EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Mr. J. E. Ranch contributed a large collection of pot plants, including many of the newest and 

 best Fuchsia?, Fancy Pelargoniums, &c. Tltere were several tables of pot plant?, many of them 

 Fuchsias, well grown magnificent plants. On one table we noticed a large fine plant in bloom, 

 of Erythrina; a fine ^4 rJ*«jrt, loaded with fruit; a largo Adairda versicolor, in bloom; besides 

 Euphorbias, Mahcrnias, <fee. On another table, good plants of Allamanda schotli, Ixora coccinea, 

 and Gloxinia agrostygma. Another table, we think Mr. Snooks', had a nice collection of new 

 Gloxinias ; and another a small collection of Verbenas, in pots, but they were not in exhibition 

 trim. 



The show of fruits and vegetables was very meagre for the season. Mr, Collopy, gardener to 

 J. 11. PRENTtcE, Esq., offered three excellent heads of Cauliflower, and three heads of tolerable 

 Lettuce. On the same table were some new Potatoes, from Mr. Geo. Ingram ; and very large 

 Cucumbers from the garden of R. L. Colt, Esq., of Patterson, N. J. We observed but one kind 

 of Strawberry, offered in two or three dishes, by Mr. Collopy ; they were not named, but 

 appeared to be ffovey's Seedling. We noticed but one dish of Cherries, and they were not ripe. 

 We believe the Cherrj^ crop is poor around the coast this season. Grapes, from the garden of 

 N. Stetson, Esq., Bridgeport, fine bunches of Black Haynhurg, Muscat of Alexandria, Cannon Hall 

 Muscat., and White Frontignan. From Mr. IIamlyn, gardener to J. C. Langley, Black Hartibarg.., 

 Zinjindal, and five other varieties. Mr. Langley's vineries, at Bayridge, L. I., arc very exten- 

 sive, and we have no doubt are well managed. 



We would suggest that the officers and committees of the society endeavor to persuade exhib- 

 itors to label their plants legibly before placing them on the table ; even what are called " com- 

 mon" plants, should be named. There is alwaj-s a delinquency on this point, in new societies 

 and it cannot be remedied at once. The Brooklyn society appears to be in excellent hands, and 

 we are happy to learn that so far the citizens have given it a generous support. 



Astoria and Ravenswood Horticultural Society. — This newly started Society held its first 

 meeting on the 8th and 9lh iust, and was very creditable to the promoters and practical talent 

 of the neighborhood. We say the neighborhood, because the fine productions that were there 

 exhibited were all from the immediate locality. Astoria and Ravenswood are two approximat- 

 ing and thriving villages, fast rising in importance, and around whose precincts are rapidly clus- 

 tering those pretty rural dwellings with their accompanying neatly laid out and well kept 

 gardens — an escape, it may be said, from the filthy, diseasc-engendeting streets, and the closely 

 pent in city of bricks and mortar, but heavily taxed New York. As respects the advancement 

 of Horticulture, and the encouragement held out to the amateur fond of his gorden, the above 

 neighborhood holds out every inducement. Its proximity to busmess, (only half an home's ride 

 by steamboat or stage from the city), situated along the banks of the romantic East River, and 

 having in its midst several of the best horticultural establishments in the State, which are 

 conducted by men whose abilities are amply verified in their practice, liberal minded, devoted to 

 their profession, and always ready to give advice to the novice. There are also several floral 

 and nursery gardens, conducted by men who know well how to supply the wants of the people, 

 and what will flourish in the locality, which is salubrious and sheltered, and we have nothing 

 wanting. Tliere appears at present to be a determination to have an earthly paradise here — may 

 this present move be successful. There is nothing to prevent it but the lukewarmness or back- 

 wardness of the public generally, which I am sorry to say was somewhat shown on the present 

 occasion. Kotwiihstanding the exertions of the best practice, funds are wanted to support such 

 institutions, and if not forthcoming, the thing cannot proceed. Several gentlemen have liberally 

 come forward with their assistance, and we hope that the zeal of those who have so generously 

 commenced in this good undertaking, may not be swamped by the want of means to render such 

 a society permanent, and continue its usefulness. 



This, and the neighboring Brooklyn society, are a secession from the New York one; they 

 combine the "bone and sinew" of that institution, and have separated from it for reasons best 

 known among themselves. If they could be induced to amalgamate into one body, we 

 yet have for the Empire City a Horticultural Society, worthy of the name and the place. 



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