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rior display of canliflowers. The Committoo noticed two very superior heads of canliflowcrs, 

 shown bv Maurice Finn, gr. at the Kastcrn Penitentiary; and called the attention of tlw 

 Society to a heautiful dis])lay of heads of wheat, rye, oats, barley, and a few large potatoes 

 grown in C'alit'oruia, and exhibited by Robert Cornelius. 



Oriects Shown. — Plants by Thos. Robertson — Aphelandra crixtata, Eiiiphylhim trutirafuni, 

 Ihijihne iiidica, Amari/llis aulica, Geissomcria loixjijiora, Viiphea jihUijrciitra, Primula plctm- 

 alba, Geranium Tom Thumb, G. unique, Pentas carnea, Torenia Asiatira, and Plumhar/o rosra : 

 specimen, Linum trigi/num. By Jerome Graff — Orchides, Zygopetalum Mackayii, Stanhnpia 

 species, Calanthe veratri/olia, and Maxillaria picta. By J. J. Habennehl — twelve dwarf 

 Crysanthemums, and sjjecimens of the large and dwarf kinds. By Robert Buist — Ardisin 

 cretinlntafntclo-alba, and a blue Salvia from Mexican seed — a new variety. By B. Higgins — 

 specimen, dwarf Chrysanthemum. By Alexander Parker — a great variety of Chrysan- 

 themums. 



Desitjns, Baskets, and Bouquets. — By Jerome Graff — a basket bearing a cut the flower of 

 Victoria in the centre, and a pair of bouquets. By J. J. Haliemiehl — a basket aud a pair 

 of bouquets. By Thos. Meghran — a design. By James Kent — three bouquets. 



Fruit. — By Isaac B. Baxter — Pears: St. Germain, Le Cur^, Passe Colmar, Broom Park, and 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme. By Jerome Graff — Grapes: Muscat of Alexandria, Purple Damask, 

 Syrian, &c. — Pears: Passe Colmar, Easter Beurre, Niles, La Fortunie, B. D'Aremberg, 

 D. Blanc, B. Diel, and Winter Nelis. By Mrs. C. Mackau — Pears: B. Gris, Liberal, 

 B. D'Areml)erg, Bon Cretein, Angleterre Noisette, St. Gemiain d'Automne, Glout Morceau, 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, Andrews, Bartlett, D. d'Hiver, Ejjine Dumas, D. Blanc, Lawrence. 

 By Alexander Parker — Pears : two kinds. 



Vegetables. — By A. L. Felten — a large and varied display of excellent growth. By M. 

 Haggerty — a small display. By Wm. Johns — Tomatoes, cut fresh from the vines grown in 

 pots under glass. By Jerome Graff — Brussels Sprouts. By B. Higgins — Brussels Sprouts. 

 By James Jones — fine Celery. By Robert Cornelius — seeds of wheat, rye, oats, and barley ; 

 also, large potatoes grown in California. 



[Note. — The reports of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, always welcome, have 

 heretofore repeated the name of the employer each time that the gardener's name was men- 

 tioned. A repetition, we are assured, no one requires. The excellent Secretary will see 

 that we have diminished his report in this particular for the sake of space for other mat- 

 ters. — Ed.] 



€ak«i)iir 0f (Derations. 



JANUARY. 



It is proposed to offer to the readers of the Horticulturist a monthly calendar of operations, 

 or hints of the work to be i:)erformed in the fruit, vegetable, and flower gardens, greenhouse, 

 grapery, pleasiire grounds, &c. 



The subjects are both extensive and prolific, requiring volumes instead of pages for their 

 proper elucidation ; calendars in general are, therefore, either too brief to be valuable, or too 

 lengthy and minute for the limited space which can be spared in a monthly periodical. We 

 shall attempt to steer a middle course, and direct our remarks rather to the principles of 

 culture, and those fundamental laws which govern vegetable growth, than to the mere 

 explanation of practical details ; the latter, however, will, to a certain extent, l)e recognized. 

 This course is, indeed, rendered imperative in a work that circulates in a country embracing 



