vol,. XIII. NO. 4. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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liut ;is to a|i|)les, >o ^t]■lllll^ly have llie tici'S ' iiil- 

 ti'd,' tli:it we have lifiiinl it iiiitifi|)ate(l Ijy rimny 

 Iliat tlie year's growlli will Ciil littie if any short of 

 llie |ii-()(ligal ci-o[) of 1S33." 



We are iiifurjiied fioiii various parts of the in- 

 terior of iliis State, that crofis of all Uiiids, irraiii 

 and hay iii |iarticuhir, are liUely to prove sirperahun- 

 (hiiir, altl]oiif,'h the early part of the season was 

 e.old ami wet, ahiiost threatening the harvest witii 

 destriiciioii. Tlie thi'eateninj; appearance in Enj;- 

 land was from a contrary canse. The earth up to 

 tlie ihite mentioned al)nve, was parched up witli 

 dron,:;ht, and the wheat, rye, harley and oats bore 

 the appearance of stidihie. — A". Y. Commercial. 



CULTURE OP WHEAT. 



To the Fiirmi-rs of Mnssar.luiselts : 



Thf. snhscrriber, for pnlilic reasons, hein^ desir- 

 ous of infm'ination in respect to tlie cuhure of 

 \\ heat in Massachusetts tlie present year, requests 

 of farmers, who may have grown any, the results 

 of their cnltivation and experience particularly as 

 to the following ])oints. 



1. The amount of crop. 



2. The extent of land sown. 



3. The (piaiitity of seed to an acre, and prepar- 

 ation of the seed. 



4. The kind of wheat; whether winter or spring 

 grain ; liald or bearded ; where obtained ; by what 

 name designated ; average vveight per bushel. 



5. The condition of the land ; whether newly 

 cleared ; burnt ; swarded ; or how used for two 

 or three years |)revious. 



6. How prepared for the crop ; amount and 

 kind of manure ; use of lime, plaster, or any coin- 

 jiost manure. 



7. The time of sowing; week and day, if pos- 

 sible to be ascertained. 



8. The diseases or accidents, if any ; whether 

 alTocted by rust, smut or mildew ; and any circum- 

 stances of weather, situation, or particular condi- 

 tion of the plant, connected or contemporaneous 

 witli such occurrence. 



9. The situation or exposure of any blighted 

 field, whether high and airy, or low, damp, and 

 cotilined. 



10. Whether or not supposed to be afJ'ected by 

 the vicinity of barberry bushes. 



11.- Whether or not attacked by the Hessian Hy 

 or other insects; whether winter killed or not ; and 

 how afrecteil by the snow. 



12. The time and state of cutting, and whether 

 in their opinion, early or late cutting be preferable. 



13. He reipiests likewise the o|)inion of farmers 

 as to the e.Mirpation of weeds jiarticularly injurious 

 to the wheal c^rop ; such as tares, cockle, chess, 

 anil the Canada thistle; and information of any 

 method or machinery by which the grain may be 

 cleansed of' foul stutt'.' 



14. The mode of threshing; and the l)est thresh- 

 ing miHdiiiie in use ; the power required tor it ; its 

 capaiity and cost. 



15. The experience of farmers as to the cnltiva- 

 tion of whe;it crops successively on the same land ; 

 and in sowing clover with tlie wheat, with a view 

 to ploughing it in for a succeeding crop ; and 

 whether customarily ploughed in with the stubble; 

 or otherwise depastured or mowed for one or more 

 years. 



16. He would be glad likewise of the opinion 

 of farmers as to the value of a wheat crop com- 

 pared with other crops; the average yield; ihe 

 capacity of the State to furnish its own wheaten 



bread, the particular reasons why in any part id 

 the country, the cnlti\aliou i>f wheat has been 

 abandoned ; any snggc^stions, from their actual ob- 

 servation and experience, conneclcd with this sub- 

 ject; and some general esiiinate of the amount anil 

 use, of imported flour consumed in any village, 

 town or county. 



As the object is of great importance, and as his 

 views are wholly of a public nature, the subscriber 

 confidently asks the aid of the farming community 

 and of his agricultural friends throughout J\lassa- 

 chusetls in obtaining this information. He solicits 

 likewise a sinjilar favor from his intelligent' cor- 

 resfiondents in the State of New York, the niag- 

 nillcent Empire of wheat. 



Commimications on this subject addressed to the 

 subscriber, may be handed to the members of 

 Congress in the respective districts in Massachu- 

 setts, who are respectfully requested to interest 

 themselves in this subject and to have the good- 

 ness to transmit any such communications as per 

 direction ; or they may be sent by private convey- 

 ance, to the New England Farmer office, Boston ; 

 if any from New York to the Hon. .Jesse Bud at 

 Albany ; or they may be addressed by mail (post- 

 age paid) to the subscriber, at Meadowbanks, near 

 Greenfield, Massachusetts, who promises to put the 

 agricultural public in possession of any valuable 

 inlbrmation which may in this way be obtained. 



J uty 2S, 1834. He.vp.y CoLMAN. 



Printers in Massachusetts or New England, fa- 

 vorably disposed to an imjn'oved agriculture, are 

 respectfully requested to give the above one or 

 more insertions in their respective pafiers. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



An adjourned meeting of the Mass. Hort. Socie- 

 ty was held at their room on Saturday, Aug. 2d. 



Ezra W^estoii, Jr. Esq. and Lemuel P. Grosve- 

 nor, Esq. were chosen subscription nienibirs. 



Tlie sub-committee to whom was referred at the 

 last meeting, the subject of having the usual annu- 

 al dinner, reported — that it was inexpedient as u 

 society. 



Voted, That the sub-committee consider the pro- 

 priety of having a collatiou, and rt'port at a fulure 

 ineetiiig. 



I'oted, That the law for the protection of Fruits, 

 be published in the N. E. Farmer, and that the 

 editor request all those papers tliroughont the 

 Commonwealth favorable to Horticulture, to copy 

 the above law. 



Adjourned to Saturday Aug. 9, at II o'clock, 

 A. M. Chas. W. Hovey, Sec. pro tern. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



Suturdaij, .'Jiigast 2, 1S34. 



Mr. S. Walker, Roxbmy — Tigrida concbiflora. 

 Dahlia Nymphatiora, Viola pli'na, Slatice, &c. &c. 



Mr. Tnos. Mason, Charlestown — Variety Car- 

 nations, Delpliiuiums, Lychnis, Calceolaria, Riid- 

 beckia, Purpurea, Hemerocallis cerulea, Eryngium 

 planum, Blgnonia radicaus, Dahlias, and other va- 

 rieties. 



Mr. J. W. I'ussELL, Mount Auburn — Impaiicns 

 Balsaminn. No. 1, double spotted, new variety ; 

 2, do. Pink, do. do. ; 3, do. Bizard, do. do. ; 4, do. 

 While, do. do.; .5, do. Red, do. do. ; 6, do. Purple, 

 do. do. ; 7, do. Purple fiake ; 8, do. Scarlet, do. do. 

 do. 



Messrs. Hoveys, Cambridge — New varieties of 

 Annuals, Amniobium alatum, Petunia nyctagini- 

 flora, Malope grandiflora, Nicotiana odorata, OEiio 



tle.-ia biptoris, Argemone grandiflora, Gilia, Capi- 

 tatfi, Globe amaiaiHliiis, Iberis, Verbena, &c. 



Mr. Wm. Kenkick — Noisette and other China 

 Roses, Dahlias, Carnations, Coreopsis lanceolata, 

 Lysimachus erecta, Tradescantia, I'hlox shepardia 

 and alba and pur[)urea, Oenothera grandiflora ; 

 Delphinium alba and cenilca; Campanula ;ilba pleiio 

 and other fine kinds ; variegated Sweet Williams ; 

 Lupinus persenis, Rudbeckia purpurea and fulgida. 

 Orchis grandiflora, Verbascum, Hibiscus, red, sal- 

 mon and black varieties; Bignonia or Great Trum- 

 pet flower, Corcborus japouicns. Variegated Syr- 

 inge, Venetian Sumach, Curled leaved Ash, Honey- 

 suckles, &c. &c. 



Messrs. Winships — usual variety. 

 By order of the Committee, 



JoNA. Wi.N'siiip, Chairman. 



FRUITS EXIBHITED. ^ 



Pears. Green Chissel, from Dr. S. A. Shurt- 

 left'of Pemberton hill. 



From Mr. Thomas Mason of the Charlestown 

 Vineyard, July or Sugar Top. 



From Mr. Manning, Petit Muscdt. 



Grapes. From the A'ine liouse of .Tacob Tidd 

 in Roxbiiry, large, beautiful, and |)erfcctly ri[iened 

 specimens of the following kinds — Black Ham- 

 burgh, clusters weighing from 1 3-4 lb. to 2 lb. 6 

 oz. each — If'hitc Cliasselas, clusters weighing from 

 1 1-4 lb. to 1 lb. 10 oz. — Jf'hite Muscat or Fron- 

 /(o-),ac clusters ol 1 1-4 lb. Black Muscat or Fron- 

 tignac. 



GoosEBERUtEs. From Dr. S. A. Shurtleft" of 

 Pemberton hill. Golden Eagle, the fruit large and 

 productive. 



Also, tniile ii'horlleberries, by Saml. Hastings of 

 East Cambridge, the fruit large and sweet, a na- 

 tive. These last as well as our native Raspber- 

 ries, and native Gooseberries, might, by renewing 

 from the seed and by cultivation, become like the 

 foreign varieties wonderfully improved. 



Of Vegetables we iioiiced the J\'ew Scarlet Studley 

 Carrot, a new variety, said to be very superior. 

 For the Comniittee, Wm. Kenrick. 



FROM THE STATUTE FOR PREVENTION OP 

 TRESPASSES IN ORCHARDS, GARDENS <fcc. 



.Srr. 1 . If any person enter upon any grass land, or- 

 cliiird or garden, without permission, with intent to cut, 

 destroy, take or carry away any grass, hay, fruit or veg- 

 etables, with intent to injure or defraud the owner ; such 

 person shall on conviction before ii justice of the peace, 

 Ibrteit and pay lor every such oti'cncc. a sum not less than 

 two, nor more than ten dollars ; and be also liable in 

 damages to the party injured. 



Sac. i. If any person having entered as aforesaid, 

 shall take without permission, and with intent to injure 

 and defraud the owner, any grass, hay, fruit, vegetable 

 or shrub, cultivated for ornament or use ; such person 

 shall on conviction by indictment, or information before 

 any Court of Common Pleas, forfeit and pay a sum not 

 less than five, nor more than fifty dollars, for each of- 

 fence ; and be farther liable to the party injured, in dam- 

 ages equal to three times the value of the grass, hay, 

 fruit, vegetables or shrubs carried away. 



tire. 3. If any person having entered as aforesaid, 

 shall without ■permission of the owner, and with intent 

 to injure him, break, bruise, cut. mutilate, injure or des- 

 troy any fruit-tree, tree for ornament or shade, or shrub 

 cultivated for ornament or use, such person on convic- 

 tion as in section 2. shall forfeit and pay a sum not less 

 than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars. 



Sec. 4. If any person shall commit any of the above 

 trespasses on the Lord's day, or in the night time, (that 

 is, between sun-setting and sun-rising,) he shall be lia- 

 ble to pay double the abo\-e penalties. And all prosecu- 

 tions for breaches of this act shall be commenced within 

 one year from the time the offence shall be committed 

 or the penalties shall have accrued, and not afterwards. 



