VOL. XVHI. NO. 10. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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the bottom of a soap tub — no lime. The tups of 

 these potatoes, during' the wlioio drought, were of 

 the most livinpf green, and the mustluxuriantgrowtli 

 th;it I ever beheld. They were killed by the frost 

 in the fall before maturity. The potatoes were 

 !i[}iall. 



In conclusion, I would mention that I am so well 

 pleased with the result of tlieso experiments on a 

 small scale, that 1 am now preparing one hundred 

 and fifty cords of peat and fifty casks of Camden 

 lime, and all the animal manure I can make, to en- 

 rich as fast as possible my whole farm. 



Expense. — I get out my peat by ox-team and 

 cart. Three men can, in this way, get out eight 

 cords per day, .$4 00 ; price of lime, f 1 .TO per 

 cask. My peat being three and a half miles from 

 my barn, that portion of it which I bring home, I 

 estimate to cost me for carting, $1 00 per cord. — 

 The peat and the lime for the compost — using one- 

 third of a cask of lime to a cord of peat — then, 

 cost me on the ground near the peat bog — three 

 cords of peat, $1 50; one cask of lime, $1 50; 

 that which I cart home, $1 00 per cord more. 



I intend to put about one-sixth part of animal 

 manure, but as it cannot be purchased in any ade- 

 quate quantity, it is more difficult to fi.K a price. — 

 The nearest place where livery stable manure is 

 sold, is four miles ; price tliere per cord, §-"i 00; cost 

 of carting, $1 50. 



Five cords of peat delivered, $7 50 



Two and one-third casks of lime deliv'd, 3 .50 

 One cord livery stable manure, 4 50 



$15 50 

 divided by si.v, the number of cords, not estimating 

 the increase of quantity from the bulk of the lime, 

 gives the cost, two dollars and fifty eight cents, de- 

 livered, or one dollar and fiftyeight cents per cord at 

 the peat bog. 



(Signed) SAMUEL KEEP: 



Dear Sir — Herewith are the facts collected with 

 care, at my request, by my father, Samuel Keep, of 

 Longmeadow. My own opinion is, that a new era 

 has begun in agriculture. The quantity of one- 

 third of a cask of lime to a cord, was selected in 

 the absence of chemical experiments, to determine 

 how nnich was absolutely needed to neutralize the 

 ulmic acid, because he prefers to put on ten to 

 twelve cords to the acre — and twelve cords would 

 take four casks of lime to the acre. If lime was as 

 cheap as in Maine, lie would probably have put in 

 more. Notwithstanding the expense appears to be 

 great, my father feels confident that he gets a bet- 

 ter article in compo.st at .fi .58, than the livery sta- 

 bles furnish at $3 00, with the additional cost to 

 him of $1 50 for carting, making §4 50. 



N. C. KEEP. 



The great principles of Agriculture are the same 

 every where. Animal and vegetable matters con- 

 stitute every where the food of plants; and he it, 

 moisture and. atmospheric air, universally, the ac- 



Kor the ISew Euglaiul Farmer. 



^•}vondalc,near St. Charles (Mo.) Aug. 2\st. 

 Messrs Joskimi I'iieck & Vo. 



Gentlemen, — Your paper of the 7lh inst, is just 

 received, and seeing in it an account of the failure 

 of (hv' " VVhitington White Wheat" in consequence 

 of its proving to be a winter, instead of a spring 

 wheal, and seeing further, a suggestion to moto it, 

 in the expectation of its producing next year — I 

 hasten to inform you of an experiment made by me 

 with winter wlieat, which if it reach you in time 

 miy possibly be of service to those who have been 

 disappointed. 



In the fall of 1837 I sowed some white, wheat, but 

 notthe" Whitington"and had a remarkably fine crop. 

 Its appearance early in the spring of 1838 induced 

 me to try an experiment withybi/?'(cfn quart.'i of the 

 seed, which I had left after my fall sowing, in order 

 to ascertain two points — first — whether it could be 

 made a spring wheat — and secondly, whether the 

 oft repeated statement was true, viz : that smooth 

 stem wheat (winter) sowed in the spring could be- 

 come bearded. The result of the experiment I here- 

 with send you. — Above twenty heads or more came 

 to maturity in 1838 and was good wheat — the bal- 

 ance produced nothing. I did nothing with it ex- 

 cept pluck tlie heads that had come to maturity 

 and throw the grain away. Having satisfied my- 

 self with this part of the experiment, I allowed the 

 wheat to remain, entirely undisturbed, till this 

 year, not doubting but that it would all come to ma- 

 turity like otlier fall wheat; and having very little 

 doubt that it would come bearded (it was a smooth 

 stem wheat.) I find however, it does not change 

 its nature — it is still smooth stem wheat. It how- 

 ever came much later, perhaps two or three weeks 

 late than fall-sown wheat, and yielded I presume 

 about three pints or two quarts of seed — I not did 

 gather it, and of course did not measure it — but 

 being a Yankee exercised my birth-right and g-»es- 

 sed at tlie product. 



From this experiment I am inclined to think 

 that those who sowed the " Whitington wheat" 

 may eflTect some return for their seed, if they should 

 leave it undisturbed. I think I should have gotten 

 a larger return this year, had not the winter killed 

 much of it. Whether mowing it will benefit it or 

 not, I presume every man can judge for himself; 

 I thought my experiment so much to the point at 

 issue, that I send you this " xinlicked eub" in the 

 hope it may reach you in time to prevent the de- 

 struction of the " Whitington wheat." 

 With sentiments of respect, 



I am. Gentlemen, Yours, 



WILLIAM CLOUGH. 



P. S. In examindng this liastily written scrawl I 

 find there may a question arise, viz: whether, when. 

 " I plucked the ripe heads and threw tlie grain away," 

 I threw them among the remaining wheat, and con- 

 sequently whether the " three pints or two quarts" 

 were not in the produce of the grain thrown away — I 

 therefore state, that the produce this year, was 



niatisnrhtigetls Horticultural SoctcCy. 



KXHIBLTION OF FLOWF.KS. 



Saturday, Hepl. 7, 1839. 



The display of Dahlias was the best wc have 

 had the present season. Col. Wilder takes the 

 lead: he presented twentysix fine specimens. A- 

 mong them we noticed Ilienzi, Ne plus ultra, An- 

 sell's Unique, Knight's Victory, Sarah, Striata for- 

 mosissima, and others of great beauty. 



Messrs Ilovey & (^o. presented ten varieties, viz: 

 Ne plus ultra. Striata formosissima. Unique, Rienzi, 

 (fine,) Mrs Rushton, Middlesex Beauty, &c. 



By Joseph Breck & Co. : Striata formosissima, 

 Ansell's Unique, Golden Sovereign, Star, Granta, 

 Medona, Gem, Sarah, Ariel, &c. 



By Mr D. Mclntire: Sudbury Hero, Mrs Rush- 

 ton, anil Rival Sussex. 



By J. J. Low, Esq. : Striata formosissima, and 

 Unique. 



Mr J. L. L. F. Warren, of Brighton, presented 

 many fine specimens with other cut flowers. 



Bouquets, by Mr Wm. Kenrick, J. Hovey and S. 

 Walker. 



Cut flowers, Asters, Balsams, &c., by Messrs 

 Breck, Warren, Johnson, and S. Walker. 



JVative plants, by Wm. Oakes, Esq., (exhibited 

 Aug. 31st.) — Lobelia cardinalis, L. inflata, Mikania 

 scandens, Zizania aquatica, Mentha boreahs, Ge- 

 rardia purpurea, Liatris scsniosa, Polygala san- 

 guinea, Sanguisorba Canadensis, Heliantlius divar- 

 icatus, Coreopsis trichosperma, Corylus Americana, 

 Sonchus acuminatus, Cicuta bulbifera, Scirpus Eri- 

 ophorum. 



Plants exhibited by Wm.. Oakes, Esq., Sept. 7 — 

 Arbutus Uva Ursi, Liatris soariosa, Myrica ceri- 

 fera, Lespedeza hirta, and L. sessiliflora, Arum tri- 

 phyllum. 



JVative plants, by E. Weston, jr., Esq. and F. 

 Parker: Lobelia inflata, Gnaphalium uliginosum, 

 Anthericum Canadenso, Ranunculus repens, Poly- 

 onum sagitatum, Hypericum parviflorum, (in fruit,) 

 Potentilla argentela, Neottia cernua, Gentiana crin- 

 ata, (in bud,) Aster Dumnosus ? A. Cyaneus, A. 

 Laevis, A. Pumiceus, Solidago nemoralis? Bidens 

 crysanthemoides, Trifolium arvense. Aster corym- 

 bosus, Eupatorium verticellatum, Lobelia inflata, 

 Aster amplexicaulis, Hypericum parviflorum, Heli- 

 anthus divaricatus, Apocynum androsamifolium, 

 Gerardia maritima, Chelone glabra, Mentha viridis, 

 Neottia cernua, Trichostenia dichotouia, Mentha 

 boronlis, Hedysatum hamifusum. 

 For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



05=-THE COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS 

 Are requested to meet at the rooms, 23 Tremont 

 Row, on Saturday next, 14th inst. at 12 o'clock. 

 Per order, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 

 Boston, Sept. 7th, 1839. 



