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The Indiana State Board of Ji<j;ricullure have issned a notice, stating 

 that they propose awarding j)roiHiMiiis or certificates, as their means 

 permit, for the best essays on tiie following subjects: — 



1st. On the best breecls, and the best method of breeding and rearing 

 horses, cattle, sheep and swine. 



2d. Horticulture — particularly the growth and iniprovemont of fruits^ 



3d. The culture of the vine, and the manufacture of domestic wines. 



4th. The growth of the mulberry, (particularly the new Chinese,) and 

 the production of silk. 



5th. The growth of timber and live fences — particularly for stocking 

 the great prairies of the west. 



Persons intending to write on the above subjects, must forward their 

 essays before the 20th of January next. — lb. 



Floral Fair. — We noticed, a few days since, a proposition, in some of 

 the morning papers, to hold a sort of floral fair, or rather to have a sale 

 of bouquets of flowers every Saturday, throughout the summer months. 

 The place mentioned as the most suitable, was the mall, and the time to 

 be between the hours of six and ten o'clock in the morning ; we are hap- 

 py to see this suggestion, and shall be still more gratified, to see it carried 

 into execution ; it will not only be eminently useful in disseminating a 

 more refined taste throughout the community, but will be of what is still 

 greater importance, the cause of extending our sources of happiness and 

 pleasure. Whatever tends to do this, should be encouraged, and if possi- 

 ble, brought about. We have no doubt this can be done, and we hope 

 some person will undertake to go forward with it. It would be an excellent 

 chance for our gardeners to dispose of many of their choicest things. 

 Such fairs are held in various parts of France, and in London, a Bazaar 

 has been opened in the Pantheon, intended only for the sale of fiowers. 



Botanical Tour. — Information has been received by a late arrival from 

 the Sandwich Islands, of the arrival there of Mr. Nuttall, the botanist, 

 accompanied by a Mr. Tovvnsend of Philadelphia, from the Columbia 

 river. We hope that they will do as much towards enriching our Flora, 

 as has the late unfortunate Douglas. If Mr. Nuttall's researches should be 

 very extensive, we anticipate he will furnish the lovers of natural history 

 and science generally, with some account of his travels. Those who 

 have read his tour through the Arkansas, know how well he is able to 

 make such a work valuable and highly interesting. — lb. 



Horticultural Exhibition. — We learn from the Genesee Farmer, that 

 the Domestic Horticultural Society of the western part of New York, 

 held an exhibition at the hotel in Geneva, on Friday, July 3, 1835. 



"The ball-room was fitted up for the occasion, and most tastefully dec- 

 orated by the ladies of the village, with evergreens and flowers, forming 

 in appearance one vast bower, with cages of singing birds concealed 

 among the boughs. A rich and splendid collection of fruits and flowers, 

 together with a display of choice vegetables, were exhibited on the oc- 

 casion. The meeting was numerously attended by an assemblage of 

 ladies and gentlemen from this and the neighboring villages, some of 

 ■whom came upwards of twenty miles to witness thi.s beautiful and most 

 interesting exhibition." 



Nearly fifty premiums were given by the different committees on 

 fruits, flowers and vegetables: among the contributors of flowers who» 

 gained premiums, we notice that about all were ladies ; we are gratified 

 to find such a taste for flowers prevailing throughout the country, and 

 much more so that the ladies are extending such a taste, by the exam|)le 

 they have set in, taking such a prominent ])art in these exhibitions. An 

 autumnal meeting is to be held at Canadagua, in September. — lb. 



