DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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Summer crops of Peas. — Those of your readers 

 who are fond of a succession of this tine vegetable, 

 and have found dilTiculty in obtainini,' such during 

 the drier parts of the summer, may be pleased to 

 learn that they may be successful if they will plant 

 tnera in shallow trenches, in the same way as they 

 are usually prepared for celery — the trench- 

 es should, however, only be five or six inches deep. 

 These trenches catch a supply of moisture during 

 showers and retain it, .so that, as I have found, tlie 

 rows of peas grown in them, are green and luxuri- 

 ant, when on the flat surface adjoining they fail en- 

 tirely. IV. II. Philadelphia, ^lugust, 1847. 



'Strawberries. — Although pressed by avoca- 

 tions, I cannot allow the mistaken statement of Mr. 

 HovEY, as published in the last number of his mag- 

 azine, to pass unnoticed. He has just reason to be 

 proud of Hovey's Seedling for its great size and 

 beauty, although so deficient in flavor, without de- 

 tracting from other varieties. He says that at the 

 Flushing exhibition, Hovey's Seedling; " received 

 the prize for three quarts, in competition with up- 

 wards of 30 other varieties ;" whereas the truth is, 

 that no other kind whatever was offered in competi- 

 tion for the three quart preminm, the 30 varieties 

 being exhibited in small quantities of a pint or less 

 as a collection, and a premium was awarded to 

 them. The case was similar at the exhibition in 

 New- York, where a premium was also awarded. 

 Having above 60 estimable varieties, more than 20 

 of which would be pronounced superior to the Hovey 

 ■wheve flavor was considered, we had necessarily 

 to send' but a small quantity of each in our show 

 cases; but there never has been seen in Europe or 

 America so splendid a collection as we exhibited. 

 The great venders of Strawberries in the New- York 

 market, stated, the present season, that they could 

 not sell the Hovey Seedling, jintil their stock of the 

 Crimson Cone was exhausted. What will be said 

 when the Primate, Primordian, Charlotte, Eber- 

 lein, and other choice varieties, are sent in quanti- 

 ties to our markets. We solicit friend Hovey to 

 pay a visit to Flushing, and not keep his eye so 

 askance, for we are all co-laborers in a common 

 cause. Wm. R. Prime. Flushing, August, 1847. 



Favorite Roses. — Dear Sir: Perhaps it may be 

 interesting to some of your readers to know the 

 opinion of an amateur cultivator on the subject of 

 roses. I find that no question is asked more fre- 

 quently than " What are your favorite roses, as I 

 see you cultivate a large collection?" Now it is 

 perhaps a little dilficult to select, but there are a 

 lew sorts that are such established favorites with 

 me, that I will not hesitate to name them. First, 

 then, among the Bourbons, — Souvenir de Malmai- 

 son, always large, finely formed, and of a most 

 delicate and lovely shell color, — Paul Joseph, rich 

 crimson, a tint rare in summer roses, and for its 

 otto perfume an old variety. Gen. Dabourg. — 

 Among the Noisettes, I will mention only one, in- 

 dispensable in all collections — Aimee Vibert — al- 

 ways in bloom, and its clusters of the purest white; 

 it makes a charming bed when it is planted in a 

 mass, and the shoots pegsed to the surface as they 

 grow. Among the Tea Roses it is difficult to de- 



cide, as there is so much beauty and perfume — but 

 on tlie whole, I think there are few sorts that .surpass 

 Devoniensis. Yrom an jlmatuer. New-York, jIu- 

 gust, 1847. 



Albany and Rensselaer Hort. Society. — 

 The second exhibition of this Society was held at 

 the Court-House in Troy on the 24th of July : — 

 Greatest variety of Green-house plants — Premium 

 to L. Menand, Watervliet. Dr. H. Wendell exhi- 

 bited the greatest variety of P/i/oxi's — 16 fine new 

 varieties. Greatest variety of Dahlias — Premium 

 to W. Newcomb, Pitlstown, Mdio presented 76 

 kinds. Floral ornammts — First premium to Mrs. 

 D. T. Vail, Troy ; second premium to Joel Rath- 

 bone, Albany. Hand Bouquets — First premium to 

 Dr. H. Wendell, Albany. Vase Bouquets — One of- 

 fered by Mrs. Chas. H. Merritt, highly commended. 



Currants, best flavored and finest -First premi- 

 um to J. W. Haydock, Greenbush, for the kind call- 

 ed "white grape;" second premium to Jas. Wil- 

 son, Albany, for " Knight's sweet." Gooseberries, 

 best specimens and finest flavored — First premium 

 to S. E. Warren, Troy, for " Lord Creve;" second 

 premium to Henry Vail, Troy, for " Green Wal- 

 nut." Raspberries, best specimen and finest flavor 

 — First premium to Henry Vail, Troy, for " Fran- 

 conia;" second to V. P. Douw, Greenbush, for 

 "Red Antwerp." 



Vegetables. Best Beets — Premium to E. P. 

 Prentice, Albanj'. String Beans — Premium to Dr. 

 H. Wendell, Albany. Cucumbers, (open culture.) — 

 Premium to V. P. Douw, Greenbush. Roman Cu- 

 cumbers — Special premium, V. P. Douw. Squash- 

 es, best summer — Premium to Joel Rathbone, Alba- 

 ny. Tomatoes — First premium, V. P. Douw; se- 

 cond, E. P. Prentice. Egg-plants — Sample by E. 

 P. Prentice, highly commetided. A winter Squash 

 of the growth of 1846, in great perfection, was pre- 

 sented by James Montgomery, Troy. A variety of 

 vegetables, fruits, flowers, garden tools, &c., very 

 tastefully arranged by Alex. Walsh, Esq., of Lan- 

 singburgh, attracted much attention, and for which 

 a special premium of $2 was awarded. The show 

 of currants, Sec, was specially fine. 



The third exhibition was held at Troy on the 22d 

 of August. " The disjtlay of apples and plums, in- 

 deed of all the fruits of the season," savs the Troy 

 Whig, "was worthy of all praise. The floral ex- 

 hibition was no less meritorious. In Dahlias, As- 

 ters, and Verbenas, we have seldom seen more per- 

 fect specimens or a greater variety. Water mel- 

 ons, of a size which we could not have believed they 

 would attain in this latitude so early in the season; 

 nutmeg melons of the most orthodox shape, with 

 every variety of the melon familj', were there in 

 profusion, with mammoth egg j)lants, squashes," 

 &c. &e. .... 



The Christiana Melon. — The seeds which you 

 obligingly sent me of Capt. Lovett's new meion, 

 have done well and yielded me a fine crop. Plant- 

 ed at the same time with the netted citron and nut- 

 meg melons, they ripened ten days earlier. Al- 

 though I do not consider it quite e([ual in flavor to 

 these two varieties, still it is an excellent sort, and 

 its early maturity renders it particularly valuable. 

 T. B. New- York, Jug. 3d, 1847. 



