EDITOR'S TABLE. 



NotictJS of Booifes, pampf)Utj5, $cc. 



A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY, -nilh a description of the best 

 varieties ; also, notices of the Raspberry, Blackberry, Currant, Gooseberry, and Grape, with directions for their 

 cultivation, and the selection of the best varieties. By R. G. Pakdee. Published by C. M. Sayton, New York. 



Mr. Pardee has long been known to us, and to our readers also, as a Strawberry fancier ; 

 and we are glad that he has taken up his pen, and placed before the public all that he knows 

 upon the subject. The title of his book is sufficient to indicate its scope. It will be seen 

 that it not only contains Mr. Pardee's own views, but that of others, whose opinions are 

 respected. Judging from a hasty inspection of the book, we should say, that it contains 

 much valuable information ; but on the Strawberry it is not so complete as we could wish 

 it. TVe would have been glad if Mr. Pardee had collected some accurate statistics of 

 Strawberry culture in the neighborhoods of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, 

 and all the large cities that support an extensive culture. We should have been glad to see 

 a full and accurate account of the management, varieties, &c. This would have put us in 

 possession of facts showing the actual state of Strawberry culture in this country in 185-i, 

 and would not have been too great a task for a book devoted to that special subject. 



Catalogues Eeceived. — Thorhurii's Descriptive Annual Catalogue of Bullous Flower- 

 ing Roots^ with directions for their Culture and Management^ for sale l>y J. M. Tiioeburn 

 & 0->., No. 15, John street, N. Y. 



General Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shruis, Green-Rouse Plants, Eoses, 

 &c., (ulticated and for sale by John B. Eaton, & Co., at the Oaldands and Wooclfort Nur- 

 series, Buffalo, N. Y. — A very well arranged and tasteful Catalogue. The lists of Pears 

 are remarkable for the very fuU enumeration of synonyms — a very useful feature, and we 

 take pleasure in calling attention to it. 



J^ortf:uIturaI Socttttfs, &c. 



Horticultural Department of Pennsylvania State AoRicuLruiiAL Society's Exuibition. — As many 

 of GUI" readers are aware, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, by the recommendation of its 

 special committee, abandoned its Fall exhibition and united with the Pennsylvania State Agricul- 

 tural Society. The immediate cause of this step was the destruction, by fire, of the usual hall of 

 exhibition which had been annuallj" hired for the purpose for some years past 



We took for our annual horticultural feast, what had been provided by a committee of the 

 Society, acting under the direction of the executive committee of the State Agricultural Society, 

 and now proceed to notice a few items of interest which occurred to us to be note-worthy. And 

 here we may state, that if the Floral Tentor Ilall had been dust-proof, instead of dust-[)r<)Jueing, 

 we might have recorded the display of plants and flowers to liave been equal to any jirevious 

 d splay, and the specimens of green and hot-house specialities as unequalled at any previous 

 annual exhibition of the Society; but dust, dust, obscured the tints of the petals, the marbling 

 of the beautifully variegated foliage of our choicest favorites, the healthy and refreshing green 

 of the once glossy leaves, ruined all, and disgusted every fastidious dust eater; «,nd the fruit, 

 which on all occasions is but too tempting, was secured on the second day from all ofTicious and 

 unprivileged critics, unless those who were so fond of fruit as to cat it at the peril of an extra 

 ounce or two of dust. Have we said enough of the dust? no; we felt far more; we coidd not 

 distinguish the Dahlias, after being exposed for a few hours; the Cissus discolor and Dioscorea 



