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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL, 



Yet just arrangement, rarely brought to pass 

 But by a master's hand, disposins; well 

 The gay diversities of leaf and flower, 

 Must lend its aid t' illustrate all their charms, 

 And dress the regular, yet various scene. 

 Plant behind plant aspiring, in the van 

 The dwarfish ; in the rear retired, but still 

 Sublime above the rest, the statelier stand." 



CoWPEU. 



Wliat is here suid on the subject of arrange- 

 ment is of course addressed to those who are un- 

 acqtiainted with botatiy ; those who study that de- 

 lightful science will, most probably, prefer a botan- 

 ical arrangement, observing however to place the 

 smaller plants of each division ue.xt the spectator, 

 and thus proceeding gradually to the tallest and 

 most distant; so tliat the several divisions will 

 form strips irregular in their width. 



A friend has obliged me, says a celebrated wri- 

 ter, with the following lines, paraphrased from the 

 Greek of Meleager. "This delicious little Greek 

 poem," says he, "is one of tliose which I always 

 seem to scent the very odor of, as if I held a bunch 

 of flowers to my face. 



" A flowery crown will I compose — 

 I'll weave the crocus, weave the rose ; 

 I'll weave narcissus, newly wet, 

 The hyacinth, and violet ; 

 And myrtle shall supply me green, 

 .\nd lilies laugh in light between : 

 That the rich tendrils of my beauty's hair 

 May burst into their crowning flowers, and light the painted 



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Peaches. — Grosse Mignoime, George IV., Red 

 and Yellow Rareripe. 



Grapes. — Chasselas ; and an ornamented basket 

 of fruit. 



Melons. — A fine large yellow variety of the Rock 

 Melon from Paris. 



Presented by S. Walker, from the garden of 

 Madam Eustis, Roxbury, a fine specimen of Sweet- 

 water Grapes, of out-door culture. Also a 1 .rge 

 basket of fine Peaches. 



From J. L. Moffat, Esq. Roxbury, a basket of 

 yellow Tomatoes. 



From Enoch Barlett, Esq. Vice President of the 

 Society. 



Pfm-s.— Bartlett or Williams Bon Chretien, Syl- 

 vanche Vert, Wertemberg, formerly received as 

 Capiaumont, Dix. 



Jipples — Ribston Pippin. 



Lemon Peach. 



From Mr Downer, a variety of fine fruits as fol- 

 lows. - 



Per order, S. WALKER, 



Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. 



EXHIBITION Of FRUITS. 



The exhibition of the fruits, of all kinds, far sur- 

 passed that of all former years, not only in the 

 variety, but also in the increased proportion of the 

 new "and finest kinds which never yet have been 

 seen or known at any former exhibition. Gener- 

 ally speaking, all the fruits which were on these 

 days exhibited, were fine. The fruits offered by 

 Messrs Manning and Ives, whose gardens are con- 

 tiguous, occupi.?d nearly t!ie whole of the Western 

 table, and amongst those especially of Mr Manning 

 were many of the new kinds of Pears, so lately in- 

 troduced, and which are now fast coming into bear- 

 ing. These above constituted the finest selection 

 of the kind, which has ever yet been witnessed in 

 the country. 



The following is the account of the exhibition. 



Prom the Hon. John Lowell, specimens of two 

 varieties of Pears ; one the Beurre Spence, which 

 M. Van Mons had once designated as the finest 

 pear he had ever raised ; the specimen an oblong 

 good sized fruit, contracted near the summit, of a 

 yellow russety color, the flavor delicious. Also 

 the Beurre Crappeaux, another variety sent to Mr 

 Lowell by the Chevalier Parmentier of Enghien ; a 

 fruit of medium size and turbinate form, bright 

 scarlet next the sun and yellow in the shade, beurre 

 and of delicious flavor. 



From the Hon. Jlr Vose, President of the So- 

 ciety. 



Pears. — Williams Bon Chretien, Andrews, Passe 

 Colmar, Lewis, Napoleon, Duchesse D'Angouleme, ! basket^ contain 

 Urbaniste, Brocaus Bergamotto, Julienne, Mouille ; other fruits. 

 Bouche. 



Apples. — Hawthorndean, English Codlin, Large 

 Red Sweeting. 



Pears Heathcot, Beurre d'Aremberg, Passe 



Colmar, Dix, Knight's seedling, Bezi Vaet, Forelle, 

 Iron, Lewis, Catillac, Beurre Diel, Roi de Wur- 

 temborg, Williams Bon Chretien, Andrews Moor- 

 fowl Egg, and U ilkinson. 



Apples. — Pumpkin sweeting, Siberian Crab, Pom- 

 me d'api. Pound, Porter, Seaver sweet. Hales, Lys- 

 cora, None such, Gardener's sweeting, Spice and 

 ■^^ler varieties. 



Grapes — Isabella, Catawba, Miller's Burgundy, 

 white t.'hasselas, and another variety, all from the 

 open air. 



Peaches. — Rareripe. 



From Mr Richards, numerous fine specimens as 

 follows. 



Pears. — Howard. 



Apples — Ribstone pippin, and Fall Sops of wine. 

 Peaches. — Two varieties, one a seedling. 

 From Mes3r.-5 Winship of Brighton, beautiful 

 specimens of the Shepardia Eleagnoides, consisting 

 of branches loaded witli fruit ; the fruit fine for jel- 

 lies and preserves, and highly grateful to the taste 

 when ameliorated by frost. 



From William Oliver, Esq. of Dorchester. 

 Pears. — Dix, Wurtemberg, Broca's Bergamotte, 

 St. Ghislain, Duchesse D'Angouleme. 

 Peaches. — President, Petite Mignonne. 

 Grapes. — Chasselas, very fine, open culture. 

 From Mrs Bourne of Boston, Clingstone peach. 

 From Mr John Arnold of Milton. 

 Grapes. — Black Hamburg, t\vo fine clusters, one 

 weighing 2 3-4 lbs., and the other 3 3-4 lbs. ; also 

 fine clusters of Uie Muscat of Lunel. 



From Mr George Newhall of Dorchester. 

 Pears. — Wurtemberg and Fulton, Williams Bon 

 Chretien, and Broca's Bergamotte. 

 Apples. — Porter and Pearuiain. 

 Peaches. — Jacques Rareripe, Moore's Rareripe, 

 Yellow Red Rareripe, a seedling variety, also 

 another large Yellow Seedling Rareripe, very fine. 

 From E. Breed, Esq. of Charlestown. 



Pears. Orange, Julienne, Seckel, Duchesse 



D'Angouleme, and Williams Bon Chretien. 

 Plums. — Green Gage. 



Grapes. — White, Muscat of Alexandria, and a 

 fine peaches and a variety of 



From Mr Wm. Meller of Roxbury. 



Grapes. — Black Hamburg, and Sweet Water. 



Peaches. — Seedling varieties. 



From Mr Joseph Balch of Roxbury. 



Pears. ■ Blanquette, Williams Bon Chretien, and 

 a variety from Prance. 



Apples.~A variety from England. 



Grapes.— A basket of Black Hamburg, and Black 

 Prince, &c. all fine. 



From Messrs Mason of the Charlestown vine- 

 yard. 



Grapes — Purple Cimstantia, Lombardy, Black 

 Hamburg, and White Chasselas. All affording 

 ample evidence of the most skilful cultivation. 



From Isaac P. Davis, Esq. of the city. A su- 

 perb Black Apple, resembling polished ebony. A 

 most beautiful fruit from the garden of Mr Gushing 

 at Belmont, from a dwarf tree received from France, 

 and said to be of American origin, name un- 

 known. 



From Dr J. C. Howard, Woodland, in Brookline, 



Pears.— Golden Beurre, Cambridge, St. Michael, 

 Beurre Rouge, and Bergamotte. 



Apples. Maiden's Blush or Hawthorndean, 



Greening, and Ruddy Greening. 



Grapes.— MiUefs Burgundy, White Chasselas, 

 and Black Hamburg, two splendid bunches of the 

 latter on one lateral shoot, weighing together 5 lbs. 

 and 4 oz. ; also, from out of door culture, Sweet- 

 water, and Isabella. 



Col. M. P. Wilder, sent for exhibition the fol- 

 lowing kinds of fruit. 



Pears.— -D'Aremberg, Belle et Bonne, Alpha, 

 Gloux, Mdrceau, Buerre Thouin, St. Michael, 

 Archangel,. D'Amaulis, Beurre Von Marura, Ber- 

 gamotte de Paques, Bourgomestrc of Boston, Passe 

 Colmar, Sageret Easter Buerre, Heathcot, Wurtem- 

 berg, Beurre Diel,Bleeckers Meadow, a pear impor- 

 ted for Urbaniste, and a pear name unknown from 

 France. Fortune, a new and celebrated pear, but 

 not yet at maturity : also Keiu-ick Pear from Van 

 Mons, but may be wrong. 



Plums — Goes Golden Drop. Also the Black 

 Rock musk melon. 



From Mr B. V. French from his estate in Brain- 

 tree, the following kinds. 



Pears. — Gushing, Harvard, \\ ilkinson, Roman 

 i?euiTe, Long Green, Saint Lezain, Old winter, Roi 

 de Wurtemberg, Williams Bon Chretien, Tilling- 

 ton, Spanish Bon Chretien, King's Bon Chretien. 



Apples. — Monstrous Pippin, Yellow BellMower 

 Ortley Pippin, Mela Carla, Fameuse, Duke of Wei 

 lington, Hawthorndean, Fall Sopsavine, Garden 

 Royal, Devonshire Quarendon, Porter, Dutch Cod- 

 lin, Garden Striped, Yellow Newton Pippin, Sweet 

 Greening, Nonsuch, Sour sweet, Black Apple, 

 Courtpendu Plat, Well's pippin. Royal do.. Scarlet 

 nonpareil, English do., Danvers sweet, Red Doctor, 

 High top sweeting, Esopus Spitzenberg, Green's 

 everlasting. Bun, Newark King, Snow, King of the 

 Pipps, Fearns pippin, Conway, Osgood, Ribstone 

 pippin, Alexander, Vandavere, Jonathan,, Siirprise,, 

 Priestley, iMoor's red winter, Cumbeiiajtd spice. 

 Pumpkin spice, .Mela de Rosemarino, French Bell- 

 flower, Golden Reinett, Reinet de Autom, Tem- 

 pleton winter sweet, Russett, Long Nonsuch, Old 

 Pearmain, Side hill. Lady finger. Greening, Lewis, 

 French's sweet, Seaver sweet, York russett, Down- 

 ton pippin, Pomme d'api, Siberian Crab, Murphy, 

 Burraove, Virginia, Rock, Adam's sweeting, Red 

 Calville. 



Melons.— hong Carolina v.ater, Pine, Green Flesh. 

 Plums. — Red Queen's Mother, a fine fruit. 



From Mr Ebenezer Holden of Dorchester, Porter 

 apples, a beautiful specimen. 



