6_____ CATALOGUE KITCHEN GARDEN, HEKB, TREE, FIELD AND FLOWER3 SEEÖS,-'/ BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS, AGRICULTURAL BOOKS, &c. FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, BOSTON, BY JOHN B. RUSSELL, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING THE MORE RARE AND DELICATE SORTS. WITH A LIST OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, FOR SALE AT THE WAREHOUSE IN THE SAME BUILD- ING, BY JOSEPH R. NEWELL. AGENTS. Gentkmm at a distance can procure, any articles mentioned in this Catalogue, by sending direct to the Proprietor in Boston, or through the following persons. JOHN WITHAM, Halifax, N. <S. I A. WEDDERBURN, St. John's, E. DEWOLF, jr. Hortm, N. S. JOHN M. IVES; Salem, JACOB DEWITT, Montreal, \ E. STEDMAN, Newburypprt, AGRICULTURAL BOOKS. FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STBEET BOSTON. Encyclopedia of Agriculture ; comprising- the theory and practice of the 1 valuation, transfer, laying out; improvement and management of landed pro- perty ; and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable produc- tions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements. Illustrated with upwards of 800 engravings. By J. C. Loudon. New England Farmer, or Geórgica! Dictionary 3 containing a compen- dious account of the ways and methods in which the important art of hus- bandry in all its various brarrches is or may be practised to the greatest ad- vantage in the United States. Jty ¡Samuel*Deane. Code of Agriculture ; including observations on gardens, orchards, woods, and plantations. By the Right lion. Sir John Sinclair, Bart, Founder of the Board of Agriculture. Farmer's Assistant ; being a digest of all that relates to Agriculture, and the conducting of rural affairs; alphabetically arranged, and adapted for the United States. By J. Nicholson, Esq. American Gardener's Calendar ; adapted to the climates and seasons of the United States ; containing a complete account of all the work necessary to be done in the kitchen-garden, fruit-garden, orchard, vineyard, nursery, pleasure-ground, flower-garden, green-house, hot-house, and forcing frames, for every month in the year ; with ample practical directions for performing the same. By Bernard'M'Alahon. Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Live Stock ; the whole inter- spersed with information of importance to breeders, graziers, farmers, and the public at large. By R. Parkinson. I American Gardener, or a Treatise on the situation, soil, fencing and lay- j ing-out of gardens; on the making and managing of hot-beds and green- houses ; and on the propagation and cultivation of the several sorts of vege- tables, herbs, fruits and flowers. By William Cobbett. View of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees, and the Management of Orchards and Cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of na- tive CUKI foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America, illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size. By William Coxe, Esq. New Farmer's Calendar, or Monthly Remembrancer for all kinds of Coun- try Business; comprehending all the material improvements in the new hus- bandry, with the mauagement of Live Stock. Bv Lawrence. Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening all kinds of Do- mestic Poultry, Pheasants, Pigeons and Rabbits; including an interesting Account of the Egyptian Method of hatching Eggs by artificial Heat, and the Author's Experiments thereon. Also the Management of Swine, Milch Cows, and Bees, and Instructions for the Private Brew ery. By Bonington Moubray, Esq. Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carna- tion, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose and other Flowers; including a Dissertation on Soils and Manures, and contain- ing Catalogues of the iiuest and most esteemed varieties of each flower. By Thomas Hogg, Florist. We have here enumerated some of our principal standard works on Agri- culture and Gardening; we are likewise frequently receiving the most ap- proved works as they appear; and can furnish Agricultural Libraries and others on as good terms as at any bookstore. The NEW ENGLAND FAKMEK'S ALMANACK is published annually at this place, by J. B. Russell. This Almanack is conducted by T. G. Fessen- den, Esq. Editor of the New England Farmer, and contains, in addition to the usual variety of common Almanacks, a large selection of useful articles on Agriculture and Domestic Economy.—Booksellers and Country Traders are supplied at wholesale, on favorable terms ; 30,000 copies were sold the first year of its publication. ■iW^WiWwwwwBáM¿Fi ii"ñilw¡ii"i7iii~rBi-'p mi ■■iiiMÏiïi""Tili mumaïmâmaiaammnm CATALOGUE OF KITCHEN GARDEN, HERB, TREE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS, BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS, AGRICULTURAL BOOKS, &c. /''OR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, BOSTON, BY JOHN B. RUSSELL, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING THE MORE RARE AND DELICATE SORTS. WITH A LIST OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, I'OR SALE AT THE WAREHOUSE IN THE SAME BUILD ING, BY JOSEPH R. NEWELL. Boston : PRINTED AT THE NEW ENGLAND FAKMEK OFFtCJC 1827. As the variety and quantity of Seeds kept at this Es- tablishment are by far greater than at any other place in New England, orders for the British Provinces, the West India market, or the Southern States, can always be ex- ecuted with promptness, at satisfactory prices. Dealers in Seeds and Country Traders supplied, at wholesale or retail, on the best terms. PREFACE. The Seeds oll'ered to the publick in this catalogue, are all raised in llif vieil1 ity of lîoston, (with a few exceptions) by experienced and responsible growers, who have been in the business for years. Great care. has been taken to have every sort raised in the greatest puri'y, perfectly distinct from any other sort of the same species. Some few varieties of seed, which will not ripen in this country, are imported from the first establishments in Eu- rope, whose veracity and faithfulness may be relied on. In a business of this description, it cannot be expected but that complaints will sometimes be made of seeds not vegetating ; but candid men will allow that the fault is not always in the Seed. The best seed may fail of coming up, on several accounts ; some kinds may be sown too early, and be chilled in the ground before vegetaling ;—they may be scorched in the ground in dry seasons, by the burning rays of the sun—they are often eaten by worms and insects—and are frequently covered too deep in the earth, particularly delicate flower seeds. The best method of proving tlie quality of the seed is to sow a few in a box of loose earth, placed in a warm room, keeping the earth moist. If the seed is good, it will vegetate in a reasonable time, ill quicker method is to roll «p a few seeds in a quantity of wet moss., which will soon determine their character. The bug Iwle.s frequently seen in peas are not occasioned by age, but are the work of an insect, who deposits her eggs in the pods as soon as they have arrived at a state of maturity sufficient to show the peas which are within them. In the evening or in a cloudy day, the eggs are deposited on the outside of the pod, where they soon hatch, and the worm eats directly through, and enters the tender young pea where it lodges, and remains feed- ing on its contents, until it changes to a chrysalis, and thence to a fly or bee- tle, before the succeeding spring ; but do not eat their way out till the frosts are past, which is about the time peas are generally planted. " But what is surprising (says Bartram, a distinguished naturalist of Pennsylvania) the worm leaves the eye or sprout of the 'pea. untouched, so that almost ever} pea vegetates and thrives vigorously, notwithstanding a large part of the pea seems to be consumed." A friend of ours in Dorchester, planted, last season, two rows, one of sound peas, the other with peas full of bug holes ; both vegetated and thrived equally well. A few remarks have been added on the requisite soil and proper cultiva- tion of some of the rarer sorts of esculent vegetables ; which has beei; revised by a gentleman of great experience in gardening and horticulture. We have annexed the scientific name to the common, and the French tq the leading name of each species, for the accommodation of all who desire to become acquainted with them. Connected with the Seed Trade, we have a large assortment of the mosi approved books on Agriculture, Horticulture, Gardening and Botany ; and can supply Agricultural Libraries and others with books—not usually found elsewhere,—on favorable terms. To the patronage of the public we commend this Establishment, willing that it should stand or fall, on its own merit and reputation. We hope by faithfulness, perseverance and constant personal attention, to render it, no only useful to ourselves, but of great and substantial benefit to the AGRICUI TURAL COMMUNITY. Boston, October 1827. HOT BEDS. Ilot Beds arc things not merely of luxury, as has been asserted, but <>: real utility, especially to farmers and gardeners who send their production- to market. Plants which are brought to maturity in the open air may often be rendered fit for the table a month earlier in consequence of being sown. and forwarded during the earlier stages of their existence in hot beds. Tin- following is given in the New England Farmer, as a good method of pre paring hot beds. In the month of March, mark out your bed to the size of the frame yet; design to cover it, which is generally 6 feet in length and^ in breadth, cov- ered with glass, set in sashes oí' ]2 panes each, say of 7 by 9 glass.