vol.. XV. NO. 9. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



69 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICrl.TURAL, SOCIETY, 



Saturday, Aug. 27, 183C). 



Pear?, by Mr Manning — SUinL'ss, or Suns 

 Peaii, a small, pruilurtive, fine olil fruit ; Summer 

 Melting, a fruit so called, llie original name heing 

 iost : a good sized fruit, hut sotnewliat mealy; 

 another fruit which was received from Burlington, 

 N. J., as the Bellissime d'Ete, an old and very in- 

 different fruit, compared with many others of 

 modern date. 



Apples, by Mr Vose, President of the Society 



Karly Red Juneatings, also Sh'ropsliirevine or 



Sops-of-wineand Early Harvest, all lmndson)e. 



By Mr Richards — Red Juneating, Curtis' Ear- 

 ly Striped, Shropshirevine, Early Harvest, and a 

 kind without name, a small, pleasant, striped fruit ; 

 also Early Bow, a fine, large, well known, sweet 

 fruit. 



By James Eustis of South Reading — The Si- 

 nion'd Sweeting, a handstmie, red, g )od fruit. 



By Mr Manning — Red Astrachan, Calvdle 

 Rouge d'Ete, Summer Rose, a handsome white 

 fruit with a pale blush, of good flavor. 



Plums, by Mr Poml — Corse's Nota Bena, Cat- 

 alonian Plum, Pond's Seedling, large and hand- 

 some but not mature ; Apricot Plum, ripe and 

 very fitie ; Duane's Purple Plum, very large and 

 fine. 



By Mr Manning — Italian Damask, a fruU here- 

 tofore Sjioken of as always p.oductive, large and 

 exce lent. 



Green flesh Persian Melon, pres-nt<;d by Mr 

 Hasgerston, from Belmont, and the S|ilenilid con- 

 servatory of Mr dishing. The fruit of delicious 

 quality. The seeds of this superior melon were 

 distributed. 



For the Committre. 



WILLIAM KKNRICK. 



Saturday, Aug. 27, 1836. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



The contributions of flowers were very large, 

 and the specimens unusually fine. The praises 

 bestowed by the visiters generally, on the rare 

 specimens of plants from the conservatory of J. 

 P Ciishing, Esq. of Watertown, are in tliemsclve < 

 sufficient "to sh.w in what high estimation such 

 fine flowers are held ; an.l it is but due to Mr 

 Ha."rerston, who presented the specimens, and 

 winriiasthe charge of Mr Cushing's garden, to 

 state that, the flowers spoke in a language much 

 more powerfid and eloquent than we can do in 

 words, that he is not only a n.aster m his profes- 

 sion but that he is a lover, an attentive lover of 

 those beauties of nature which have been commit- 

 ted to his care. Several specimens presented by 

 Mr Haggerston, were in the highest state of per- 

 fection^amona which we noticed Combretum | ur- 

 pureui.'i; Passifloraquadrangularis; Hibiscus rosa 

 sinensis; Nerium oleander; do pleno ; Cerbera 

 thereta ; aiul a double flowering Alihcea from Chi- 

 na Dahlias var. Barrett's Susannah ; Granta ; 

 Queen of the Dahlias, fine : Springfield rival, fine ; 

 D-niiisii; Widnall's Adonis: Passiflora alba; 

 Rose.l'amour; and Harriet Martineau. 



From S. Sweetser, of Cambridgeport, nineteen 

 varieties of Dahlias. 



From Col. M. P. Wilder, ofDorchester.twenty- 

 ei^bt varieties of Dahlias. 

 "From Hovey & Co., twentyeight varieties of 



Dub ias. 



By Mr J Locke, of Andover, a fine sp.^cimen 



of Alcea nigra. 



From Mr Dennis Murphy, of Roxbury, a vari- 

 ety of choice flowers. 



"From Mr Thomas Mason, of Charlestown, a 

 very splendid bouquet wlii.-b was mud. adniiied. 

 Dahlias, var. King of the Yel.ows ; King ot the 

 Whites, Dennisii, Globe, Magnet, Picta lormosissi- 

 ma. Countess of Liverpool, ISoiiny Dee, Transcen- 

 dent, Rose Constantine, and Seedlings Bunker 

 Hill anct British Crown. 



By i^amnel Wa ker, of Roxbury. Bouquets, 

 Dahlias, var. Lord Liverpool, Agrippina, Bellado- 

 na, Queen of the Yellows, and Globe flowering. 

 For tne Coniinittee. 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



The food of Man.— The Genesee Farmer 

 gives this amusing summary of the native coun- 

 tries of our inost familiar plants : 



The Potato is a native of South America, and 

 is still found wild in Chili, Peru, and Mont Video. 

 In its native state, the root is small and bitter. 

 I he first mention of it by European writers is in 

 1588 It is now spread over the world. \\ heat 

 and Rye originated in Tartary and Siberm, «here 

 they are still indigenous. The o«ly country where 

 the Oat is found wild is in Abyssinia, and thence 

 may be oonsidere.i a native. Maize or Indian 

 corn is a native of Mexico, and was unknown m 

 Europe until after the discoveries of Columluis. 

 1 he Bread Fruit tree is a nati\e of the South bea 

 islands particularly Otaheite. Tea is found a native 

 nowhere except in China and Japan, bom wind, 

 countries the uoild is supi lie.l. '1 he Cocoa Nut 

 is a native of most equinoctial countries, and is on 

 of the most valuable of trees, as food, clothing and 

 sh.'lter are aff-orded by it. Coffee is a native^ ol 

 Arabia Felix, but is now spread into bot'i the East 

 and West Indies. '1 he best coffee is brought from 

 Mocha, in Arabia, whence about fourteen millions 

 are annually exported. St. Domingo (urnisbes 

 from sixty to seventy millions of pounds yearly. 

 All the varieties of Apple are derived from the 

 crab apple, which is found native in most parts ol 

 the world. The peach is derived from Persia, 

 where it st;ll grows in a native state, small, bitter, 

 and with poisonous qualities. Tobacco is a na- 

 tive of Mexico and South America, and lately one 

 species has been found in New Holland. '] obac- 



CO was first introduced into England from North 

 Candina in 1586, by Walter Raleigh. Asparagus 

 was brought from Asia ; Cabbage .-ind Lettuce 

 from Holland; Horse Radish fron. China; Kice 

 from Ethiopia; Beans from the East Indies; On- 

 ions and GarlicU are natives of various places boih 

 i„ Avia and Africa. The Sugar Cane is a native 

 of China and the art of making sugar from it has 

 been practised frcmi the remotest antiquity. 



Silk Worms are feeding now and some of 

 them windingtheir cocoons. Th. ordiary meth- 

 od is to lay branches over tl e worms or set 

 broom brush upright and they will find a po- 

 sition to their own taste. After they have finished 

 winding, those cocoons to be used for reelirig 

 must be boiled in hot water a few hours or laid 

 in the sun three or four days, as the moths will 

 come out in about ten days, if not destroyed, and 

 spoil the cocoon. Those cocoons which are in- 

 tended for seed, should be of the largest size and 

 bright color and firm to the touch. Tney should 

 be laid away carefully, and in ten or fifteen days, 

 according to the weather, the moths wid come 

 out. The male is known by his small size and 

 the continual fluttering of bis wings. The female 

 is larger and seldom moves. '1 hey should be 

 taken in pairs and put upon sheets of paper and 

 in about twentyfour hours, the fc'inale lays three 

 or four hundred eggs. They should be laid away 

 carefully, rolled up, as they ailbere to the paper. 

 Mhe moths die soon after the eggs are laid. — 

 JVorthamplon Courier. 



CHINESE: : .CLBBRRT. 



The time having arrived for laying do\Vn the 

 Chinese Mil berry, the following extract of a let- 

 ter, tlated Sept. 1835, from a gentleman who is 

 practica ly acquainted with the business, may be 

 of use to new beginners: 



The manner of putting down the mulberry and 

 covering the bran<dies with earth, is bad, decided- 

 ly bad. Many ol them rotted, .some wholly anA 

 some in part only. I put them down in various 



ways some I put down wilb the tops out — some 



with the tops covered, and some I broke ofl — the 

 last did the best. Now the way to do the thing 

 as it should be done, is this — I know by experi- 

 ence, and one grain of exjierieiice is wdith a 

 pound of sp' culati n. 



Bend the shoot flat to the ground, nip off the 

 tip or top, mind that — secure it with forked sticks 

 and do not put any earth upon the bramdi, (except 

 where the buds have just started.) The buds will 

 shoot upwards with great rapidity, and when 

 about one inch high, then cover the St.. Ik lightly 

 with earth, and the fibrous roots will immediately 

 shoot downward, in every ilirection — this i know. 

 In this way, there is not the least danger of smoth- 

 ering the plants or buds. 



Remember, the top must be nipped off, or the 

 plant will grow from that end only, and ti.e hiid» 

 will not grow so well. I have found that cover- 

 ing the plant or branch with the' earth, when fir« 

 laid down, is a great error, at least I think so, 

 with all due deference to your better judgment 

 and experience. — Courier. 



Look odt fop. Spomtaneous Combustion.— 

 A case was accidentally .liscovered last week in a 

 eel ar under Peter C. Jones' Paper Store in State 

 ..treet Some one connected with the establish- 

 „,e„t, in removing a barrel of oil that h.id been 

 lyin" for several weeks upona pile of ropes, found 

 a I lace corn sponding wiih the bottom of the bar- 

 rel wet with oil and conshlerably scorched ; l\n- 

 surface was so hot that the ban.l cou d not be borne 

 upon it.— it w.is forlunile that the discovery was 

 „,ade as we have no doubt from the repivs. ntation 

 M.ade'to lis that iu a few hours more the rope 

 would have become ignited and the store set on 

 fire. — Mtr. Jour. 



The Broom Corn Specvlntion bids fair to run aa 

 1 i^'h this season as it ilid the last. A" week or 

 two since, speculators were oBVring fifty dollar.s 

 an acre fi'r the growing brush. Sales of brush 

 have been made at eleven and twelve cents, in 

 Hadley and its vicinity. — Oreenjield HtraU. 



The Northiimp'.on Courier relates that a young 

 man of tliM place has foiinil on the banks of tll» 

 (Jonneclieut, jnst above Sunderland, amoiij? the 

 sate stones, various lieaiitiliil specimens of or- 

 irauic remains. Imbedded in the st<me nnmer- 

 (iiis fishes wire (iuiiid, | eiriried in |ierl'e<-t shape, 

 not excepting the siiiaiest .'ins and scales — Times. 



