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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 1, 1828. 



Riil'Oar OF THE NEW YORK HORTI- 

 OUL,TURAL SOCIETY. 



The Society feel it incr'nibent on tlietn to lay 

 ofore the public, the following sketch of their 

 ioings during the past year, and offer the toUow- 

 ing e.vtract from the annual report of the inspect- 

 ing Committee. 



The Inspecting Committee of 'he Now York 

 Horticultural Society, report that their weekly 

 ■..isetings during the past year, have <rener!illy 

 been well attended, and the articles offered for 

 competition, have been abundant and of good 

 quality. Our collections of ornamental plants and 

 pscuient vegetables, have been consider bly in- 

 creased by very liberal contributions from Drs. 

 Hosack and iMitchell, obtained by them from their 

 foreign correspondents, and generously presented 

 to the members of the Society. Several other 

 gendemen in this city and in other countries, have 

 likewise contributed considerably to the augmen- 

 tation of our vegetable prouuciions, two of >vhich 

 we think deserving of particular notice in the 

 present report. The first is that of the original 

 Potato, the Solanum Tuberosum, obtained from 

 Its native soil and country, in South America, and 

 sent here by Surgeon Tinsler, of the United 

 States Navy, to Or Mitchell, who presented them 

 to the Society for cultivation. They were pi mt- 

 ed, and grew with the same lacility and vigor, in 

 6tem :ind blossom, as those which have been so 

 !ong acclimated to our northern hemisphere : and 

 in no particular, did the foliage or habit appear to 

 differ, but from the rambling fibrous roots ivhich 

 were proJuced in great abundance. Not the 

 teast symptom of the formation of the smallest Tu- 

 ber, ever made its appearance, although they were 

 planted in the ground, and continued a sufficient 

 length of time in blossom, before the frost sot in, 

 ^0 have produced and matured an abundant crop. 

 A very striking evidence this, of the great effect 

 which soil and climate have upon the produce of 

 particular plants, and a most powerful inducement 

 to encourage our perseverance in endeavoring to 

 improve the produce and qualities of every thing 

 that comes under care ; for when we see the vast 

 improvement which a continuation of careful cul- 

 tivation has effected upon this now most valuable 

 vegetable, we can scarcely conceive to what a su- 

 perior degree of perfection, a proper mode of cul- 

 ture might yet bring many or perhaps all our 

 other vegetable productions. We do not expect 

 tiiat any improvement in the culture of the potato, 

 will ever render it capable of producing an entire 

 substitute for bread ; but if succeeding genera- 

 tions can support its improvement in any thing 

 like a ratio, to that which it certainly has under- 

 gone for one or two years past, and the quality of 

 wheat remain nearly stationary, it appears difficult 

 to determine at present, which of the two, might 



then be found the most valuable article of food. 



The other vegetable which we have to notice par- 

 ticularly, is called New- Zealand Spinagc, Tttra- 

 f^ona eipansa, the seeds received by Dr Hosack, 

 from Paris, aud presented by him to the Society, 

 list Spring ; they were planted by Mr Floy, and 

 succeeded remarkably well. It is very produc- 

 tive, and continues fit for table throughout the 

 summer season, is very wholesome and palatable, 

 and mny justly be considered as one of the most 

 important additions to our vegetable collections 

 that baa been obtained for many vears past. Sev- 

 eral new varieties of Tobacco, and some of them 

 of very superior quality, have been received aad 



Charles Oakley, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 Peter Aymar, 

 Peter L. Vandervoot, 

 Alexander Smith, 



cultivated for the Society, by Dr Buxton, whose William Neale, 

 ingenious attention to the cultivation of this par- Alexander Smith, 

 ticular plant, entitles him to great credit. 



The members of the Fnspecting Committee, 

 have also great pleasure in being enabled to state 

 that Jiey have observed an increased degree of 

 emulatio and industry generally excited in the 



vicinity of this city, in horticultural pursuits 



At one e.stablishment in particular, they were so 

 much pleised with the excellent arrangements 

 for horticiiltuia! improvements, as well as for pto- 

 molini; the health and vigor of its youthful and 

 ambitious competitors, that they cannot let the 

 present opportunity pass, without expressing their 

 highest approbation of that valuable institution, 

 the Lyceum of tlie late Mr. Banccl, at Blooming- 

 dale, whose grounds every where exhibited the 

 evidences of an enterprising, well regulated im 

 provement. and those departments which were ap- 

 propriated to the raising of vegetables and small 



St Kj ju- .lerries. 



' Apricots. 



' Peaches. 



' Pears. 



' Plums. 



' Nectarines. 



' Grapes. 



JI.01\ ERS. 



William Wilson, 

 Thomas Hogg, 

 G. Thorburn &. Son, 

 Thomas Kinnersly, 

 William Large, 

 William Phelan, 



Best Polyanthus. 

 " Auriculas. 

 " Hyacinths. 

 " Tulips. 

 " Pi'iks. 

 " Carnations. 



To Messrs. A. Parmentier, Thomas Kinnersly. 

 William Phelan, Daniel Kenney, William Wilson, 

 Michael Floy, Alexander Smith, I'homas Hogg, 

 William Large, Dennis H. Doyle, iiobert Dyson, 

 William Bisbee, Noah Wetmore, SuperintenUant 



fruits, highly bespoke tiiecare and skill of an ablejo*" t'le New York Hospital, and some other mem- 

 horticulturist. But what ittracted our attention I bers, the Society is also much inuebted tor their 

 above all, wus a most beauuful group of miniature i exhibitions of a great variety of tiowers, tiuit and 

 gardens, all contiguous to each other yet distinct- ' vegetables. The Society is much indebted to 

 ly separated by low lines of pigmy fences ; and in Com. Is:,ac Hull, for valuable varieties of Beans, 

 which enclos re. every student had his particular ^<^- presented on his return last spring, from the 

 pTterre; in -ome instances, two or more were Pacific Ocean ; and to Mr Isaac Denniston of Al- 

 associated in the cultivation of one spot, and in ^any, and Mr Richards of Newark, for the choice 

 order to encourage the industry and improve the collection and very liueral supply of Plums and 

 skill of their youthful cultivation, a premium was ^■'een tJages, presente' at their late anniversary 

 L^iven by Mr Bancel, to the cultivators of that «''""«'■• I"s a's° *>orthy of remark, that melon 

 spot, «hich romp-tert and disinterested judges seeds, 20 years old, presented to the Society by 

 proiioumed to e ■ eel all the rest. Perhaps no ap- ^r Hoffman, and received by him from the late 

 pendage to a literary institution could be attended ^^i" Seton, were plmted and bore truit : some of 

 with finer or more beautiful effects than this.— "'^'ch so raised were presented to the Society, by 

 The subsoil, if it may be called ^o, of the whole ^"^ ^^'^r A- mar. 



group, sen.ed to have been but lately a bare/ '^^^ Society offer premiums for the following 

 rock ; but such had been the ambition and indus- 

 try of the little gardeners, that from the adja- 

 cent valley, ample depths of good earth h.id been 

 introduced, and an extensive variety of the most 



beautiful flowers, shrubs. &c. flourished in gav as- : "j 1 »i r ..-/-. 



,, ^, 1 » .1 . , » , L? ed by the Inspecting Committee, 



semblage throughout the whole. And while your , i o 



committee lament the \-i'e event which has nter- 



rnpted the progress of this institution, and depriv- Cucumbers 



pd our society of a most valuable member, they Peas 



hope still Ix) see many Mr Bancels actively v;ie!d- 



ing or directing the spade, the hoe, and the rake. Cabbage 



The following i.s a list of those members of this Potatoes. 



Society, who are entitled to premiums for arti- , Beets 



cles exhibited this season, 1827. 



1 articles, for the year lb"2ti : 



FLOWERS. 



Polyanthus, Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks, Tu- 

 lips, Hyacinths. The days of exhibition to be fe.\- 



TEGETABLES. 



Dr Hosack, 

 William Fairbairn, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 William Curr, 

 Charles Oakley, 

 Micliael Floy, 

 John Roberts, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 Israel Dean, 

 William Wilson, 

 William Fairbairn, 

 George Still, 

 Michael Floy, 

 George Still, 

 William Wilson, 

 James Adams, 

 Engle Fick, 



Alexander Smith, 

 Francis Cooper, 



VEGETABLES. 



Best early Cucumbers. 



, " Cauliflowers. 



" early Peas. 



" Lettuce. 



" early Lima Beans. 



" knight's Marrow Peas. 



" Celery. 



'= Sea Kail. 



" early Cabbage. 



■' Melons. 



" Blood Beets. 



'■■ Endive. 



" Savoy Cabbage. 



'= Carrots. 



" Brocoli. 

 Fine sample of Peas. 



" Drumhead Cabbage. 



Best Cherries. 

 " Strawberries. 



Carrots, 

 Celery, 



Lima Beans, (earliest.) 



Lettuce, 



Cauliflowers, 



Knight's Marrow Peas, 



Cape Brocoli, 



Savoys, 



Endive, 



Beets, (late,) 



Carrots, (late) 



Sea Kail. 



Best pair, earliest forced. 

 " 1 quart, last Tuesday 



in May. 

 " 4 heads, do do 

 " half peck, do do 

 " 6 roots, second Tues- 

 day in June. 

 '•• C roots do do 

 " 6 plants, last Tuesday 



in July. 

 " 2 quarts in pods. 

 " 4 heads, the season, 

 " 2 heads, do. 



half peck, 

 4 heads. 



4 heads, 

 4 heads, 

 6 roots. 

 G roots. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



Peacbee, 



Plums, 



Pears, 



Nectarines, 



Apricots, 



Grapes, 



Strawberries. 



FRUIT. 



Best dozen, 

 do. do. 

 do. do. 

 do. half dozen., 

 do. dozen. 

 do. 2 bunches, 

 do. quart. 



