Grapery. — Ax old Gravel pit may bo usefully treated in anotlier mode than the one last 

 stated. An example is found at the nursery of Mr. Rivers, at Sawbridgeworth, where the 

 soil is a loam, varying from a strong to a sandy nature, according to the character of the 

 subsoil, which is in places clay, alternating with beds of sand. These sand-beds have been 

 quarried in places, and Mr. Rivers has taken advantage of these pits, and has converted them 

 into a primitive kind of grapery ; to effect this, vines have been planted on one side the 

 margin of the pit, in the natural soil of the nursery ; a rough kind of framework is placed 

 over the pit, on which are fixed glazed sashes, covering it over, and resting on the opposite 

 side. The vines are brought in under the glass, and fruit freely — not large, of course, but 

 well-colored. Some of these sand-pits are ten or twelve yards long or more, three or four 

 yards wide, and seven or eight feet deep. Nothing has been done to the interior, except 

 making a rough path along the middle, ending with a seat at the further end. This is 

 turning old quarries to a useful purpose. Near one of these graperies, a larger sand-hollow 

 has been converted into a place for plunging vines in pots intended for planting out ; the 

 plants are five or six feet high, and, at a distance, reminded one of the sloping banks of 

 vines on the continent ; but, on a closer inspection, they were of course minus the fruit. 



Grapes. — Could we venture to mention the various sources from which the noblest grapes 

 from private greenhouses have been forwarded during a protracted confinement, we should 

 employ much space. We must record, however, two magnificent baskets from Staten Island, 

 which would do credit to " a king's gardener." To G. R. S., too, whose grapery is a perfect 

 thing, we are thrice in debt. 



American Pomological Society. — In our la^ number, we gave some interesting proceedings 

 of this Society — all we received in time. The Rural New Yorker continues the report, from 

 which we make the following abstract. When the Transactions appear, we shall give a 

 risum4 of the whole : — 



" Peaches : Recommended for ' general cultivation :' Crawford's Early, Oldmixon Clingstone. 



" Peaches : Recommended as 'promising well :' Susquehannah, Gorgas, Hative de P'erriers, 

 Hill's Chili, Madeleine de Courson. 



" Cherries: Downton was removed from the list for general cultivation. Recommended 

 for 'special cultivation:' Napoleon Bigarreau. Recommended for 'general cultivation:' 

 Belle d'Orleans, Coe's Transparent, Early Purple Guigne, Governor Wood, Reine Hortense, 

 Rockport Bigarreau. 



" Plums: Frost Gage was removed from the list for ' general cultivation :' Monroe Egg was 

 established as 'Monroe.' Recommended for 'general cultivation :' Lombard. Recommended 

 as 'promising well:' White Dawson, Fellemburg, General Hand, Bradshaw, Duane's Purple, 

 German Prune, and Pond's Seedling. 



^'■Raspberries: Recommended for ' general cultivation:' French. Recommended as 'pro- 

 mising well:' Cope, Thunderer, American Red, or Red Prolific, Ohio Everbearing, Catawissa. 

 The latter all seemed to agree was an astonishing bearer, and the President liked its flavor. 



^'■Blackberries: Tlie Improved High Bush was recommended for 'general cultivation,' as 

 Dorchester. A discussion on the Lawton question ended by laying the subject on the table. 



'■'■Strawberries: The following sorts were recommended as 'promising well:' McAvoy's 

 Superior, Hooker, Scarlet Magnate, Trolloppe's Victoria, Genesee, Le Baron, Lougworth's 

 Prolific." 



A vote of thanks to the President was passed by acclamation, and the Society adjourned, 

 to meet in New York, in 1858, at such time and place as the President might ap])oint. 



There seems to have been some confusion as to giving out the reports. Would it not be 

 well for the Society to retain a reporter, and distribute the proceedings to publications in- 

 terested in disseminating knowledge on the subject, charging each with its share of the 

 expense. Tlie information would thus be earlier disseminated. We shall look with inte- 

 rest for the official pamphlet of proceedings ; this is, no doubt, preparing for distributi 

 a day sufficiently early for planters. 



.'.'^yfiH- 



YoL. VI —December, 1856. 37 



