Soult, 

 and Wheeler's Maria. 



In the stand of Air D. Mclntiro, (who is one of 

 the bc.<t and most successful cultivators of tlio Dali- 

 lia in the country,) we found beautiful speciuiens 

 of Evn, Marshal Soult and Ne plus ultra. 



In addition to a fine specimen of Pickwick, wc 

 also noticed e.xtra fine flowers of Argo and Miss 

 Johnson, by Mr J. Stickney ; Ne plus ultra, by Mr 

 David Haggerston ; Duchess of Richmond and Eva, 

 by Mr Low ; Charles XH. and Fireball, by Mr 

 Diit;on ; Fireball, by Mr Bacon; and Fireball ex 

 tra, by .Mr Spraguc ; Frances, by Mr P. Barnes; 

 Lady Bathurst, by Mr S. Sweetser; Ne plus ultra 

 and Hero of Tippecinoc, by Hovey & Co.; Virgin 

 Queen, by Messrs. Winship ; Duchess of Kent, by 

 Capt. F. W. Macondry ; Unique and Marshal Soalt, 

 by Mr W. E. Carter; Constantia and Egyptian 

 Prince, by Mr C. idness; Reliance, by Mr Vila; 

 Hope, by P. Ware ; Glory of Plymouth and Royal 

 Standard, by S. Walker. 



lioiiijueis — by Messrs!. Ellery, J. Breck & Co., 

 Warren, Winship, Wales, Haggerston, Wm. Ken- 

 rick, Cadness, Carter, Sweetser, Jno. A. Kenrick 

 and S. Walker. 



Cut Flowers — from the gardens of Messrs. Wm. 

 Kenrick, J. Breck &, Co., Low, Ilnvey & Co., Jno. 

 A. Kenrick, A. H. Hovey, McLennan, Haggor.';ton, 

 Ellery, N. P. Keinshup, Sweetser, Ware, Macon- 

 dry, Winship, Wales, Warren, Cadness and Walker. 



Mrs Bigelow, of Medford, presented some very 

 fine specimens of cut flowers, among which we no- 

 ticed some Lilacs. Joseph H. Cabot, of Salem, 

 sent us a fine specimen of Lyclinis Bungeana ; and 

 though last not least, in our estimation, some fine 

 specimens of Viola grandiflora were presented by 

 the Messrs. Hovey &. Co. 



Fbcits. 



The number of varieties and the quality of the 

 Fruit exhibited on the present occasion, far exxeed- 

 ed that of any previous year. There were upwards 

 of one hundred and twenty varieties of the Pear 

 from Mr Robert Manning, of Salem ; more than 

 forty varieties from M. P. Wilder, the President of 

 the Society ; and about the same number from the 

 garden of J. P. Gushing, Esq., of Watertown ; also 

 very liberal contributions by Messrs. E. Vose, of 

 Dorchester; B. V. French, of Braintree; S. Down- 

 er, of Dorchester ; Otis Johnson, of Lynn ; George 

 Brown, of Beverly ; h. P. Grosvenor, of Pomfret, 

 Ct. ; C. Newhall. of Dorchester; J. Fisher, of 

 Bpiokline ; Wm. Kenrick, of Newton ; Wm. Oliver, 

 of Dorchester : J. L. L. F. Warren, of Brighton ; 

 Josiah Lovett, 2d, of Beverly ; S. Pond, of Cam- 

 bridgeport ; Frederic Tudor, of Nahant, and others. 



We would particularly notice the following, as 

 being very superior specimens, viz: in Mr Man- 



ning's large collection of Pears, the Flemish Beau- 

 ' ty, (Jrbaniste, St. Michael's, Beurrc gris, Alpha, 

 I King Edwiird, Andrews, Huguenot, Beurro Diol, 

 Golden Beiirre of Bilboa, Dix, Colmar of Auiuirm, 

 and the following among many new varieties which 

 have not before been exhibited : Compt do Lancy, 

 Althorp Crusanne, (large and handsome,) St. Ger- 

 main (Van Mens,) Delight of Charles, (from Van 

 Mons — fine,) Doyuiiiic nouville, St. Andre, Bon 

 Louise royal, (froui Van Mons — very liandnome,) 

 Foster's St. Michael, (raised in the State of .Maine 

 from seed of the Old St. Michael's — large and 

 beautiful, with very clear ekin,) Bon Parent and 

 Colmar of Autumn. 



In the collection from the President of the Soci- 

 ety, tlie Columbian, Urbaniste, Duchease d' Angoii- 

 leme, Glout morccau, Passe Colmar, Beurre Did 

 and Dix Pears. 



From Geo. Brown, Beverly ; Jalousie, BrowD 

 Beurre, Seckle, Dttchcsse d' Angoulenic and Beurre 

 Diel Pears. 



'J'he specimens of Duchesse d' Angoulcnie Pears 

 sent by Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, were the largest 

 on the tables and truly splendid. 



In the collection from the garden of J. P. Gush- 

 ing, Watertown, very large and beautiful Chaumon- 

 telle, Brown Beurre, St. Germain, Beurre Ranee, 

 Gushing, and Duchesse d' An,jx>ulemc Pears, and 

 very superior specimens of Black Hamburg. Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria and Frontignaa Grapes. 



Very fine St. Michiel Pears from. the garden of 

 Mrs Bigelow, Medford. 



Bartlett Peiirs from A. D. Williams, Roxbury. 



Excellent Sweetwater Gra-pes, by S. R.. John- 

 son, Charlestown. 



Isabella Grapes, very large and fine,, by J. L. 

 Fersjiison, New Bedford. 



Bartlett, and Andrews Pears; from Ji Fisher, 

 Brookline. 



The Seckle and Brocas Bcrgamot Pears, from 

 Thomas Dowse, Cambridge), were of extraordinary 

 size and beauty. 



Napoleon, Beurre Diel and SU Michael Pears,. 

 from Cheover Newhall — very 'ine. 



From S. Pond — Beurre Diei;' (very large,) Duch- 

 esse d'.'\ngouleme, Dix, Easter Beurrr,.'5laii<; Louise 

 and Urbanist* Pears ; also Lombard, and Semiana 

 or Blue Imperatrice Plums. 



Porter Apple;', by Aaron Hill. 



Very large Peaches, fioanJohn Hill, West Cam- 

 bridge. 



EIruge Nectarines, from George Lee, wm» 

 beautiful. 



The collectitm of .Apples by B. V. French, of 

 Braintree, was very large, and tlie speeimens re- 

 markably handsome. 



The Gravenst»in, Hawthorndean, and Lady Ha- 

 ley's Nonesuch Apples, from E. Vose, were splen- 

 did specimens. 



Beurre d' .Aremberg, Green Sugar, Napoleon, 

 Jalousie, St. Michael and Buiruni Pears, io the 

 collection of Otis Johnson, wore superior. 



Fine Napoleon, Roussclet d'Rheim, and Beurre 

 Diel Pears, and beautiful Peaches, from J. Jj. L. F. 

 Warren, of Brighton. 



