DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Manufactures, submitted the report of that com- 

 mittee. Mr. Wilder, from the Committee on 

 Agricultural Eilucation, submitted a series of 

 resolutions, taking high si'ounds upon that sub- 

 ject. Mr. Dodge, on Milch Cows and Dairy 

 Droducts. Mr. Goriiam, on Stock. 

 Afternoon Session. 



Professor Fowler, of Amherst, submitted 

 the following resolution: 



Resolved, That the President of the Massa- 

 chusetts Board of Agriculture be requested to 

 enter into a correspondence with the Presidents 

 of the several state societies, and of other agri- 

 cultural associations, on the subject of the ex- 

 pediency of calling a national convention for the 

 purpose of taking into consideration the inte- 

 rests of agriculture in tlie United States. 



It was discussed and unanimously adopted. 



Mr. Wilder then nominated for the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the Board, the following 

 named gentleman: Hon. Edward Everett, 

 John W. Proctor, J. H. W. Page, B. V. 

 French, Professor Fowler. They were unan- 

 imously elected. 



The second reading of Mr. Wilder's report on 

 Agricultural Education was called for, and 

 given. The following resolution was then otter- 

 ed by Lieut. Gov. Cushman: 



Resolved, That the report of the Committee on 

 Agricultural Education be referred to the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee of this Board, with instruc- 

 tions to present the same to the Legislatui-e in 

 behalf of this Board, and urge the passage of 

 such laws as may be necessary to carry out the 

 principles and views contained in said report. 



[The report asks for the establishment of a 

 State Department of Agriculture, with officers 

 commensurate with the importance of the duty 

 to be performed; suggests the propriety and 

 expediency of reserving a portion of the pro- 

 ceeds of the sales of public lands, and devoting 

 such sum to the promotion of Ag. Science; and 

 in short claims for Agriculture the same fostering 

 care which isbsstowed upon other interests.] 



After a lengthy discussion upon the general 

 subject of Agricultural Education, and the best 

 mode of securing it. the resolution was adopted 

 unanimously. 



PENN.-^YLVANIA IIORT. SOC— The slated meot- 

 iiig' of tills Society was liekl on Tuesday evening .Ian. 20, 

 1852. E. W. Keyser, V. P., ni the chair. A few ohjecls 

 of interest were presented, notwithslandinp- the severily 

 of the weather, which were — a lie:intiful basket of cut 

 flowers, of clinice kinds; among them were a raceme of 

 the Stanhopea macidcita. and specimens of llie CypnpeiJi- 

 um venustum, and a moss covered urn. henrinq' Kne flow- 

 ers. Al-o another heantifn! flower of the Vicloria Regia. 

 the thirty-eighth produced hy Mr. Cope's plant; the huil was 

 cut and l)runglit in, carefully iiroleclcd from the cold, and 

 when taken out it expanded liandsomely, and was a per- 

 fect specimen, of smaller dimensions than those shown 

 at recent meeling'-i. Dislies of F'ears were shown — the 

 '•Niles" variety, tVom Win. V. Pettit, the Easter Beurre 

 from H. W. S.Cleveland — a winler variety, from \.IiOtt, 

 Reading, Pa., and of Apples, the '• Northern Sny," from 

 .1. J. Thoma-s. Maeedon, N. Y. ; the "Keim'" from C. 

 Kessler, Reading. There was a large table of culinary 

 vegetables (rom Miss Gralz's garden. 



The library committee presented their amnial r'^port. by 

 which it appears that the library contains upwards of nine 

 hiiudred and fifty volumes, on subjects solely appropriate. 



The special committee on nominations, submitted a 

 ticket to b" voted for at the annual uieetmg, and a report 

 descanting fully on the subject of the President's determi- 

 nation to decline a re-election, expressing regret thereat, 

 .■iiid fully setting forth his services, and the advantages he, 

 by his liberality, has rendered to the cause of Horticul- 

 ture ni this communiiy ; likewise alluding to the course 

 of proceeding of the Society in the encouragement of the 

 cause, by a liberal expenditure in its awards, and anticipa- 

 ting a hope that souselul a society may yet be the recipient 

 of donalions and legacies to enable it toestablish what was 

 originally contemplated, a Bolaiiic Garden: ending with 

 a recommendation that a committee be appointed to devise 

 some suitable testimonial to Mr. Cope, in appreciation of 

 the good he has eflected. 



Tlie Annual Meeting was organized by calling Mr. J. 

 .1. Vanderkemp, to the Chair, and appointing .1. E. Mitch- 

 ell Secretary. The election lor oflicers resulted as fol- 

 lows : 



President— Gen. Robert Patterson. 



Vice-Presidents — Jas. Dundas, E. AV. Keyser, Joshua 

 Longstreth, Dr. W. D. Brinckle. 



Treasurer — .lohn Thomas. 



Corresponding Secretary — Thomas C. Percival. 



Recording Secretary — Thomas P. James. 



Professor of Entomology — .Samuel S. Haldeman, A.M. 



Professor of Botany — William Darlington, i\I. D. 



Professor of Horticultural Chemistry — Robert Hare, M. 



A committee of five members to devise the suitable tes- 

 timonial (as recommended) to Mr. Cope, was appointed. 

 Tho. p. Ja.mes, Recording Secretary. 



B.W., (Cayuga.)— The fruit buds of tho 

 peach are usually destroyed when the thermo- 

 meter shiks to 12° or 13° below zero of Fahr. 

 You may ascertain now if the mischief is done, 

 by slicing a bud across with a sharp knife; if the 

 center or heart of the bud, is brov.-n or black, 

 instead of green, (its natural color,) there will 

 be no fruit from that bud. It will blossom, but 

 the fruit will not set. It does not always fol- 

 low, however, that even this temperature will 

 destroy the embryo fruit — because if the bud 

 thaws gradually, in cloudy weather, it will es- 

 cai)e — the sun striking in the branches after so 

 cold a night, does the harm, and hence trees 

 (juite in the shade, often escape entirely, though 

 equally exposed to the frost. 



Select Roses. — A Young Florist, (New- 

 York.) We recommend one dozen hardy ev- 

 er-blooming roses, as follows: Perpetuals — 

 Madam Laffay, Giant dcs Batailles, Baron Pre- 

 vo.st, AViliiam Jesse, La Reine, Duchess of Suth- 

 erland, Aubernon; Bourbons — !\Iadame Des- 

 prez, Bouqet de Flore, Souvenir deI\[almaison, 

 Pierre de St. Cyr, Mrs. Bo.sanquet. A dozen 

 best Roses for pot culture, are the following: 

 Saffrano. Princesse Marie, Souvenir de Malmai- 

 son, Devoniensis, Compte de Paris, Mrs. Bosan 

 quet, Eugene Beauharnois, Niphelos, Queen 

 Lombardy, Hermosa ; and for larger pot: 



