372 Domestic Notices. 



Plvms. — For the best dish of plums, 



Downinfi's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 

 For the second best, . Bridgemans PVuii Cultivator s Manual. 



Quinces. — For the best assortment, Biidj2enian's Gardener's Assistant. 

 For the second best, . . Kenrick's American Ore hardist. 



For the third best, . . . Prince's Treatise on Fruits. 



AsjiihTED Fruit. — For the best assortment of fruit not pre- 

 viously described or provided for, . The Farmer's Library. 

 For the second best, 



Transactions of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society. 



Four copies of the Transactions of the American Institute, and four 

 copies of the Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society, 

 will be aw arded for such other description of fruit as may be considered by 

 the judges entitled to a premium. 



The list of premiums for vegetables we are obliged to omit. 



GREAT CENTRAL CONVENTION OF FRUIT GRO'VN'ERS. 



This Convention will meet at Judson's Hotel, 61 Broadway, in the city of 

 New York, on Tuesday, the tenth day of October next, duiing the Twenty- 

 first Annual Fair of the American Institute. 



The objects of which are as follows : 



To compare Fruits from various localities, determine appropriate and cor- 

 rect names, and to settle doubtful points respecting them. 



To compare opinions respecting the value of the varieties already in cul- 

 tivation, and to endeavor to abridge, by general consent, the long catalogue 

 of doubtful sorts at the present moment propagated. 



Finally, to elicit and disseminate pomological information, and to main- 

 tain a cordial spirit of intercourse among horticulturists. 



Horticultural societies and kindred associations in all parts of the United 

 States are invited to send delegates, and, in order to increase, as inuch as 

 possible, the interest of the Convention, they are requested to bring with 

 them the best fruit grown in their vicinity, paiticularly all new and valuable 

 seedlings carefully packed and labelled, so as to present them in perfect 

 condition. 



Nursery of Mfssrs. Hoi-ey djf Co. — The editor of the Boston Transcript, 

 who has recently been the rounds of some of the amateur gardens and 

 nurseries in the vicinity of Boston, gives the following account of his visit 

 to the nursery of Messrs. Hovey & Co : — 



" On a visit which we made a day or two since to this far-famed nursery, 

 we were surprised at its extent and the immense variety of its contents. It 

 comprises 35 acres of level, tillable land ; and four greenhouses, each 84 

 feet in length, three of them with span roofs, which really double the di- 

 mensions, by giving double the room. Of pear trees, it shows 1,000 

 healthy and beautiful specimens growing in avenues, embracing about 400 

 varieties ; while, of these trees, in stocks anJ ready for purchasers, there 

 are about 50,000. Of peaches, there are some 8,000 trees ; of apples, 

 2J0 \arieties, and 30,000 trees for sale; of plums, nectarines, apricots, 



