DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



g had two sorts ; A. Frost & Co. fine Hovey's seed, 

 lings, and Shei)pard & Cherry V2 sorts. 



As the results of their examinations, the Committee 

 have been led to regard with much favor, the following 

 varieties : 



Burr's New Pine, hesl and most valuable for home cul- 

 tivalton; Large Early Scarlet, early, productive, and the 

 most valuable fertilizer; Scarlet Melting, exceedingly 

 productive and easily raised — flavor moderate, and too 

 soft except for home use; Rival Hud.son, for a late sort, 

 and for maikel and preserving; Hovey"s Seedling, and 

 Crimson Cone. 



Champlain Valley Hort. Society. 



The first Floral Exhibition of Ibis tSociety look place at 

 Burlington, Vt., on the 2'Jth of June. The exhibition 

 room was worthy of a visit, for its great beauty. The fine 

 arch at the entrance, covered with evergreens, interspersed 

 witb roses and oilier beautiful flowers; — the festoons sus- 

 pended from pillar to pillar, uiul also along the walls of 

 the room, with wreaths containing flowers; the beautiful 

 devise of Flora, at the farthest end, with her green flow- 

 ing mantle, with her skirt of variegated pinks, and the 

 wreath of roses swinging from lier hands, together with 

 the initial letters of the name of the Society and the date 

 of the day, all in beaulilul tbrm and in " sweetest green," 

 made a room dressed and decorated, such as we are cer- 

 tain is not ol'len seen in New England. 



The display of (ruits and flowers, more than realized 

 the anticipations of all. 



Prof Thompson exhibhed some interesting specimens 

 in Entomology in order to show "the enemies as well as 

 tlie products of Horticulture." Among these .specimens, 

 were the Curculio, the Apple, Peach, and l.ocust Borer, 

 ill their various stages of existence, from the larva state 

 to the perfect inseel. 



Buffalo Hort. Society. 



The Semi-annual Exhibition was held on the 29th and 

 30th of June. Owing to the unusual backwardness of the 

 season, the display w'as scarcely so fine as that of last year 

 — many varieties of roses not being in bloom, and cher- 

 ries, with the exception of the eaiiiest sorts, not being yet 

 ripe. The Hall, however, presented a beautiful appear- 

 ance, decorated, as it was, with wreaths of evergreens, 

 interspersed with flowers, and having in the center a beau- 

 tiful floral temple. jNIany new and rare varieties, both of 

 fruits and flowers, were for the first time exlnbited— and 

 notwithstanding the many unfavorable circumstances 

 with which the Society was obliged to contend, the Exhi- 

 bition gave general satisfaction. 



'J'lie display of .Strawberries was large, and in the opin- 

 ion i>f the committee, excelled in point of quality and va- 

 riety, that of any former show. 



?lii5iiirr3 tu (rnrrapminits. 



RASPBERR1E.S. — R. R. (New-Lonfloii, Ct.) 

 Rivers' Everbearing Raspbeirj-, doe.s not con- 

 tiniie to bear in this climate except it is planted 

 on a moist soil, when it yieds a good second crop 

 in the autumn. Knevetts Giant is a better mar- 

 ket fruit than the Fastolft'^the fruit being near- 

 ly as large, and much firmer. 



Evergreens. — F., (Lancaster, Pa.) The 

 American Yew, is a native of tlie middle states — 

 grows in several places on tlie Hudson. It is 

 not properly a tree, like the European species, 

 but a spreading shrub, about 3 or four feet high, 

 the foliage and berries quite ornamental. It 



loves the shade. You would have succeeded 

 perfectly with the native Rhododendrons if you 

 had taken the precaution to have made a bed or 

 border for them in a shady place, and brought 

 leaf -mold from the woods to plant them in. 

 They will not grow for any length of time in 

 common garden soil. C. (Boston,) The ma- 

 nure of the Lodi Company we found so well 

 adapted to evergreens, is called by them sim- 

 ply " manure for shrubs." 



Insects.— .4 Subscriber, (York, Pa.) The 

 first Curculio comes out of the ground in the 

 spring, just as the blossoms of the plum begin 

 to fall. About three weeks after, the insect falls 

 from the tree in the fruit, and goes into tlie 

 ground — it comes out in a beetle form, accord- 

 ing to some entomologists — while others say not 

 till the next spring. At any rate, there are 

 broods, less numerous than those in early spring, 

 all through the summer — the later ones finding 

 no fruit to sting, taking the young branches in- 

 stead — and in the latter case the eggs remain in 

 the branches all winter, and the complete in- 

 sect comes out the following June. The insect 

 flies at noon-day — but whether the male or fe- 

 male, or both, crawl up the trunk at first, is not 

 known. J. A. C, (Boston.) The insect you 

 describe as boring the leading shoot of your ev- 

 ergreens, is probably the Pine Weevil. The in- 

 sect comes out in a perfect state about the mid- 

 dle of Augu.st, and when the ends of the bran- 

 ches are infected, they should be cut off and 

 burned before that time, to prevent the laying 

 of more eggs. Wash the ends of the shoots, 

 both in spring and mid-summer with a thick 

 paint composed of soft-soap, and tobacco water, 

 to prevent the beetles from depositing the eggs. 

 Any well decomposed compost is good for ever- 

 greens — avoid fresh animal manure. 



Half Har©y Trees. — An Amateur, (Rich- 

 mond, Va.) All the pomegranates, both fruit- 

 bearing and flowering varieties, will succeed with 

 you if trained on a north wall or building, and 

 the roots covered a foot deep with tan-bark in 

 winter, and tops protected by a double ni.atting. 

 We do not think the Norfolk Island Pine will 

 thrive out of a green-house with you. Cun- 

 ninghamia sinensis is perfectly hardy south of 

 New-York, and Cryptomeria even north of it. 



