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and small black fruit covered with a thick bloom. The fruit has a flat seed, is mild, mucilagenous 

 and Bweet, and particularly grateful to children. The fine glossy foliage, and abundant dark 

 fruit, renders the plant quite ornamental ; and although I have never tried transplanting them, 

 yet I have some marked for the purpose and presume they -will succeed -n-ell, as the High Cran- 

 berry and Snowball belong to the same genus. S. S. Gohl. — Cream Hill, West Cvrnwall, 17." 



"The Nannyberry, or Viburnum lentago, is a native species, and is found abundantly in this 

 State, New Jersey, and Virginia. It is a beautiful shrub, rising to the height of ten or twelve 

 feet. The flowers are produced in terminal cymes, during the month of June, and diffuse a very 

 agreeable odor. It is also very ornamental in fruit. The berries are deep blue, and hang among 

 the curled leaves, which assume the beautiful hues of autumn. The berries, after a sharp frost, 

 are pleasant to the taste, and somewhat mucilagenous. It is one of our handsomest native shrubs, 

 and should be in every collection. F. W. P. — JJolUs Ferry, N. Y" 



Conservatories. — A correspondent of the Horticulturist inquires, if conservatories or green- 

 houses attached to dwellings can be made successful. I can answer afiirmativelj', as I have had 

 the management of one for many years so situated. This green house is attached to the dwell- 

 ing in the angle formed by the main house and back building, facing south, with the parlor win- 

 dows and hall door opening into it. The roof is of tin, supported by pillars, in which the sash 

 are made to fit, so that they may be removed in summer, leaving an open piazza. There are out- 

 side shutters. The floor is of biick, whioh enables j'ou to use water freely, and retains a proper 

 degree of moisture throughout the house. It is heated by a small coal-stove of cast-iron, which 

 consumes about a quarter of a ton of coal during the winter. Hardy green-house plants do per- 

 fectly well here, sxich as Lemon and Orange trees, Laurustinus, Myrtle, Sweet Bay, Jasmins, 

 Camellias, Rhododendrons, Pelargoniums, Coronellas, Primulas, Oxalis, Violets, Wall Flowers, 

 and Stock Gillies. Many of the annuals, also will bloom beautifully in the spring. I call these 

 plants hardy, as I have had, occasionally, two or three degrees of frost in the house without 

 injury. I consider a fire only necessary wlien the thermometer is likely to be below 20 ° out of 

 doors. I have never perceived any dampness or unhealthiness to proceed from this house. On 

 the contrarj', it is delightful to see from the parlor windows, in cold winter weather, the Lemon 

 trees loaded with their beautiful golden fruit, and rich dark-green leaves; and then you have 

 the olor of the Laurustinus, Mignonette, Violets, Stock Gillies, and other sweet flowers, diifused 

 through your dwelling. 



This is, I think, the cheapest and most convenient way of having a green-house attached to 

 your dwelling. The expense may, of course, be increased indefinitely and without any ill efl'ects, 

 either from dampness or unhealthiness. H. N. Johnson. — Germantown, Pa. 



Fruits for Maryland.— Ilaving but recently moved to the country, I have been anxiously consultin<j authorities 

 in regard to stocking my pl.ice with choice fruit of all the desirable kinds. On reading your leading article in the 

 March number, whicti professes to give the kinds of fruits best adapted to each of Ihe several States in the Union, and 

 which statement is made up from "reports from iho most northern limits of the United States to the shores of the Pa- 

 cific," how is it that there is not &ne single kind of any oftheJVuiU named suitahlefor the Statf of Maryhind t 



Is it considered that fruits which suit the climate of Pennsylvania and Delaware, or those which suit the climate of 

 Virginia, will do for Maryland ? Or have you no reports from Maryland ? Has the American. Poraological Society no 

 representative from Maryland ? 



I ask these questions purely fc* information upon a subject of great importance to me at the present moment, for I 

 should like to get those kinds of fruits best adapted to this State, and avoid the error of bad selections which my own 

 judgment might lead to. Joun C. Hollakd. — Cuionscille, Md. 



We have been unable to find any report on the varieties of fruits cultivated in Maryland, but 

 it is safe to assume that such as are recommended by Delaware, Southern Pennsylvania, and Vir- 

 ginia, will succeed there. We hope to see a full report from Maryland, presented at the next 

 session of the Pomological Society. Kentucky is behind in this respect, too, for although we have 

 had some valuable contributions on the climate, &c., of that State, from Mr. Lawrence Young, 

 tnan of the State Committee, we have liad no report on varieties of fruits. We know 

 eraen in that State fully competent to make a valuable report, and we trust they will 



