1846. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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ALBANY, JUNE, 1846. 
NEW MAGAZINE. 
The rapid strides which have been made within the 
few last years, in the advance of a taste for rural im¬ 
provement in all its branches, seem to demand a peri¬ 
odical in which can be concentrated an account of its 
progress, together with such directions as may guide, 
in some degree, the practice of the large and increasing 
number engaged in rural pursuits, either as a matter of 
taste or profit. The publisher of “ The Cultivator” 
believes he has succeeded in making such arrangements 
as will supply this desideratum: and he has the pleas¬ 
ure of announcing that he has secured the services of 
A. J. Downing, Esq., whose writings on Landscape 
Gardening, Rural Architecture, Pomology, and Horti¬ 
culture generally, have given him a rank among the 
first writers of the age, on these subjects, as Editor of 
a new magazine, the publication of which will be com¬ 
menced on the first of next month, under the title of 
IMS TOimiWOTIOT, 
AND 
JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. 
BY A. J. DOWNING, 
Author of “ Landscape Gardening,” “ Designs for Cottage 
Residences,” Fruits and Fruit Trees 
of America,” etc. etc. 
This magazine will be devoted mainly to Horticul¬ 
ture. Gardening, in a thoroughly practical as well as 
scientific sense, will be its leading object; and it is 
hoped, through its columns, not only to render simple 
and easy to the novice, the practical care of all that be¬ 
longs to the garden, but also to disseminate in all parts 
of the country, a knowledge of all new and important 
discoveries in Horticulture. 
Pomology —the description and cultivation of Fruits 
and Fruit Trees, in which we are already more inter¬ 
ested than any other people—will be a topic continu¬ 
ally discussed. Essays, hints, and designs on Orna¬ 
mental or 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 
Will be frequently presented to its readers. The great 
interest manifested at this moment in many of the 
states, in the embellishment of grounds and the erec¬ 
tion of ornamental dwellings, points out the necessity 
of some periodical in which these subjects shall be more 
completely illustrated from time to time. Rural Arch¬ 
itecture,—so closely allied in its nature,—will therefore 
be embodied in the plan of this work, and, 
DESIGNS FOR RURAL COTTAGES AND VILLAS, 
Farm-Houses, Gates, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Vineries, &c. 
&c., will very frequently be introduced into its pages. 
Numerous correspondents, from among those of abil¬ 
ity in the country, will place before its readers a vari¬ 
ety of articles on all the most interesting subjects with¬ 
in its scope. A summary of Horticultural news from 
the leading horticultural journals in England, France, 
and Germany, will be given monthly, as well as noti¬ 
ces of all the more important proceedings of the prin¬ 
cipal Horticultural Societies in this country. 
In short, this periodical may be considered a contin¬ 
uation of the various works on rural subjects, by its edi- 
tor a which have already been so favorably received by 
the public- It is now his object to assist, as far as pos¬ 
sible, in giving additional impulse to the progress of 
Horticulture and the tasteful in Rural Life, subjects 
which are now so largely occupying all those interest¬ 
ed in country life. 
The Horticulturist will be issued on the first 
of each month, (commencing July, 1846,) in numbers 
of 48 pages, printed on fine paper, and embellished 
with numerous engravings, illustrative of the various 
subjects to which it is devoted, making an annual vol¬ 
ume of about 600 pages, at $3,00 a year, payable in 
advance. 
Published by LUTHER TUCKER, at the office of 
“ The Cultivator,” Albany, N. Y., to whom all bu¬ 
siness letters should be addressed. Letters and Com¬ 
munications for the Editor, should be addressed to A. 
J. DOWNING, Ed. Horticulturist, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Albany , May , 1846. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications have been received during the 
past month, from Alex. M’Donald, M. W. Phillips, A 
Subscriber, Practice with Science. D. H. Wright, E. 
W. Hale, A Young Farmer, Jubal, James Morrison. 
S. W., Morrisdale, and G. W. C., Mt, Lion.—The 
seeds requested were forwarded as desired. 
P. D. C., Pleasant Plains.—Shall be glad to receive 
an account of your experiments with lime and muck. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., received as follows : 
The Cultivation of the Grape, and Manufacture of 
Wine. Also, Character and Habits of the Strawberry 
Plant, by N. Longworth, Cincinnati; 20 pages, octavo. 
American Journal of Insanity, edited by the officers 
of the New-York State Lunatic Asylum, for April, 
1846. Utica, Bennet, Backus & Hawley—quarterly, 
95 pages,—$1 a year. 
Capital Punishment, a violation of the principles of 
Divine Government. By Milo D. Codding, Rochester, 
—44 pages. 
Speech of Hon. T. H. Bayly of Virginia, on the Har¬ 
bor Bill and Corn Trade of England, in the House of 
Representatives, March 11, 1846. 
Cortland Co. Whig, containing Address of Mr. Amos 
Rice. From P. Barber, Esq. 
Treatise on the Potato Disease, by Thos. Cross. 
The American Journal of Science and Arts, for May; 
New-Haven, Ct. By Prof. Silliman, Jr., and James D. 
Dana. Published every second month—$5 a year. 
Speech of the Hon. R. D. Owen, on the bill to estab¬ 
lish the Smithsonian Institution. 
Premium List of Jefferson Co. Ag. Society, from 
Maj. E. Kirby. 
Premium List of Madison Co. Ag. Society. 
The Diploma of the New-Haven Co. (Ct.) Ag. Soci¬ 
ety, from Levi Durant. 
The Phonographic Class-Book, Reader, &c., from 
Andrews and Boyle, publishers, Boston. 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
We invite the attention of those wishing a de¬ 
lightful country residence, to the advertisement for the 
sale of the farm of the late Dr. Samuel Akerly, on 
Staten Island. Dr. A. was well known to the readers 
of the Cultivator, as a most careful and thorough far¬ 
mer, by his various contributions to its pages under the 
signatures of « Richmond,” and “ A Practical Farmer.” 
Importation of Sheep. —We learn that Mr. S. W. 
Jewett, of Weybridge, Vt., has lately imported ten 
yearling ewes from the Merino flock of the late Lord 
Western, of Felix Hall, England. The origin of this 
noted flock was forty ewes selected by Lord W., from 
five hundred which were presented to King George III, 
by the Spanish Cortes, about the year 1808. We have 
frequently seen favorable notices of Lord Western’s 
flock in the English agricultural books and. periodicals. 
The Merinos are said to have been much improved in 
