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all the popular sorts, which ripen in succession. 

 His apple- orchards are. likewise, extensive. 

 One young orchard, planted from root-grafted and 

 budded trees, principally of excellent keeping 

 sorts. A second orchard, — an old one, headed 

 down, and top-grafted with such sorts as the 

 Melon, Spy, Bourassa, St. Lawrence, Early and 

 Late Strawberry, Yellow Bellflower, Ribston Pip- 

 pin, Pomnie Gris, Fameuse, &c. — all promi^^ing 

 magnificent heads, having been last year judi- 

 ciously pruned, which put them at once into fruit- 

 bearing spurs. 



The collection of pears here is of rare and 

 ( hoice sorts, and the trees are making a thrifty, 

 short-jointed growth, which is the shield against 

 blight, canker, or cracked bark. The soil would 

 be by some nurserymen considered too light for 

 the well doing of this delicious fruit; still there is 

 no indication of a want of those element?, which 

 constitute a good pear soil. 



The large share of attention devoted to fruits 

 here, occasions no neglect of the ornamenlal 

 grounds; for the collection is enriched with every 

 new and fine tree, plant, and shrub, as soon as it 

 can be pronounced to be an acquisition. We 

 found here the following specimens: Cedrus Li- 

 banii, Cedrus deodara, Abies excelsa, Abies ame- 

 ricana alba, Abies americana nigra. Picea bal- 

 samea, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus pinaster, Thuya 

 occidentalis. Juniperus virginiana, Paulownia im- 

 perialis, Salisburia aidentifolia, Magnolia macro- 

 phyllum, Taxus hibernicus, Taxus boccata, and 

 many others too numerous to mention, besides a 

 large collection of choice shrubs, herbaceous plants, 

 Hyacinths and Tulips. 



Mr. W. has commenced making Pyrus japonica 

 and English Yew hedges, and has the finest spe- 

 cimen of a privet hedge I have seen, running the 

 whole length of the avenue leading to his gardener's 

 cottage. It is cut square on top, and is four feet 

 high, two feet broad, and a perfect mass of lively 

 green the whole season. C. J. Ryan. Greece, 

 Monroe counly, July 3, 1850. 



Chester County (Pa.) Hort. Society. — 

 Pursuant to previous notice, the Chester Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society held in its Hall, in 

 West Chester, Pa., on the 14th and loth days 

 of June, a general exhibition of Horticultural 

 productions, in connection with Manufactures, 

 the Mechanic Arts, the Fine Arts, Fancy Work, 

 &e. 



The Hall of the Society was not as exten- 

 sively decorated as it is at the autumnal exhibi- 

 tions ; yet there were sufficient floral ornaments, 

 independent of specimens deposited, to render 

 its appearance highly interesting. 



The pyramids of flowers, the moss-covered 

 vases, and baskets crowned with the richest 

 treasures that Flora at this season dispenses 

 with so liberal a hand, the sweet scented bou- 

 quets for the hand and the mantle, and the 



rich, rare and interesting collection of roses, 

 Calceolarias, Torenias, Fusehias, and other or- 

 namental plants of the garden and hot house, 

 skilfully arranged along the tables that extend- 

 ed the length of the Hall, presented a most in- 

 teresting and agreeable appearance to the eye, 

 and loaded thb air with a bahnj' fragrance. 



The backwardness of the season prevented a 

 very extensive exhibition of fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, yet on the tables were displayed some 

 beautiful specimens of strawberries, cherries, 

 grapes, peache?, nectarines, potatoes, peas, 

 onions, beets and gooseberries, most of them 

 grown in the open air, though some of them 

 were the productions of the hot-house. 



The committee regret to say that the manu- 

 facturers and mechanics of the countj' did not 

 exhibit as great an interest in displaj'ing the 

 products of their skill and ingenuity as was de- 

 sirable, yet such of them as did deposit speci- 

 mens in the exiiibition, sent them of materials 

 and workmanship of the most creditable kind. 

 In this department the diplay of a lage assort- 

 ment of carpets, of rich and beautiful patterns 

 and excellent texture, was the most striking 

 feature; and we are sure there were few pre- 

 sent who had any idea that Chester county 

 could produce an article so excellent in every 

 essential quality as was to be found in the arti- 

 cle alluded to. The coach and harness work, 

 the agricultural implements, the marble work 

 and other articles showed a high degree of skill 

 and taste, and we are glad to learn that the ex- 

 hibition was the means of bringing these 

 branches of industry so prominently and favor- 

 ably to the notice of our citizens, that several 

 sales were made and orders given to the arti- 

 ficers for more of the products of their work- 

 manship. 



We have little doubt this branch will be pro- 

 perly represented at the next exhibition of the 

 kind the society may hold. 



The committee were well pleased to see a 

 great many productions in the Fine Arts, em- 

 broidery, worsted work and fancy work, the 

 fruits of the leisure hours of the artists who ex- 

 ecuted them. To the ladies, the exhibition is 

 in.debted for its chief charms. Their taste and 

 skill contributed most of the Floral designs, 

 and their contributions in silk, worsted, embroi- 

 dery, paper flowers, &c., &c., added greatly to 

 the interest of the occasion. 



The lounges, chairs, ottomans, foot-stools, 

 lamp screens, fire screens, table covers, cover- 

 lids, counterpanes, knitting, netting and other 

 similar articles, wrought by their patience and 

 industry, were beautiful in design, rich in co- 

 loring, and arranged and executed with great 

 neatness and propriety, and to their liberal de- 

 posits in this department may be attributed a 

 large share of the enjoyment realized by the 

 visitors. 



