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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



dnced. If there is no existing society that would 

 take charge of this matter, is there sufficient in- 

 terest in the subject amongst our people to form a 

 society for that purpose ? I recommend this sub« 

 ject to thyself, and through the Horticulturist to 

 its readers, desiring your attention to it, and if in 

 your opinion, it is desirable to use measures for 

 introducing the vegetable productions of the new- 

 ly acquired territory, and also especially of the 

 Rocky Mountains, and mountains nearer the coast 

 of the Pacific, that such means may be employed 

 as soon as practicable, as may be thought best 

 suited to produce the effect. A large number of 

 trees and shrubs of those countries have been des- 

 cribed by botanists within the last twenty or thir- 

 ty years, of which there are many that I sup- 

 pose have not been introduced, among which arc 

 the following, described by Nuttall in Ins continua- 

 tion of MicHEAUx's/S'j//ra,viz. Platanus racemosa 

 Betula oregona, Arbutus Menzusii, Quercus Gany- 

 arii and Douglassii, Cornus Nuttallii, C cutanea 

 chrysophylla, Tetraathera califoTnica. I observe 

 that European periodicals devoted to part of the 

 purposes of the Horticulturist, give short notices 

 of the introduction of new plants; such notices 

 would interest many of its readers, Permit me 

 to enquire, have any of the above named trees 

 been introduced into the Northern or Middle 

 States, and have any of the plants discovered by 

 Fremont, and by Emory, and described in their 

 Reports, been so introduced ? To close as I be- 

 gan, with the correspondence of Bartram, I was 

 surprised to find that fifty years had passed after 

 the settlement of Pennsylvania before some of its 

 most interesting trees and plants were sent to Eu- 

 rope, the Magnolia acuminata for instance ; and 

 yet upon consideration it is not more strange, 

 than that it is so seldom planted here as an orna- 

 mental tree. Alan W. Corson. Montgomery 

 County, Pain. 12 mo. 24, 1849. 



There is a good suggestion in the above. Can- 

 not the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which 

 has received such liberal bequests lately, appro- 

 priate something to the introduction of the grapes 

 of Mexico, and the trees and plants of California. 

 Ed. 



Massachusetts Hort. Society —We notice 

 that this hitherto admirably managed society is 

 losing nothing of its character for energetic action. 

 At the annual meeting, last month, President 

 Walker made4,he following address, in which our 

 readers will observe that he recommends especial 

 attention to the art of design in ornamental gar- 

 dening, — a step which we should naturally expect 

 first from r< fined and cultivated Boston. Ed. 

 Gentlemen of the Mass. Horticultural Society: 



Your unanimous suffrages have again placed me 

 in a position that demands my thanks for the honor 

 conferred. 



The past, the present and the anticipations of 

 the future, cheer my path, as I feel assured I shall 

 have your hearty co-operations in all my endea- 



vors to promote the interest of the science of hoT-- 

 ticulture. 



The year which has just closed has removed 

 from us one of our respected and beloved mem- 

 bers. His munificent bequest to this society de- 

 mands our grateful remembrance, and the speci- 

 mens of bin taste for the beautiful, in the highest 

 branch of our science— -Landscape Gardening — ■ 

 will command the attention and admiration of all 

 who visit the spot rendered so lovely by the genius 

 of his own elevated mind. 



Landscape gardening is a branch of horticul- 

 ture which the wealthy only in other countries 

 can carry out with success, but in our own exten- 

 sive and free domains, every industrious and en- 

 terprising man, with a love of nature cherished 

 within his breast, may surround himself with the 

 beautiful. Improvements in this department may 

 be seen in the grounds of the late Hon. Theodore Ly- 

 man, and Hon. Thomas H. Perkins of Brookline; 

 J. P. Cushing, Esq., of Watertown; Hon. M. P. 

 Wilder and Samuel Downer, jr., Esq., of Dor- 

 chester; and Otis Johnson, Esq., of Lynn. Nor 

 can I refrain from noticing the great improve- 

 ments made in the nurseries generally, but more 

 particularly in the respective establishments of 

 Messrs. Winship of Brighton, and Messrs. Hovey 

 of Cambridgeport. Before I dismiss this subject, 

 allow mc to recommend for your consideration the 

 propriety of so amending the By-Laws, as to pro- 

 vide for and establish a professorship of Landscape 

 Gardening. 



Persons extensively engaged in the cultivation 

 of fruit for the market, or for their own use, have 

 probably noticed the vast number of insects which 

 prey upon them, or otherwise destroy the fruit, in 

 all its stages, from the opening of the flower bud 

 to the period of its maturity. To counteract 

 these devastations, some persons have placed bot- 

 tles, partly filled with sweetened water, among 

 the branches of their trees, thus destroying hun- 

 dreds of thousands of insects without discrimi- 

 nating between friends and foes. This is, in my 

 opinion, a subject worthy of consideration, and 

 which might be placed in the hands of our Profes- 

 sor of Entomology for his investigation ; and should 

 he consider it a fit subject for a public lecture, or 

 lectures, he might be solicited to communicate the 

 result of his research in that or some other way 

 to the members of this society and the public. I 

 would further suggest, that the Professor of Bota- 

 ny, and also the Professor of Horticultural Che- 

 mistry, be consulted as to the expediency of de- 

 livering one or more lectures annually on the re- 

 spective subjects committed lo their charge. 



The premiums offered and the gratuities given 

 by the society, for many years past, have pro- 

 duced a laudable competition among the cultiva- 

 tors of excellent vegetables, beautiful flowers and 

 delicious fruits. As a natural result, correspond- 

 ing improvements have been made in the manage- 

 ment of trees, shrubs, plants, &c, in the orchard, 

 garden and conservatory, but not to that extent 



