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were lately shown at the rooms of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, from John Prince, Esq., of Roxliury. They were two and 

 H half feet high, and were covered with the small sprouts or heads, 

 from the base of the stem to the to[). Mr. Dunn, gardener to Dr. 

 J. C. Warren, of Brookline, also grows them in considerable quan- 

 tities, and they are preferred to cabbages, for spring use. — Ed. 



Lectures on Jlgricultural Chemistry. — Dr. Dana, of Lowell, pro- 

 poses to dehver a course of lectures in Boston, on Chemistry as con- 

 nected with Agriculture, in case he should be able to procure a suffi- 

 cient number of subscribers. Papers are open, for the signatures of 

 gentlemen interested in the subject, at the seed stores of Messrs. 

 Hovey & Co., J. Breck & Co., and C. P. Bosson. We hope that a 

 sufficient number of names will be obtained to induce Dr. Dana to 

 begin the course. He is well acquainted with the subject, and his 

 lectures would afford much valuable and important information. — 

 Ed. 



Agricultural Meetings at the State House. — The Agricultural Com- 

 missioner has commenced his third course of meetings of farmers, 

 and others interested in agriculture, at the State House, which are 

 held weekly, on Thursday evenings. The meeting was organized 

 for the season, on Thursday, January 24th, by the choice of Hon. 

 Daniel P. King, of Danvers, President, and Rev. Allen Putnam, 

 Secretary, with a Committee of Arrangements composed of twelve 

 gentlemen. The cultivation of grains was the subject for discussion. 

 These meetings are the means of eliciting much useful information, 

 and tend to create a greater interest in fartning. — Ed. 



New variety of the Heliotrope. — Mr. Sleath, gardener to Mr. 

 Longworth, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has raised a seedling heliotrope, 

 which is stated to surpass either of the species which are cultivated 

 in our collections, viz: the //. grandiflora and peruvianum. It is a 

 most abundant flowerer. — Ed. 



A collection of seeds has been received at the Public Garden, from 

 Dr. Biasoietto, Director of the Botanic Garden of Trieste. It contains 

 about four hundred varieties, nearly or quite all of which are new 

 here, and embracing objects of interest to the botanist, floriculturist, 

 and agriculturist. Among the number, are forty species of grasses, 

 new in this country, and jierhaps some of them may prove valuable 

 acquisitions to the agriculturist. The seeds will all be planted, 

 in order to see what they are, and botanists and florists will have an 

 opportunity of examining them when they come into flower, Mr. 

 Teschemacher also informs us that he has received upwards of five 

 hundred dried specimens of plants, from Dr. Biasoietto, and among 

 them are some splendid flowers. — Ed. 



Seedling Cactuses. — Mr, Sleath, gardener to Mr, Longworth, Cin- 

 cinnati, has several hundred hybrid seedlings, from which it is ex- 

 pected that some beautiful new varieties will be produced, — Ed. 



New seedling Potato. — My potato fully answers my expectations; 



it is a fine early variety, and grows large for so early a potato. I 



shall have them for sale in the spring. — 2\ H., Burlington, N. J., 



Jan. 1841, 



Peach trees in Neio Jersey. — My peach trees are all alive, and not 



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