No. 2. 



THE M VGAZINE OF HORTlCuLflHE, 



Sotany, and all useful di^caicries in 'Rural a^uirs- 

 Ediled, by C. M. Hovi^i;,, '^ston-AO pages, 

 monmy-^Zp^y^af. M. B, BatJehAm, ,-lycW, 



We have received the first nuhibci' of the 7th vo. 

 -"-^ observe the edil- 

 Inme of this eScellent Magazine, -..- 

 or very j«st1y ooile «pon the friends of hort.culiare lor 

 «n increoae of potronngc. We npprehend th»t nothing 

 but a waut of a pioper knowledge of this work enn 



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prevent its receiving 



B liberE! support. It is the only 



and will 



periodical of the kind in the United Slates, 

 not suffer by a comparison with the most popular maga- 

 zines in England (whieli it very much re^?!"" ' ' 

 To the nurseryman and proicsst-u ""^.ei, it will dc 

 found indispensable to a knowledge of the various im- 

 provements and discoveries which are constantly ma- 

 king. And the amateur gardener or florist will find it 

 give new zest to thes^- deligblful pursuits. 



We extract the following article from the January 

 number. 



Hovticnlture in Western New York. 

 It is now two years since any report was given in 

 the Magazine, iCopecting horticulture in Western 

 New York; and, although we cannot boast of any 

 greot advancement, we are unwilling that old Gene- 

 flee ehould be quite forgotten in your annual retros- 

 pect of gardening. A lew years ago, it was thought 

 that this section of country would make rapid progress 

 in scientific and ornamental horticulture; but a cloud 

 of adversity came over our prospects, and we wore 

 compelled to confine our attention to the necessaries, 

 and neglect the luxuries o{ life. It is believed, how- 

 ever, that a brighter day begins to dawn, and prosperi- 

 ty will again smile upon us; so that we siill hope to 

 flee this l(:rtile region become as celebrated fi-r its at- 

 tainments in horticulture as it now is for its natural 

 advantages. 



My time and space, at this time, will only allow me 

 to glance at a lew of the principal gardens, and I Ehal! 

 confine my remarks to those which have green-houses. 

 At Rochester, the green-honse and nursery estab- 

 lishment, commenced in 1834, by Reynolds & 

 B'lleham, is now owned by Messrs. F.llwangcr & 

 Barry, who have removed it a little out of the city, 

 near INLnint Hope Cenietry, where they have pnrcha- 

 eod a fine piece of ground, and erected a good green- 

 house and hot-house, which are already well stocked 

 with plants. Mr. Ellwaiiger has imported some fine 

 plants, mostly Cactce and camellias, from hie native 

 country, Gi-rniany. They are making arrangements 

 for planting an extensive nursery, and if industry and 

 skill will insure success, these young men will surely 

 euc^-eed. 



The nursery of Mr. Asa Rowe, si-i miles from Ro- 

 chester, is the iildest and most e.xteneive in this vicini- 

 ty. Mr. Rowe has a arg greenhouse, and a good 

 collection of comm n p mits, but, owing to the small 

 demand fur rare , la us, he has not added many 

 to his assortment ol late. liisatteniion is mainly be- 

 stowed to the growing of fruit trees, of which his 

 sales have been e.^tcnsive. 



Mr. Wilham King has erected a small green-house 

 in the city, the past summer, and made a good begin- 

 ning, all things considered. 



Rochester cannot yet boast of one private green- 

 touse, although many families cultivate plants in their 

 parlors. Mr. S. O. Smith, a gentleman of wealth 

 ijHiij taste, is now erecting a fine dwelling-house, and 

 intend;) building a conservatory next year; wUen that 

 isflone, oihors will doui^rless follow his example. 



Muuut Hope Cemetry de3.:rves, at least, a passing 

 notice. Many iniprovements have been made there 

 the past year, and in summer it is a place of great 

 beauty; but how, it is detolnte and glooiTiy, and so it 

 will it ever be, during mote than half of the ''ear, un- 

 less our citizens take example from your own .Mount 

 Auburn, end intersperse it liberally with erersrcf-ji^j a 

 kind fif ornament of which we are sadly deficient. 



At Bufislo, there is no perceptible improvement. — 

 H. Pratt, Esq., the great patron of horticulture, died 

 last spring, and the improvements which he- had pro- 

 jected and commenced, have been disoqptinued and 

 neglected. His stately mansion is unfinished and un- 

 ecotipied — and the jjardeu, and fine range of hortieul- 

 lurat buildings, give evidence of the loss of tljat mtis- 

 icr Sfiitit, of whose ta=te and liberality they a^e now 

 the Bsi monuments. 



Th& ijiirs.iry establishments of Messrs. B. Hodgfi, 

 ,Jr.,ajjj|A. Hryant, appeia; in a thriving condition. 



They both have »ro T " 



that the sale of nh, "^'^ """seB attached, but complain 



The good peon' "'" " 1'"'"= I'milciJ. 

 take great jirid. """ ', *'""»''' "re fond of display, and 

 bKt do not see' '' '" ''"''"mg large and costly houses, 

 and, conscq- " '"^^S"'''' fawitwhural embellishment, 

 producing ,"•'",">■> 'hey waste their wealth wiibout 



matter ar^ f ,'""'' '"''*'''•■'■ ''' "^''y e'"'"'''-'' ^^<' 

 and, at ti '^ >' ™'S"' ^"^'^ thousands of rfollairs, 



beauty - .b:„rii;:,;.'-„';',5f5' '- -nore reai tasto a^ 



riu A'::'"L!.''':S"*n a.d green-hatteeof-D. " 



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1.° in tKf""- o.F'"'' '^ °"« •>( the oldest ^ar- 

 of the v'-v be!;°H ^-^^ ™"'='^'''"' °f 'nuU &c, is 



and rai. Itind. •„ JZ'.\ "il^::!. "'"" "" 

 At Geneseo.a green-house and grapery were erectp<3 



the post year, at lu.. 



beaniifnl 



residence of the vcnera- 



made so often,— of the uselessness of ecfcool learning 

 in tte con>mon nflairs of life,-^i8 ValM onFy in rela- 

 tion to the learning which yoimg peopfe atqtnrt, but 

 do not untUrsland — nhieh they eommii fo memory 

 bnl do not know how to «pp?y in praesiee. It is volitf 

 rather in case of mptrficiul, tian of ikormtgh know- 

 leefge. If oar frublie schools wers more occnpicd in* 

 teariiing the appUcatitn of learning, iinxn tie mera 

 theory; »nd directed the attenticn more fo- the art of 

 Using, than the mere art of remembering, most of ther 

 ofcjei(tion» mode t0'«hcm in thie respect would fall t<y 

 tbegrsund. » 



ble .lami s Wadsworth, Esq. • J? °recn-hi);i6e was 

 erected lor the gratification of Miss Wadsworth, who 

 has u fine teste for botany and florticultuie, and has 

 already obtained a good assortment of plants, inclu- 

 ding some rare kinds. With her good taste and am- 

 ple means, it may rcosonably be expected that her col- 

 lection of i)Iants v;ill, in a few years, be superior to 

 any in this section of country. 



At Canr.ndaigua, the green-house of John Greig, 

 Esq., is ill excellent condition. The plants are most- 

 ly of common kinds, but many of itiem are very large 

 and beouiilul. A striped agave (Agave amcricoua 

 var. variegala) is the largest of thu kind that I have 

 ever seen, and Mr. Greig soys he intends to take mea- 

 sures to bring it into flower, if ponsihle. 



Capt. S. Mentcath, residing near Canondaigua, sent 

 some very beaiitihil oranges and lemons of his own 

 raising, to the fair at Rochester, in October, but 1 

 have not had time to visit hie house, or obtain infor- 

 mation respecting h-s plants. 



There have been no horticultural exhibitions in 

 Western New Yoik, this fall, except in connection 

 with the agricultural fairs. We hope to give abetter 

 account of Rochester next year. 



M. B. B. 



Rochester Dec. 21, 1840. 



" Books never make Farmers." 



A number of our readers have very justly objected 

 to some positions token in the article in our lost 

 number from the Notionol if.gie. The article contains 

 many excellent remarks, but the assertions are not 

 strictly true, that "books and learning will never 

 make farmers" — " that to be a farmer, a person must 

 [necessarily] begin when a boy." 



Experience, it is true, is essential; but we hove 

 known instances where farmers, not educated as such, 

 have acquired from one year's practice, more know- 

 ledge of the operations of farming, than others have 

 through twenty years of apprenticeship. Indeed, some 

 of the very best farm ra we kniw of, spent the early 

 period of their livss in far difi'erent pursuits. * A 

 long life, without industry, attention, knowledge, and 

 judgement, is insuflicient to make a good farmer; bnl 

 with these requisites, a kw years will accomplish 

 wonders. Every kind of knowledge which tends to 

 expand the mind, tends also to improve the judge- 

 ment, and enables us bettor lo perform any kind ofbtt- 

 sincss whatever. 



Wc wish to be distinctly understood, — a mere load 

 of the memory is not knowledge. The objection 



Rohau» vs. Aleshannocks.- 



Mekbi-. EnrroKs — Hovi»g notieed i6e stiotefnci** 

 of Mr. P, Srigrja, ki the kst namber of the Former,- 

 and wishing EO' induce him t»> " try agglii," J will in- 

 /or,-nhini thau S raised 3? bushels of Rohons the past 

 sumn,'^''' °n 9 rodb of ground, whieh is at ihe rate of' 

 6.57 busL'"^'^ '° tbir acre,- and' an increase of 98 fold on' 

 the quantii," planted, ©n comparison, it will be seeif 

 that my rohai. '^ yielded! ISi! bashelaper ocre more than' 

 Mr. Briggs' me. 'hannock*. 



Now, if friend ."^I'iggs iri'A' rtlsfk^enothfr trial with' 

 me, and publish the ."esult thiroagh the etilamas of thu' 

 New Genesee Farmer, .' "i" ockno^Vedge it if beotcn.- 

 A FRIEND TO AOa-JiSyLTURE. 

 Dantiy, Tomjikins co., Ja.-^V- 13, i^fl.. 



Another Small Crop. 



MiissRs. Editors — Your last pa,''er conaiitreWrfftt- 

 count of a large crop of Potatoes. W 'th yotir p^imi^-' 

 sion, I will give you an account of a suiall croj.-^" 

 About the middle of last May, my father r.'ad n omfi?V.- 

 Rohan potato given him, weighing 2 ounces. This 

 he cut into 18 pieces, of one eye each, and planted 

 them in y hills. On the first of October he dug from 

 the 9 hills, 1 bushel and 10 quarts, which 'n-eighed 

 763 pounds; being an increase of 630 to one. 



In order that my father moy be able to raise a IftJger 

 crop next season, please send him the New Gene»e»- 

 Furmer for one year, addressed, Horace Foicler, Hun- 

 orer, Jadison CO., Michigan. Yours, &c. 



T. F. F. 



* One iustiiiii'c, out of nuiiiy wliich inioht he given, is ihat 

 of Judge Uurl, wlilcli is lioulitless funiiliar to ninny of our 

 renricrs. A few weeks before his dcatli, iic made the fuUow- 

 ing reinnrks. wliicli we wisll every one who lias an .iversion 

 to ''bonk fitrniiiig" would read. " Bred to amet-hanical Lu- 

 siiicss, I look up Agriculture, more tlian twenty yeiirs r.go, as 

 the future business of my life. WiU.out tlie pre:ciisi(ins i,r 

 conceits whicli we are all iiptto acquire in the long practice 

 of business, I liegiin farming with a consciousness that I liad 

 every thing In learn, and thattlie eyes of my neighbors woiiUI 

 |;e nuick to delect faults in ntj- practice. I at once, t^ere- 

 fore. .""Ought lo acquire a knowledge of the principles of my 

 businei..-;, and of the practice of the most cnligliene.t anil 

 successful farmers. These I found in books and a^rricutlii- 

 ral periodicals : and by these I have been greatly beiicll:tcd. 

 Althnnch it does Hot i,ee«me me lo herald my success. 1 

 wllivcnlure to Si\y. to encourage others, and particularly 

 the young, in the work of self-instruction and impri^-cnicnt. 

 tiiat my lands, which are light and sandy, and whir-^l-i-os:, iii 

 iin upcuUivalcl state, thirty dollars an, acre, are n jv,- worui, 

 two liundre.l dollars aq, acre, tor farming purpcj*** - - 

 other words, that the nett profit of th.-'- - 

 interest of nvo hun.i — • ■ 



Stabling Milch Cons. 



We have been much surprised, at the increased 

 quantity of milk cows afford from being stabled in 

 . winter, which some recent experiments have proved. 

 A near neighbor Buffered his cows, from necesaity, to 

 run in the open air, during the early port ol' winter, 

 and, as usual, their milk greatly diminished in quan- 

 tity, although they were well fed on hoy, and mnng^j 

 wurtzel. He then stabled them, without changing 

 their food, and taking core of course to give them plen- 

 ty of clean litter. He lately informed us, as the re- 

 sult, that his cows now gave just double the milk they 

 did when exposed. A similar experiment by the wri. 

 ler, has proved nearly equally successful. * 



How to keep a Village Tow. 



Transplant sugar beets 15 inches apart, like Cab- 

 bages, but with more care, in every spot or epacc you 

 can spare in your lot or garden. If the land is w jrk- 

 cd well and early, tbey will tend ihcmsclve . jfiet 

 two or three light hocings, and grow larfr ^ ^ u 



to make a mess each, with the additiu 

 of shorLs leasoned with ground oil 

 sugar, gfuten^slarch and oleaginc 

 With such slops, a cow nee'' 

 straw. ^ 



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