EDITOR S TABLE. 



black and red Currants. By J. F. Knorr — Gooseberries. By Thomas Meehan — Currants. 

 By Alex. Parker — Plums, a red seedling. 



Vegetables — By A. L. Felton — a very fine display. By Herman Herlin, gardener to Mr. 

 Stoever — fine Tomatoes. By James O'Neill — specimen of a new Pea, "England's Champion." 

 and new blood-red Lettuce. By Robert Buist — a tile for pot and greenhouse flues of his own 

 manufactui'e. 



The New York Horticultural Society held a very successful meeting in June, at 

 which the poet, W. C. Bryant, was to have made an address, but was prevented by 

 indisposition. In his letter of apology, he said many happy things ; among others he 

 remarked that 



"The fruit of the American Blackberry is naturally of a finer flavor than the European, and 

 greatly varies in quantity even in the fields. We may yet have as many varieties of this fruit 

 as of the Raspberry. No attempt, I believe, has been made to improve the fruit of the Amer- 

 ican Plum, whether the Chickasaw, the red or the peach Plum, while the art of the gardener 

 has been exhausted in obtaining from the Plum of the Old World varieties most remarkably 

 difi"erent in size and flavor, from the little mirabelle, of the size of a bullet, to the magnum 

 bonum, vieing in dimensions with the Peach. If the custard Apple of the West had been a 

 native of Europe, can we suppose it would not have been brought into the gardens centuries 

 ago, cultivated with care, rendered prolific, improved in size and flavor, and made a common 

 table fruit in its season ? 



One of the most splendid of garden flowers is the pansy. Its parent is the little three- 

 colored violet of Europe, pretty, but too small to be conspicuous. By crossing it with other 

 species of the violet, and pampering the hybrid plant, a dazzling combination of glowing colors 

 has been produced ; the stalks have become tall and the petals broad. We have among the 

 flowers of our own fields a little white violet of intense fragrance. By the same process of 

 hybridization, it is probable that its size might be enlarged and its fragrance retained, and a 

 new ornament be added to our gardens." 



The Rev. Dr. Osgood was good enough to take Mr. Bryant's place. He said : 



"He (the speaker) remembered once to have read in the Persian poet Hafiz the story "that 

 the poet once went into a garden, and saw what he thought a clod there, but the clod was very 

 fragrant. Said the poet, ' What is this ? are you musk, or are you amber, that you are so 

 fragrant V Oh no, poet, I am nothing but earth, but the roses have dwelt near me, and their 

 sweetness has penetrated all my being.' [Applause.] So then he asked to be listened to, 

 although he might be the clod among flowers. Who, however, could be so adequate to speak 

 on the subject of flowers as he who had been appointed to address them to-night ; and whose 

 poetry exhibited such a genuine appreciation of nature in his frequent allusions toj^flowers ? 

 Old cent-per-cent. in Wall-street himself could hardly fail to be softened by such an exhibi- 

 tion." 



The exhibition of fruits and flowers must have been a most creditable one. The best 

 collection of hot-house Grapes, raised by A. S. De Graw, received a premium of $5, and 

 our old and valued correspondent William Chorlton took premiums for Muscat of Alex- 

 andria, Grizzly and White Frontignac, Black Hamburg, White Tokay, Rose Chasselas, 

 Chasselas, Fontainbleu, &c. Strawberries and Cherries were in great perfection. 



At the Brooklyn Exhibition, Mr. Chorlton exhibited Muscat of Alexandria, weigh- 

 ing two pounds two ounces, Grizzly Frontignac one pound one ounce. Black Hamburg 

 one pound nine ounces. White Tokay one pound six ounces, and Cannon Hall Muscat 

 three pounds one ounce ! 



We rejoice to find these Societies in a prosperous way, and wish them every success 



