ir():„ XXII. NO. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



1 



'rom Messrs. Winship : Erica spurea, Mauruii- 

 sernpcrfloreiis, Acubi Japoiiica, Lobelia speci- 

 , Fuscliia globusa, Eupatorium album, Acrosti- 

 t) ulcicoriif, Salvia patens, IlypL-riciiin inonogy- 

 ri, Viiica rosea, IMclaleiica liypericafulia, Bego- 

 Evansiaiia, anil olliRr plants in pots. Dahlias, 

 Pickwick, Conqiicrer of Europe, Queen of 

 lUties, Castamli, Rubra, Juno, Canute, King of 

 lows, Beauty of Beilfonl, Stafford's Madonna, 

 Irew Hofor, &.c. Verbenas, Tea Roses, Pas- 

 1 Flowers, and other cut flowers. 1 very large 

 uqnet. 

 ruin Dr. J. C. Howard : 1 magnificent Bouquet 

 Dahlias; 3 Bouquets, comprising Dahlias, Ro- 

 , Sac. ; 1 pot Amaryllis. 



:i'rom O. & W. Wales : large Bouquet of Roses. 

 .<'ro[n Warren's Gardens, Brighton : Morandia 

 rclayanna, 2 Salvia splendens, Begonia discolor, 

 yacarnosa, 2 Roses Laniarque, Cactus tomento- 

 C. quadrangularis ; large Bouquet ; Dahlias in 

 . ; Camellia Prattii, C. Dnncklarii, Passiflora, 

 phospurnicum ; Bourbon, Bengal, and Tea Ro- 

 ; Asters, Coxcombs, Pass! in Flowers, &c. 

 From Hovey &. Co.'s new Nursery, Cambridge : 

 luble German Asters, in 8 var. ; Bourbon, Ben- 

 ,Tea and Noisette Roses, in 50 var. ; Verbenas, 

 [20 var. ; Phlox Breckii and P. Decussata alba ; 

 lihlias, viz. Marshal Sonlt, Girling's Prince of 

 ales. Primrose, Eclipse, &c. 

 From Parker Barnes : Dahlias. 

 From J. Stickney : Asters, and Dahlias ; Lady 

 |)oper, Marshal Soult, Eclipse, &c. 

 From S. Walker : large Bouquets. 

 Petunias.beaulifulandin variety, by W. Quant. 



VEGETABLES. 



From J. M. Ives, Salem : Autumnal Marrow 

 ijuasli. 

 Six Water Melons, from John Gordon, Wnter- 



iivn. 



From Josiah Lovett, 9il, Beverly : 3 Sulphur 

 roccoli; .'■. var. of Scpiasb, viz : Malaga, Smyrna, 

 .utuinn Marrow, Lima, Canada, and common 

 rook-neck. 



From Samuel Ilorrick, Beverly : 1 Indiana or 



years Pumpkin — weight, 73 lbs. 



From E. Tufts, Cambridge: Large Yellow Can- 

 jlope Melon. 



From Henry Butterfield, Cambridge; Italian 

 )amask Squash— weight, 102 lbs. 



From Dr. Howard, Brookline ; Melons— Napo- 

 jon. Green Smyrna, Persian, Nutmeg, Queen's 

 'ocket, and Citron. 



From Wm. B. Kingsbury ; Blood Beets. 



From F. W. Macondray ; Sugar Beets; Blood 

 lo. ; Canada Squashes ; basket of Tomatoes ; 

 )kra plants. 



From Hovey & Co. ; two Matiimotli Squashes, 

 veigbing 48 lbs. each ; Bassano Beets ; Egg plant ; 

 Melons. 



From Col. T. H. Perkins ; Egg Plants; Sala- 

 lym Melogeria. 



From A. D. Weld ; Marrow Squash ; Cucum- 

 ber. 



From I. Davis, Dorchester; Canada Squash, 11 

 months old. 



From A. D. Williams ; Blood Beets and Marrow 

 Squashes. 



From John Hill ; Musk Melons. 

 Acorn Squash, from P. Conant, Cbarlestown. 

 For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chairman. 



F"or llie N. E. Farmer. 



THE BUTTON-BALLS AGAIN. 

 Mr E'lilor — The Bntton-ball, or Sycamore, is n 

 tree of rapid growth and when well seasoned, it 

 burns very pleasantly, and in latitudes a little warm- 

 er than this, it often attains a gignntic size, some- 

 times affording from 5 or 6, to 10 or 13 cords of 

 wood to each tree ; but in our climate they are lia. 

 hie to decay before they nttain to so large a size — 

 though in Connecticut, I have seen button-ball 

 trees which I should think contained several cords 

 of wood in each. 



The cause of the dccny of the button-ball trees 

 in 1842 and '43, has boon a subject of some 6))ec- 

 ulation, and one writer seems to have attributed 

 their decay to worms, bnt, your correspondent 

 W. A. P., in the Farmer of July 19th last, says he 

 has seen numerous statements in regard to the dis- 

 ease of the buttonwoods, but thinks that the origin 

 of the disease is not generally placed sufficiently 

 far back : and adds, that in the latter part of May 

 or early in June, 1840, tlie leaves of the button- 

 wood trees had been thrown out as thick as usual, 

 and afterwards had been killed, in some counties 

 in Pennsylvania. 



To such disasters the buttonbnll trees in north- 

 ern latitudes are sometimes liable. Last year, 

 (1849,) in Connecticut, the early part of May was 

 mild, and on the lltli of May, cherry trees and 

 pear trees were in full bloom, and peach blossoms 

 were beginning to fade. After this, and on the 

 morning of the 21st of May, 1842, we had frost 

 and some ice, which killed some leaves on the 

 grape vines and some on the buttoiiballs. After 

 this, on the morning of the 11th of June of the 

 same year, we had a severe frost, which made ice 

 in some places, and which was followed next day 

 by the witnering of the leaves on the grape vines, 

 the buttor.ball, and many other forest trees, and I 

 supposed the withered leaves were killed, not by 

 worms, but by being frozen. After this, many of 

 Ihe buttonball trees appeared for some time as 

 if Ihey were dead, or dying, but at length, after 

 the vvarm weather had again continued for some 

 time, the buttonball trees again leaved out, but not 

 so luxuriantly as before. Many small branches 

 were dead, but a number of new branches came 

 out, and before autumn, the buttonball trees were 

 again clothed with verdure, and again they gave 

 sicns of growing. The new branches which had 

 grown since the hard frosts in .May and June, 



1842, leaved out in the spring of 1843, (the present 

 year,) but a great many small dead branches which 

 were killed by the frosts of May and June, 1842, 

 still remained on the trees, and gave the trees an 

 appearance of decay. But again they commenced 

 growing finely, till on the morning of the 2d June, 



1843, we had another hard frost, and immediately 

 many of the leaves of the corn, beans, grape vines, 

 buttonballs, and many other forest trees, died — and, 

 as I supposed, from the effects of the frost. 



In 1840, it is probable that the buttonball trees 

 in Pennsylvania leaved out before the 12th of May. 

 On the morning of that date, we had a smart frost, 



which remained till the sun was two hours high. 

 This frost probably extended into Peunsylvcinia, 

 and it probably caused the death of the leaves of 

 the buttonbnll trees, as mentioned by your corres- 

 pondent, W. A. P. The buttonball being lees 

 hardy than many other kinds of forest trees, is not 

 unfrequently injured, if not killed, by untimely 

 frosts. 



As truth is always better than error, I send you 

 these remarks, and possibly your inserting them iu 

 the N. E. Farmer, may be the means of prevent- 

 ing useless expense for the preservation of the 

 beautiful buttonballs ; and possibly they may be 

 tho means of preventing the shedding of more ink, 

 for the eslslilishment of mistaken theories on this 

 subject. I'ut as I know of no way in which mor- 

 tals can prevent untimely frosts, I do not know that 

 the publication of these facts will contribute any 

 tliiniT to tho preservation of the beautiful button- 

 balls. Yours, very respectfully, 



ASA M. HOLT. 



East Haddam, Conn., Sept. 11, 1843. 



Our respected correspondent is of opinion that 

 the disasters to which the beautiful buttonball has 

 been subjected for the past two years, may be at- 

 tributed to the late frosts in the spring killing the 

 tender buds, and not to insects or any peculiar dis- 

 ease, as is the general impression. We might be 

 inclined to fall in with his opinion, had we not an 

 example to the contrary on our own premises at 

 Brighton. We have a fine young bnltonwood, 

 which was severely injured this sea.son, but as we 

 did not have any hard frost the 2d of June, nor at 

 any other lime after this tree began to bud out, we 

 must, in our case, charge the injury to some other 

 cause. We had, to be sure, a very slight frost at 

 the time specified, but so very slight as to be hard- 

 ly distinguishable on the low ground, and not the 

 least thing suffered by it in our garden, to our 

 knowledge. We noticed that the top branches 

 only were injured. Would not the lower branches 

 have been more liable to receive the injury by 

 frost than those on the lop of the tree ? We 

 should be happy to hear from others on this sub- 

 ject. J. B. 



Tubiicco in Cnnnecticut. — It is not generally 

 known that they cultivate the tobacco plant in 

 Connecticut. Previous to our late visit to that re- 

 clori, we heard that such was the case, and we de- 

 termined to inquire into the matter. We found 

 that a considerable quantity of tobacco is grown 

 on the Connecticut river; that the product per 

 acre is very large, and that the article pri>duced 

 commands a high price. We were told that a ton 

 and a half per aero was no uncommon yield. The 

 crop of last year was sold at an average of G cts. 

 a pound. As to the mode of cultivation, our infor- 

 mation was to ibis effect: the soil is the sandy 

 loam of the Connecticut river bottoms, and it is 

 manured wilhout stint. The tobacco is planted 

 very thick, 2 1-2 feet each way. The seed came 

 originally from Virginia. It is cured in houses, 

 without iiaviiig been yellowed in the sun, and 

 without the use of fire. Such is the account of 

 the matter which we got from those who professed 

 to know all about it. It is incomplete, and possi- 

 bly erroneous. If the farmers of Connecticut are 

 so successful in the cultivation of tobacco, a knowl- 

 edire of their mode of cultivation and curing is 

 ■ very important in this part of the country. — Louis- 

 ville Journal. 



