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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



fair, pleasant, and melting. Mr. H. supposed that 

 he set scions of the St. Michael ; but these are not 

 like that vaiiety in form, color, or quality, nor do 

 they seem like any kind generally cultivated. 



From Colonel F. 11. Bigelow, Medford, very good 

 St. Michael pears. Mr. B. informs tis that this variety 

 failed until he hung old iron on the tree, as had been 

 recommended by some cultivators. It has been sup- 

 posed that iron around or on a tree furnishes that 

 element, by the rust being taken up in solution by 

 the sap. But we would remark, that this variety of 

 pear has generally done remarkably well this season, 

 without the aid of iron ; so it may be the season, not 

 the mineral element, that has effected the imjirove- 

 mcnt. If iron hung on a tree ever has a good effect, 

 it may be from its electrical quality, rather than from 

 a deficiency of this element in the soil to supply this 

 constituent of the tree. Oregon corn, which he has 

 been acclimating by cultivating several years. It 

 resembles the many-rowed corn of the south, except- 

 ing the ear is shorter, and the stallcs arc much less 

 ill height. 



Of E. W. M'Intosh, Nccdham, pretty good native 

 grapes. Of all the native wild grapes that we have 

 tried this season, those from Captain Amos Perry, 

 South Natick, are the best. 



Of John Tilson, South Boston, fine specimens of 

 Isabella and Catawba grapes. The latter are of re- 

 markably large bunches. Under ordinary manage- 

 ment, this variety has rather small and loose bunches ; 

 but skilful culture produces noble, compact bunches, 

 and large berries. 



Of K. W. Annable, Portsmouth, N. H., pears from 

 a garden in that town. They are large, fair, hand- 

 some, and very sweet. They would sell well in 

 market, but they lack the high character of our best 

 varieties in quality. The kind is not known in this 

 section. 



Of Charles Pierce, Milton, three lots of pears, from 

 different times of blossoming — the first at the usual 

 time in spring, the second in June, and the third 

 the first of September. 



From John M. Glidden, Charlestown, N. H., fine 

 specimens of his crop of corn, mostly of the Dutton 

 variety. lie has six acres of corn, which, from a 

 specimen that has been harvested and measured, will 

 yield eighty-four bushels to the aero. 



The Mayfloxoer Quince. — In our last number, wc 

 noticed an excellent new seedling quince, raised by 

 J. Washburn, Plymouth. Since our notice, we have 

 received of Mr. W. the name that he has assigned 

 to it — the Mayflower, which was the name of the 

 vessel that brought the first Pilgrim fathers to the 

 New World. They landed at Plymouth. The name 

 is a good one, commemorating one of' the most im- 

 portant events in the annals of mankind, which tran- 

 spired at the place where this fruit originated. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



Hovey's Magazine of Houticultuke. — This work 

 still continues with unabated interest, often present- 



ing new fruits, or new and important facts that claim 

 the attention of fiorists and poniologists. 



The ANTiauARiAX. — This collection of ancient 

 church mxisic must be highly prized, as it contains 

 many good tunes of " Auld Lang Syne." Wo are 

 pleased to see them collected and kept along in a 

 permanent form, so that they may not be swept away 

 by the busy hand of innovation. Published by C. C. 

 Clapp, Court Street. 



For the New England Farmer. 



STANZAS. 



O, heaven's pure breezes are all my own, 



And mine are the gonial shoMcrs, 

 The sunlight's glow on the blooming earth. 



And the wealth of fair-wild flowers, 

 Which, circled with leaves of polished green, 

 In every woodland path are seen, 

 To gladden my ^teps where'er I stray. 

 And banish the shades of grief away. 



Let others sing of the harp and lyre : 



The caroling bird and humming-bee, 

 Tlie summer zephyr's gentle sigh. 



Have many a pleasing note for me ; 

 And there's music, too, in the streamlet's flow 

 Which over the pebbles murmurs low, 

 And the voice of the echo which dies away 

 With the cottager's song at close of day. 



I love to gaze on the radiant sky 



Beneath the soft veil of even. 

 And watch each star whose golden ray 



Illumes the vault of heaven. 

 A holy calm o'er my spirit steals, 

 As Nature her matchless charms reveals, 

 And I hear a voice like miisic fall — 

 " Your Heavenly Father made them all ! " 

 Lebanon, Ct., August, 1849. E. C. L. 



THE OLIO. 



Curious Anagrams. — About as neat a use of ini- 

 tials, in the expression of an idea, as we have ever 

 seen, is in the following couplet, written on the 

 alleged intended marriage of the old Duke of Wel- 

 lington with Angelina Burdett Coutts, the ' rich 

 heiress : — 



"The cUike must in a second childhood be, 

 Since in his doting age he turns to A B C." 



It is only the calm waters that reflect heaven in 

 their breast. 



Pruie. — Pride emanates from a weak mind : you 

 never see a man of strong intellect proud and 

 haughtv. 



TERMS. — The New England Farmer is published 

 every other Saturday, making a neat and handsome 

 volume, at the close of the year, of 416 pages, at ^1 a 

 year, or five copies for ^4, payable in advance. It may 

 be neatly bound at 18ij cents, or elegantly bound in 

 muslin, embossed and gilt, at 25 cents a volume. As it 

 is stereotyped, back numbers can be furnished to new 

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