lAMIMAR (JOSSIP ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The experiment has afforded satisfiictory proof that a portion at least of the fry 

 of the ?ahiiou assume the migratory dress aud descend to the sea shortly after the 

 close of the first year of their existence ; and what is far more important in a prac- 

 tical point of view, it has also demonstrated the practicability of rearing salmon of 

 marketable value within twenty months of the deposition of the ova. 



There can be no doubt that the quantity of salmon (as well as other fish,) may be 

 enormously increased by the artificial breeding process, and we regard the experi- 

 ments of great importance. At Cleveland, Ohio, success has attended the first ex- 

 periments of Dr. Garlick and his coadjutor, who may do a vast deal for their fellow 

 men by fully populating our western lakes. In the salmon regions, east and west, 

 the subject deserves attention. And there is little doubt that in neighboring rivers, 

 where salmon are now unknown, they might be thus successfully introduced. . How 

 much more useful would it be if some of our sportsmen would take up the subject, in- 

 stead of devoting their hearts, bodies, and time to the poor enjoyment of shooting 

 useful birds ! 



FAMILIAR GOSSIP ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY AGRI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY— THE BROOKLYN HORTICULTU- 

 RAL SOCIETY— THE HUNT BOTANICAL GARDEN, &c. 



BY WILLIAM CnORLTON. 



It is not often that your humble servant strays away from home ; partly from the 

 required multiplicity of action around his own precincts, and in some measure owing 

 to the same enthusiasm that makes your late-mentioned "Happy Pomologist" give 

 such attention to his favorites. However, a little social intercourse with our " kith 

 and kin" endears us more closely, afterwards, to our chosen pursuit, and I send you 

 a few observations on two exhibitions visited in the course of my hasty peregrina- 

 tions. And first, of 



The New Jersey State Agricultural Society. — It is not my purpose, neither does 

 it come within the limits of the Horticulturist, to descant upon the merits of cattle 

 and such kind, but he may judge somewhat correctly of the quality of his more im- 

 mediate interests — fruits, vegetables and flowers; to this part these remarks are 

 confined. With regard to the first department, there was a somewhat extensive dis- 

 play collectively, and a fair but not over mediocre quality. Apples, pears, and water- 

 melons were well represented, (one collection of pears from Mr. Reid, of Elizabeth- 

 town, which were not for competition contained 100 varieties,) but as to the rest 

 there was certainly a deficiency, particularly in the variety of peaches. The same 

 be said of grapes, both native and foreign ; only one collection of the latter 

 shown, and these, which, under the circumstances of being grown in the open 



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