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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



seem to be intermediate between the Baldwin and 

 Roxbury Ilussot. We find it to be an excellent 

 grower, and it is called a good bearer. Promising, 

 but not yet fairly tested. 



Of Mr. John M. Ivers, Salem, a variety of apples. 

 Aunt Hannah is of excellent flavor, about equal to 

 the famous Newtown Pippin, and it succeeds better 

 in New England, but it docs not keep so well. As 

 it is rather small, it is better for the private garden, 

 than for the market. Barker's Seedling, a small, 

 beautiful, red apple, of fine quality. Michael Henry 

 Pippin, not 3'ct in use. Mela Carla ; this holds the 

 first ranlc in Spain, but here it is coarse and inferior. 



From Charles Downing, Esq., Newburg, N. Y., a 

 box of fine specimen apples. As some are not in 

 VAC, and we have examined only a few, we will 

 report on them at another time. 



Of Mr. Oliver Atkinson, Lynn, a very handsome, 

 fair, and excellent sweet apple. New and promising. 



Of Mr. J. S. Draper, Wayland, the Echassery pear, 

 sometimes impropcrlj' called the Ambrette. Small, 

 but hardy, productive, and excellent. This is usually 

 fine, while most winter pears are very uncertain. 



To Mr. A. H. Ernst, of Cincinnati, O., we are 

 much indebted for various works containing the 

 charter, constitution, by-laws, reports, essays, &c., &c., 

 of the Cincinnati IlorticuUiural Society. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



Allen ONTnEGR\rE. — J. Fisk Allen, Esq. has just 

 got out a new edition of his work on the grape, very 

 nrnch enlarged and improved, forming a neat bound 

 volume, embellished with beautiful engraved illus- 

 trations, and greatly improved by valuable communi- 

 cations from distinguished vine- growers, in different 

 parts of the country, on the cultivation of the grape, 

 and a list of the best varieties. For this country, 

 this is decidedly the best work extant. It is strictly 

 practical, and by one of the most successful graj^e 

 culturists in the country. 



Messrs. IIoveys' Catalogue of Pears. — This 

 contains a descriptive list of seventy-seven natives, 

 and five hundred and three foreign pears, in separate 

 tables. These enterprising gentlemen have long de- 

 voted much attention to collecting, from different sec- 

 tions of this country, and from Europe, various kinds 

 of pears, and proving, arranging, and describing 

 them. 



Colman's Continental Agriculture. — The last 

 two numbers of Mr. Colman's European Tour have 

 just been published in one volume. It embraces the 

 agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, 

 Holland, and Switzerland. This work is practical, 

 and very interesting, particularly as it treats of those 

 countries that rank high in agricultural improve- 

 ment. Mr. Colman's clear and beautiful style gives 

 additional charm to any work. 



Boston Al^ianac for 1349. — This neat and valu- 

 able annual has again made its appearance. Among 

 the improvements is a map of Boston and the vicin- 

 ity, (about twenty miles around,) engravings of the 



different school-houses, history of schools, &c. It 

 contains a large amount of matter highly useful to 

 any one in Boston, or occasionally visiting the city 

 on busmess. 



Addi-ess of General Josiah Newhall, Lynn, before 

 the Essex Agricultural Society, is a very sensible 

 discourse, containing much practical instruction, as 

 might well be expected from the author. We pub- 

 lish an extract fi-om it. 



THY WILL BE DONE. 



The following beautiful and pious effusion is frora 

 a memoir of Miss Alexander, the daughter <rf th» 

 late Bishop of Jerusalem : 



My God, my Father, while I stray 

 Far from my home on life's rough way, 

 O, teach mo from my heart to say, 

 Thy -svill, O God, be done. 



If thou shouldst call me to resign 

 What most I prize, — it ne'er was mine, — 

 I only yield thee what was thine : 

 Thy will, O God, be done. 



E'en if again I ne'er should see 

 The friend more dear than life to me, 

 Ere long we both shall be with thee : 

 Thy wiU, O God, be done. 



Should pining sickness waste away 

 Myjif'e, in premature decay, 

 My Father, still I'll strive to say, 

 Thy will, O God, be done. 



If but my fainting heart be blest 

 With thy sweet Spirit for its guest. 

 My God, to thee I'll leave the rest : 

 Thy wiU, O God, be done. 



Renew my will from day to day; 

 Blend it with thine, and take away 

 All that now makes it hard to say, 

 Thy win, O God, be done. 



And when on earth I breathe no more 

 Thy prayer, oft mixed with tears before, 

 I'll sing upon a happier shore, 

 Thy wiU, O God, be done ! 



THE OLIO. 



Science has sought, on weary wing, 



On sea and shore, each mute and living thing. 



An Awful Pause. After the clergyman had 

 united a happy pair, an awful silence ensued, which 

 was broken by an impatient youth, exclaiming, 

 " Don't be so unspeakably happy ! " 



The miser starves himself, that his heirs maj' feast. 



The Plough. Its one share in the bank of earth 

 is worth ten in the bank of paper. 



" I say, neighbor Hodge, what are you fencing up 

 that are pasture for ? Forty acres of it would starve a 

 cow ! " " Right," replied Hodge, " I'm fencing it up 

 to keep the cows out." 



The farmer feeds all. 



A beautiful flower is the type of mortality. It 

 flourishes a few days, then withers, dies, and is seen 

 no more. 



Nothing cireulatea so rapidly as a secret. 



