REMARKS. The previous part of this month, as we feared, was very cool, and accompanied by a severe frost on the morning of the 6th, which killed all tender productions. Corn, beans, vines of all sorts, peppers, &c. have suffered much, and in many instances been wholly destroyed. The potato crop in this vicinity, from the combined effects of the late drought and early frost, will be small compared with what we have anticipated. They are already scarce for the season, and prices rather high; very few have yet arrived from the eastward, and we have learnt that the crop has suffered there as well as with us. Sweet potatoes are not so large this year as last, but come to hand in good order. Turnips are not so abundant as at the time of our last report. Carrots have not done well this season. Radishes are getting

out of season.

Cabbages will be scarce the coming winter, as the crop is quite small; Drumheads have just come to hand; Red cabbages are very scarce, and command a good price. Cauliflowers do not appear to be very plentiful. Tomatoes have not ripened well this season, here, and those in the market now are mostly picked from vines which were partly, or wholly, destroyed by frost in the early part of this month. Corn has been very small this season. We did not expect to see many Sieva beans this fall, but the late warm weather has brought them forward rapidly. Of squashes the crop is very small: some Canadas, which have been brought in, have been immediately taken at quotations, though they were but partly ripened; common crooknecks have hardly attained to maturity.

Apples, though not yet abundant, will, we cannot but think, be tolerably plenty in a short time; in this quarter they are rather small, but, at the south, they are exceedingly large and fair. Pears are scarce; there has been but few Bartlett's in this season, no Cushing's that we have yet seen, and other sorts come to hand slowly; St. Michaels are much better than in ordinary seasons. Peaches, from New York, are quite plenty. The whole stock of watermelons has been received from the south, as has that of muskmelons. Grapes are more plentiful and prices more moderate. Pine apples are scarce; there have not been any arrivals of late. Immense quantities of cucumbers for pickling have been received here from New York. Oranges and lemons remain about the same. Yours, M. T., Boston, Sept. 22d, 1836.

ART. VI. Meteorological Notice.

FOR AUGUST.

THE first part of the month of August was unusually cold: a light frost occurred about the 6th, which did some damage to vegetation in low situations. The latter part was extremely dry, not even a shower occurring to the end of the month.

THERMOMETER.-Mean temperature, 60° 30-highest, 78°; lowest, 40° below zero.

WINDS.-N. two days-E. nine-S. five-S. W. eight-W. three N. W. four.

Force of the Wind.-Brisk, eighteen days-light, thirteen days. Character of the Weather.-FINE, twenty-three days-Fair, five days-CLOUDY, three days.

Showery, four days-rainy, one day.

MONTHLY CALENDAR

OF

HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE,

FOR OCTOBER.

FRUIT DEPARTMENT.

Grape Vines in the green-house, or grapery, after the fruit is cut, should be trimmed of all laterals, particularly those near the base of the shoots. If in green-houses, the shoots should be tied up neatly, and all yellow leaves removed as fast as they fall from the vines. A few clusters may be kept on until November; and if the house is kept well aired, and free from dampness, they will remain in good perfection until that time.

Vines in the open air will need pruning, in order that the fruit may be better ripened.

Fruit Trees of all kinds may be transplanted towards the latter part of the month.

Strawberry beds must be kept clear of weeds by frequent hoeings; and where new ones have been made, they must be duly watered in dry weather.

FLOWER DEPARTMENT.

Chrysanthemums will now be showing their flower buds, which will come forward rapidly: remove them to the green-house or parlor, where they will be out of danger of the frost. Water them freely as their blossoms expand.

Camellias will now require to be removed to the green-house; they must not be there crowded together, but have sufficient room for their branches; top dress them with some suitable fresh soil, and wash the pots perfectly clean.

Geraniums that were struck from cuttings in July, and not yet potted, should have the same done immediately, that they may get better rooted. Verbena chamadrifòlia: if plants of this beautiful verbena are wanted for early spring flowering, a few of the lateral runners should be potted in a light and rather sandy compost. They will not flower well during the winter, in an ordinary green-house, but the plants may be preserved until spring. They require the heat of the stove to produce their blossoms.

Dahlias, after the frost has killed the tops, should have the soil drawn up over the roots, that later and more severe frosts may not injure them. Annuals: continue to sow these in the border, as we have before recommended.

Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissuses, &c. may be planted towards the latter part of the month.

Tigridia pavònia and conchiflòra, and Amaryllis formosíssima bulbs should be taken up before frost.

Mignonette plants, from seeds sown last month, should be potted off into small pots, and kept free from dampness.

Auriculas should be sheltered in a frame or pit: a green-house is too warm for them.

Carnations, layers of fine sorts, should be potted off into No. 2 pots, three plants in each.

TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

Prof. Russell's paper on the genus Phlóx should be attentively read; some of his hints should be treasured up by the amateur florist. Mr. Russell's short article is extremely valuable. Our article on the pæony, though rather long, we hope will not be read without some interest.

We have occupied considerable room in the present number with our own papers, and must beg the indulgence of our correspondents. Our calls at gardens and nurseries we have been obliged, partly, to omit until our next.

We hope our friends will not forget our repeated requests for information respecting the exhibitions of fruits and flowers which are held by the different societies throughout the country at this season of the year. Newspapers containing such reports we shall be happy to receive.

Received.-Manuscript Communications from John Lewis Russell, J. W. Russell, A. J. Downing, R., O. P. Q., An Amateur, A. J. D., S. Books and Printed Papers.-The Cultivator for Sept. 1836. American Farmer and Gardener, Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 1836. Yankee Farmer, Nos. 17 and 18, 1836. The Silk Culturist and Farmer's Manual, No. 6, for Sept., 1836. The Vermont Farmer for Sept., 1836. The Southern Agriculturist, No. IX. Vol. IX. 1836. Maine Farmer, Nos. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 1836. New York Farmer, Nos. 7, 8 and 9, for July, August and Sept., 1836.

Newspapers.-Mechanic and Farmer, and Nantucket Enquirer.

Any Books, Papers, Drawings or Communications, as also Seeds or dried specimens of Plants, the conductors will be grateful for. They may be directed to the publishers, Cornhill, Boston.

Subscribers and Correspondents, and Editors of those periodicals and papers with whom we exchange, must be particular and direct to the AMERICAN Gardener's Magazine-there being two papers published in Boston called the Gardener's Journal, and Gardner's Magazine; and several of our papers have been miscarried.

THE

AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE

Was commenced on January 1st, 1835, and is continued monthly, at $3 per annum.

No. XXII. is published this day, and may be had at the Bookstores of Messrs. Hilliard, Gray & Co., Russell, Shattuck & Co., James Munroe & Co., E. R. Broaders, and at the Seed Warehouse of Messrs. Hovey & Co., 79 & 81, Cornhill, Boston. Ives & Putnam, Salem. H. Mann, Dedham. J. F. Thayer, Woburn. Chas. Whipple, Newburyport. J. F. Shores, Portsmouth, and George Tilden, Keene, N. H. Colman &Chissholm, Portland. Duren & Thacher, Bangor. C. Shepard, Providence. Clarendon Harris, Worcester. S. O. Dunbar, Taunton. S. H. Jenks, Nantucket. A. J. Beckwith, and Office of the Silk Culturist, Hartford. G. C. Thorburn, Israel Post, New York. D. & C. Landreth, J. Buist, and C. P. Fessenden, Philadelphia. Pishey Thompson, Washington. S. C. Parkhurst, Cincinnati, Ohio. At the seedstore of William Thorburn, Albany, N. Y.

ADVERTISEMENT.

SUPERB

BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS.

We have just received, from Rotterdam, one of the most superb and rare assortments of HYACINTHS and other Dutch Bulbs ever imported into the country. We have grown nearly all the fine hyacinths, and those we have imported this year are such as we have selected from hundreds of sorts, and know to be extra fine. They are from the same house in Holland from which we received our assortment last season, which far exceeded in splendor any ever sold in New England.

The collection of TULIPS is very superior: we flowered above one thousand roots the past spring of unrivalled beauty. In addition to these, we have also received a great assortment, including the early double and single sorts, for blooming in pots in parlors.

Of pœonies, lilies, narcissuses, ranunculuses, anemonies, gladiolas, crown imperials, jonquils, snow-flakes, crocus, &c., a larger variety has been received than has ever been introduced into New England.

Catalogues gratis on application.

Dealers supplied on the most liberal terms.

**We would request purchasers to notice that these bulbs are not such as are sold at auction; those being the refuse of the Dutch florist, and not considered as worth growing at home; good, healthy, strong roots, being valued in Holland at ten times what those sell for here.

The following are a few of the finest Hyacinths, with the prices annexed: