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full of fruit.) close to the ground, before you have 

 uiv frost . and lay them in an empty hot-bed frame, 

 oover them with the glass, and keep them closely 

 covered day and night, the fruit will gradually 

 ripen for six weeks, and prove excellent. 



Sickly Tbees. — W.Jones, (New- York.) Your 

 orange and lemon trees, from you, acaount of 

 them, are suffering from unsuitable soil. Turn 

 them out, shake oil" all the Loose earth, and re-pot 

 them in a mixture (equal parts,) of burnt sods 

 and decomposed manure; (that from an old hot- 

 bed will answer.) 



Importing Plants. — A Young Nurseryman . 

 You will seldom succeed in importing strawber- 

 ries, or any plants which have not hard wood, in 

 the spring. If von will order them sent out in 

 October, on the other hand, they will seldom fail. 



New Shrubs.— A. R., (Philadelphia.) The 

 two besl new shrubs are Wiegela rosea and the 

 double Japan spirea; both perfectly hardy in our 



garden, and both Tery handsome. The blossoms 

 of the former are of the sue of a shilling, and 

 open of a delicate apple blossom colour, changing 

 to a deep pink or rose. The liiiest, most massy 

 looking shrub, for your purpose, is the Tartarian 

 upright HoneysuoUe. 



Packing Fruit. — F. W. Pack your fruit in 



COttonj and, if Very delicate, wrap lissiie papei 



about each specimen first. Nothing spoils the 

 bloom, beauty, and flavor of due fruit so much as 



bad packing; and we have had main a box o| 



choice specimens so spoiled thai we could give no 

 account of it. simply from its having been packed 

 in saw-dust. 



*.* Corresp tents, who are subscribers, will 



receive answers to any queries through this chan- 

 nel, unless in special oasos w hen otherwise re- 

 quested; and all queries requiring an early an- 

 swer, must be received before the middle of the 

 month. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIUTY. 



The stated meeting of this association was held in the Chi- 

 nese Saloon on Tuesday evening, August 21, Hln- the Pre- 

 sident in the chair. The display presented many attrac- 

 tions, and in the department of traits was very rich,— espe- 

 cially so in grapes and nectarines. There was one collec- 

 tion of grapes from the Institution of the Ladies of the Sa- 

 cred Heart, W. Westcott, gardener, consisting of Black 

 Hamburgh, White Frontignan, and White Chasselas; the 

 three bunches of Hamburgh each respectivelj weighing 9 lbs. 

 6*j ounces, 2 lbs. b "/... and 2 lbs,— the berries being of \ ery 

 large size. Another collection by 11. W. S. Cleveland, Bur- 

 lington, of the Black Hamburgh, and White Sweetwater, 

 .'iy weighty and of fine size. A bunch of White 

 Syrian, from Judge Kane's green-house, weighed 3j lbs. 

 A. large bunch of fully ripe Isabella, with large berries, was 

 shown by A. L. Felten. The early Violet nectarines, by 

 Joshua Longstreth's gardener, « ere beautiful in appearance 

 and size: and the collection of the President consisted of 

 the New White, Vermash, Elruge, Old White and Down- 

 ton varieties; one fruit of the last named measured eight 

 inches in circumference. 



A basket of Washington Bolmar plums were very large 



and delicious, exhibited by Robert Johnson : and a number 



of dishes ol other varieties of less merit. There were also 

 Bartlett, St. Julienne pears, peaches, apples and Corrullian 

 cherries; and several tables of plants in flower, of great 

 attraction, ami one of indigenous, of much interest; and a 

 number of designs and bouquets, of handsome construction 



and choice (lowers. 



Th committees reported the following awards : For the 



besl hot-house plants, to James Uissct, iraub ner to James 



Dundas : for the Becond best hot-house plants, to 1? Daniels, 

 gardener to C. Cope. For the best green-house plants, to 



Robert Buist; for the second best green-house plains, to i; 



Daniels. For the best plants in pots, to .Maurice Finn, gsr- 

 ilinei ii John Lambert; for the second best plantain pots, 

 lo B Daniels : for the third best, to David Scott, gardener to 

 Fred'k Lenntg For the best indigenous plants, to Robert 

 Kilvington For the besl design or cut flowers, to Maurice 

 Finn ; for the second besl design, to James Bisset. For the 

 be>i indigenous bouquet, to U Kilvington, For 

 basket..!' cut flowers, to Robert Kilvington; for the 

 best basket, to Maurice Finn, i basket of indi- 



genous flowers, to Robert Kilvington 



I threi bunches o| grapes — blaok variety, the 

 Black Hamburgh, to Wm. Westcott; for the second best— 



ick Hamburgh, to H. W. S Cleveland For the best 

 white variety— the White Chasselas, to Wm Westcott ; tor 



ml best— the White Sweetwater, to n W S Cleve- 

 land. For tlie besl nectarines— the liurly Violet, to P. 



Burke, gardener to Joshua Longstreth; for the second best 

 — the Down ton, to Ben Daniels. For the best plums— the 

 Washington, to Robert Johnson; for the second best— the 



IgtOU, to Mrs. Jno, It. Sniali; tor the land best — 

 Green Gage, to the same. For the best poaches, to Join.. 



Perkins; For the second best, lo Isaac l; Baxter; for the 

 third best, to the same For the best pears— Julienne, lo 

 Tho Hancock; for Hie second best— same Kind, to John 

 Perkins; for the third best— the Bartlett. to H. W S Cleve- 

 land. For the b< si apples— Summer Pearmain, to John Per- 

 kins; Tor the Becond besl -Strawberry, to Tho. Hancock; 

 for the third besi — the .Maiden's B us i. to John Perkins. 



Tin committee particularly notice some extraordinary fine 

 Isabella crapes, by A L Felten, grown in the open air. — 

 the berries rivalling in size tin- Black Hamburgh, for which 

 they award a special premium of one dollai Tl 

 notice a large bunch ol white Syrian grape, from the gar- 

 den of Judge Kane. 



For the best display, and the second best display of v I g( 



tallies, by market gardeners, to Anthony Felten; for the 



best display by amateurs, to Hen Daniels; for the second 



best display by am items, to Maurice Finn. 



A circular, from the .North American Pomological Con- 

 vention. « as received by Dr. Brinckle, and read, com ej iug 

 an invitation to the societj . to send delegates to attend the 

 convention to be held at Syracuse. 



tin motion, ordered, thai the invitation be accepted, and 

 delegates be appointed. The President appointed \l.ssis. 

 Dr. W D Brinckle, E. W. Keyser, Rob't Buist, Tho Han- 

 cock and T P . I lines 



The correspo etary communicated an invitation 



from tin- New-Jersey State Horticultural Society, inviting 

 this socii tj to s, mi delegates to their autumnal exhibition. 



The President announced that J. R- fngersoll had pre- 

 sented the following verj valuable books, and large map; 

 Report of the Patent Office U. S., 1840; New-Mexico and 

 i laiifornia, by Em irj . Abert, < looke and Johnston ; and Map 

 of the Military Reconnoisance, bj Col.W.H Emory, under 

 Gen l\' amy. 



On motion of library committee, ordered, that the thanks 

 of the societj be : metered to the donor, and the books be 

 placed in the librarj . 



The ti en I irj announced thep'esent of a valuable volume, 

 l H Transactions of the New-York state Agricultural So- 

 rough B I' Johns.. n. secretary. 



On motion of the library committee, ordered, that the 

 thanks of the society be tendered for the \ aluable prize, ami 

 the volume placed in the library, 



TAOS. P. J 4MKS, 



Rec. acorctary. 



