wide. They may be kept entirely covered in frosty weather, lifting or taking them off on 

 fine days. The sides of the frame may be better protected with a bank of soil. 



Tomatoes and peppers cannot be preserved in cold frames. 



RiTsnviLLE, 0. 



J. Jay Smith: Please answer the following inquiries. Allow mo to say, that your maga- 

 zine is a very welcome visitor here. Tliough my coiiservutism was slightly disturbed by tlie 

 change of editore, I was soon perfectly satisfied. 



AVhat are the relative merits of the JL-UK-tti, Michigan, and Boursalt Roses as stocks, on 

 wliich to bud the Hybrid Perpetuals ? (1.) 



Would it do to take cuttings, in November or December, from strong Manetti stocks, budded 

 this fall? (2.) 



Is it a good practice, in light soils or any soil, to earth-up youug trees in the beds — say 

 in November, so as to cover the bud during winter ? (3.) 



Where can Mr. Coxe'.s book on Fruits be obtained, and at what price ? (4.) 



Very respectfully, R. J. Black. 



(1.) They all make good stocks. We prefer them in the order named; besides, the 

 Manetti is more easily raised. 



(2.) Cuttings will do well as late as November, but better in October. 



(3.) Yes. 



(4.) Coxe's book on Fruits can only be obtained at second-hand book-stores, auctions, &c. 

 It is out of print. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society held an exhibition at Music Hall, the middle 

 of last month, which gave great satisfaction to its numerous attendants, and a large amount 

 of prizes was distributed ; one of forty dollars, to Miss Ellen M. Harris, for the best floral 

 design. The evening exhibitions were highly successful ; the galleries crowded by ladies 

 looking at the fruits and flowers, and listening to the Germania Band. Admiration seems 

 to have been the order of the day from all who witnessed this display of a most enterprising 

 and knowing Society. 



The Pexxstlvaxia Horticultural Society. — Tlie twenty-eighth annual exhibition was held 

 on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of September. The city placed one of the public squares at the 

 Society's disposal ; over this square the Society erected an immense tent made for the 

 occasion, and made the arrangements for a brilliant display with a profuse liberality. 



Since the Society commenced offering premiums for collections of i)lants as well as fruits and 

 vegetables, now three years ago, the attractions of the exhibitions have annually increased. 

 " Bare-legged" plants are rarities, and, in their place, well cultivated specimens of the choicer 

 kinds show to greater advantage. 



Tlie premium of $20, for the best twenty plants, was awarded to Mr. Pollock, gr. to James 

 Dundas, Esq. Various kinds of AUamandas were conspicuous in this collection, and are 

 very useful summer blooming plants. The only striking novelty in this collection was the 

 Philodendron pertuosum — a plant of the Arum family, with large, leathery leaves, having 

 at the ends of their lobes the same shorn-off appearance those of the Tulip-tree possess. In 

 Mr. Robertson's collection. Begonia xanthina, with numerous yellow blossoms, was an object 

 of great attraction. 



An interesting feature of the exhibition was the variegated plants, several collections being 

 shown. The variegated Hydrangea was, perhaps, the most conspicuous. In Mr. Buist's 

 collection, we particularly noticed a very handsome Dracaena ; D. Nobilis, with beautiful 

 veined foliage. 



A collection of sixty-five species of coniferous plants in pots, from Mr. Sherwood, afforded 



