No. 1, Pt'rfcriptivL' Catalocfuc of Fruits ; No. 2, of Roses and OrnanuMital Trees ; and No. 3, 

 Dahlias, Verbenas, Fuchsias, &c. These " Genesee Valley Nurseriesj" anion^ the largest 

 in the I'nion, scorn to be not only prosperous, but to be controlled by students and readers. 



Catalogues of Select Vegetable, and another of Annual, &c.. Flower Seeds, sold by Alfred 

 Bridi^tuan, 874 Broadway, New York, embrace all the varieties of each. 



The Rurfil Annual and Horticultural Directory — from the office of the denescc Farmer — 

 by .Joseph Harris. An excellent and reliable, as well as handsome manual, with profuse 

 illustrations. 



Descriptive Catalogiie of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Vinos, &c., culti- 

 vated and for sale by John W. Adams, Portland, Maine. A capital catalogue in all respects. 



Special Select Catalogue for IShl of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. Wra. F. Smitlf. 



Rose Cottage Nurseries, late, Tobin's, Augusta, Georgia. Oh ! for your climate ! 



II. A. Dreer's Descriptive Catalogue of Garden and Flower Seeds, Implements, Books, &c., 

 117 Chestnut Street, near Fourth, Philadelphia. This will be found to be a very useful 

 catalogue, containing a variety of information and instruction. 



R. Buist's Select Catalogue of Greenhouse, Hothouse, and Hardy Plants, Philadelphia. 

 Few catalogues issued in this country, have contained the variety of plants here oflfered for 

 sale at moderate prices. If it were only for the beaiity of the typography and engravings, 

 it is worth possessing, but such a list is valuable to turn to at all times. May be had by 

 inclosing a stamp. It contains directions for culture. 



Lincoln and Welland Horticultural and Mechanical Society's Circular, setting forth the 

 benefits to be derived from the Association. 





Oknajiextal Flower-Staxd. — Tlie annexed 

 figure represents a design for an ornamental 

 flower-stand, to be made of wire, which we com- 

 mend to workers in this material. Where a 

 greenhouse is well-managed, there will be no 

 difficulty in furnishing it with a succession of 

 camellias, roses, geraniums, fuchsias, azaleas, 

 calceolarias, &c. &c., and it should be the aim of 

 the possessor to preserve the brightness of the 

 scene all through the year. The moment a plant 

 goes out of bloom, it should be removed, and its 

 place supplied with another ; for, as to rearing 

 plants in such situations, and in dry rooms, it is 

 wasting one of the best opportunities which art 

 affords us for a display of successive pictures. 

 As well miglit the actors dress and rehearse be- 

 fore the audience, as a collection of plants be 

 allowed to present themselves in all their prepa- 

 ratory stages to the eye of the visitor or the host. 

 We do not mean by this, to prevent the window 

 ^ cultui-e which gives many so much pleasure. 



Washington, D. C 

 Dear Sir : I thought of you, to-day, when I received from the Professor of Chemistry of 

 Georgetown College, a great and valuable vegetable curiosity — the greatest, perhaps 

 America, in the shape of an enormous Truffle found in Virginia. I showed it to Mr. Mas 



