The ExiuniTio-vp. — Tlie period of exhibitions is upon us. Our readers will not forget tlio 

 p.ithcrinp of tlio American Pomological Society, at Rochester, on the li4tli of this mouth, and 

 at tlie United States National here on the 7th of October, wo expect to meet many friends. 

 As a matter of reference, wo insert a table of the dates of the several shows in the various 

 States, and the names of the Corresponding Secretaries : — 



NATIONAL AND STATE SHOWS FOR ISflO. 



rniieii States, 



Amoricau Pomological, 



Aliibaina, 



California, 



Canada East, 



Canada West, 



Connecticut, 



Georgia, 



Illinoia, 



Indiana, 



Iowa, 



Kentucky, 



Maine, 



Maryland, 



Michigan, 



Missouri, 



Now Hampshire, 



New Jersey, 



New York, 



North Carolina, 



Ohio. 



Pennsylvania, 



South Carolina, 



Tennessee, 



Vermont, 



Virginia, 



Wisconsin, 



Cor. Secretary. 

 Wm. S. King, 



Warren, 

 Wm, Evans, 

 J. P. Litchlield, 

 Heiirv A. Dyer, 

 J. W.' Lewis, 

 .1. A. Kennicott, 

 J. A. Wright, 

 M. Warden, 

 W. C. Lyte, 



Samuel Sands, 

 J. C. Holmes, 

 J. S. Miner, 

 J. O. Adams, 

 J. H. Frazee, 

 B. P. Johnson, 

 T. J. Lcman, 

 George Sprague, 

 R. C. Walker, 

 A. G. Sumner, 



E. G. Eastman, 

 J. A. Beckwith, 



F. G. Ruffin, 



G. 0. Tiflany, 



Place. 

 Philadelphia, 

 Rochester, New York, 

 Montgomery, 

 Kan Jose, 

 Three Rivers, 

 Kingston, 

 New Haven, 

 Atalanta, 

 Alton, 



Indianapolis, 

 Muscotine, 

 Paris, 



Baltimore, 

 Detroit, 

 St. Louis, 



Newark, 



Watertown, 



Raleigh, 



Cleveland, 



Pittsburg, 



Columbia, 



Nashville, 



Burlington, 



Richmond, 



Milwaukie, 



Time. 

 October? to 10. 

 September 21. 

 November 1 1 to 14. 

 October; to 10. 

 September 16 to IS. 

 September 23 to 20. 

 October? to 10. 

 October 20 to 23. 

 September .30 to October 3. 

 September 20 to 25. 

 October 8 to 10. 

 September 30 to October 4. 

 October 28 to 31. 

 October 21 to 24. 

 September 30 to October 3. 

 September 23. 

 Octobers to 10. 

 September 10 to 12. 

 September 30 to October 3. 

 October 14 to 17. 

 September 23 to 26. 

 September 30 to October 3. 

 November 11 to 14. 

 October 7 to 10. 

 September 9 to 12. 

 October 28 to November 1. 

 October 8 to 10. 



Strawberries. — The Cincinnati Valley Farmer rejoices greatly over the strawberry busi- 

 ness of this season, and says, in June : " Mr. Culbertson, alone, is now bringing daily into 

 market one hundred bushels of strawberries." 



Brown and Grat. — In our last " gossip," we gave a short notice of Robert Brown, the 

 great botanist ; this recalled to the memory of a friend, the following happy jcti (V esprit, 

 written by a lady on the closing of Dr. Gray's botanical lectures at the Odeon, Boston : — 



" Though Flora's bright colors her children adorn, 

 Iler apostles are clad in more sober array ; 

 In England, they boast nothing better than Brown, 

 In our happy land, nothing brighter than Gray." 



Hermann, Missouri, June 25, 1856. 

 J. J. Smith, Esq. — In the May number of your Uorticulturist, I found a notice to the Cor- 

 responding Secretaries of the horticultural societies, to send in their names, as you intend 

 to j>ublish a list of them. This seems to me to be an excellent idea, as it will make it much 

 easier for all to send each other such notices and communications as may serve to promote 

 the common cause. We have reorganized a society here, to promote the culture of the grape, 

 pomology, and horticulture. Our means are small, yet all the members take a lively interest 

 in the matter, and I hope we shall do somethii% in time. I think this country peculiarly 

 adapted to fruit culture, and the culture of the grape, in which we have engaged pretty 

 extensively. Although the Catawba has failed us several seasons, we have several other 

 varieties which, I think, will prove very valuable, and make wine growing the most profit- 

 able business we can engage in. We make an excellent wine here from the Catawba, of 

 which I shall tafce the liberty of sending you a sample next fall, as, also, some specimens 

 of apples. The Catawba is much subjected to mildew and rot, but will, nevertheless, even in 



