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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Well — at this season, (he groiimis of a part of Lau- 

 rel Hill — thf oiliest part — is literally a wilderness, 

 or rather a bower of roses. The tea rose, and es- 

 pecially the everbloonjin}; rose, seems to be the 

 favorite : and such a profusion of fragrant blossoms 

 I never beheld as there are .it the present time. 

 Hundreds of tlic largest anil finest tea roses, Ayr- 

 shire, Iloursaults,and even moss roses are now in full 

 bloom. The variety of monuments is very g>reat, 

 and some are beautiful; and, at least at the 

 present moment, death ajipcars robbed of its 

 horrors, and invested witli an air of beauty. 

 I noticed in the ground many rare and curious trees 

 chiefly i>lanted as I am told bj' one of the leading 

 managers of the grounds and one of its earliest ori- 

 ginators, J. Fay .Smith, Esij., among them were the 

 V'irgilia, the Deodar Cedar, Ceiiar of Lebanon, and 

 be\ eral rare j^ines — all thriving well and making 

 the place interesting in an arboiinittural senfic." — 

 JixLr act from a letter from Phil add phia- 



The Putnam Russkt, vs. Roxbury Russet. — 

 " Pray let us know your opinion now, regarding 

 these two apples. Arc they identical, or are they 

 not ? There has been so much written j)ro and 

 con, and, as it ajipears to me, without touching bot- 

 tom at all, in some of the agricultural jiapers, that 

 one is at a greater loss than before." Yours, 



Providence, R- I. C. 



[If our correspondent will only have the good- 

 ness to wait till lliesc apples rijjcn their fruit, this 

 autumn, we can give him a full and satisfactory 

 answer. With both these sorts, genuine, before 

 us, it will be hard if the matter cannot be settled 

 in a few moments. Till then, all opinions and his- 

 torical anecdotes of origin, are of no value what- 

 ever. Two things, however, are clear to us at the 

 present moment; first, that more than one spurious 

 " Roxbury Russet" is known by that name in west- 

 ern orchards; and second, the growth of the wood 

 and leaf of young trees in our grounds, that we be- 

 lieve to be the true Putnam Russet, very strongly 

 resemble that of the Roxbury Russet, JMore in due 

 time. — Eu.] 



Dutchess County Hohticultural Society. 

 A .Society has been organized this season, at 

 Poughkeepsie, New-York. Dutchess is the countj' 

 on the Hudson, most celebrated for the fertility 

 of its soil, and especially for the great beauty 

 of its country scats. This new society is in the 

 best hands, and will, we are confident, have a great 

 influence on the improvement of horticulture, on 

 the river generally, since its membership and its 

 prizes are not confined to those living in that single 

 county. The first exhibition took place on the Jtith 

 and 19th of June, and was in all respects, a most 

 gratifying and satisfactory one. Five tables, reach- 

 ing the whole length of the town hall, were loaded 

 with a })rofusion of flowers and fruits. The ar- 

 rangement of flowers in devices, was very tasteful 

 and striking. Twenty-five varieties of cherries 

 were exhibited; some of them unusually large. 

 The strawberries were also remarkably fine; several 

 dishes of Hovey's Seedling were of great size and 

 beauty. But the great merits of the show lay in its 

 vegetables. These were tndy of uncommon size, 

 and apparently of great excellence. Cauliflowers 



of enormous dimensions, such as aro very rarely 

 seen; melons, lima beans, beets, potatoes remarka- 

 bly large, cp\^ plants, and tomatoes, and excellent 

 Indian corn and cucumbers; indeed, a great variety 

 from the kitchen garden, and all of the largest and 

 finest growth. The next exhibition takes jilace 

 about the middle of September, and judging from 

 this auspicious commencement, will be ia every 

 way worthy of the county and the river. The fol- 

 lowing arc the olHcers of the Society: Dudley U. 

 Fuller, President ; Robert Donaldson, Thomas Ta- 

 ber, John F. Shcafe, William Kelly, Vice-Prcsi- 

 dcnls ; John W. Knevels, Cor. i^ec'y, Joseph H. 

 Jackson, Jiec. Sec'y ; Stephen II. Trowbridge, 

 Treasurer ; Josiah Williams, Radclifl' Van Wagen- 

 cn, William P. (Jibbons, Josiah W. Wheeler, 

 George li. Lent, Edward K. James, J£x. Cum. 



The Strawberry Question. — Pretty nearly 

 all the horticultural community are now aware of 

 the dillerent views hitherto entertained regarding 

 the Strawberry culture — and the ground taken, and 

 so strongly urged, by our friend N. Longvvokth, 

 Esq,, of Cincinnati. 



We have given this subject a pretty careful and 

 thorough examination this se.ison, and have com- 

 pared our own views with those of some of our 

 soundest horticulturists in various quarters. 



We shall therefore give our more matured opin- 

 ion, somewhat in detail, at the first convenient 

 moment, — probably in our next number. — Ed. 



The Black Prince Strawberry. — We have 

 given an engraving of one of the very finest new 

 Strawberries, in this number, and have sjjoken of 

 its most excellent qualities. 



Our opinion for three years past has been that 

 the Black Prince, as known in our gardens, ison 

 the whole the highest flavored, and the best straw- 

 berry 3'et known in this country. Now, (June 

 2'lth,) that the strawberry season is nearly over 

 here, we may rei>cat that after having compared it 

 with Swainstone"sSeedling,Princess Alice, Hovey's 

 Seedling, Ross' Phcenix, Myafs Eliza, Dcptford 

 Pine, British Queen, and all the other leading sorts 

 of acknowledged merit, we still consider the Black 

 Prince superior to all in very high flavor, and equal 

 to any other sort in jiroductivencss, size and beau- 

 ty. Every one that has tasted it here this season 

 has immediately concurred in this oijinion. It also 

 has proved with us the hardiest large strawberry 

 that we have ever cultivated — and we are glad to 

 learn from other growers, in whose hands we have 

 we have placed it, that it promises to do equally 

 well in various parts of the country. We received 

 the Black Prince from the \Vest of England, five 

 years ago. From the fact that Thompson does not 

 rate it among the first, we infer that it succeeds 

 better here than in England. 



To restore the health of Lemon and 

 Orange Trees. — I cultivate but a few plants in a 

 simifle way and among other things I have a great 

 fondness for lemon trees. Like many other per- 

 sons I have been annoyed very often at finding, 

 every now and then, one of my lemon trees turning 

 yellow in all its leaves, and looking pretty much as 



