1846. THE CULTIVATOR. 227 
THE HORTICULTURIST, 
AND 
JOURNAL OF RURAL TASTE AND RURAL ART. 
A. J. DOWNING, ESQ., EDITOR. 
The first number of the above publication was issued 
by the publisher of “ The Cultivator,' * * * * 5 on the first of 
this month. That our readers may the better under¬ 
stand the character of “ The Horticulturist, 55 we 
publish the Table of Contents: 
I. Introductory Address. By the Editor. 
II. Notes on a few fruits of superior excellence. By the 
Editor. 
III. Rural Architecture—Designs for Improving an Ordinary 
Country House. By the Editor. 
IV. The Two New Ornamental Trees—the Paulownia and 
Deodar Cedar. By the Editor. 
V. The Best Five Winter Pears. By Col. M. P. Wilder, 
Pres’t of the Mass. Hort. Society. 
VI. The American Arbor Vitae for Screens and Hedges. By 
A. Saul, Foreman of the Highland Gardens. 
VII. Account of the Origin of the Boston Nectarine. By S. G. 
Perkins, Esq. 
VIII. A Preventive to the Mildew in the Gooseberry. ByNew- 
J ersey. 
IX. Notes on the Black Fig of the Azores—Culture of the Fig 
under Glass. By John Fisk Allen, Salem, Mass. 
X. How to raise “ Giant 55 Asparagus. By T. B., New-York. 
XI. Climbing and Pole Roses for Hardy Culture. By Rosa, 
of Philadelphia. 
XII. Fruits in Western New-York—the Northern Spy Apple. 
By W. R. Smith. 
XIII. Swainstone’s Seedling Strawberry. By the Editor. 
XIV. On the Culture of the Laurel. By .1. J. Thomas. 
XV. On the Use of Guano. By Long-Island. 
XVI. The Peach Orchards of Delaware. By Dr. J. W. Thomp¬ 
son. 
XVII. The Naturalization of Plants. Translated from the French 
of M. Neumann. 
XVIII and XIX. Foreign and Domestic Notices. 
XX. Proceedings of Horticultural Societies. 
The general character of this new work, will be seen 
from the above. It may not, however, be amiss to add, 
that it will, in its future issues, embrace articles on 
every subject of interest to the lover of rural pursuits, 
including Rural Architecture, Fruits and Flowers, 
Shade and Ornamental Trees, Landscape and Ordinary 
Gardening, &c., &c., thus supplying a place in our peri¬ 
odical literature hitherto without an occupant. It will 
be published on the first of each month, printed on fine 
paper, and in the best manner; each number consisting 
of 48 pages octavo; stitched in handsome covers. 
Terms—Three dollars a year, payable in advance, with 
a discount of 20 per cent, to agents. 
“ The Horticulturist 55 will be issued simultane¬ 
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BOSTON AGENCY 
FOR 
s ‘ THE HORTICULTURIST 55 AND “ THE CULTIVATOR . 55 
Mr. Breck, editor of the New-England Farmzr, 
announces in that paper of June 24th, the discontinu¬ 
ance of that work, which has now completed its 24th 
year. This paper, from its commencement under Fes¬ 
senden, has pursued the “even tenor of its way, 55 with 
less change and greater steadiness of purpose, than has 
attended almost any other periodical in the country. 
Punctual in its weekly visits, cheerful in its tone, 
sound and discriminating in its advice, it was always 
the wise counsellor of the farmer ; and we part with 
its (l old familiar face 55 with sincere regret—regret that 
we shall receive its visits no more, and regret that, in 
the rage for new things, it should have been so far 
forgotten as to afford Mr. Breck, by whom it has been 
conducted with great judgment, so poor a reward, as to 
induce him, as a matter of interest, to discontinue its 
publication. 
It will be seen by the following notice of Mr. Breck, 
that he has made arrangements with us, to act as pub¬ 
lishing agent for our publications at Boston: 
“We have entered into an engagement with Luther 
Tucker, Esq., Proprietor and Editor of the Albany Cul¬ 
tivator, to act as agents for his proposed new work, 
“ The Horticulturist,” to be edited by A. J. Downing, 
Esq., and issued monthly; also as agents for “ The Culti¬ 
vator, 55 a work too well known to need commendation. 
“ The Horticulturist will be published simultaneously 
at Boston and Albany. Subscribers will be supplied 
with that Journal at $3 per annum, or with the Cultiva¬ 
tor at $1. As the two periodicals will be distinct in 
their character, we hope to have the pleasure of enroll¬ 
ing the names of all the patrons of the old New-Eng¬ 
land Farmer, on the subscription list of each journal. 
“ To those who have paid in advance, (not a very 
large class,) we will credit the amount paid to either of 
the above named works, or refund the money, as may 
be most acceptable. Those who have paid to Jan. 1st, 
1847, will be entitled to one volume of the Cultivator 
from Jan. 1st, 1846.” 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications have been received since our last? 
from C. B., C. N. Bement, John W. Lincoln, D. East¬ 
man, N. Longworth, Nelson Wilson, R. Van Wagener, 
S. B. Buckley, H. F. B, Adrian Bergen, D. T., Zenas 
C. Robbins, and J. N. Blakesley. 
J. H., Liberty, Miss.—We shall be glad to receive 
the details and results of the experiments you speak of # 
We are indebted to Hon. J. H. Johnson, Hon. B. R. 
Wood, Hon. T. Smith, and Daniel Gold, Esq., for 
copies of the Annual Report of the Com. of Patents. 
To Lewis F. Allen, Esq. Black Rock, for copies 
of his American Herd Book. 
To-, for Premium List of Washington Co. 
Ag. Society. 
^>We tender our thanks to Prof. Jas. F. W. John¬ 
ston, of Edingburgh, for a series of pamphlets, em¬ 
bracing the results of Investigations into the Nature 
and Cause of the Potato Disease in Scotland; and also 
for Parts I, II, and III, of the Proceedings of the Agri¬ 
cultural Chemistry Association of Scotland; the recep¬ 
tion of all which, we are happy to acknowledge at the 
hands of Mr. John P. Norton. 
