which produced pears, others figs, apples, plums, olives, almonds, grapes, &c. ; but he adds, 

 that this wonderful tree did not live long. 

 Even at the present day, the gardeners of 

 Italy, especially of Genoa, Florence, and 

 Rome, sell plants of jasmines, roses, honey- 

 suckles, &c., all growing together from a 

 stock of orange, or myrtle, or pomegranate, 

 on which they say they are grafted. But 

 this is a deception, the fact being that the 

 stock has its centre bored out, so as to be 

 made into a hollow cylinder, tlirough 

 which the stems of jasmines and other 

 flexible plants are easily made to pass, 

 their roots intermingling with those of 

 the stock. After growing for a time, the 

 horizontal distension of the stems forces 

 them together, and they assume all the 

 appearance of being united. M. Thouin, 

 who calls this " The Impostor's Graft" 

 {Greffe des Charlatans), tells us that he 

 himself tried the operation with perfect 

 success upon both a linden and an ash 

 tree a foot in diameter. He contrived to 

 give both of them heads of plums, hazels, 

 wild and cultivated services, walnuts, 

 peaches, and vines, the branches of which 

 were thorouglily interlaced. Of one of 

 these he gives a figure, which is here re- 

 produced, and which perfectly illustrates 

 the system. 



iortitultural Societies. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — Tlie regular stated meeting of this Association 

 was held on Tuesday evening, December 18, 1855, at Concert Hall, E. W. Keyser in the 

 chair. 



Premiums were awarded by the Committee on Plants and Flowers : — 

 Collection of Twelve Plants — for the best, to Thomas Robertson, gr. to B. A. Fahnestock ; 

 for the second best, to Robert Buist. Specimen Plant — for the best, to Thomas Robertson ; 

 for the second best, to John Pollock, gr. to James Dundas. For New Plants — a premium of 

 two dollars for Balsamina Hookeri, to the same ; of three dollars for Thyrsicanthus rutilans, 

 Cytisus onospermus, Aphelandra aurantiaca, to Thomas Robertson. Special Premiums — three 

 dollars to Robert Buist, for a collection of Correas, and one dollar to Robert Kilvingt 

 a fine specimen of Cypripedium insigne. Table Design — for the best, to Barry Higgins 



