DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



biirffh, general Chairman of ihe whole. The Cliairmaii 

 ol euch .'<lale Coinmiuee is aulhoriscil, whtru vacaiiciLS 

 occur, lo fill up the iiutriber of liisCoininitlee lo live iiiein- 

 l^eis. w. D. BKINKLE, M. D., Presitleni. 



Pliiladclphia, May 1, 1&.52. 



LIST OF STATE FRUIT COMMITTEES. 



Massachusetts, Robert Manning, Salein. 

 Vermout, C. Goodrich, lliirlnigtoii. 

 ATaine, Henry Liiile, Bangor. 

 Connecticut, V. Al. JJow, iVew-IIaveu. 

 New- York, B. Hodge, Buffalo. 



A. t^aul, Newhurgh. 

 New-Jersey, Thomas Hancock, Burlington. 

 Pennsylvania, Tliomas P. James, Pliiladclpliia. 

 Oliio, A. .Mcintosh, Clevehind. 



Prof. J. P. Kntland, Cleveland. 

 t)r. John A. Warder, Cinciiniati. 

 Dr. S. A. Barker, McConnelsville. 

 Rev. C. .Springer, Meadow Farm. 

 KeiUucky, Lawrence Young, Louisville. 

 H. P. Byram, Louisville. 

 Mason Brown, Frankfort. 

 H. F. Duncan, Lexington. 

 P. Bianehaid, MaysviUe. 

 Virginia, Yardley 'I'aylor, Loudon. 

 Delaware, Edward Tainall, jun., Wilmington 

 South Carolina, J G. Drayton, Charleston. 



William ."Summer, Poniaria. 

 Georgia, Dr. Camak, Athens. 

 Dr. Ward. Athens. 

 Johnson J. Harris, MilledgeviUe. 



D. Green. JMacon. 

 Richard Peters, Atalanta. 



Louisiana, James Evans, New-Orleans. 

 Tennessee, L. P. YandcU. 

 Mississippi, M. W. Pliillips, Edwards. 

 Missouri, Thomas Allen, .St. Louis. 

 James Sigersoii. 



E. /Iblioit. 



Indiana, James Blake, Indianapolis. 



J. Bell. New-Albany. 



Scott, jMadison. 



Illinois, Dr. J. A. Keiniicolt, Northfield. 



Prof J. B. Turner, Jacksonville. 



!^. Francis. 



Edfoii Harkne-s. 



C. R. Overman. 

 Michigan, J. C. Holmes, Detroit. 

 W. H. Scott, Adrian. 

 A. T. Prouly, Kalamazoo. 

 Wisconsin, F. R. Pha?iiix. Delavan. 

 Iowa, Henry Avery, Burlington. 

 Canada West, James Dougal, Amhersthurgh. 

 District of Coiurnbiu, Joshua Pierce, AVasliinglon. 

 New-Hampshire. J. Hill, Concord. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



The staled meeting of this associalion was held in the 

 Chinese Saloon. Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening'. May 

 IS, lfc52. E. W. Keyser, V. P., in tlie chair. The dis- 

 play was excellent. The tables ihioughllieir entire length 

 were loaded with beautilul plants, some Iruils, and re- 

 markably well grown forced vegetables. The collection 

 of plants from Dr. Jas. Rush's green-houses, was truly 

 line, consisting of very large Orange Trees, Acacias, 

 Azaleas. Fuchsias, Cinerarias, etr. The table from John 

 Lambert's contained beautiful Pelargoniums, Roses, Cine- 

 rarias, and other plains. The collection from Caleb Cope's 

 houses was liandsome, and embraced a number of choice 

 Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Cacti, and a variety of others. 

 From Robert Buisl's were, as on former occjisioiis. many 

 new plants, and shown for the first lime, of which were 

 Hibbertia Cimninghamii, Zieria trifoliala, Hoya Cuii- 

 ninghamii; Eutaxia pungens, Epacris Copelandii, and 

 E. laevigata— also. Azaleas. Spircas, Lichenalias, Eri- 

 cas, a collection of Tulips, .several seedling Lilacs 

 and a seedling Horse chestnut. By Benjamin Gulliss were 

 fine Roses, Pelargoniums, Cinerarias, fine Verbenas, etc. 

 By Robert Cornelius' gar(!eiier, \ cry beautiful Roses. By 

 Gerhard .''chmitz, seedling Tulips, choice specimens, well 

 broken and of much merit. By J. J. Jinnings, many 

 choice Tulips. A\'m. Hobson exhibited a new and uii- 



described Boraginaceous plant in flower, from California. 

 The Boucpiels came liom C. Cope's grounils and .loseph 

 .'<. Lovering's, .'inil Ba<Kels of indigenous flowers were 

 shown by Thos. Meehan and Robert Kilvinglon. 



The fruit exhibited was (rom C. Cojie's to'reiiig houses, 

 ami consisted of a dish of hue Hovey's Seedling Straw- 

 berries, another of B ack Alicanl grapes, a lew ripe cher- 

 ries, and a vine filled with Black ilaiiiburgh Grapes. 



The exhibition of vegelables diil much crcdil to l he con- 

 tributors. The collection of forced specimens from Thos. 

 Me"hran. gardener to Joseph .S. Lovering, was a superb 

 disjilay, comprising some '10 lo 5(1 heads ol the finest Cauli- 

 flowers ever shown before the .Society — three varieties of 

 Cucumbers, two kinds of Lettuce, five of R;. dishes, string 

 Beans, early York Cabbage, etc. A\'illiiim Hobson ex- 

 hibiled very large Rhubarb of his Seedimg and Victoria 

 varieties. Henry Cooper and .Samuel Cooper, superior 

 Rhubarb, and James i\l. I'age large and fine asparagus. 

 On motion adjourned. Tiios. P. James, Rec. Secretary. 



National Agricultural Convention. 



AVhereas the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, at 

 its lueeting held in Bosion, January 14, In52, requested 

 its President lo enter into correspondence with the Presi- 

 dents of State and other Agrieuhural Associations oji the 

 expediency of calling a Natio.nal Agricultukal Cok- 

 VENTiox : — and whereas the PeniLslyvania Slate Agricul- 

 tural .Society, al its meeting at Harrisburgh on the 20th 

 of the same month ; and the Maryland Stale Agricultural 

 Society, at lis meeting in Baltimore, on the 4lh of Februa- 

 ry, adopted similar lesolutions, and recommended lliefor 

 mation of a National Agricultural Society ; — ;ind whereas 

 the New- York, Ohio and other Stale Societies, through 

 their Presidenis or by published Resolves, have expressed 

 ■similar views in relation to tlie necessity of a closer bond of 

 union between all such insl ilnl ions tliroiighout our country: 



Therel'ore, the undersigned, believing from these indi- 

 cations thai the lime has arrived lor a confederation of 

 local AgriculUiral ."societies in the Uiiiled ."stales, and in 

 conformity with a Re.solutionof the Pennsylvania Society, 

 authorizing Ihe Presidents of the lliree firsl luimed A.sso- 

 cialions to designate time and place, — do liereby invite 

 Delegations lo niecl in Convention in the city of Washing- 

 ton, on the 24th day of June next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



The objccis of this Comeiiiion are lo organize a Na- 

 tional Agricultiral Society, to which the various 

 Agricultural Societies may be auxiliary ; to consult togeth- 

 er upon ihe general good, and to establish, by this Socie- 

 ty, or such i.lher means as the Convenlion may devise, a 

 more cordial and widely extended intercourse between 

 agriculturists in our own counliy and in other lands, to 

 create aildilional facilities for the acquisition and dilfusioii 

 of knowledge, by books, journals, seeds and other objects 

 of interest to ihe Aniericoii fanner and gaidener; audio 

 act on such olher matters perlaining lo the advancement 

 of agi icullure as the wistlom of the Convention may judge 

 appropriate. 



For these purposes the undersigned earnestly solicit 

 delegations from the various Stale, or other oiganizalions, 

 for ihp promotion of agriculture in the several Slates and 

 Territories; and where such organizalions do not exist, 

 delegations from snch dislricls,consisling in all cases ol'such 

 number of persons as may be deemed expedient lo ai)point. 



As it has been considered desiralile lo name an earlier 

 day for this Convention than was at first expected, this 

 circular is issued before the concurrence of Ihe several 

 State Agricultural Societies could be oblained. Their 

 respective Pi essidenls are therefore requested to add their 

 names to this call, and lo give immediate publicity to the 

 same through the pajiers and periodicals of the day. 



A large and general attendance is confidently anticipated. 



Societies will please transmit al an early date a list of 

 the delegales they have appointed, to Daxiel Lee, M. 

 D.. Agricullural IJeparlmenl, I'alcnl Office. Washington. 



The above call is signed by Marshall P. AVilder. Prest. 

 Mass. Board of Agr— Frederick Walls. Prest. Penn S. 

 Ag. Soc— Chas. B. Calvert, Aid. do.— Ilemy AVager. N. 

 Y. do. — Thomas Slocks, South. Cen. Ag. Soc. — Arthur 

 Walls. Ohio S. B. of Ag. — James Tallmadge, Am. In., 

 N. Y.— John C, Gray. M"ass. Soc. Prom. Ag— Joseph A 

 Wright, hid. .S. Ag. Soc. — Geo. A. Nesmilh, N. 

 Frederick Holbrook, Vl. do.— Josiah Chap n, R 

 for the Encouragenieiil of Domeslic Industry. 



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