vol.. XTII. NO. 3. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



19 



side of a wall will make tliern ripen more early, 

 and they will ripen ' later when plaiiteil on the 

 liurtli side. 



f^rojn the Chn.-itiitn Ohsf-rver. 

 DEPRAUDIIVG TRADESniEN OP THEIR TIME. 



I AM a tradesman with a. large faniilj', to wlioiii 

 time is money — thouirh I have cheerfidly foimJ a 

 trifle ofhotli, to purchase and read for many years 

 tlie Christian Observer; and I trust, therffore, 

 you will in return courteously allow me a few lines 

 to mention a grievance under which I and initiiy 

 ■others labor — the thoughtless and uimecessary 

 consumption of our time by our employers or cus- 

 tomers. 



One illustration may serve as well as many. I 

 called last month on a gentleman of large proper- 

 ty, and I believe a very worthy and respectable 

 man, and a contributor to various religious and 

 charitable institutions, for the payment of a few 

 shillings for an article wliich might just as well 

 liave been i)aid for at the time it was purchased, 

 without my calling at all. Sly trifling memoran- 

 dum was sent up to him, and after waiting three 

 quarters of an hour, a message was brought to me 

 that he could not see me then, but that I might 

 call that day week ; I did so, five minutes before 

 the time appointed, but was kept wailing a whole 

 hour — till at length a servant was sent down to me 

 with the money, which might have been just as 

 well doue the week before, and without unneces- 

 sary delay. The loss of time in the busiest part 

 of the mcu'ning, was a greater sacrifice than the 

 sum paid, even had it been all profit would have 

 compensated for ; I coidd it is true have sent a mes- 

 senger, but I thought my customer from his station 

 in life, might consider it disrespectful if I diil not 

 wail on him myself, and thus I might have lost 

 his future commands — besides which the time of 

 any person whom [ employed and [laid would liave 

 been an object of some consideration. 



A lady once caused a shopman of mine to lose 

 the better part of five or six mornings, waiting upon 

 her, at a considerable distance with patterns, al- 

 terations, &c. for an article which did nut yield 

 •any thing worthy to be called profit. 



In the case which I have mentioned above, 

 there was not I believe the slightest wish to evade 

 or delay the payinent of my trifling deniamJ — tlie 

 smallness of the sum, and the wealth and charac- 

 ter of the party, forbid such an idea — and I am 

 not now writing of the cruelty of opulent persons, 

 systematically delaying the payment of tlnir trades- 

 men's bills, which is the cause of much anxiety 

 and distress and often of ruin — but only the neg- 

 ligent sporting with the time, and I n)ay say the 

 feelings of persons in the most dependent classes 

 of society. 



I have seen a laundress, or a young woman who 

 lived by her needle, detained by the hour together 

 from pure thoughtlessness — the delinquent parties 

 not considering how much suffering they were in- 

 flicting. It may seem a trifle that the laundress 

 should have lost her time while her fuel and other 

 expenses were going on, and her day's work was 

 thrown into arrear — or that the " pale eyed seam- 

 stress" was obliged to sit up half the night to re- 

 gain the hours of which she had been robbed — but 

 such " triflijs" as these make in such stations the 

 sura of human things. 



I say nothing of tax-gatherers, and charity soci- 

 ety collectors, whom it seems to lie generally ac- 

 eounted lawful to persecute with the pitliy an- 



nouncement, " let him call again" and then in a 

 side voice, as if in reply to an accusing conscience, 

 or the monitory glance of a friend, " he is paid 

 for it." A man ought to be very busy indeed 

 who says " call again and I will [lay thee," when 

 he has it by him. A Busy Tradesman. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



IMPORTANCE OF PERSEVERANCE. 



" TuK great art to learn much," says Locke, " is 

 to nnilerlake a little at a time." Dr. Johnson has 

 very forcibly observed that "all the perlurniances 

 of human art, at which we look with praise or 

 wonder, are instances of the resistless force of per- 

 severance ; it is by this that the quarry becomes a 

 pyramid, and that distant countries are vmiled by 

 caiials. If a man were to compare the effect of a 

 single stroke of the pick-axe or of one impression 

 of H spade with the general design and last result, 

 he would be overwhelmed with a sense of their 

 disproportion ; yet those petty operations inces- 

 santly continued, in time surmount the greatest 

 difficulties ; and mountains are levelled and oceans 

 bounded by the slender force of human l)eings. It 

 is therefore of the utmost iirqitntance that those 

 who have any intention of deviating from the beat- 

 en roads of life, and acquiring a re|)Utation supe- 

 rior to names hourly swept away by time among 

 the refuse of fame, should add to their reason and 

 their spirit the pmvcr of persisting in their purposes ; 

 acquire the art of sapping what they cannot hatter, 

 and the habit of vanquishing obstinate resistance 

 by obstinate attacks." 



Krnm the Northern Farmer. 

 GAMA GRASS. 



Our readers will recollect to have seen in a for- 

 mer number of the Farmer, some account of the 

 rapid, and luxuriant growth of this species of grass. 

 Snndl ([uantities of the seed of this grass have 

 been distributed among the agriculturists of several 

 States; some of whom, from its singular shajie 

 and appearance, and from its slowness to vegetate, 

 have entertained doubts of its being in fact the 

 seed of any plant. We received from Dr. Bartlett 

 of Georgia, editor of the Southern Planter, not 

 many months since, a small quantity of this seed, 

 which was distributed among our friends. We 

 have since learnt that the unusual length of time, 

 which it requires to vegetate, renders it exceed- 

 ingly liable to be destroyed, when planted in the 

 usual way ; and we fear that our friends who re- 

 ceived seed from us, may fail of success in pro- 

 ducing tlie plant from the want of a knowledge of 

 this fact. It is said to have been, in some in- 

 stances, fourteen months, after it was planted, in 

 coming up. 



We disposed of all the seeds we received, but 

 two in nund)er; these were placed in a cloth with 

 grape seeds, and kept constantly wet with water, 

 near a stove in the kitchen, fur two months ; at 

 the end of which time, they were found to be 

 sprouted. 



They were then planted in a dry sandy loam, 

 and now grow with great rapidity. Whether the 

 plant will be of any value in our climate, remains 

 to be tested by experience, hereafter. 



" John, you rogue" said an unthinking mother 

 " if ever I catch you at the closet again, stealing 

 cake and sugar, I will whip you us sure as you 

 live!" " Why no you won't mother," answered im- 

 pertinent John shrewdly, " for you have told me 

 so a thousand times." 



The first of the following meetings of the So- 

 ciety should have been published in our last, — but 

 was accidentally mislaid. 



An adjourned meeting of the Mass. Ilort. Soci- 

 ety was held at their room on Saturday, July 12. 



It was voted, that the committee of arrange- 

 ments for the ensuing exhibition be increased to 

 ihirty-five — and the following members were ap- 

 pointed, Messrs. Saml. Pond, J. L. Russell, E. 



Bartlett, Jos. Balch, and S. Downer Adjourned 



to 26th. 



An adjourned meeting of the Mass. Hurt. Soci- 

 ety was held at their room on Saturday, July 2(5, 

 the vice president presiding. 



It was voted, that the anniversary of the .Society 

 be celebrated as usual by an address. 



Voted, that a committee of three be appointed 

 to select a gentleman to deliver the address. 



Z. Cook, jr. E. Vose, and I. P. Davis, were 

 chosen. 



Voted, that the sub-committee chosen at a for- 

 mer meeting be a committee to consider the expe- 

 diency of the Society's celebrating the anniversaiy 

 as heretofore by a dinner. 



Adjourned to Saturday, Aug. 1, at 11 o'clock, 

 A. M. Ciia's. M. Hovev. 



EXHIBITION OP PL.OWERS. 



Saturday, July 2()(/(, 1S.34. ■ 



Mr. Tno. Mason, Charlestown Vineyard — Dah- 

 lias, variety of Carnations, Phlox macnlata, Alcea 

 lutea. Anemones, and other flowers. 



Messrs. IIovEYS, Cambridgeport — Phlox, Lych- 

 nis, Carnations, Spirea, Potentilla, Verbena auble- 

 tia, Malope grandiflora, Picridium tingitannm, 

 Troptcoluin atro sanguineuin, Iberis speciosum, 

 Crepis barbata, Coreopsis tinctoria, Eschscholtziu 

 californica. 



Mr. S. Walker, Roxbury — variety of flowers, 

 new Dahlias, and Ferraria conchiflora, or Yellow 

 Mexican Tiger flower. 



Mr. M. P. Wilder, Dorchester — New Dahlia 

 Antonia, Carnations, Eschscholtzia californica, 

 plcno,anewand very beautifid production, and very 

 justly excited the admiration of all amateurs pres- 

 ent, on account of its being produced double by 

 Col. Wilder. 



Blessrs. Winships — usual variety. 

 By order of the Connnittee, 



Jona. WiiMSHip, Chairman. 



PRXJITS EXHIBITED. 



Grapes. From S. G. Perkins, Esq. a large 

 basket containing eight varieties of Grapes, very 

 fine and beautiful — also .ipricots. 



Pears. From Mr. K. Manning, Salem, Saint 

 John's, or Joannet Pear — it ripens about a week 

 earlier than the Petit Muscat. 



Currants. From Thos. Dowse, Esq. Cam- 

 bridgeport, a dish of remarkably fine and large 

 White Dutch Currants. 



Gooseberries. From Messrs. Hoveys, Green 

 Ocean and Jolly Angler. 



From Mr. S. Walker, Roxbury, Roaring Lion, 

 and several other fine varieties. 



From Dr. S. A. Siiurtleff, Boston, Roaring 

 Lion, White Smiths, Waluut, Yellow Eagle, Cbam- 

 paigne, and Rumbullion. 



From Messrs. Hoveys, Wilniot's Scarlet Rhu- 

 barb, a new, superior and early variety, raised 

 from seed last year. 



By order of the Committee, E. M.Ricbards. 



