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perfect results in attainments which here are yet in a state of promising infancy. Pleasant it 

 will be to jaunt from one beautiful spot to another — to visit home? where circumstances, ta?te, 

 and refinement, conspire to render them externally lovely — to roam througli orchards, nuifeiies, 

 gardens, conservatories, and green-houses, that are models of their kind, meeting the beautiful 

 ideals that haunt my memory and fancy. Eeturning, do you imagine our "settler's home," and 

 this our adopted State, will seem less dear and lovely ? Then you know not what a fair spot it is. 

 I give you credit, however, for a heart that can understand that loveliness may exist independent 

 even of place and external beauty — a loveliness sometimes found in palaces of beauty and pride, 

 and sometimes in the plain and humble abode. 



Now, Mr. Barrt, don't hint aloud tliat I liave said "too much on one topic," or anything 

 quite so npicy. Don't print letters "to Elsie," and then you will be spared the infliction of her 

 answers. Elsie. — WooJslde, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 



NotufjEf of 33ool{j5, pamp^Itts, kt. 



Catalogues and Pamphlets Received. — Catalogue of a fine collection of Floricultural^ 

 Vegetahle^ and Agricultural Seeds^ comprising assortments of the most approved varieties in 

 cultivation^ to l)e had of Curtis & Linoolx, Horticultural Exchange^ Hayward Bloch, 

 348 Washington street^ Boston. — An excellent catalogue, Avhich gentlemen who desire 

 choice seeds for either field or garden, will do well to examine. 



Catalogue of Choice VerT)enas cultivated and sold hj Dextee Snow, Chicopee,^ Mass. 

 1855. — Mr. Snow's catalogue of Verbenas is the first devoted exclusively to that flower 

 we have seen, and is well worthy the attention of the cultivators of this popular bedding 

 plant. 



R. Buist's Catalogue of Select Hoses, cultivated and for sale at his Nurseries, Rosedale, 

 Darby Eoad, two miles heloio Qray^s Ferry. Seed Warehouse, No. 322 Ifarlet street, Phil- 

 adeljjhia. — Mr. Buist's name is familiar to all cultivators as a "household word," and his 

 catalogues are always up with the times. We see on his lists the best new Roses. 



Catalogue of Annual, Biennial, and Perennial Flotcer Seeds. Also, Catalogue of Yege- 

 talle Seeds. By Alfeed Bridgeman, 874 and 878 Broadway, N. Y. Garden and Green- 

 Houses, Astoria, L. I. — This is the season of the year when seed catalogues are referred to, 

 and these oflfer very complete lists. 



Directions for Planting and Cultivating the New Eochelle or Laxcton BlacTcberry. By 

 Geo. Seymour & Co., Norwalh, Conn. 



Cranberry Culture. Directions by F. TeowbIiidge, Neic Haven, Conn. 



SnjsJntrK to (CotnsponlJfnts. 



(Mrs. A.) The Marron, or Large Chestnut. — We are much obliged for the extracts, but the 

 statements are incorrect. The Wild Chestnut does not become a "Marron" by grafii-zg, nor is 

 the grafting performed in the manner stated. It is difficult to graft. 



(J. II., Westchester, Pa.) "The Gardeners' Magazine." — We have not seen this journal since 

 tlie notice you refer to. Yoii had better address the publisher, Mr. W. !S. King, again 

 possible that your letters and remittances have miscari ied. 



