Vol. 1 No. 27 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL,. 



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departments, that portion of the land which 

 may be consecrated to the dead, and render- 

 ed like the Elysian fields of the Egyptians 

 a holy and pleasant resort for the living, — 

 the whole will present one of the most in 

 structive, magnificent, and pleasant prome 

 nades in our country. From its immediate 

 nroximity to the Capital of the State, it will 

 attract universal interest, and become a 

 place of healthful, refreshing and agreeable 

 resort, from early spring, until the close of 

 autumn. 



To accomplish these two great objects, it 

 is necessary that a fund should be created, 

 immediately, sufficient for the purchase of 

 the land, surrounding it with a substantial 

 fence, the erection of a gardener's lodge, 

 laying out the grounds, and preparing them 

 for the purposes of an Experimental Garden 

 and a Cemetery. That this can be done, 

 your committee does not entertain a doubt, 

 and respectfully recommend the adoption of 

 the following measures, as best calculated 

 o insure success. 



H. A. S. Dearborn, 



For the Committee. 



Resolved, That the Report of the Com- 

 mittee on an Experimental Garden and 

 Rural Cemetery, be accepted and that said 

 Committee be authorized to proceed in the 

 establishment of a Garden and Cemetery in 

 lonformity to the Report which has this day 

 been made and accepted. 



Boston, June 11, 1831. 



ALBANY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 Seventh Exhibition, July 5, 1831. 



4 large cucumbers, 1 basket fine red cur- 

 rants, 6 baskets fine cherries, of different 

 kinds, — from the garden of Spencer Staf- 

 ford. 



10 ears corn, 4 peck kidney potatoes,— 

 from the garden of V. P. Douw. 



C roots blood beets, 6 roots carrots, half 

 ueck string beans, 3 varieties of fine holly- 

 hocks — presented by Daniel Gilbert, garden- 

 er. 



5 baskets of fine cherries, different kinds; 

 i baskets of fine raspberries, different kinds, 

 i— from the garden of Isaac Denniston. 



2 heads early York and one head sugar 

 ioaf cabbage, 5 roots of Orange and 2 roots 

 Swisschard beets, 1 bunch radishes, second 

 growth; half a peck of white and black po- 

 tatoes, 1 basket fine red currants, 30 large 

 rich flavored red gooseberries, 2 cucumbers, 7 

 pods Chinese peppers, 4 baskets of fine 

 cherries, of different kinds ; 2 Chaludonian 

 lilies, S varieties of splendid double holly- 

 hocks, one of them a beautiful snow white ; 

 •t varieties of fine carnation pinks, — from 

 lit garden of D. B. S'iingerland. 



2 varieties of fine double sweet Williams, 

 ■J varieties of single, — from the garden of 

 John Meads. 



16 varieties of splendid double hollyhocks, 

 one of them a fine white with pink margin 

 and palmated foilage ; double white fever 

 few : double red and white green of the 

 meadow ; double scarlet lychnis ; double 

 orange ; yellowed, quilled and ranunculus 

 mangolds, and a fine single dahlia, — from 

 'he garden of Jesse Buel. 



5 varieties of superb double dahlias, 6 va- 

 rieties of double poppies, one of them pure 

 white with pink margin ; 4 seedling carna- 

 tions, different colors; 11 varieties of splen- 

 did hollyhocks, 5 varieties of perennial lark 

 spur; double, white and red queen of the 

 meadow ; lady's ear drop ; rose willow wort :! 



double scarlet lychnis ; Japanese three day 

 lily; double white and blue bell flo»er; 

 rose potentilla ; blutr spiked veronica; large 

 red mallow, coriopsis tinetoria, and an ele- 

 gant dark purple maurrndia, — from the Al- 

 bany Nurseri . 



Premiums were awarded to Spencer Staf- 

 ford on cucumbers : V. P. Douw on corn 

 and potatoes : D. B. Slingerland on cab- 

 bhge, Albany Nursery on flowers. 



Gooseberries. — Our annual present of 

 fine gooseberries from Isaac McKim, Esq. 

 of this city has been received. As usual, 

 the fruit is excellent, measuring from three 

 to four inches in circumference, and of ex- 

 ceedingly rich flavor. We have also had 

 the pleasure of seeing some very fine goose- 

 berries in several of our public gardens, as a 

 stimulant to the productions of which we 

 have no doubt the successful example of Mr. 

 McKim has largely contributed. At Sam- 

 uel Feast's garden, Frederick road, we saw 

 several bushes, the fruit of which would 

 measure full four inches. In its present im- 

 proved state, the gooseberry is scarcely infe- 

 rior to any fruit of the garden, and is only 

 secondary to that of the orchard in conse- 

 quence of its brief season. — Am. Far. 



Niagara, (U. C.) District Agricultural 

 Society. — Pursuant to Notice, a general 

 meeting took place at the Inn of Walter Dit- 

 trick, in St. Catharines,on Saturday the 11th 

 of June, for the purpose of choosing Officers 

 to serve the ensuing year. 



After some desultory conversation, it was 

 ascertained to be the unanimous desire of the 

 members present, that George Adams, Esq. 

 President, should be re-elected, together 

 with S. Wood, Esq. as Secretary, and Mr. 

 John Gibson, Treasurer, to which they at 

 length reluctantly consented — whereupon a 

 resolution proposing the following named 

 gentleman as office bearers of the Society, 

 was unanimously adopted, viz : 



George Adams, President. 



J. Cummings, ) 



Adam Stull, | 



Doctor Lefferty, J. V. Presidents. 



Cyrus Sumner, 



George Connolly, ) 



DIRECTORS. 



5 John Macfarlane, 

 \ Joseph Clement. 



Grantham, John Lampman. 



Louth, John Clark. 



Clinton, HT b K eam ,' 



( Adam Koncle. 



Stamford, Adam Lynch. 



Thorold, George Marlatt. 



Pelham, Samuel Beckett. 



Gainsborotigh, William Taylor. 



Bertie, William Smith. 



Niagara, 



County of} 



Haldimdnd; $ Jose P h Youn S' 



Grimsby, John Camp. 



Willoughby, Jacob Gander. 



Wainfleet, David Thompson. 



Resolved, That the meeting do now ad- 

 journ, to meet again on the second Wednes- 

 day in July next, at 11 o'clock A. M. in the 

 town of Niagara, at Mrs. Fish's Tavern. 

 GEORGE ADAMS, President. 



Samuel Wood, Secretary. 



Prevention of the Mildeio on Peach and 

 Nectarine Trees. — The following preventa- 

 tive of the mildew on Peach and Nectarine 

 Trees has simplicity a» well as the experi- 



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ence of rurany years, to recommend He- 

 Take of sulphur and rain or river water, 

 proportions of two ounces of sulphur to eve- 

 ry four gallons of water. Put the quantity 

 which may be required into a copper or boi- 

 ler, and let it (after it commences boiling) 

 boil for half an hour : after which it may be, 

 taken out, or suffered to remain until it be- 

 comes of a tepid state when it ought to be 

 applied to the trees by means of the garden 

 engine or syringe, as in a common washing 

 with water. The timefor applying it is an- 

 nually, as soon as the fruit is set and consid- 

 ered out of danger. — Loudon. 



Description of the Night Blooming Cereus 

 lately blooming in the green-house of Mr. 

 Pepper, in Philadelphia. There was, on 

 one evening, a magnificent display of eight 

 flowers of Night Blooming Cereus, viz : 

 five on one plant, two on another, and one 

 on a third. 



The corolla was full six inches in diame- 

 ter, with twenty stamina, surrounding one 

 pistillum. The inside of the calyx is a 

 splendid yellow, or bright sulphur color ; 

 the petals of the purest white, numerous, 

 lancet-shaped, disposed in several rows, in 

 a beautiful rocaceous form, The flower 

 diffuses a slight pleasant odour. 



Early Harvest. — We understand, says 

 the Delaware Press, that a gentleman in 

 New Castle Hundred, commenced his har- 

 vest on Saturday the 18th inst. The wheat 

 cut, had a fine appearance, of a good height 

 and was well filled. It was of the kind 

 called rare ripe. 



Novel patriotic contribution. — The peo- 

 ple of Hayti have sent 10,600 pounds of 

 coffee for the benefit of the widows and 

 orphans of the French patriots who fell 

 in the memorable 3 days of July. 



The editor of the Sentinel, published 

 at Stamford, Connecticut, has lately 

 made a hearty dinner on a black jishxhat 

 weighed Ka pounds. When a printer is 

 so fortunate as to get a good dinner, he 

 does right to let the world know it. 



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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 



far two weeks ending July 2, 1831. 



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" 8-2129,4(1 

 69 29,55 

 8*129,60 

 74 I 29,45 

 76 1 29,3 

 62 29,4 

 68J29.60 

 58 1 29,60 

 60 '29,63 

 52l29,73 



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29,85 

 29,75 



29,70 

 29,65 

 29,75 

 39,70 

 29,55 

 29,45 

 19,45 

 29,40 

 29,37 

 29 55 

 29,65 

 29,68 

 29,70 

 29,74 

 !9,85 

 29,85 



tiZTTke Barometrical and Thermometries observe 

 tion3 are registered at 10 o'clock A.M. and P. ]tf.,whic'< 

 by along series of experiments made for the purpose, 

 show that time to give a nearer mean average of the 

 relative heat of a day than any other time. 



