vol.. XVII, NO. 30. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



239 



THE MULBERRY FANTASIES AND THE 

 TRANSFORMATIONS OF SAGO. 



We hazarded a prediction a few weeks since that the 

 wooden nutmeg gentry would soon be along with silk- 

 ivorin e:gs made ont of yellow bees-wax and dropped on 

 ihe best^hot pressed letter paper, for sale to the amateurs. 

 We had not a strong ccnfidence then that our prophecy | Oinamentat Trees, Shnilis, Roses, 'Honoysurklcs, I'osonies, 



as ^n near its fulfilment as it now seems to be. The Dahlias and otlier Herbaceous Flowering Plants. 

 No.thamp'ton Courier of the last week announces that } J'J.OOO ^';;^[!^f^" 



FKVIT AND ORNAMENTAI. TREES!, MULBER- 

 KIi£S. ate 



Nurs(n-ij of William Kenrich. 

 The Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees for 1839 is 

 now ready, and will he sent to all who apply. It comprises 

 a most exieiisive selection of the superior varieties o( Pears, 

 Apples, Plums, Qainces, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Cur- 

 rants, Strawberries, Grape Vines, &c. The stock of Cher- 

 ries and of Peaches now ready is particularly ' "— 



PRICES OP COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



CORRECTED WITH GREAT CARE, WEEKLY. 



Also, 



■ Newcastle Tho 



Bass wood ciittino-s have been sold there for cuttings of j Morns Mullicaulis, and other Mulberries; the trees genu- 

 ,he Morus Multiclulis ; and we have to add, that a friend ine and fine, at prices fair, and varying with the size, and 

 the iUorus iviuiucduiia, ai... ,. , . , . „ ' the qnantny which maybe desired. 



of ours received last week a small phial of what -— - 



said to be mulberry seed as a sample of twentyfive pounds 

 which the person who sent it, had on hand for sale,' wish- 

 ing 10 know the price and prospects. This sample of 

 mulberry seed is nothing more nor less than sago; and, 

 we beg leave to add, a very fair sample of much of the 

 humbuggery (we wish we could find a better word) that 



may 



Fruit and all other trees, when so ordered, will be secure- 

 ly packed for safe transportation to distant places, and or- 

 ders promptly eieculed, on application to the subscriber. 

 •^ WILLIAM KENRICK. 

 Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston. 

 January 30, 1839, ^ 



SHAKKRS' SEEDS AND HERBS. 



WIGHT it GIIISON, No. 44 Hanover Street, under the 



- „ ,1 „ .„j I American House, (opposite Elm Street,') are appointed by 



,s going on m this very same mulberry seed and egg and ^^^ _^^^^.^^^ ^^^^.s^. ^^''jij^^^j^ Mass. as their agents for the 

 tree business. "There are none so blind as those who 53),, „(• g^; |(j„,is „f Qarden Seeds, raised and put up with 



not «ee;" and in this mulberry speculation, as in 

 many other of the speculations of the day, we see but 

 too strongly exemplified the spirit of the old homely say- 

 in", " The de'il may take the hindemost." 



BRkThI'ON MAR.KKT.— Momjat, January 28, 1839. 

 K..|,(,rti-il lor 111.- Ni-W tllgljnd Katiner. 



At Market, 370 Beef Cattle and 650 Sheep. 



Prices.- Reef CaHlc— First quality, $7 75 a $3 fO. 

 Second quality, $7 00 a $7 50. Third quality, $5 73 a 

 $6 50. 



SA„p,_| cts were sold at $2 75, $3 00, $3 25, $3 50, 

 $4 00, $1 25, and $5 25. 



We noticed one prime Ox from Worcester County^ 

 sold for $9 pr. hd. 



The great Ox Olympus was sold today by Mr Wel- 

 lin<njn to Mr Hall, of Woburn, (or $050. 



THER.MOMETIUCAL. 



ReporteJ for the New England Farmer. 

 Range .if the Thermometer at the Gardeiiof the proprietors 

 of the New England Farmer, Brighton, Mass. in a shaded 

 (Vorlherly exposure, week ending January 27. 



Januart, 183977 7 A.M. | 12, IM. | 5.P.1V1. | Wind 



directions for culture, by Jonathan Chandler. 



Prices, the same as when sold by the society 01 

 elling agent. 



Herbs, Roots, Extracts, &c. for sale as above. 



January 3u, 1839. •tinis 



their trav 



MONOGRAPHY OF THE CA51E1.1.1A. 



Just published and for sale by Joseph Greek & Co. at the 

 Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, a Monngraphy of 

 the Genus Camellia, or an Essay on its Culture, Description 

 aud Classification, illustrated by two Synoptical Tables: 

 the first containing the names of two hundred and seventy 

 varieties, with the color and form of the flowers, the species 

 or variety which have produced them, the place of their or- 

 igin, and the period of their introduction into Europe; and 

 the second presents two ascendini: gamuts, in which are 

 painted the shades of color peculiar to the known Camellias, 

 with their specific denominations. By the Ahhe Berlese, 

 member of several French and foreign learned societies. 

 Translated from the French by Henry A. S. Dearborn. 

 Jan. 15, 1639. 



A I.'.IR.HER WANTED. 



The suHscriber is desirous of making a permanent ar- 

 rangement with a young man who has a small family and is 

 thorouo-hly acquainted w.lli practical farming, to take charge 

 of a first rale farni in the Coiiueclicut Valley, only a few 

 miles from Hartford. Said farm is also within oik and a 

 half miles of one of the most- thriving maniilacturing vil- 

 lages in the State, and a :eady and good market may there 

 be^ found for the produce of the farm. . . 



To a young man of industrious habits and good principles 

 and who is competent to take the direction of a large farm, 

 such an opportunity rarely eSers itself; as the owner will 

 not sell it, and an arrangement for a term of years might be 

 relied upon. . , ^ , . 1 c 



Any young man who is possessed ot the above qualilica- 

 tions'may meet with encouragement by calling upon the sub- 

 scriber at No. 12 Long Wharf, or by addressing a line through 

 the Post Office. ISAAC C. ANDREWS. 



Jan. 23, 1839. 



AMERICAN SILK GROWER'S CiUlDB. 



On the art of raising the mulberry and silk and the system 

 of successive crops in each season ; second edition ; enlarged 

 and improved by William Kenrick. Just published and lor 

 sale by Joseph Breck .t Go., at the Seed Store and Agricul- 

 tural Warehouse, Nos. 51 and 52 North Market Street. 



Jan. 9, 1839. 



MORI S MUI.TICAULIS. 



Constantly on hand in small quantities, at the lowest mar- 

 ket price. Orders directed to Jlessrs VVinship, Brighton, 

 Mass or :eft at N. E. Farmer Office, will receive immediate 

 attention. The plants will be safely packed and forwarded 

 to any part of the country. 



Dec. 19. 



TO BE I.ET. 



The subscriber offers to lease for the term of three, five or 

 seven years, bis dwelling house and gardens in South Salem, 

 either with, or without any portion of the adjoining farm 

 lands. The gardens, &c. contain about six acres, in a high 

 state of cultivation, well stocked with flowers, fruit and or- 

 namental trees ; two green houses, filled with the choicest 

 green house plants, and grapes in full hearing ; a forcing 

 wall, with seed and tool rooms, a convenient gardener's lodge, 

 and a large ice house ; sufficient may be sold annually from 

 the garden to pay the whole rent. The dwelling house is 

 large and convenient, commanding a fine view of the sea, 

 and is within three lourths of a mile from the centre of the 

 city of Salem. The aliove offers a desirable situation cilher 

 for a gentleman's residence, or for a public garden or board- 

 ing houst. L y V 



.Also to let for three, five or seven years, the larm house 

 and barns, which are large and commodious, with the whole 

 or part of the farm, consisting of over two hundred acres of 

 land of the best quality, with a large orchard of grafted fruit 

 — it IS abundantly supplied with sea manure, and located 

 near four market towns. The whole estate has a full snp- 

 nlv of nure water. Apply to the subscriber on the premises 

 "^V, 23, 1839. '^^ "■^"■^^^ ■^"■""^ 



Ashes, Pearl, per ino lbs. . 



Pot, " ■' " . 

 Beans, white, Foreign, 

 *' '* Doni.'slic, . 



Bkef, mess 



No. 1 



prime, .... 

 Beeswax, (American) . 

 Cheese, new milk, 

 FEATHEns, northern, goesr, 



southern, geese. . 

 Flax. (American) . 

 Fish, Cod, Grand Bank, 



Haddock, 

 Mac.-cerel. No. 1, . 

 Flour, Genesee, cash, . 



Baltimore, Howard slreet 

 Baliimore, wharf, 

 Alexaudria, 



Rye, .... 

 Meal, Indian, in bbls. 

 Grain: Corn, northern yellow, 



southern flat, yellow, 

 white, . 

 Rye. norlhera. . 

 Barley, 



Oats, northein, (prime) . 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 2000 lis. 



Eastern screwed, . 

 Hops, Isl quality, 



2d quality, .... 

 Laud, iJoston, 1st sort,. 



southern, 1st sort, 

 Leatheb, Philadelphia city tannage, 

 do. c uiury do. 



Baltimore city tannage, 

 do. dry hides, . 

 New York red, light, 

 Boston, do. slaughter, 

 Boston dry hides, 

 Lime, best sort, .... 

 Oil, Sperm, Sprin? and Summer, . 

 Winter, . 

 Whale, refined. 

 Plasteb Paris, per ton of 2200 lbs. 

 PoBK, extra clear, 



clear, ..... 

 Mess, .... 



Seeds: Herd's Grass, 



Red Top, .southern, 

 northern, 



Hemp 



Blax, 



Red Clover, northern, . 

 Scmtbern Clover, 

 So IP, American, No. 1, 

 " No. 2, 



Tallow, tried, .... 



Teazi^es, 1st sort 



Wool, prime, or Saxony Heeces, . 



American, full blood, washed, 

 do. 3-4ths do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. 1-4 and common, 

 f Pulled superfine, 

 _ No. 1, . . . 



■c:-3')No.2 



° ~ [ No. 3, ■ 



busliel 

 barrel 



pound 



quintal 

 el 



1 35 



2 110 

 17 00 

 14 50 

 12 00 



13 00 

 9 00 



pound 



7 26 

 6 12 



1 75 



2 36 

 17 SO 

 16 00 

 12 511 



1 5 00 20 08 



16 00 17 00 



HERSY DERBY. 



SILK WOU.IIS' EGGS. 



Preserved with much care, producing' sulphur colored co- 

 coon-* ; the worm from this kind of egg wound their cocoons 

 the last season in twenty eijht days. Specimens of the co- 

 coons may he seen at the Agricultural Warehouse, if desired. 

 Apply to John Sullivan. 



■WANTED. 



A skilful, honest, industrious former and kitchen garden- 

 er to take a farm in the county of Bristol, near to the Provi- 

 dence market, to take and manage on shares, a pretty exten- 

 sive establishment (or raising and selling hay, corn, vegeta- 

 bles, fruit, milk, pigs and poultry. No'one will be received 

 without the best recommendations. Apply at the N. E. 

 Farmer Office. C. WEEKS. 



Jan. 15, 1839. 



cask 

 gallon 



cask 

 barrel 



pound 



pr M. 

 pound 



M\i 



I OS 1 10 



60 1 



55 



2 87 I 3 00 

 25 00 : 26 00 

 24 no 24 50 

 23 nu ! 24 00 



2 63 I 2 75 

 §U i 1 00 



2 62 



3 00 



PROVISION MARKET. 



RETAIL PRICES. 

 Hams, northern, .... 



southern and western, . 

 Pork, whole hogs, 



Poultry, per lb 



Butter, tub, ... * 



lump, .... 



Eggs, ...... 



Potatoes, new, .■ . . . 



Apples, 



Cider, 



BONE MANtRB. 



The subscriber desires to inform his friends and the public 

 that he has been in the Bone business more than ten years, 

 and has spent much time and money to ascertain how bones 

 may be converted to the best use, and is fully satisfied that 

 they form the most powerful stimulant that can be applied to 

 the earth as a manure. He offers for sale ground lione at a 

 low price, and is ready to receive orders to any amount, which 

 will be promptly attended to. 



Orders may be left at my manufactory, near Tremonl road, 

 in Roxhurv, or at the New England Agricultural Warehous* 

 and Seed Store, No. 52 North Market Slreet, Boston. 



Sept. 20. NAHUM WARD. 



