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fuchsias thus treated, will have time to form fresh shoots and flower-buds, 

 before the cold weather comes on. 



N. B. My potatoes, which were taken up some time ago, exhibit un- 

 doubted signs of decay. We use the spotted ones first, cutting out the 

 sound portion, and mashing them. These are quite as good as the perfect- 

 ly sound ones, when thus used. It is tiresome work for the cook, above a 

 peck of ash-leaved kidneys being used at a meal. But the cut off portions 

 do well for the pigs. We took up more ash-leaved last week, and found 

 many bad ones. A row planted under some apple-trees, where there had 

 been no manure for some years, was. perfectly sound. This is decisive as 

 to the injurious nature of rich soil. What splendid potatoes, some hungry, 

 uncultivated commons would produce. — [Gard. Chron., 1848, p. 573.) 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Annual Exhibition of the Worcester Horticultural Society. — The annua] 

 show of this society took place on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of September, 

 and we are gratified to state, from a personal attendance, that it was one 

 of the most interesting exhibitions in the State. There was a very large num- 

 ber of exhibitors, and we understood that more \}\d.n fourteen hundred dishes 

 and baskets of fruits were placed upon the tables ; in this respect, it would 

 compare favorably with some of the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society but a few years back. The principal fruits were apples, 

 but, of these, the specimens were numerous, and exceedingly fine. The 

 Porter, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Baldwins, Pound Sweetings, Nonsuch, &c. 

 were large, fair and fine ; several new kinds, or, at least, new in name, 

 were also exhibited, which we shall give some account of, after having ex- 

 amined specimens more carefully, which the committee kindly reserved for 

 us. The pears were shown in considerable quantify, and some of the spe- 

 cimens excellent. A basket of the Sieulle, very beautiful : Glout Morceau, 

 and Henry IV. from Mr. Ear), the President, very superior; Gov. Lin- 

 coln, Messrs. Salisbury, Paine, Green, Colton, and Jacques sent collections, 

 containing some fine kinds. The season has been dry around Worcester, and, 

 on this account, some varieties were not as large and handsome as in the 

 average of years. 



The show of flowers was not large ; the lateness of the season prevented 

 a great display, as many of the dahlias and other flowers were cut off by 

 the frost, and there are, as yet, but few greenhouses in the town. As a 

 whole, the exhibition was highly interesting, and, from the throng of visit- 

 ers which filled the room, the Society may feel gratified at the interest 

 which it has awakened in the cultivation of fruits and flowers. — Ed. 



Notes on New Dahlias. — The following notes from one of our New York 

 correspondents, who is among the most successful growers of the dahlia in 

 that city, will be found of exceeding interest to all lovers of this superior 

 flower : — We have had the greatest drought I ever remember, and never 

 did I feel so low-spirited about my dahlias. They are nearly all ruined. 



