DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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APPLES. 



For the best 12 Auiuini), one or more sorts, - 



" second best do. ' 



" best 12 Winter do. ■- 



" second best do. ^ 



" finest and greatest display — named, ^ 



" second best do. do ^ 



" best Seedling never before exliibiled, o 



PEARS. 



For the best 12 Autumn, one or more sorts, 3 



" second best do. ^ 



" best 12 Winter do. 3 



" second best do. ~ 



" largest and finest collection — named, 5 



" second best do. ^ 



" best Seedling, never belbre exhibited, 5 



PEACHES. 



For the best 12 freestones, one or more sorts, 2 



" second best do. 1 



" best 12 clingstones do. 2 



" second best do. 1 



" largest and finest collection — named, 5 



For the second best and finest collection — named, 3 



" best Seedling never before exhibited, 3 



PLUMS. 



For the best two dozen, one or more sorts, 3 



" second best, 2 



" largest and finest collection — named, 5 



" second best, do. 3 



" best Seedling never before exhibited, 5 



QUINCES.— For the best twelve, 2 



" second best, do 1 



WATERMELONS.— For the best pair, 2 



" second best, 1 



MUSKMELONS.— For the best three, 2 



" second best, 1 



CRANBERRIES.— For the best two quarts, cultivated... 2 



^. B. — Persons desirous of becoming members 

 of, the Association are informed that the entrance 

 charo;e is $5, and that, by payinjj^ this sum to any 

 member of the Executive Committee, on the day of 

 exhibition, their names will be brought before the 

 Association at once, and if not elected the money 

 will be returned to them. 



Strangers bringing choice plants, &c., to the city 

 from a distance, are notified that they will be taken 

 care of by Mr. James HoGfi, 562 Broadway, oppo- 

 site the rooms of the Association. 



Per.sons intending to exhibit flowers, fruits, or 

 vegetables, are particularly requested to notify Mr. 

 Hogg, by mail or otherwise, in order that arrange- 

 ments m^y be made for the proper exhibition of 

 their specimens. 



Officers of the Association. — Hon. Luthek 

 Bkavish, President; Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, 

 James Lenox, Esq., James Boorman, Esq., A. H. 

 Stevens, M. D., Thomas A. Emmet, Esq., Hugh 

 Maxwell, Esq., Stephen Whitney, Esq., Shepherd 

 Knapp, Esq., Hon. William T. McCoun, Cyrus 

 Mason, D. D., W. A. Seely, J. S. Livingston, Esqs., 

 Vice Presidents ; A. P. Halsey, Esq., Treasurer; 

 Andrew H. Green, Esq., Cor. Secretary ; R. Ogden 

 Doremus, Esq., Rec. Secretary; Luther Bradish,Th. 

 Frelinghuysen, James Lenox, R. L. Pell, <Ch'n.,) 

 Col. Edward Clark, Wm. Coventry H. Waddell, 

 Archibald Russell, Shepherd Knapp, R.K. Delafield, 

 D. P. Gardner, (Sec'y.) Executive Committee. 



them from decav. The gates which were erected 

 at Constantinople, in the time of Constantine, were 

 of cypress, and stood eleven hundred years. (Sir 

 H. Davy.) 



The alburnum or sap wood of the birch tree, con- 

 tains so much sugar and mucilage that it is some- 

 times used for bread in the north of Europe. (Sir 

 H. Davy.) 



The larger and thicker the leaves ol a seedling, 

 and the more expanded the blossoms, the better the 

 fruit will be. Never select short leaved trees. 

 {Sir H- Davy.) 



The epidermis of hollow phnits (canes, rattans, 

 rye, &.c.) contains siliceous earth. The rattan has 

 so much silex or flint, that it will give out sparks 

 when struck with steel. (Sir H. Davy.) 



The hexagonal form of the cells of the bee arises 

 from a mechanical law, (the form which pliable hol- 

 low cylinders take when pressed together) and not 

 from the instinct of the bee. Solitary bees make 

 their cells uniformly circwZar. (Dr. IVolhiston.) 



More rain falls in New England than in old Eng- 

 land, where the showers are more frequent, but not 

 so heavy. (Dr. Dwight.) 



The hills of New England are moist to their top.s. 

 Water is obtained by digging at less depths than in 

 adjoining vales. (Dr. Dwight.) 



A peculiar caterpillar is made to spin lace veils, 

 thus : a paste of leaves of which the worm is fond, 

 is spread upon a flat surface, and by drawing with 

 oil the figure to be left open. The caterpillar is 

 placed at the bottom of the inclined plane, ami eats 

 the paste, spinning as he ascends. A yard square 

 of the lace weighs only 4 5 grains, Troy. (Bab- 

 bage.) 



Seaweed taken from a depth of 205 feet was ol a 

 green colour, showing how small a portion of solar 

 light is requisite for the effect. (Humboldt.) 



Of all the plants of the globe, none produces such 

 a mass of nutriment in so small a space as the Ba- 

 nana. It produces in less than a year from the 

 planting, fruit, the bunches of which weigh often 88 

 pounds. (Humboldt.) 



The value of the manure annually applied to the 

 land in Great Britain, exceeds in amount the for 

 eign commerce of the whole empire. (Dr. Ure.) 



As meat and clothing come from animals, 

 the great inquiry in agriculture is, wliat crops will 

 least exhaust the soil and sustain the largest num 

 ber of animals. (Dan. Webster.) 



NoTABiLtA — By Evelyn. — The aromatic oils of 

 plants keep ofT insects that would otherwise destroy 

 the parts of fructification, and the aroinatic oils of 

 woods (cedar, cypress, rosewood, &c.) preserve 



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Strawberry Blossoms. — Mr. Howard and my- 

 self examined Hovcy's Seedling yesterday in my gul- 

 den, and found the flowers perleet, the stamens In- 

 ing more fully developed than in any other variety, 

 except Stoddard's Alpine, with the exception of 

 half a dozen pistillate plants, on which no stamens 

 could be perceived. My plants came from Mr. Ho 

 VEY last year, 1846. Res. yours. Luther Thicker. 

 Albany, May 2\, 1847. 



[Our neighbor, H. W. Sargeant. Esq., of Wo- 

 denethe, also lately showed us a bed of plants of 

 this sort, which were sold him by Mr. Hovey him- 

 self in 1845, as the genuine fruitful sort. These 

 plants bear what are usually termed staminate 

 blossoms. Mr. Hovey has stat< d in an article on 

 this subject, that his seedling is and always has been 



