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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Dunlap's, without calling attention to his city es- 

 tablishment at 635 Broadway, which is a reposi- 

 tory for every thing that is useful, curious and or- 

 namental. Baskets, Stands, Vases, Pots, Glasses^ 

 and Horticultural Implements, vegetable and flow- 

 er seeds, ami after passing through a flock of 

 warblers , we enter a spacious conservatory, where 

 a neat pond and fountain, will first attract the eye. 

 This pond is filled with gold fish of every size, and 

 surrounded by large plants, one of them in par- 

 ticular is a line specimen of Eutassa (Araucaria) 

 excelsa, or Norfolk Island Pine, from 15 to 17 

 feet high, and a beautiful plant, of Cycas revolu- 

 ta, (sago palm.) To the left is a giant stem of 

 agave Americana, that flowered some years ago. 

 There arc good specimens of Azaleas , Camellias 

 and other line plants in this spacious building. 



The boquet trade, is the great article of profit 

 to the New York florists, and to Mr. Dunlap 

 belongs the merit of commencing a new era in our 

 horticultural improvements. Having paid no less 

 than $50 in premiums, (besides the usual price for 

 flowers) to those gardeners who supplied the lar- 

 gest and best collection of flowers on the 31st of 

 Dec. last, "—advertisements having been inserted 

 to throw the competition open to all commercial 

 florists. 



The premiums were awarded as follows, by 

 Messrs. Lodge and Hope, the boxes containing 

 the flowers being numbered, and the names of the 

 competitors laid aside. 

 First box, No. 5. 1st premium for greatest and 



best variety of flowers, to Mr. CoLman, gard- 



ner to A. P. Cumings, Esq., Wiiliamsburgh, 



$10,00 

 Second box, No. 10. 1st premium to Messrs. 



Phalen' and SoKs.New York, for best and 



most perfect f blown Camellias, 10,00 



Third box, No. 3. 1st prize to Mr. D. 



Boll, Bioomingdale, for 100 best roses, 10,00 

 Fourth box, No. 7. 2d prize, D. Boll, 



Bioomingdale, for 13 Camellias, 5,00 



Fifth box, No. 6. 2d prize, J. Lodge, Sen- 



ior, Westchester, for 13 Camellias, 5.00 



Sixth box, No. 4. 2d prize, Mr. Colman, 



for Camellias, 5,00 



Seventh box, Nos. 5 and 4, 2d prize, John 



Peebles, Wiiliamsburgh, 5,00 



Total $50,00 



If our florists and amateurs were to form a com.' 

 mittee, they might readily constitute a Horticultu- 

 ral Society, by which means suitable premiums 

 could be «iven those who merit them for fruits, flow- 

 ers and vegetables. This would be giving every 

 person possessing a rood of ground, an opportu- 

 nity to compete, and would greatly promote hor- 

 ticulture. 



It is not a little remarkable that New- York, the 

 largest city in the Union, has no Horticultural So- 

 ciety, though there are 30 or 40 such societies, in 

 Various parts of the United States. I am satisfied 

 that our citizens, ladies and gentlemen, would wil- 



lingly contribute to the encouragement of such 

 shows, for the pleasure of seeing the many fine 

 (lowers, rare fruits, and choice vegetables that 

 would be brought together on these interesting 

 occasions, if some organisation could be made, 

 that would give to a Horticultural Society a popu- 

 lar character. 



My remarks on the other nurseries, must be de- 

 ferred till the next number. I am Sir, respectful- 

 ly yours, M. C. Wiiliamsburgh, N. Y. 



Notes on Fruits. —--This country is deficient in 

 first-rate late winter Apples, that will keep until 

 summer apples ripen. One bushel of good table 

 apples, in April, May and June, is worth at least 

 two bushels, of those of equal quality, ripening in 

 November, and from that to February. Early ri- 

 pening winter fruit is wholly excluded from for- 

 eign markets, upon which the farmer now relies 

 for a remunerating profit. Short as the passages 

 now are to Europe, the West Indies, and other 

 parts of the world, we can select but four or 

 five kinds of apples that will keep sound to 

 the end of the Voyage to England. I have but 

 little hope that we can ever add the Northern Spy 

 to the number. With us it has no thrift and vigor, 

 and gives little promise of productiveness. Long 

 keeping is a very important point, and one in 

 which our assortments are very deficient. Must 

 we not look to the West and South for a further 

 supply ? If they have seedlings of good quality, 

 that with them keep till March, the same raised 

 in NewEngland might be expected to keep till June j 

 as our fall apples become winter apples, wl en rais- 

 ed in the north part of the State of Maine. In view 

 of the premises, is it not desirable to obtain scions 

 from Mr. Summer, of his apple, Ferdinand? — 

 Also Mr. E. J. Capell's Davis and Grindstone, 

 both named in the Dec. No. of the Horticulturist? 



Will the " Old Digger," or yourself, be pleased 

 to account for the fact, that Bartlett Pears do not 

 crack when grown on scions set into a half starved 

 stock of the St. Germain or White Doyenne ? 

 or why a scion of the White Doyenne Pear, 

 when put into a large, healthy stock, standing in 

 good soil, with ten other kinds in the same tree, 

 should be the only kind that bore fruit that did 

 crack ? 



In describing the flavor of pears, has there 

 not been an improper use of the word vinous ? It 

 is justly applied to the Brown Beurre, but most 

 aptly to Gansill's Bcrgamotte. If in the place of 

 vinous-*— the more appropriate terms, astringent 

 and acid were employed--nice tastes would be less 

 frequently offended, and enthusiastic beginners in 

 fruit culture, might not so often have their ardour 

 cooled by disappointment. I am truly yours, 

 Stephen H. Smith, Smithfield, R. I. Jan. 15, 



The Secrets of Nature.— Dear Sir : Will 

 the quotations from Liebig which you will find bel- 

 low, give us a key to the reasons why one fruit, 

 growing on the same soil, in the same neighbor- 



