VOL. XV III, NO. 1. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



theFurmer ; but in the exercise of (in hanest judgment, 

 a right wliicli they may be sure we sh;ill under nu cir- 

 cum-itances surrender, we may fail to do tliis ; and un- 

 <ier this inability or misfortune, we can only recommend 

 to these generous patrons to borrow some other paper. 



Agriculture in its largest extent, is a matter o( sucli 

 general and universal interest, enleririg in its ramified 

 relations into all the business and arts of life, and lyincr 

 at the very founduiun of human society, that it would 

 bediflicultto touch upon any human topic, which has 

 not a near orremoie, a direct or indirect relation to it. 

 Man himself, having been first formed out of the dust of 

 the earth, may bo considered as a kind of agricultural 

 production, and every thing therefure, relating to his 

 culture and perfection, may, with a show of reason, come 

 under the general topic. One of our own poets has 

 beautifully said, that " man is the noblest growth our 

 realms supply," and higher authority speaks of him as 

 the flower of the field, and as perishing like the new 

 mown grass. But honestly as we might, we shall not 

 avail ourselves of this general license ; and will not ven- 

 ture into fields under.stood to be forbidden, though there 

 is no lence round them ; but will respect the right of 

 propeiiy and travel as quietly as we can along the 

 King's highway. In doing this, we express our humble 

 hope that our own rights may be protected ; and that the 

 gate may not be opened and the dog set upon us simply 

 because we look over the fence or merely peep through 

 a knot hole into cultivated or neglected fields. 



We were pained to hear that even in our last 

 number some of our good friends were distuibed, be- 

 cause, without even going skin deep, and much 

 less with any thought of bringing blood, we tsuched 

 the reverend clergy, with the point of a fine cambric 

 needle; though they would not hesitate t'> knock 

 a poor farmer over with a bludgeon (we mean figurative- 

 ly of course) if on a hot Sunday afternoon in July, after a 

 week's haying, he should happen to feel a " leelle" drow- 

 sy under some nice hair-splitting division of the test, or 

 some one of the five or .six *' finallys, and to concludes" 

 of the discourse. But how we could be suspected of 

 any ill-design toward our own brethren we cannot di- 

 vine. We will offer all the amends in our power ; 



tainmenls. We shall s.ay nothing of a living friend, 

 who by hisinlelligence, his practical skill, and his pub- 

 lic spirited exertions has conferred most distinguished 

 benefits upon the agriculture of the Old Colony. 



Cut the clergy everywhere have a direct interest in 

 agriculture. How are we to have praying and preach- 

 inn without bread and beef.' Even our good t'riends 

 (irahaiu and Alcott, with their most sublimated philoso- 

 phy, would lose their wind if the plough should stop. 

 'Thi: better the preaching and the better the |)niying the 

 more and the better the bread and the beef Good hus- 

 bandry promotes good morals ; and if good morals be in 

 the opinion of any no part of religion, they certainly are 

 a most wholeso.ne I'oiindation for religious institutions 

 and enterprises. The clergy then have a particular in- 

 terest in the improvement of agriculture. We do not 

 think iheir hands would be incurably soiled if they 

 should sometimes handle a hoe ; nor would they lose 

 their uprightness* by standing hohind a plough. We 

 ihink likewise lliey would find continually new stimu- 

 laDls and strong encouragements to ministerial labor if 

 they themselves more frequently cast the seed into the 

 ground, and saw that when the land was. well prepared 

 and enriciied and tile lender and growing plants care- 

 fully tended and watched over, and man faithfully per- 

 formed his part. Divine Providence does not fail to give 

 its sunshine and rain and mature the harvest. 



We must therefore urge upon our friends the clergy, 

 to take an interest in agriculture. We wish them for their 

 own sakes to go upon the land ; it will be conducive to 

 physical and therefore mental health ; and then we 

 wish them to give us the results of their intelligent ex- 

 perience; and this will be for the health of the Farmer 

 and of the agricultural community at large. 



Wo shall persevere in our Inliors to bo useful in this 

 department. We cannot make any farther promises, 

 and can give the past only as a pledge of the future. 

 We have various competitors in the field, but the field 

 is wide enough for us all, and wo begrudge no man his 

 honest success. We shall run no tilt with any man, 

 and shall give the road to any impatient man who choos- 

 es to force himself by us even at the risk of overturning 

 his own vehicle ; and in meeting, we are determined. 



By li. Weston, jr., Esq. and F. Parker : Epilobium an-- 

 gustifoliuiii, Sainbucus Can.idfensis, Rhododendron max- 

 iinuni, Lilium fhiladelphiouin, Aster miser, Galeopsis- 

 Tetrahit, Convolvulus sepium, Prinos verticillatus, I'y- 

 rola rotundifolium, Calla Virginica, Holcus lanatus, 

 Cornus alba, Hieracium venosum. 



For the Committee, S. WALKER, Chairman. 



(HFTHE Premiums on Carnations- will be awarded 

 on Saturday next, 13th inst , viz. ; Forthe best display 

 $5 ; for the best six varieties $3 ; for the best seedling $3. 

 Per order of the Committee on Flowersi 



S. WALKER, Ckairinan. 



ESUlBinoN or FRUITS. 



Handsome specimens of the White Antwerp Rasp- 

 berries Iroin Mr T. iVIason, Charlestown. 



From Mr S. UoWner, Dorchealer; White Tartarian 

 Cherries of the London Hort. Soc. catalogue, 200 ; and 

 Downer's Red Heart Cherries. 



From E. Vose, Dorchester ; True English Black 

 Heart and White Bigarreau Clieriies, of the London 

 Hon Soc. catalogue, 15. 



From Mr B, V. French, Braintree, Elton cherries, of 

 the London Hort. Soc. catalogue ,79. 



Fiorn Mr J. M. Ives, Salem, Mottled Bigarreau, a 

 seedling. 



Lroni Mr R. Manning, Salem ; BfgarreaUjCherries, of 

 the Loudon Hon. Soc. catalogue Nos. 15 and 26. 



From Mr O. Johnson, Lynn ; a handsome specimen 

 of the Zinfendal grapes, finely colored- 



From Messrs Hovey & Co. Cambridgeport, seedling 

 strawberries. This specimen was more excellent than 

 any exhibited by them before, and was the 8th box pick 

 ed from 12 plants set out in 1838, in a bed of 2 1-2 by 

 10 feet. The specimens of cherries were all excellent, 

 and the show of fruits today was superior to any we 

 have had this season. 



For the Committee, B. V. FRENCH. 



Exhibitio/t of Fruits June 29. From Mr Vose, the 

 President of the Society, Black Tartarian Cherries, Me- 

 thven Castle and Wood Strawberries. 



From Mr J. L. L F. Warr.n, Amber Heart or Belle 



