in the stin. 'sprinkled spariiiirly ^vith russet dots, a little nissctiMl nlioilt the stem, 

 and sonicwlial marbled with dark jKitehes made up of niiimte Mack dots. C'o/y.r, 

 open, in a deep basin. Stall-, short, in a dee]> cavity. I Icsh, white, line graiiie<l, 

 tender, juiey, almost mcUiuf^, and of a most grateful, subacid llavor. From 

 Laurens County, in this State. Qaalifi/, best. 



2G^/<. Jlurton'S Delicious Peach, from John T. Grant, Esq., of Walton County. 

 Tree bought of Mr. Camp, of Newton County, Fmit, large, round, a little oval, 

 dejiresscd at the apex. Point, very small, and within the depression. Suture, 

 shallow. Skin, moderately downy, of a rich, creamy white, with a faint blush in 

 the sun. Flesh, white to the stone, with the exact flavor of a Heath Cling. 

 Quality, best. October 10. 



"llth. Grant's Cling. — A clingstone Peach, from Mr. J. T. Grant. Fruit, medium 

 to large, oblong, tapering to the jirominent point. Suture, well marked. Shin, 

 pale, creamy white, quite downy, and pretty much covered with dull red. Flesh, 

 pale red at the stone, juicy, tender, and, when fully ripe, very good. 



1%th. Athenian Cling, from Henry Hull, Jr., Athens. Fruit, very large, oblong, 

 depressed at the apex. Suture, a mere line. Skin, very downy, yellowish-white, 

 marljled with dull red in the sun. Flesh, pale red at the stone, rather Arm and 

 rich, of a bigh viuous flavor. A very great acquisition. This and Horton's 

 Delicious, are the two best October clingstone Peaches, and they are of flavor 

 totally distinct from each other — one, a very sweet and luscious, the other of a 

 brisk and vinous flavor. 



As we are closing this report, three promising late peaches have been presented 

 by Mr. Y. L. G. Harris, and a box with a great number of varieties of fine apples 

 has been received from J. Yan Buren, Esq., Clarksvillc. On these the Committee 

 will report hereafter, through the agricultural press. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. Wm. X. White, CJiairman. 



Athens, Ga. 

 (From the Southern Cultivator.) 



RIBBOX GARDENING. 



We frequently see allusions to "Ribbon Gardening" in the foreign papers; 

 the following will attract some of our enthusiasts of beautiful gardens to the 

 suljject : — 



Among the more recent innovations in flower gardening, the introduction, or 

 rather more general dissemination of what is called the ribbon system of embel- 

 lishment, is not the least interesting ; or in an artistic point of view the least 

 effective. That it is artistic there cannot be a question, for as associated with 

 architectural objects it is an extension of those lines to which the mouldings and 

 various enrichments owe their entire interest. The idea therefore was a happy 

 one which transferred these multiplied lines of color to garden scenery. 



Of the form of a ribbon a notion prevails that a straight line only is admissible. 

 I incline to an opposite opinion, and though I have no objection to a straight 

 line in a proper position, yet if I must have my choice, give me by all means a 

 softly curving line, " the line of beauty," rendered still more beautiful by the gentle 

 play of light and shade upon the variously contrasted colors. A ribbon, to be 

 efiective, must be of considerable length, and narrow rather than broad — indeed, 

 six to eight feet is wide enough, and beyond that width they present too large a 

 surface of color, and pain rather than please the eye. I have seen ribbons very 

 effective when only three feet wide, but they were planted with plants of propor 

 tionate size. 



