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THE CULTIVATOR 
July, 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
The Transactions of the Royal Hawaiian Ag. Society, at its 
first annual meeting in August, 1851—Vul. I, No. 2. Honolulu: 
Printed at the Government Press, by Henry M. Whitney. 
We are indebted to our esteemed correspondent at the 
Sandwich Islands, W. Chamberlain, Esq., for a copy 
of the above work. It is a handsomely printed pamphlet 
of 126 pages, and contains, besides the annual address 
of the Hon. Luther Severance, all the usual reports made 
at our Cattle Shows, together with a variety of papers 
relating to the rural economy of the Island-—the whole 
in a style which would, in every respect, be creditable 
to the best agricultural societies of our country. We 
shall be greatly obliged to our correspondent for the first 
number, which we have never seen. 
The Pests of the Farm, with instructions for their extirpation. By 
H. D. Richardson. C. M. Saxton: New-York. 
This is another of the series of Saxton’s rural hand 
books, and will be eagerly sought after by those who 
have had their crops destroyed by four-footed beasts, 
fowls, and creeping things. It is neatly printed and for 
sale at 25 cents. - 
The Farmer’s Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture. By Rev. 
John L. Blake, D. D. C. M. Saxton: Ncw-York. 
This volume is designed to be a book for family reference, 
containing information on topics relating to rural life and 
domestic economy. The work is peculiarly valuable from 
the fact that it will aid the farmer in understanding the 
terms used in scientific agriculture. The definitions and 
explanations of words and phrases, are carefully and ful¬ 
ly given, and as a whole constitutes an excellent house¬ 
hold authority. Price, $1,50. 
Graham’s American Monthly Magazine. Published at $3 a 
year. By Geo. R. Graham: Philadelphia. 
It really does one good to look at the illustrations and 
execution of this magazine. The June number is deci¬ 
dedly in advance of any previous issue. As an orna¬ 
ment to the parlor table, this magazine is well designed, 
and its matter is various enough to suit the tastes of all 
classes. We are glad to observe that the insipid flashy 
articles, which formerly burdened this class of monthlies, 
are giving place to more solid and substantial reading. It 
is evidence that the taste of the community is improving. 
Grecian Antiquities. By Charles Anthon, L. L. D. Harper & 
Brothers: New-York. 
A full description of the geography of ancient Greece, 
with the manners, customs, and institutions of its several 
states, are given in this volume, in a style corresponding 
with Prof. Anthon’s well known works. Though more 
particularly designed for the student, it will interest the 
general reader; for the research of years has failed to 
divest Grecian literature of its charm or dispel the strange 
fascination which their orators and poets, their festivals 
and games, their government and religion, have for the 
modern mind. - 
Harrison’s Batin Grammar. Harper Sc Brothers: New-York. 
This work is a profound exposition of the laws of the 
Latin language, suited to the more advanced student. It 
evinces deep and careful research, and great familiarity 
with the ancient classics. The author aims to reduce, 
as far as possible, the rules of Syntax to fixed and general 
principles, and to make the study of grammar rational, 
logical and philosophical. It is a valuable addition to 
works on philology. 
NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 
Acknowledgments. —Communications have been re¬ 
ceived, during the past month, from J. C., J., J. T. 
Andrews, Henry Hitchcock, T. B. Arden, C. H. Powell, 
Farmer’s Wife, T. L. Hart, A. M. K., Ambrose Stevens, 
D. Tomlinson, S. Clark, Jr., S. W. Johnson, Gurdon 
Evans, L. Y. W. 
Books, Pamphlets, Sac., have been received as fol¬ 
lows:—Proceedings of Clinton Co. Ag. Society, from 
Willets Keese. -Constitution, Premium List, &c. 
of the Lenawee (Mich.) Ag. Society, from T. M. Cooley, 
Sec’y.-Seed of the “ New Evergreen Sweet Corn,” 
from Thomas Hancock, Burlington, N. J.-Premium 
List, Constitution, &c. of the Putnam Co. Ag. Society, 
from II. C. Wilson, Esq. Sec’y. 
Insect on the Plum. —An esteemed correspondent at 
Springfield, Otsego co., has sent us a specimen of an in¬ 
sect and of a portion of the bark of a plum tree, con¬ 
taining a deposit of its eggs. The eggs are in compactly 
filled roivs, beneath a single slit through the epidermis. 
The insect was lost, and w r e cannot speak of its character. 
This cannot be the cause of the black knot, as suggested 
by our correspondent, as in numerous cases, the most 
rigid microscopic examination of the black knot, has 
failed to reveal any indications of external or local injury 
—besides which we have often observed deposits of eggs, 
not dissimilar, but larger, both in the plum and cherry, 
that produced no effect whatever, except small mechani¬ 
cal injury. Indeed it is rare that insects produce any 
other result. We hope our correspoddent will favor us 
with the results of future observations. 
Correction. —In our May number, page 183, we pub 
lished, from the Family Visitor, an analysis of the straw¬ 
berry, by B. Kirtland—and in our April number, p. 132. 
an analysis of the Sv’eet Potato, from the same source. 
It appears that there was an error in both of these analy¬ 
ses, which is thus corrected by Mr. Kirtland—“ I noticed 
an error of importance in the publication of my analysis 
of the Strawberry and Sw 7 eet Potato, in your paper. In 
the analysis of the strawberry,'where it reads Perphosphate 
of Lime, it should read Lime only; and in the analysis 
of the Sw’eet Potato, where it reads Phosphate of Lime, 
of Magnesia, of Potash—it should read only Lime, Mag¬ 
nesia, Potash. Where it reads Sand and Silica, it should 
read Silica only. - 
National Ag. Convention. —We received, after our 
last number had gone to press, a circular, calling a Na¬ 
tional Agricultural Convention at Washington city, on 
the 24th of June, signed by the several presidents of the 
different State Ag. Societies of the Union. As this num¬ 
ber goes to press before the convention is organised, we 
can only now state the objects for which it is called, 
which are stated in the circular to be as follows-. 
“ To organize a National Agricultural Society, to 
which the various agricultural societies may be auxiliary ■ 
to consult together upon the general good, and to estab¬ 
lish, by this society, or such other means as the conven¬ 
tion may devise, a more cordial and widely extended in¬ 
tercourse betwen agriculturists in our ow 7 n country and 
in other lands; to create additional facilities for the ac¬ 
quisition and diffusion of knowledge, by books, journals, 
