DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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operations on the pear tree. Those interested in 

 lliis inquiry will unite with nie in thankinjr the Dr. 

 lor lliis intelligent description of the Scolytus Pyri's 

 operations, and the time it is in perfecting. It fixes 

 a point from which future investigations can and 

 will be made. It, too, yields the long disputed 

 point that there are other causes of malignant blight. 

 And as it *' requires a year, or therealiouts, to com- 

 plete its transformation," its work of destruction is, 

 of course, proportionally slow, and not so instanta- 

 neous as the unscientific inquirers had been led to 

 believe. Not meaning to tire your patience, or 

 again advert to the subject, unless I can reason from 

 wiiat I know. I remain very respectfully, yours, 

 .4. H. Ernst. Cincinnati, O., Feb. lUh. 1848. 



At BANv AND Rf.nsse;.ai;r Horticultural So- 

 ciety. — The Society met at the agricultural rooms, 

 Albany, Feb. 11th, 1848, pursuant to notice. P. 

 V. Duow, one of the vice-presidents in the chair. 

 Dr. Herman Wendell, from the committee chosen 

 at the last meeting, to propose a premium list for 

 1S4.S, reported a list, which was adopted, and which 

 will be published hereafter. After various amend- 

 ments were made to the rules, and notices of in- 

 tended alterations to the constitution given, the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were appointed by the chair, to 

 rejjort a list of oliicers and committees for 1848, to 

 the Society, at the Maj- meeting: — E. P. Prentice, 

 D. Thomas Vail, V. P. Douw, Herman Wendell, 

 Wm. liuswcll, Wm. Newcomb, and Amos Briggs. 



The committee on fruits reported that there was 

 exhibited by Dr. J. P. Beekman, of Kinderhook, 

 Columbia county, beautiful specimens of Newtown 

 Pi|)])in and Svvaar A|iples. 



By Thomas M. Burt, of Kinderhook, fine Esopus 

 Spitzenburgh and Swaar Apples. 



By Henry Snyder, of Kinderhook, nurseryman, 

 very beautiful Roxbury Russets. Vandervere, Lady 

 Apples, and seedling winter Pears. 



By Peter Kingman, of Kinderhook, Bristol Ap- 

 ples, a ver\' good and beautiful sweet apple. 



By Albert Martin, per Amos Briggs, of Schagh- 

 tieoke, Rensselaer co., Blue Pearmain and Swaar 

 Apples. 



By Joseph Mosher, per Amos Briggs, Scalloped 

 or German Gilliflower Apples. 



By Roswell S. Brown, per Amos Briggs, West 

 field Seek-no-further Apples. 



By Julius Rhoades, Albany, Northern Spy Ap 

 pies, from the Chapin orchard, in Ontario county. 



By E. C. Frost, of Catharine, Chemunsico., Win 

 ter King Apples, a very beautiful, as well as valu 

 able late winter fruit. 



By Dr. Herman Wendell, Albany, Newtown Pip 

 pin, and Male Carle, or Pomme de Charles Apples 

 Inconnue of Van Mons, Easter Beurre, and Prince'; 

 St. Germain Pears. 



By Wm. Newcomb, of Pittstown, Roxbury Rus 

 s'^ts, Westfield Seek-.No-Further, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Blue Pearmain, Fall Greening, Black 

 Gilliflower, Pound Sweet, Esopus Spitzenburgh, 

 Red Gilliflower, and two seedlings. 

 The committee have awarded the premium 



on Winter Pears, to Dr. Herman Wendell, 3 00 

 The first premium on Winter Apples, to Wm. 



Newcomb, of Pittstown, 3 00 



Com. 



The second, on Winter Apples, to Dr. Her- 

 man Wendell 2 00 



The committee beg leave to recommend that the 

 thanks of the Society be tendered to Dr. J. P. Beek- 

 man, T. M. Burt, Henry Snyder, and Peter King- 

 man, of Columbia county, and also E. C. Frost, of 

 Chemung county, and to the gentlemen from Schagh- 

 ticoke, for their contributions to tlie exhibition. 

 V. P. Douw, ) 



Feb. lUh, 1848. Wm. Buswell, 5 



The committee on Floral Designs, Bouquets, 

 &c., reported that there were exhibitcdjby the pres- 

 ident of the society, Col. Rathbone, three beautiful 

 bouquets, composed of choice green house flowers, 

 and arranged witli good taste, by his gardener. John 

 Sloan, to whom the\' awarded the premium of $2. 



The committee regret that the extreme cold 

 weather, the mercury being below 0, prevented a 

 greater display. 



Herman Wendell, 'i 



D. Thom.as Vail, V Com. 



Feb. 11, 1848. J. McD. McLntyre, ) 



The committee on Green House Flowers, report- 

 ed that there was exhibited by Jas. Wilson, of Al- 

 bany, the following display of very beautiful Came- 

 lia Japonicas, viz : Queen Victoria, Chandlerii, 

 Doncklarii, Saccoi Magnifique, Sesanqua Rosea, 

 Amabilis, Candidissima, Henri Favre, Prattii, Sa- 

 rah Frost, Marchioness of Exeter, Double White, 

 Carnea, Carswelliana, Picturata. Shcrwoodii, Rose 

 Plomo, " Gunnelliana," Tricolor, Imbricata, Will- 

 lira IV, Double Striped and Elata; Ericas, I3owei- 

 ana, and Transparens; Eschynanthus Grandiflora, 

 Poinsettia Pulcherimum, twenty varieties beautiful 

 Pansies, Chinese Primroses, &c. 



The committee awarded the premium of $3, for 

 the best six varieties exhibited, to .Mr. Wilson; the 

 varieties were Fimbriate. Carswelliana, Sarah Frost. 

 Gunnelliana, Imbricata, and Candidissima. They 

 also awarded the premium of $2 for the second best 

 six varieties, to Mr. Wilson ; the varieties are Hen- 

 ri Favre, Amabilis, Double White, Saccoi Magnif- 

 ique, William IV, and Queen Victoria. They 

 awarded to Mr. AVilson, a premium of S2, for his 

 beautiful display' of Pansies 



Wm. Newcomb, ) _, 

 Albany, Fcb.U, 1848. L. Menand. \ ^°^- 



The committee on Discretionary Premiums, re- 

 ported that there was exhibited by Col. Rathbone, 

 three bunches of Asparagus, evincing great skill 

 in his gardener, John Sloan, to whom they have 

 awarded a premium of two dollars. 



J. McD. McIntyre, i 

 D. Thomas Vail, > Com. 

 Feb. 11, 1848. Herman Wendell, ) 

 The several reports were accepted, and the So- 

 ciety adjourned. Signed, 



B. P. Johnson, Scc''y. 



Buffalo Horticultural Society. — At the 

 Annual Meeting of the Bulfalo Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, held Feb. 9, 1848, the President, Lewis F. Al- 

 len, in the chair, on motion, it was 



Resolved, That the Society proceed to the elec- 

 tion of officers for the ensuing year. 



The president, Lewis F. Allen, declined bcin<T a 



