EDITOR'S TABLE. 



The Horticulturist. — We liave thrown together a few thoughts in the opening article of 

 this month, which were called forth by the period of ten years which have elapsed since the 

 commencement of this work. At the close of 1852, when it passed into the hands of Mr. 

 Barry, its publisher, Luther Tucker, Esq., truly remarked: — 



" The Horticulturist was a pioneer work, and has held its ground almost without competi- 

 tion. It has formed a taste for the scientific pursuit of horticulture in all its branches, and 

 has exerted no inconsiderable influence in placing the arts of taste upon a new basis. 

 The design of the journal has proved to be one of those happy thoughts which come only 

 now and then, and lead one to wonder why it had not occurred before — a thought which, 

 though new, strikes forcibly upon public sentiment, and soon becomes as common property, 

 as though it never had an originator. The extent to which the editorials in the Horticultu- 

 rist have been copied, and the high eulogiums that have been passed Upon them, prove this to 

 a demonstration. But the Horticulturist has done more than to inculcate the principles of 

 taste, and teach the pleasures of rural life. It has been a scientific and practical work, and 

 by exciting a generous rivalry among gardeners and amateur cultivators, has raised the 

 standard of horticulture, and increased the number engaged in its pursuit. To be assured 

 of this, one need only to refer to the reports of horticultural exhibitions in the early volumes, 

 and contrast them with those of the present year. The competitors, the variety of fruits, 

 flowers, and vegetables grown, and the products, have increased four-fold — and we are only 

 new beginners. One needs a prophetic vision to say what the future of horticulture, in 

 this country, is destined to be. Favored as we are by soil and climate, we may certainly 

 anticipate brilliant results." 



Our readers will pardon the space we have thus occupied, for they also feel not only a 

 great interest in the topics treated of in the work, but retain an afl'ection for its founder 

 which will only terminate with their lives. 



Gossip. — A London friend writes us, that " a party of French swindlers opened in the spring 

 a bazaar of extraordinary seeds, near Regent Street, where great interest was excited by a 

 display of colored drawings of large scarlet and crimson pansies, which, they declared, had 

 gained the prizes at the great French exposition ! They had, also, drawings of currants as 

 large as grapes, and raspberries as big as plums, of which I was near obtaining plants to 

 send you, when I was warned of the whole being a take in !" Scarlet and red pansies ! would 

 be a novelty, indeed. — Mr. Brandegee, Secretary of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, con- 

 firms the report of the excellence of the April exhibition, given in our last, and adds, that 

 there were six blooms from seedling camellias, of Mr. Becar's raising, all very good, and 

 one magnificent, which he has called Doivning. The stock of this plant will shortly be 

 ofiered for sale, and it is the intention of the owner to apply the proceeds in some way to 

 keep fresh the memory of that lover of flowers, the fruit of whose labors we are now enjoy- 

 ing. The Azalea " Beauty of Europe," was exhibited for the first time in this country. This 

 Society is one of the most spirited in America. — Flea powder is an article of considerable 

 commerce in Persia, Caucasia, &c. It is made from the red pyrethrum, Pyrethrum caineum, 



