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served that I thought I had the wrong rose, but 

 that Messrs. IIovey & Co.'s was right, as they 

 still advertised it as a fine white, and I should 

 be pleased to get a few buds of him ; particularly 

 so, as his rose was the same as Messrs. Hovey 

 & Go's. Mr. Wilson looked me in the face, 

 and very pointedly asked, "what color is 

 yours?" I replied, a beautiful blush. " So is 

 mijie, and so is Messrs. Hovey & Co.'s," was 

 his immediate answer. 



Now, sir, presuming that I have the Prairie 

 Rose Mrs. Hovey, correct, (as a number have 

 also said it was a blush,) I wish to correct the 

 statement I have put forth, and let it be public- 

 ly known, that the Prairie Rose, Mrs. Hovey, 

 is not a pure white, (although a beautiful rose,) 



and if the Messrs. Hovey k Co. of Boston, or 

 our friends Parsons & Co. of Flushing, or any 

 other persons, have it " a pure white," as ad- 

 vertised or described, they will confer a very 

 great favor on many of your readers, and par- 

 ticularly on your humble servant, by making it 

 known, so that we may all possess ourselves of 

 so valuable a rose. Can you, Mr. Editor, en- 

 lighten usany on this subject? A. Fahnestock. 

 Syracuse, Feb. 15, 1851. 



[We have this Prairie Rose called "Mrs. Ho- 

 vey," received from Boston, and described as 

 a white rose, which has bloomed two seasons, 

 and is a deep blush rose — with no white about 

 it. Ed.] 



IGnrtirultiirnl Inrirtirs. 



Pennsylvania. — The meeting for March 

 was held on the 18th, when there was a fine 

 display, comprising fine collections of flowering 

 plants, from Jas. Ritchie, Jno. Lambert, Robert 

 Buist, A. M. Eastwick, and J. D. Fulton — Cut 

 flowers, Designs, Boquets, Sec. Extensive col- 

 lections of vegetables were shown by- several 

 gardeners. A vote of thanks was accorded to 

 Charles Downing, for a copy of the "' Archi- 

 tecture of Country Houses, by A. J. Downing." 



The stated meeting for April was held on the 

 15th. The displays of plants and forced vege- 

 tables, were very fine, and furnished from six 

 green-houses and a number of hot-beds. A few 

 only of the most interesting plants from each 

 contribution will be noticed. Among those 

 from F. Lennig, were Gardenia Stanleyana, 

 Franciscea hydrangeaj formis, and Columnea 

 Scheideana, rare, and which attracted much 

 attention. From Peter Mackenzie, were Silene 

 rosea gracea and Crepis Druramondii of recent 

 introduction, Pansies, Roses, and a beautiful 

 display of Camellias ; of the latter, a flower of 

 his seedling of this year, named " Jenny Lind," 

 a perfect gem, and was much admired. From 

 Robert Buist, were specimens of a new plant 

 from California in full bloom, allied to Arbutus, 

 Pimelia spectabilis, Pelargonia and Hyacinths. 

 From A. M. Eastwick, Callostylisaurantiacus? 



new, Azaleas, Cereas and Hyacinths. From 

 Miss Gratz, Campanula nobilis, Azalea indica, 

 rubra and Pelargonia. From James Ritchie, 

 a choice selection of Roses and Pansies. Some 

 beautiful specimens of cut Ranunculus were 

 shown from James McGowan, Mt. Airy. 



The only description of fruits shown, were 

 Apples. By James Jackson, Quackertovvn, a 

 seedling of merit. By Dr. Brinckle, from Chas. 

 Cai-penter, Kelly's Island, LakeErie, "Carpen- 

 ter's No. 2" — from A. Fahnestock, Syracuse, 

 N. Y., " Northern Spy." By John Perkins, 

 Monmouth and Newtown Pippins and Tewks- 

 bury winter blush. 



The vegetable department consisted of three 

 collections from Joseph Ripkat, Manayunck; 

 from Miss Gratz, and from the garden of the 

 Insane hospital. 



A vote of thanks was accorded to Dr. Jno. 

 M. Sharpless for the gift of a collection of 

 Seeds from Cairo, Egypt. Tho. P. James, 

 Rec. Secretary. 



New-Jersey. — The N. J. Hort, Society have 

 resolved to hold their next Annual Exhibition 

 at Jersey City, on the 24th, 25th and 26th days 

 of September, and have issued a liberal list of 

 Premiums to be awarded at that time. A semi- 

 annual meeting of the Society is to be held at 

 Trenton, on the 20th of June. 



