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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



notice however, Gaillardia Richurdsoni, from 

 Wm. R. Rodman, and a beautiful collection of 

 sea weeds, (114 specimens,) most admirably pre- 

 served. 



The exhibition as a whole, was in the highest 

 degree creditable to the skill of the horticulturists 

 of New Bedford. 



Fine Peaches and Plums. — We must do the 

 Orange County jigricaltural Society, which 

 held its annual exhibition at Newburgh_ in Septem- 

 ber last, the justice to say that although we have 

 been present, since that time, at a number of Hor- 

 ticultural exhibitions, we have seen no display of 

 Peaches and Plums equal to that made by this 

 Society. The peaches grown by J. W. Knevels, 

 Esq., of Fishkill Landing, measuring 7iine and a 

 quarter inches in circumference, were unusually 

 handsome, and showed most conclusively the advan- 

 tage ia a dry season of a deep soil. The finest 

 specimens of Green Gage Plums that we have ever 

 seen, were also exhibited by Capt. Robinson, the 

 President of the Society, and other varieties of 

 great excellence by T W. Chrystie, Esq.. Fran- 

 cis Crawford, Esq., and others. 



Errata. — We find two or three important er- 

 rors in our last number. On page 162, for " Hardy 

 Galaude," (the peach described by Messrs. Par- 

 sons.) read " Hardy Galando ;'' and on p. 165, 

 for "65 feet," read ''22 feet:" " ouriers," on p. 

 153, should, of course, be ouiiriere- 



It may be well for us, here, to remark, that we 

 place ourselves at all times at the indulgence of our 

 kind readers for various errors of this kind, which 

 occur from time to time in this journal. It must 

 be remembered that we write at a distance from 

 the press ; and that, as we see no proof sheets, we 

 have to trust to the tender mercies of a proof- 

 reader, who is occasionally M«-merciful. Our read- 

 ers must either take our journal with its present 

 spirit, begotten by the good influences of the High- 

 land Garden, or do us the unkindness to wish us 

 within the four walls of a city, so that they may 

 have I he letter always correct. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 Qttinces. — Southside. (Staten Island.) We 

 prefer comparatively dry, to moist soil, for the 

 quince. Trim this tree as little as possible, and 

 feed it highly with manure, if you wish large and 

 tine fruit in abundance. Johnson — (Baltimore.) 

 We have examined the quince grown by Ell- 

 WANGER, Barry & Rowe, of Rochester, N. Y., 

 and think it a distinct variety, exceedingly well 

 adapted for stocks. It is, apparently, a variety 

 of the apple quince, and unites to free growth, as 

 a stock, great facility for propagation, — growing 

 almost as readily from cuttings as the currant. 

 The apple quince is the sort in general use, and is 

 an excellent stock. G. Pomeroy — (Plymouth.) 

 The apple quince has a regular oval leaf, which 

 does not hang down and is not wavy. We hope 



to give the list of pears on quince stocks before 



long. 



Select Lists of Fruits. — A. Moore. (North 

 Anson, Me.) The best apples for your northern 

 climate are the following : — Early Harvest, Large 

 Yellow Bough, Williams' Favorite, Gravenstein, 

 Porter, Golden Sweet, R. I. Greening, Ribston 

 Pippin, Yellow Bellefleur, Fameuse, Baldwin, 

 Danvers' Sweet, Roxbury Russett ; of pears — 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Flemish Beauty, Fulton, 

 Heathcot, Stevens' Genesee, McLaughlin, Beurre 

 d'Aremberg, Vicar of Winkfield ; a[ plums — Bleeck- 

 er's Gage, Jefferson, Lombard, Red Gage, Green 

 Gage, Imperial Gage. Few peaches are, perhaps, 

 hardy enough. We recommend, for trial, Grosse 

 Mignonne and Cooledge's Favorite ; Mr. Good- 

 ale of Saco, Maine, has a variety called Mela- 

 tyre's Seedling, also worthy of trial ; cherries — 

 Mayduke, Downer's Late, Black Eagle. The 

 Clinton grape, which appears to be rather earlier 

 and hardier than the Isabella, may be had of the 

 nurserymen at Rochester, or, indeed, at most of 

 the nurseries in this state. The Scuppernong 

 grapes are of no value at the north. A Constant 

 Reader — (Milwaukie ) We cannot do better than 

 to recommend to you the list, (see previous page,) 

 o{ fruits for goneral czdtivation, adopted by the 

 Congress of Fruit-Growers. 



Winter Flowers. — ^ Lady. (New-York.) 

 A few of the best Hyacinths, for blooming in pots 

 or glasses, are the following : — white — Nanette, 

 La Candeur, Penelope, Grande Vainqueur ; pink 

 — Princesse d'Esterhazy, Bouquet Tendre, II Pas- 

 tor Fido, Groot Voorst ; blue — L'ami de Coeur, 

 Passetout, Lord Wellington, Pourpre Superb. Hya- 

 cinths, in glasses, which do not start freely, should 

 have a little tepid water every other day. The 

 violet for winter blooming is the Neapolitan ; you 

 will find hundreds of them at the florists, now full 

 of buds. Azaleas and Camellias will give you 

 abundant bouquets from now until May. 



Protecting Raspberries. — T. G. S. (Alba- 

 ny.) Bend down the tops of your Antwerp rasp- 

 berries, and cover them slightly with earth. It 

 protects them perfectly, and insures a crop the 

 next, season, — while, if you leave them exposed, 

 they will very probably be killed, or so much en- 

 feebled as to bear only half a crop. You will also 

 find it a great advantage, in your heavy soil, to 

 cover your raspberry beds with a couple of inches 

 of straw or litter, at the approach of winter. 



Pear Orchards. — Southside. The deeper yoa 

 can make your land the better, for pears ; there- 

 fore, trenching, or trench-ploughing, is better 

 than subsoiling. We prefer mixing the manure 

 with the lower soil, as much as possible, at the 

 time of trenching. The m.ost profitable way of 

 training dwarf pears is as pyramids, not as espa- 

 liers, or en quenotiille. The following are profita- 

 ble market pears : Bartlett. Buffum, Flemish 

 Beauty, Louise Bonne de Jersey, (on quince,) Vi- 



