has been added to it lately upwards of 200 acres, embracing extensive orchards and vine- 

 yards for testing fruits. 



The Cincinnati Cemetery, of Spring Grove. Report for 1857. A very handsome octavo 

 volume, with excellent illustrations of tasteful monuments. We see in it the hands of two 

 of our valued friends, R. Buchanan and A. H. Ernst, Esqs., to the latter of whom we are 

 indebted for the work. 



Dr. John A. Warder, President of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, announces a book 

 on fruits in preparation. 



Premiums. — We perceive, by a local paper, that two of our friends and contributors have 

 been carrying off the honors at the Clinton (New York) Agricultural Fair. The Rev. A. D. 

 Gridley received a premium for Seckel Pears, for the best two varieties of grapes, and for 

 the best and greatest variety raised in the open air. Prof. Edward North was likewise 

 distinguished, by receiving premiums for the best six varieties of Fall Pears, and for the 

 best Louise Bonne de Jersey. We like to record the success of our contributors, and in this 

 case have a strong suspicion, not only that the recipients thought of their (acknowledged) 

 tutor, the Horticulturist, but that the Professor would have taken a large addition of pre- 

 miums, if his merit had not thrust upon him the duties of a judge ! We shall expect, in 

 a few years more, at least a basketful of delicacies from these rare amateurs ! 1 



Bulbs. — There have been remarkably fine importations of bulbous roots, this season, and 

 in greater variety than usual. Those from the establishment of A. Bridgeman, 876 and 

 878 Broadway, New York, seem to us larger and heavier than it is common to see, and in 

 finer condition. See advertisement. 



G. C. Thorburn & Co., of 53 Cortland Street, and Newark, N. J., have also shown the 

 excellence of their foreign agent in this particular, the present year, and have imported an 

 extraordinary lot of various bulbs, which, we trust, our readers saw the list of last month. 

 Among them they must have observed many scarce articles, and, especially, the Lilium 

 giganteum, which so few have yet seen in bloom. It is only $8 a bulb. 



How TO Remit. — Procure a draft, if possible ; if not, send notes ; but let it be a matter 

 known only to yourself ; the fewer you let into the secret, the more certainty there is of 

 your money coming to hand. Do not register your letters, as this at once informs every- 

 body that money is in your letter. If you send gold dollars, secure them carefully in the 

 letter ; otherwise, they are apt to work out of the envelop. Stamps over three cents are 

 only taken for the fractional parts of a dollar. Be careful and pay the postage on your 

 letter, and direct it to Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia. 



DECEMBER. 

 THE VINEYARD. 



BY R. BUCHANAN, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



Pruning the vine, and preparing the cuttings for sale, may be done in any moderate 

 weather this month. As directed in a former article, the two best canes or branches of the 

 young wood are selected, and the lower down on the spur or the bow the better ; one is cut 

 down to two joints, as the spur, the other to eight to twelve joints, to form the bow. Tliis 

 spur and bow are to bear the crop next year ; all the rest of the vine above them is cut 

 away 



The wood or branches cut from the vine are taken into a house or shed, and in the even- 



