VOL. XIH. NO. 9. 



AND TIOllTFClILTllUAL JOURNAL. 



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Remedi) for Vermin in Skeep. Mr. Ci>ke's ib- 

 c.ei|)t for dressing all his flocks previous lo winter, 

 was as follows: Two ponnds of tohacro, two 

 pounds anil a half of soft soa|), one pound of 

 white mercury in powder ; lioil in eight gallons of 

 water one hoiH' ; part the wool once down each 

 shoulder ami the hreast, and twice along each 

 side, into which pour it; tliisqnantity is enough 

 for flirty slicep. — Toimg^s .lanals, vol. \9t!i, p. 4iS. 



Dairy Secret. Have ready two pans in Imilin;: 

 water, and on the milk's coming to the daii-y, take 

 the hot pans out of the water, put the milk into 

 one ofthern, and cover it with the other. This 

 will occasion great anginentation in the thickness 

 and quality of the cream. 



Planting Forest Trees. The best lime for plant- 

 ing acorns, walnuts, as well as pearlies, cherries 

 and other stone fruits, is in the fall of the year, as 

 soon as they are ripe. If they are kept long after 

 heconiing thoroughly ripe, they are apt to lose 

 their vegetative principle. 



Corn Husks for Beds. As soon as the husks of 

 Indian corn are liilly ripe, they should be gathered 

 when they are dry and in a clear air. The outer 

 hard husks are to be rejected, and the stjfter inner 

 ones to be fully dried in the shade. Qit off the 

 hard end formerly attached to the cob, and draw 

 the husk through a hatcliel, or suitably divide it 

 with a coarse comb. The article is then tit to 

 use, and may be put in an entire sack as straw is, 

 or be formed into a mattrass, as prepared hair is. 

 Any upholsterer can do the work. This material 

 is sweet, pleasant and durable. 



Canker Worms. A gentleman status that in 

 Plymouth, Massachusetts, they preserve fruit trees 

 against canker worm.s, by the following nii.xtnre, 

 used as a substitute for tar. White varnish, soft 

 soap and whale oil, one third of each mixed and 

 applied as tar is usually. This mixture is not soon 

 hardened by the weather, and does not injure the 

 the trees. Another simple mode of preventing the 

 ascent of the insects, is to wind a baud of refuse 

 flax, or swingle tow round the trunk of the tree, 

 and stick on the hand burdock or chesiiut burrs, 

 so thick that worms cannot pass between them. 



Cockroaches. Take a deep plate or dish, and 

 nearly (ill the bottom part with iriolasses and M'a- 

 ter ; set it near their haunts, with some chips from 

 the shelf to the edge of the dish for the insects to 

 travel on. In this way they may be caught, and 

 apparently drowned, but will often revive when 

 thrown out of the plate. To render their exter- 

 mination sure, they should be stamped on, or 

 thrown into a fire. 



To Cure a Dysentery. Boil a pint of milk, 

 which thicken with an egg; add one large spoon- 

 ful of salt and the same quaniity of allspice. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Lansingburgh, Ath August, 1834. 



Dear Sir — Having been presented, by Mr. John 

 Ball, with a bundle of seeds collected and brought 

 by him from the Kocky mountains and the shores 

 of the Colunibia river and its branches, 1 herewith 

 send you one half of them for an experiment in 

 Mount Auluirn Garden. 



Mr. Ball is a young gentleman of good educa- 

 tion and resjiectable character, with a mind and 

 constitution both well calculated for bold and dar- 

 iug enterprise. He set out nearly three years ago 



with a company called, I believe, the Boston Ore- 

 gon Company, on an expedition over land to the 

 Columbia river. Before reaching the point tif des- 

 tination the enterprise was aliaifdoned liy many of 

 the company. But Mr. B. with a minii firm and 

 steadfast, persevered through trials and hardships 

 which those who remain in the abodes of civiliza- 

 tion can never know ; and aftei' reacliing the mouth 

 of the Columbia, travelled thence to California, 

 .ind from thence came by water round Cape Horn, 

 and a few days since returned to meet the greet- 

 ings of his many anxious friends in this place. 



Whatever may be the intrinsic value of the 

 seeds, the circumstance of his collecting and car- 

 rying them about his person through all tiie vicis- 

 situdes of proliably more than a thousand miles 

 travel on foot through a dreary wilderness, to bring 

 them to his country, shows a spirit of patriotism 

 which few young men possess. 



Dear Sir, I remain yours, very respectfully, 



Alexander Walsh. 

 Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, Pres. Mass. Hort. Soc. 



EXHIBITION OF PL,OWERS. 



Horticultural Hall, Sept. 6. 

 Tho. Mason, Charlestovvn Vineyard — variety of 

 Dahlias, Carnations and other flowers. 



E. M. Richards, Dedbam — a fine specimen of 

 the Datura fastuosa, or the purple thorn apple, 

 from Egypt. 



S. Walker, Roxhury — Dahlias and other va- 

 rieties. 



WiNSHiPS — many kinds. 



By order of the Committee, 



JoNA. WiNSHip, Chairman. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



From E. Hunt, of Northampton — a new 

 .Needling Peach, a very fine variety. Also, the 

 Ditch Apple, an excellent apple for culinary ]iur- 

 poses. 



From R. Manning — the Sugar Pear of Hoyers- 

 iverda from grafts of trees sent the Society by Mr. 



Prince hdienne, Imperatrice d'ete, Frankriel d'ete, 



and Bergamotte Rouge Pears ; all excellent varie- 

 ties. Also, the Swisser Plum and Oslin Apple. 



From Thos. Mason — White Cage Plums and 

 Elriige J^ectarines. 



From S. Pond — Duane's Purple Plum, Seed- 

 ling Peach, and Peart S. Pond. 



HORTICULTURAL. EXHIBITION. 



A grand exhibition of Flowers, Fruits, Green- 

 Honse Plants and Shrubs will take place on the 

 17th, 18lh and 19tli insts. at Faneuil Hall, under 

 the auspices of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. Similar exliibitions have been made du- 

 ring the past year in New York, Philadelphia and 

 Baltimore, and great interest has been thereby ex- 

 cited in affording the coniinimity at lust, an op- 

 portunity of witnessing the advancement which 

 has been made in the science of Horticulture, as 

 exhibited in the choice varieties of new fruits and 

 flowers, recently introduced from other countries ; 

 as also in the gratification of viewing the beautiful 

 floral decorations of the place of exhibition. From 

 the exertions which are now making here, and 

 the universal favor which has been manifested to- 

 wards the undertaking, in the ofl'ers of the loan 

 of rare and choice plants, possessed by amateur 

 cultivators, it is confidently expected that the So- 

 ciety will he enabled to make a disjilny at once 

 worthy of itself, and of the Metropolis of New 

 England. 



An address will be delivered at twelve o'clock 

 on Wednesday, the I7th inst. in Faneuil Hall, by 

 John C. Gray, Esq. Zebedee Cook, Jr. 



Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. 



A special meeting of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society was held at their room on Satur- 

 day, Sept. 6th, 1834, and the following business 

 transacted : 



Messrs. Simon E. Greene of Boston and Samuel 

 Sweetser of Cambridgeport, were admitted Sub- 

 scription Members. 



Voted, That the first Vice President in the ab- 

 sence of the President be authorized to sign all 

 deeds, relative to lands at Mount Auburn. 



Adjourned to Saturday, September I3th, at ten 

 o'clock, A. M. Cha's.M. HovEV, 



Secretary pro tern . 



(J?'Members of the Society having any books 

 pamphlets or periodicals, belonging to the Library 

 are requested to return them on or before Satur 

 day the 20ib inst. 



(jJ^The Committee of Arrange me.nts for the Ex- 

 hibition at Faneuil Hall, are requested to meet at 

 the room of the Society on Saturday next, the 

 13th inst. at 11 A. M. 



NOTICE. 



The Committee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, appointed to take charge of orna- 

 mental trees, flowers, shrubs, &c. request all mem- 

 bers of the Society and others who may wish to 

 promote the objects of the exhibition, to forward 

 to Faneuil Hall on Monday and Tuesday, the 15th 

 and 16th insts. such ornamental plants, <irangeand 

 lemon trees, bouquets of flowers, festoons and 

 wreaths, as may tend to increase the interest of 

 the Show. Every plant will be carefully labelled 

 with tiie name of the proprietor, and of which es- 

 pecial care will be taken by the Committee ex- 

 pressly appointed for the purpose, and sli^ld it 

 be inconvenient to send plants in pots or tubs, 

 they will be sent for by the Committee, to be 

 transported by vehicles on springs, attended by 

 careful persons, and returned in the same manner, 

 or at the close of the exhibition, will be sold for 

 the proprietors if requested. Contributions of 

 Cut F/otcers are desirable on the mornings of the 

 l~th, 18th and 19th insts. 



Cha's. M. Hovey, Chairman. 



The Committee on Fruits, &c. of the Blassa- 

 cliusetts Horticultural Society, respectfully invite 

 all members of the Society and others who may 

 wish to promote its objects, to furnish for the ap- 

 proaching exhibition, such fruits as may be deem- 

 ed worthy the occasion, as grapes, plums, peaches, 

 pears, ap[iles, melons, &c. especially such as may 

 be considered new, or rare, or particularly fine. 

 They may be sent to Faneuil Hall on Monday and 

 Tuesday the 15th and 16th insts., where Mr. Pond 

 will receive them in behalf of the committee. Any 

 fruit from a distance, directed as above, would pro- 

 bably reach Boston in good order, if properly pack- 

 ed. Gentlemen are requested to label all fruits 

 with the name of the proprietor, for whose dispo- 

 sition they will all be reserved by the Committee, 

 or sold for their benefit when so directed. 



S. A. Shurtleff, Chairman. 



Tickets for the exhibition may be obtained at 

 the door of the Hall, at 50 cents for the whole e»- 

 hiliition, or twenty-five cents for one admission. 



