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Art. II. Queries, Criticisms, <S'C. 



Sirs, — I am inclined to think the insect you speak of, as attacking the 

 leadin<^ siioots of the dahlia, is confined entirely to yonr vicinity. Here 

 the plants were never before in better condition at this season of the 

 year, and from the appearance of some of the newly imported ones now 

 in bloom, they surpass anything of the kind hitherto seen. I have no 

 hesitation in saying, should a challenge be sent from all the dilferent 

 states, Philadeli>hia alone could carry away the palm for the best 100 

 flowers. 



The red spider is subject to some varieties here, it is soon discovered 

 by the color of the leaves, and as easily killetl, if syringed every evening 

 with pure water. 



A few of the early flowers of the dahlias were plucked to pieces by the 

 lightning busfs lodging in the buds, during the day. — Yours, <§-c., F. Q. 

 — Philadelphia, Aug. llth, 1835. 



Messrs. Hoveys, Sirs — The system I would recommend to be put in 

 practice, in order to be successful in flowering the Yellow Tea rose in a 

 parlor, is, in the first place to procure a young healthy multiflora or 

 Greville rose that has been grown in a pot for some time; in the second 

 place to head the whole of the shoots down within three inches of the 

 top of the pot, encouraging three or four vigorous ones for the purpose 

 of budding; when the wood is strong enough, inserting a bud or two in 

 each growth as low down as practicable, also at the time of heading the 

 plant down, to have it re-potted, making use of one half good fresh loam, 

 the other half leaf soil and a portion of sand, observing to give the pot a 

 good drainage; if this method should not give satisfaction, I don't 

 know what will. Yours, J. W. Russell, Mount Auburn, Cambridge, 

 August 6th, 1835. 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, August 22c?. — Exhibited. From S. Walker, dahlias, viz. 

 Well's white, Dennisii, Brewer's Paragon of Perfection, Tyso's Matilda, 

 Theodore, double larkspurs, phloxes. Lobelia speciosa, Veronica vir- 

 ginica, double sunflowers, &c. Tiger flowers, hollyhocks, althfeas, Kerria 

 japonica. Phlox, Rudbeckia, Bignouia radicans, &c., from W. Kenrick. 

 From Thos. Mason, Calliopsis bicolor, Bignonia radicans, pinks, lark- 

 spurs, Verbena chama'drifolia. Salvia splendens, &,c. From M. P. 

 Wilder, dahlias; viz. Widnall's Granta, Brown's Dcsdemona, Countess 

 de Ponza, Walter Boyd, Queen Sheba, Goldflnch, Picta formosissima, 

 Queen of the Dahlias, Rammoo Sanunoo, Dancer's Helen, Lady Grey, 

 Countess of Liverpool, Widnall's Perfection, Lord .John Russell, &c. 

 Flowers from Messrs. Hovcy. Canna speciosa, Ipom;ea insignis, Stapelia 

 (sp?) and specimens of the Gama grass, from the Hon. John Lowell. 



From M. P. Wilder, Early Catherine pears. From Charles Bowen, 

 Newton, Early Bergamot pears. From Wm. Stearns, Salem, pears 

 without names. Bellissime d'Ete (Jargonelle), English Juneating pears, 

 and a variety the name lost; Early Bough, Jericho, and White and Red 

 Astracan apples, from B. V. French. From R. Manning, American Red 

 Juneating and Early Bough apples; Skinless and Fondante d' Ete pears. 



