EDITOK'S TAULE, 



tlio extreme, as we think, in many cases, in regard to recommending fruits. This will be 

 reiulilv soon from the small number agreed to for general culture, and also from some vari- 

 eties previously recommended liaving been stricken entiroly off the lists. This will doubt- 

 less commend such decisions as have been made to the confidence of the public. The 

 delegates from abroad go home well i)leased — delighted with the hospitality and kindness 

 of the Boston horticulturists, and greatly instructed and encouraged by their skill, enter- 

 prize and enthusiasm. 



The exhibition of the Society was grand. A great oval tent on the common, 200 feet 

 long and 100 feet wide, filled with the finest fruits and flowers. A table through the center 

 was occupied with flowers and plants. On either side of this were two tables laden with 

 fruits, and around the side a table for cut flowers, vegetables, &c. In the evening it Avas 

 brilliantly lighted with gas, and a band of music played at intervals and gave the scene 

 additional zest. The competition for the premium for the best thirty varieties of Pears, 

 twelve specimens of each, brought out a fine display, on, each of the four tables there was a 

 collection of thirty varieties from Messrs. Wilder, Walker, Cabot and IIovey. 



The President of the Society, as well as the Cotimiittees and members, were unceasing 

 in their attentions to the delegates from abroad, and when we say we never sj)ent three 

 more agreeable days than we did among the Boston gentlemen, we only repeat the unani- 

 mous expression of all those from this and other States, 



President Wilder gave a magnificent "pomological levee" at the Revere House. More 

 than two hundred Avere present, we should think, including the Governor of the State, 

 the Mayor of Boston and many of the most eminent gentlemen of Massachusetts and other 

 States. The table Avas the richest and most tasteful Ave have ever seen, and this Avas the 

 expression of many Avho have attended the most brilliant affairs of this kind ever given in 

 Boston. Fruits and American wines Avere most bounteously supplied, as Avere all other 

 articles necessary to a most sumptuous and elegant entertainment. The occasion was free 

 from formalities — all seemed hapj^y in greeting old acquaintances and forming ncAV ones. 

 Sentiments appropriate to the time Avere given and responded to in brief otf-iiand speeches. 

 The universal remark Avas, that Avhat Mr. Wildeij does, be not only does Avell but letter 

 than any one else. To this aa^c cordially assent. 



In tAVO years from this time the Society is to meet at PLOchester, and the North-West 

 Pomological Society is invited to meet it there. We hope and believe tliat this general 

 assemblage fi"om the east and Avest will be no less pleasant or profitable than any Ave 

 have yet seen. The time is distant and great changes may take place ere then, but Ave 

 shall look forAvard to 'it Avitli pleasure nevertheless. 



We have made note of much that avc saAV in our calls around Boston and clseAvhere, but 

 our mention of them must be brief for the present. 



Calls Around Boston. — Being closely occupied with the proceedings of the Pomo- 

 logical Society during our brief stay at 13oston, Ave Avere compelled to deny ourselves the 

 pleasure we had anticipated, in visiting many of the beautiful gardens of that city and its 

 environs. The Society adjourned on Friday, at 2 o'clock, and Ave only had that afternoon 

 and the forenoon of Saturday, to make our calls ; consequently they are fcAV and brief. 



Residence of Marslmll P. Wilder^ Esq.^ at Dorchester. — To a person interested in Horti- 

 culture and Pomology, Ave knoAV of no place in America that offers so many attractions 

 The collection of bearing fruit trees, (Pears especially,) is unequalled. A week would 

 be too much to examine them satisfactorily.' The trees are all vigorous and product 



