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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Mass. Hort. Soci£TY.^-The annual exhibi- 

 tion of this society was considered one of the 

 finest asregaids the variety and excellence of the 

 fruit shown, ever seen in the United States. 

 The hall of the society was not only filled, but the 

 rooms on the lower floor of the building, not 

 usually occupied, were also put in requisition, 

 and crowded with fine collections of fruits. 

 Among the remarkably fine specimens were 

 Onondaga and Beurre d'Anjou pears grown by 

 Messrs. HovEy, of Boston; Van Mons Leon le 

 Clerc, by Col, Wilder; Doyenne Boussock, by 

 Mr. Davis, and Louise Bonne of Jersey, by Mr. 

 Bemis. Mr. French exhibited a very fine col- 

 lection of apples — one hundred and forty varie- 

 ties. The collection of plants in pots and cut 

 flowers was much smaller than at any previous 

 exhibition of the society. 



As a guide to fruit-growers we annex the 

 following memorandum of the varieties of pears 

 to which the premiums were awarded; 



1st Premium — Col. WiLder's collection; 

 twelve specimens of each variety—Van Mons 

 Leon le Clerc, Dunmore, Beurre d'Anjou, B. 

 d'Amalis, Golden Beurre of Bilboa, Beurre 

 Diel, Duchess of Angouleme, Columbia, Urba- 

 niste, Glout Morceau, Le Cure, and Calillac. 



2d Premixjm — HovEY & Co. 's collection, do; 

 Knight's Monarch, Bule, Beurre d'Anjou, On- 

 ondaga, Le Cure, Louise Bonne de Jersey, 

 Beurre d'Amalis, White Doyenne, Beurre Diel, 

 Williams' Bon Chretien, Dunmore, Beurre 

 Seutin. 



3d PREMitlM — Mr. Gordon's collection, do. ; 

 Brown Beurre, Beurre Bosc, Queen of the Low 

 Countries. Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Winter Ne- 

 lls, Duchess d'Angouleme, Louise Bonne of Jer- 

 sey, Marie Louise, Bufium, Glout Morceau. 

 Beurre Deil, Beurre d'Amalis. 



St. Lotjis Hort. Society. — Our horticultu- 

 ral friends in Missouri not only know how to 

 get up good exhibitions, but how to enjoy these 

 annual festivals. About one hundred and fifty 

 members of the society (as we learn from the Mis- 

 souri Republican) sat down to the Society's din- 

 ner at Concert Hall, at the annual meeting. The 

 president, Thomas Allen, Esq., presided, and 

 the beauty and excellence of the entertainment 

 •were fully enjoyed by the large company of 

 members and guests assembled. St. Louis is 

 the rival of Cincinnati in the production of na- 

 tive wines, and we notice that Catawba wines 

 of several vintages, pronounced excellent by 

 good judges, were introduced and drunk at the 

 feast. Several new seedling grapes were also 

 exhibited, some of which promise to be superior 

 to the Catawba. 



Worcester (Mass.) Hort. Society. — Cer- 

 tainly this society, in its annual exhibitions, is 

 not in the least behind any sister institution in 



the country. Perhaps the general collection of 

 fine fruits is better here than anywhere else, 

 evincing not only the character of the soil and 

 climate, but the horticultural zeal and skill of 

 the members. 



At the late annual exhibition the prizes for 

 pears were carried off by J. M. Earle, who ex- 

 hibited forty-nine varieties of pears; D. W. 

 Lincoln, sixty-three varieties, and S. H Col- 

 ToN, twenty-seven varieties. Mr. Colton also 

 took the first prize for apples, showing fifty-two 

 fine varieties. Mr. J. C. Stone's beautiful dis- 

 play of Mother apples received a special premi- 

 um. The pears that attracted most attention 

 were those of the Paradise d'^utomne, exhibit- 

 ed by various members. Its size, beauty, pro* 

 ductiveness, and very high flavor have made it 

 very popular in that part of Massachusetts. 



New-BEdford Hort. Society. — The annual 

 show here was an excellent one, if we may judge 

 from the published reports. Pears were very fine 

 and abundant— nearly one hundred different varie- 

 ties were exhibited, many of them so large and 

 excellent as to afi"ard proofs of the highest cultiva' 

 tion. The Beurre Rans seems to stand high 

 among winter pears here,-^very large and fine 

 samples being exhibited by several persons. 



The largest display of varieties was made by 

 the President of the Society— James Arnold, Esq. 

 Messrs. Wm. T. Cook, R. N. Swift, Charles 

 W. Morgan, Wm. Swift and Henry H. Crapo, 

 were the next largest exhibitors. The samples 

 of Beurre Diel, shown by Mr. John A, Parker, 

 Beurre Bosc by John How, Duchess of Angou- 

 leme by J. M. Howland, Colmar d'Aremberg by 

 Wm. p. Denny, and Wilbur by Edmund Gard- 

 ner, were of unusual size and beauty. Speci- 

 mens of that little known but Valuable fruit, the 

 Johonnot Pear, were shown by Mr. F. P. Chase. 

 The display of peaches, apples and grapes was 

 also very creditable to the society. The hall was 

 tastefully decorated, and the collection of flowers, 

 though not large, was choice and interesting. 



Southern Iowa Hort. Society. — We are glad 

 to see that, in the extreme west, horticulture is 

 awakening great attention. This society held its 

 second annual exhibition in Burlington, the last 

 week of September, when 147 different kinds of 

 apples, and good collections of peaches, pears and 

 other fruits were shown. Those who contributed 

 most largely were Messrs. Robert AverY, Cal- 

 vin Gamage, J. W. Fell, Joseph Stevens and 

 Abner Leonard. In the floral department, 

 Messrs. Rand and Gray bore oflT the first prizes. 



Daphne Odora — a Hardy SHRUB.—There is 

 now growing in the garden of Robert Benner, 

 Esq.. near Hurl Gate, a vigorous Daphne odora, 

 which was purchased late last autumn, of Mr. 

 Boll, in full bloom. After the bloom went ovet 



