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ilysi3 of the speaker's remarks : tliey were 

 snt to the occasion — just and eloquent. 

 <t came the nsnal reports of commiltees, with 

 lusual one, in point of hniiior. The swine of 

 unty, incited by tlio example of tlieir follow, 

 in Worcester, wore present by an advocate 

 ;t forih their claims to be rp<rardo(l as the 

 s of the world," &.c. Speaking of the injiis- 

 ■ man to the hoggish race, their represcnta- 

 inarked, thai in his dealinjfs with the hog, 

 reverses iho simplest rules of justice — as he 

 him Jirst, and tries him a/ltiwards.'" Unfor- 

 ly, my seat in the house was too distant 

 lis pickeler of pork for me to determine the 

 ;h and quantity of his attic salt, but I am 

 at it seemed to be nearly as gf'J os the 

 aperior article which has been used for many 

 it the " heart of the Commonwealth." 

 interest in cattle-shows and in farming, 

 y increases in old Essex, and at this I re- 

 Thou^h I now date from another county, I 

 forget my friends there, or their interests. 

 ALLEN PUTNAM. 

 bury, Sept. 29, 1843. 



\SS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITIO.V OP FLOWERS. 



S'tlurdmj, Sept. 30, 1843. 

 premiums offered liy the Society for the 

 lecimens of the Dalilia, were awarded today, 



nier Prize. For the best 12 dissimilar 

 , a premium of $10 to J. Stickney. 

 :imen Bloom. For the best bloom, a pre- 

 if $3 to S. A. Walker, 

 sion B. Class I. For the best 21 dissimi- 

 ims, a premium of $7 to Jno. Robinson, 

 ■s II. For the best 12 dissimilar blooms, a 

 im of $5 to J. L. L. F. Warren. 

 is III. For the best G dissimilar blooms, a 

 im of S3 to S. A. Walker. 

 sion C. Class I. For the best 24 dissimi- 

 oms, a premium of $7 to J. Stickney. 

 >s II. For the best 12 dissimilar blooms, a 

 m of $.5 to H. W. Button. 

 re were other prizes, which would have been 

 !d to Messrs. Stickney, Button, Warren and 

 •r, had not the 2d rule in the regulations for 

 :hlia show, prevented these gentlemen from 

 more than one prize in B and C division. 

 ■ contribution of Bahlias, e.xclusive of those 

 for premium, was very good. We noticed 

 if great merit in the stands, from the Presi- 

 f the Society, Messrs. Winship, of Brighton, 

 ey. Button, Copoland, Mellcr, Trull, War- 

 '^inslow, Robinson, S. A. Walker, Howard, 

 hers. Among so many beautiful specimens, 

 ill denote only a few of extra quality, viz : 

 he collection of the President of the Socie- 

 ex Triumph, a splendid show ; so was Spring- 

 urple, Queen, Virgil, Argo, Primrose, Pick- 

 Messrs. Winship, of Brighton, presented 

 ecimens, among them, Buke of Bedford (ex- 

 jnqueror of Europe, Andrew Hofer,'Pick- 

 and many others. By Mr H. K. Oliver, of 

 Oakley's Surprise, Miranda, Lady Rae 

 Eva, Bodd'a Prince of Wales, and Marshal 

 By Jas. Upton, of Salem, Northern lieau- 

 mrose, and Pickwick. By F. Putnam, of 

 Unique, Marshal Sonlt, Lady Bathurst, and 

 )f Bath. By H. W. Button, Miranda, Eva, 

 il Soult, Constantia, Bridesmaid, and Oak- 

 iurprise — in all 75 blooms. 



P>y J. Stickney, 122 specimens — among them, 

 E.ssex Triumph, Pickwick, Argo, and many others 

 of great beauty, and fully equal to any in the room. 



We were not furnislied with a list of the names 

 of the flowers presented hy Mr R(diinson ; we 

 would therefore say that his blooms were among 

 the best, well grown, and put into the stands in 

 good order, and did Mr R. ns a cultivator, great 

 credit. 



Mr Meller made a good display : his specimen 

 of Striata formosissima, was the best we ever saw. 



Bouquets, by J. L. L. F. Warren, did him great 

 credit ; they were very beautiful. 



Bahlias, Verbenas, Asters, Phlox, &c., by Mr 

 Trull. Andrew Hofer, by Mr Trull, was extra 

 fine. 



By Br. Howard, of Brookline, Bouquets, Bahlias, 



&.C. &.C. 



By Hovey &. Co., some fine bouquets of Roses, 



&.C. 



By C. McClure, of Boston, a collection of Bah- 

 lias, among them, fine specimens of Pickwick and 

 Constantia. 



By Mr E. Winslow, of Roxbury, Bahlias ; Essex 

 Triumph, Argo, and Pickwick. 



By Mr John Howe, of Brookline, a very pretty 

 basket of flowers. 



The Asters by Messrs. Trull and Stickney, were 

 very fine. For the Committee, 



S. WALKER, Chm'n. 



The Tomato, and how to malie it last as long as 

 jwssible. — A writer in the American Farmer gives 

 these hints to the growers and consumers of this 

 capital vegetable — good boiled, good stewed, good 

 broiled, good as a salad, as a sauce, for a soup, 

 and raw : — 



" On the day I apprehend a frost, I pick all that 

 are ripe, and all that have any tinge of red on 

 them, and lay thein on pieces of pine bark in the 

 garden, covered with grass or straw at night, and 

 uncovered in the day, which will ripen them more 

 perfectly in a few days ; after which, I lay them 

 on a shelf, and unless the weather is unusually 

 cold or wet, I have them frequently until Becem- 

 bor. By observing tliis plan, I had a few toma- 

 toes at my table on last Christmas day, as a rarity." 



The editor commenting on this suggestion, says : 

 '' Our correspondent picks off the ripe fruit and 

 those tinged with red, and preserves them for future 

 use. But if he will, on the approach of a frost, 

 take up hia vines, with aU their fruit on thtm, and 

 hang them up under cover in some out-house, he 

 will have a large addition to his winter stock ; for 

 ho will find even the small green fruit will mature, 

 (so far as to color,) the larger ones will prove very 

 good, and at that season of the year very accepta- 

 ble. The method we usually pursue, is to throw 

 the vines over a pole, and place it in our barn, or 

 any convenient place, and there let them hang, 

 taking from the vines only as many of the fruit as 

 are wanted for use. They keep well in this way, 

 and a large quantity can be secured with very lit- 

 tle labor." 



Fish Bones. — It is well known that there is 

 much pain and danger resulting from the lodging 

 of small fish-bones in the throat. But perhaps it 

 is not generally known that the ui/ii<e o/au eg-^ 

 poured down the throat at such time, gives imme- 

 diate relief. The bones, slightly adhering to the 

 throat by their points, the egg clings to Ihcm and 

 carries them down. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 S.tturday, Oct. 7lh, 1643. 

 The annual meeting for Iho choice of officers, 

 was held at the Society's Room, Tremont Row, 

 agreeably to notice given. The committee ap- 

 pointed to collect, sort and count the voles, report- 

 ed the following gentlemen as chosen : 



President — Marshall P. Wilofr. 



yicc Presidents — B. V. French, Juna. Winship, 

 Cheever Newhall, E. M. Richards. 



Treasurer — Samuel Walker. 



Corresponding Secretari) — J. E. Tescbemacher. 



Recordijig Secretarij — Ebcnpzer Wight. 



P''"J- of Botan;/ and Vegetable Phyiiology — Jno. 

 Lewis Russell, A. M. 



Prof, of Entomology — T. W. Harris, M. B. 



Prof, of Horticultural Chernistrj — S. L. Bana, 

 M. B. 



Committee on Fruits — Samuel Walker, Chm'n ; 

 P. B. Hovey, Jr., O. Johnson, S. Pond, J. Lovett 2d, 

 L. P. Grosvenor, Jona. Winship, B. Haggerslon, 

 J. L. L. F. Warren, J, F. Allen, A. B. Williams. 



Committee on Flowers — Joseph Breck, Chm'n ; 

 H. W. Button, S. Sweelser, S. R. Johnson, J. 

 Stickney, W. E. Carter, P. Barnes. 



Committee on Vegetables — J. A. Kenrick, Chm'n ; 

 W. B. Kingsbury, J. C. Howard, A. Bowdilcli, Jno. 

 Hill, J. H. ''Billings, Sam'l C. Mann. 



Committee on the Library — C. M. Hovey, Chm'n ; 

 C. K. Billaway, J. E. Teschemacher, E. Wight, 

 Francis G. Shaw, R. M. Copeland. 



Committee onSyrwnyms of Fruit — M. P. Wild- 

 er, Chm'n ; 15. V. French, S. Bowner, W. Kenrick. 



Executive Committee — M. P. Wilder, Ch'inn ; 

 Enoch Bartlett, A. Aspinwall, F. W. Macondry, 

 J. J. Low. 



Finance Committee — E. Vosc, Chm'n ; Cheever 

 Newhall, E. M. Richards. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Society be pre- 

 sented to Capt. John Porcival, of the U. S. Navy, 

 for his generous donation of Guano to the Society. 



The Society would also take this opportunity to 

 acknowledge their great obligations to the officers 

 of our navy, for tl>e aid rendered by them in vari- 

 ous ways to the great cause of horticulture. 



Voted, That the Guano be distributed among the 

 members ^f the Society, and that they be request- 

 ed to report at a future meeting, on the effect pro- 

 duced by its application. 



Voted, That the name of J. E. Teschemacher, 

 Corresponding Secretary, be added to ihe delega- 

 tion to visit the American Institute, of New York, 

 at its coining anniversary. 



Adjourned to Ist Saturday in November. 



EBEN. WIGHT, Rec. Sec'ry. 



Hospiiality of a Dog We find in a late foreign 



journal, a singular fact, illustrating the principle of 

 hospitality, as evinced in that noble animal, the 

 dog. A gentleman had a dog, a cross between a 

 terrier and a bull-dog, that was observed in the 

 middle of a heavy thunder storm, to come out of 

 his kennel, into which a hen immediately strutted 

 with her brood of chickens. The dog gallantly 

 endured the pelting of the storm, regarding his 

 guests with evident complacency, who remained 

 under shelter till the storm subsided; nor did their 

 host venture to enter his house till they thought 

 proper to withdraw. 



The Bristol Co. Jlgricultural Fair, we learn, 

 passed off remarkably well. 



