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tWee days ; a session which will be long remem- 

 bered by horticulturists, as, perhaps, the most in- 

 telligent, dignified, and satisl'aetory meeting of the 

 kind ever held in tlie country, — where the general 

 spirit that pervaded it was the strongest desire for 

 progress, in pomology and fruit culture, and the 

 determination to sink all sectional feelings, and 

 work together with one spirit to attain this result. 



The next meeting of the Jlmerican Congress of 

 Fruit-Groviers was fixed for the first Tuesday of 

 October, 1849, in the city of New- York. 



The Sb'MMER Hagloe Apple. —We notice, in 

 looking over the proceedings of the Buffalo Pomo- 

 logical Convention, that Mr. Prince commented 

 on the error ■which Mr. CoxE and other authors 

 (including us also,) had fallen, confounding this 

 apple with the Hagloe Crab. Mr. P., we pre- 

 sume, when he made the remark alluded to, had 

 not examined the two last editions of our work on 

 Fruits. He will find that in the two last editions 

 of this work, a great number of errors previously 

 extant in all pomological works, were corrected — 

 among others, those relating to the Summer 

 Hagloe apple, the Pavie de Pompone peach, 

 the Pomme Poyale apple, &c., &c. The state 

 in which we found the study of Pomology when 

 onr Fruits and Fruit Trees was written, ren- 

 dered it impossible to avoid certain errors, but we 

 trust critical pomologists will do us and any other 

 author, the justice to examine how far such errors 

 have been ascertained and corrected. 



A CoTJNTRY Seat on the Hudson. — We invite 

 the attention of those of our readers who are about 

 settling in the country, to our advertising sheet. 



The country seat ofTered for sale there, is the 

 property of one of our neighbors, and is not only 

 one commanding a view equal to almost any on 

 the Rhine, but it has, we think, the merit (rather 

 rare among country residences,) of having been 

 planned with a view to producing an income. 

 The orchards upon it — all of them good and in 

 the finest condition — are most judiciously planted 

 with select market fruits, upon a soil remarkably 

 productive. 



To a gentleman interested in fruit-culture, who 

 wishes to occupy his time profitably, and enjoy at 

 the same time the pleasures of a home amid the 

 finest scenery in the country, this is an opportuni- 

 ty rarely met with. 



To Keep Celery and Cauliflowers. — We 

 recommend strongly to those of our readers who 

 find any difficulty in preserving celery in a sound 

 state, the mode of keeping it out of doors men- 

 tioned in a former volume, by one of our corres- 

 pondents. We have seen no method so successful. 



It is simply this ; instead of taking the plants 

 into the cellar or root-house, (where they are 

 always more or less liable to decay,) bury them, 

 when you are forced to lift them out of the trench- 

 es, in any open, dry part of the garden. Choose 



such a spot; lay in (in an inclined position,) a 

 row of plants, leaving the green tops out of the 

 ground; cover this row with soil, say a layer of 

 three or four inches; then lay in another row, 

 covering as before, until your whole stock is thus 

 disposed of. Press the earth slightly upon the 

 roots as you cover the plants. You will find that 

 a small plot of ground will cover a great many 

 heads of celery. When the whole is thus buried, 

 cover it with a layer of straw, 2| feet deep. This 

 will keep out the frost, and you can go at any 

 time and get a few days' supply of celery,— while 

 the uniform cool temperature maintained in the 

 soil prevents decay. A few boards or poles should 

 be laid over the straw to keep it in its place. 



Some of our readers may not be aware that 

 cauliflowers may be had all winter, by taking up 

 such plants as have not yet formed any flowering 

 heads when the sharp weather sets in, and re- 

 planting them in three or four inches of soil 

 in the bottom of any cellar or root-house, shel- 

 tered from the frosts. It is not necessary that 

 they should have any light in frosty weather, and 

 they may be re-planted as closely as they will 

 stand. Our table was supplied with delicious 

 cauliflowers during the whole of last winter by 

 by this simple means. 



Covering Tender Plants. — In covering half 

 hardy plants for the winter, be careful not to injure 

 them by binding straw too tightly about the 

 branches. It should be put on rather loosely, so 

 as to permit the air and light to have partial ac- 

 cess. 



Branches of evergreens, or tops of ferns, are 

 much preferable to straw when they can be readily 

 procured. Old itraio bee-hives form an excellent 

 protection, and straw conical shelters are express- 

 ly made for covering plants by many gardeners in 

 Europe. 



Never forget in covering tender plants that it 

 is not warmth that you are expected to produce — • 

 but to guard against sudden changes of tempera- 

 ture — and especially against the rapid thaw which 

 often occurs after very severe and frosty weather. 

 Hence the steady uniform low temperature of a 

 northein exposure, is more favorable to many ten- 

 der shrubs than warm sheltered aspects, liable as 

 the latter are, to such continual fluctuations. 



Triomphe de la Duchere Rose. — Allow me to 

 say, that among the few really beautiful roses, 

 every way worthy of a place in our gardens, TrU 

 omphe de la Duchere deserves a conspicuous posi« 

 tion. It is a Bourbon, of fine habit and vigorous 

 growth, blooming profusely in clusters, — the flower 

 a deep rose, (in the centre,) shaded off to white. 

 Yesterday I counted 104 flowers and buds, on a 

 bush of this sort in my garden. Indeed, at the pre- 

 sent time, and until frost, it will be a most conspi- 

 cuous object. Yours, W. W. Valk. Flushing, 

 L. I., September 19, 1848. 



