21 S 



NKW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Feb. 1, 1828. 



Etit lie for liemp, for cord, ploiiirh lines, &,c. T'lf thread at the same time — A medal and twenty dol 



hihiscus has, from remote time, been known in Inrs. 



Italy. The classical student will at once call to | HI. Mr N. Patrulio, merchant, of Philadelphia 



Lieut. Uriah P. Levy, of tne Umi.7d States Na- 

 vy, presented the Society w iti, a uan-el of wheat, 

 beans, melon and pumpkin seeds bro jn-ht bv bin 

 raind the two places in which it is mentioned by presented a bottle of the seed of the very hi^h , from Paraguay, which *vere taken bv the Pecord 

 the airricultural poet of Mantua. j flavored tobacco from Cuba, known by the name ing Secretary for distribution 



m^mgregemxmidi compdlm hibisco." ^"^^'^ Maxo, and from which the first quality of, From the Minutes. 



Eclogue2. Clears are made in the island. This seed aas| JOHN P. MILNOR, Recordin<r Secretarv 



part of a parcel imported by the donor, for the ex-! ^ 



Eclogue 10. I press purpose of distribution in the United States. 

 It is highly probable that the plant alluded to The Society, duly sensible of the patriotic con- 

 ivas the hibiscus roseus. The ancients, we see, duct of Mr P., resolved to present their thi nks to 



used It as a rod, and to make baskets ; its applica- him for this disinterested and praiseworthy at- . f t •' ' 



tioa to the purposes of hemp and fla.x is a recent i tempt to improve one of the staple productions of ^''"''"^^s ot my Treatise, (now in press) which you 



And— 

 •Dum scdet, 



niiftsceltain Owit hiliisro.^^ 



FRUIT TREKS. 



Linncean Botanic Garden, } 

 Jan. 2Wi, 1,23, J 

 Dtar Sir, — I send you Ijerertith some further 



'E.vtracts from Prince on Horti- 

 tlully, 

 VV.\1. PKIiNCE. 



GERMAN MEDLAR. 



This tree, the peculiar flavor of whose fruit, 



.ascovery. for which Italy is indebted to Signer • the United States, — an exrimple worthy of beinor . y 



Barbieri. Our countrymen have, however, antic- '■ followed by our native citizens who trade to or ! " "'^^' """^^ "'°^^ respectlully, 



ipated him in the knowledfje of the utility of one ; visit foreign countries. The donor niav relv upon 



of the family, as a substitute for some of the ob- the best measures being taken with the seed, in 



jects to which these vegetables are applied order to fulfil his intentions. 



Whether the native plant possesses the fine fibre IV. Mr J. C. Loudon of London, presented the -- - , 



of its Italian relation, a fact upon which Sisnor lOth number of his Gardener's Masra/ino, vi. for !!' wholly matured, has many admirers, will 



Barbieri dwells, remains to be ascertained. November last. The preceding nine numbers had °°"'''=*" '" any soil but one that is welauu marshy. 



Some of llie seeds were distributed to the mem- been already received. This truly exxellent work ""^ '" *"•*' ^*PO»i"on whatever ; ii e.\acts no par- 



bers of the Society ; the remainder shall be given is warmly recommended to every one who vishes '■"^"'"■' '^'^re in its culture, f he principal varie- 



to .^ny one disposed to make a ttial of them, and to improve his grounds, or the quality of the escn- ''^^ '^^'^ "^^ couiaion Dutch or German, the Royal 



who will promise to report the result of his ex- lent or ornamental productions of his garden I'utch, the Nottingham, and the See. Hess. The 



periments with them. The society have to regret The Editor is a practical man, and v.'ell kmwn j.''"''"'' °* '^ '"""^^'I'^h colour and ha rsu riavor be- 

 the neglect in this respect of most persons to as the author of two works on laying out country '°''^ "■ 's ripe, but li collected tne beginning of 

 whom foreign seeds on which thry set a value, seats and grounds, and of the Encyclopedia of '°'"*'"' ''"^ P'^^cd on shelves, u changes to red- 

 iiave been anna;>lly given for a spries of years, Gurdening, and of Agricultrire. '^'^h, and the pulp becomes sottened and acquires 

 aud of their torgetfulness to comply with their The Horticultural Society of Paris, sent the tirst ^ ^^^'^^'^^h taste, which is pleasing to many pet- 

 promises to send in return a few seeds of the va- number of their transactions. sons, but not admired by every one. 

 rious plants and trees of the United States, which 

 were particularly asked for by the superintendent 

 of the Garden of Plants in Paris, to whose polite 

 ,;nd kind attention the society are regularly in 



PEffNS¥Il,VANlA AGRICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



DATE PI.UM, OR PERSI.MMO.V. 



The European Date Plum, or Oiospyros Lotus, 



„ ., , .^„.„.., „.- ^ quBrlerly meeting was held at the Indian called also the European Persimmon, will thrive 



debted every season for a box of seeds, ibe growth Queen in Fourth street, on Saturday, January 13, in almost any soil or situation, li is of indifier- 



the President being in the Chair. ent quality, and inferior to the American, and 



A communication fmm Anthony Morris, Esq. of like the latter, needs the aid of frost before it be- 



'""' ■" ' " " " estab. comes mellow for eating. The American Persim- 



Sem- mon is so universally known it needs no descrip- 

 tion. The Diospyros Kaki, or Japan Date Plum, 



of that magnificent establishment. The seeds, 

 nuts and acorns, of our gardens, swamp and lield 



■ 1 „, „ f r \ -11 11 1 ' .11 1 -11 Washington, was read, recommending the es 



plants, ana forests, will all be acceptable, and will ,. , . i, , . """cin iii_ tb 



fi.,,1 ,!„„„ • .1 t ■. ■ . .1 lishment in Pennsylvania of iin Ao-ricultural S 



rind places in the great repository l"st mentioned, . , , ^ ,- „ ,, . "•'^""■"'"^ 



' „p,i ,. r c '.c .■ 1 ! inary, on the p an of Mr Fe lenborg, of Swit 



— one ol the chief sources of gratification -nd cle- , ,■' "^ 'fi' "' "> '• 



light to every traveller of taste and lover of rural 

 n-ture who visits the French capital. 

 II. The Commiftee of the Society charged with 



land. 

 On motion of Col. Watmough. 

 (Resolved. That the Society approve of the gen- 



the managem^^nt of the fund left by the late John ^ral feature of Mr Morris' project, that the com- 



Scott, of Edinburgh, to the Corporation of Phila 

 delphia, to reward those "who make useful inven- 



tions," reported, that during the past year they had l,f ""' 



munication be entered on the minutes, and pub- 

 lished in all the papers of the State favorable to 



is said to produce fruit of a cherry colour, and 

 fine flavor— it supports, without protection, the 

 winters of Long-Island. 



FILBERTS. 



This shrub, or, in some cases, tree, accommo- 

 dates itself to every exposition, and to every vd- 



^ .,., .,, '^■^^ Society proceeded to the election of ofii- r'ety of soil, but prefers a moist loam on a sandy 



rTo"jodTayIor"oTDanbury, Connecticut, for '^e"/"'" ^^o present year, when the following bottom with a northern exposition. It is easily 



awarded four premiums, viz 



«n improvement in dyeing kettles for hattersL^ gentlemen were duly chosen. 

 riedal. and twenti/ dollars. President — Jonathan Roberts. 



2. To James Cooper and Thomas Barnit, of Phil- Vice Presidents. 



adelphia, for an apparatus to finish hats which William Harris, | James Worth, 



g^reatly diminishes the labor of the operation, with- Stephen Duncan, | Manuel Eyre, 



out injury to the hat — A medal and twenty dollars. Thomas Serrill, | 



3. To Daniel Powles, of Baltimore, for a bed- 

 stead which can be put up and taken down by any 

 person, owing to the peculiar construction of the 



joints; it is also proof against insects, from the d„„u„„ ii,:„„„ 

 , .,,'.,,"_ , , ' Reuben Haines, 



closeness with winch they fit, and the rotary ino- tt T W Id II 



iion of the pins upon which the cords of the sack- t , "o t.t . I 



e , '^ John Iv. Watmough, 



mg are fastened. in- i j t> t 



All .u <• • • T^, ■, , . , . Richard B.Jones, 

 .'\ll the foregoing arc in use in Philadelphia, ' t„„„,.„„ rr,, 



„i 1 ■ >, If. f ' Jonathan Ih 

 and highly approved of. 



To the same, for a stirrup intended to secure 

 ♦he immediate disengagement of the foot ia the 

 •vent of a person being thrown from n. horse — A 

 medal and luenhj dollars. 



4; To Messrs. Terhrven, brothers, of Philadel- 

 phia county, for a machine to wind off the silk 

 &Mn the cocoons, and to twist and double the 



omas, 

 Loyd Jones, 

 William Darlington, 

 Samuel Davis, 

 James Cox, 

 Anthony Taylor, 

 jRecorrfiV'o- Secretary — John P. Milnor. 

 Assistant Recording Secretaries. 

 Charles L. Davis, | Adam Sitcr. 



multiplied by seeds, layers, or inoculation. In 

 fact, these nuts, which are vended in large quan- 

 tities in our markets, grow as well in our climate 

 as the common hazel-nut, and produce very abun- 

 dantly. Such being the case, it is hoped, ere 

 long, sufficient will be produced from our own 

 soil to supersede the necessity of importation, as 

 plantations of this tree would amply remunerate 

 the possessor, or, if planted as a hedge, would be 

 found to be very productive. A single bush of 

 the Spanish filbert in my garden h.is produced a 

 half bushel annually. 



The varieties most valued are the English 

 White Skin, and Red Skin, the Spanish, and the 

 I Thomas Penu Gaskell, Cobnut; these two last with very laro-e fruit- 

 [ George W. Sergeant, also the Prolific, the Frizzled, and the c'olurna or 

 Constantinople. Of American hazelnuts, which 

 partake of the same properties, but have much 

 •■■mailer fruit, there are two species, the Common 

 flazelnut, and the Cuckoldnut. None of the above 

 need much attention, except occasionally to thin 

 out the older branches, and to keep them free 

 I'rom sucjicrs near the root. 



Corresponding Secretary — John Hare Powcl. 



Treasurer — George Blight. 

 Directors. 



I Thomas Smith, 

 I Matthew Roberts, 

 I George Sheafl", 

 I Charles Miner, 



I Calleuder Irvine, 

 I Joshua Evans, 

 I George W. Holstein, 

 ( Algcrinan S. Logan. 



