THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE. 



MAY, 1841. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. ^n Address before the Middlesex Horticultural So- 

 ciety, Lou'ell, at the closing Exhibition and Meeting for an- 

 nunciation of Premiums, Oct. 12, 1840. By John Lew- 

 is Russell, Member of ihe Society, and Corresponding 

 Member of the Massachusetts Horticuhural Society, &c. &c. 



[The following Address, delivered before the Middlesex 

 Horticultural Society, at its first annual meeting, in October 

 last, by our friend and correspondent, Prof. Russell, has been 

 kindly placed in our hands, by the author, for publication in 

 our pages. We do not deem it necessary to make any apolo- 

 gy for its length: it will, we believe, be found sufficiently in- 

 teresting to repay all the time spent in its perusal. Prof. Rus- 

 sell has delivered addresses before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, the Essex County Natural History Society, and 

 other societies, some of which have been noticed or review- 

 ed by us in our past volumes: from his long and familiar ac- 

 quaintance with horticulture, they have been highly interesting 

 and instructive productions; but the address we now offer to our 

 readers is more replete with practical information upon the sub- 

 ject of gardening than any of his previous eflbrts. 



The Middlesex Horticultural Society, which has not yet 

 been in existence but little over a year, though in a very flour- 

 ishing condition, did not feel able to publish this address, and 

 we therefore take much greater pleasure in having the opportu- 

 nity to offer it through our pages. It will be read with inter- 

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