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fill up with tar or sawdust, Tu7i was written. These slips are sometimes ludicrous enough ; 

 nancy is generally printed, in our first proofs, for nana ! 



The name of one of the gentlemen who interested himself so successfully in collecting 

 subscriptions for the park, should have been Charles S. Keyser, Esq., instead of C. W. 

 Keyser. 



We hail with much pleasure the appearance, under the guidance of Messrs. Siebold and 

 De Vriese, of the Annales de Horticulture et de Botanique — a new monthly periodical, pub- 

 lished at Leyden, and intended to illustrate the more interesting of the cultivated and 

 ornamental plants found in the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, America, and Japan. 

 It is, we presume, the successor of the Tuinbouw Flora, which, being written in Dutch, was 

 a sealed book to most persons in this country. The number before us contains a colored 

 figure of a Tree Pseony called " Imperatrice de France." 



The last number of the Archives du Museum contains a continuation of Mons. Weddell's 

 careful, learned, and judicious work on Urticacese. The plates are beautiful examples of 

 scientific art, as the treatise itself is an honorable example of systematical science. 



f crtitultwral ^ntittits, 



Penxsylvaxia Horticultural Society. — The regular stated meeting of this Society was 

 held at Concert Hall, on Tuesday evening, when the extensive tables of the Society were 

 entirely covered with a splendid display of plants, flowers, &c. Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Dundas, 

 and others, exhibited, for the first time, a number of new plants, which attracted much 

 attention. A lot of grapes, in pots, composed of plants of foreign origin, were exhibited by 

 Mr. Raabe. Mr. Buist exhibited one hundred and twenty varieties of cut roses ; pine-apples 

 in i3ots, and a great variety of strawberries, were also exhibited. In the department of 

 vegetables, Mr. A. L. Felten made his usual large and excellent display, receiving the first 

 premium as a market gardener. Mr. Buist received a special premium of S5 for his display 

 of cut roses. Premiums were also awarded for grapes, and for the best cherries, to A. L. 

 Felten, and also the second best for strawberries. The entire display was in every way 

 creditable, reflecting the highest praise ujion all the competitors and the Society. — Ledger. 



Cahnbar of (Derations. 



JULY. 

 THE VINEYARD. 



BY R. BUCHANAN, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



Much of the work of this month is but a continuation of that recommended for June : 

 tying up, removing lateral shoots and suckers, keeping the weeds down, itc &c. Some 

 vine dressers recommend stirring the earth with the plough, the cultivator, or the hoe ; 

 others, merely to keep the weeds down witli a hoe, or even a short scythe, and not to culti- 

 vate the ground until the grapes begin to col8r a little, for fear of inducing the rot by open- 

 ing the earth to admit too much moisture. Experience has not yet sufliciently tested which 

 of these two methods is best. I prefer the latter. 



The vines grow vary rapidly this month, and will require close attention in tying up. Tlio 

 bearing canes for next year will reach the tops of the stakes, and should be trained over 

 and fastened to the adjoining stakes. 



About the latter end of June, and during this month, the rot (our great enemv) usually 

 appears. Arising principally from atmospheric causes, it is difficult to find a remedy for it ; 

 but in porous subsoils, and in others well drained, it is found to be the least destructive. 

 Many plans, by surface draining, special culture, &c. kc, are being tried, and it is 

 some jKirtial remedy, at least, may ultimately be discovered. 



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