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summer habitation. Every warm shower adds new verdure 

 to the plain, and every morning sun opens new tribes of 

 flowers and revives new hosts of sportive insects. The 

 plowman is ah'eady in the field. He has scattered his early 

 seeds upon the ground ; and man and all other creatures are 

 rejoicing in the happy anticipation of that season which an- 

 nually restores for a brief period the buoyancy and hopeful- 

 ness of our early years. 



CAYUGA COUNTY HORTICULTURAL. 



At the annual meeting of the Cayuga County Horticultural Society, the 

 following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year: 



President. — William Osborn, Auburn. 



Vice Presidents. — P. R. Freeoff, Theodore Dimon, Oliver W. Wheeler, 

 Auburn ; John R. Page, Sennett. 



Corresponding and Recording Secretary. — Horace T. Cook, Auburn. 



Treasurer. — John S. Clary, Auburn. 



Managers. — H. T. Dickinson, L. Q,. Sherwood, J. S. Jenkins, George E. 

 Barber, A. V. Pulsifer, Wm. Cutting, S. S. Graves, Auburn ; H. S. Dun- 

 ning, Aurelius ; W. D. Osborn, Mentz. 



Yours truly, Horace T. Cook, Cor. Sec, Auburn, JV*. Y., March 1, 1855. 

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FOR APRIL. 

 FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



March has not been quite as cold and blustering as usual, nor accompa- 

 nied with many storms of rain or snow ; the early part was quite pleasant. 

 There is yet, however, much frost in the ground which will require the 

 warm showers of April to thaw out. 



Grape Vines, owing to the less cloudy sky, have pushed forward with 

 rapidity, and vines which were quite backward in February now make a 

 good show of fruit. In the earliest houses the grapes will begin to color. 

 Keep up good fires in dull, cloudy weather ; air freely, and continue to top 

 the laterals, that the berries may have a good color. Vines in"the green- 

 house will now soon begin to open their flower buds, and further syringing 

 should be dispensed with, simply damping down the house to keep a gen- 

 ial atmosphere ; before the end of the month the laterals will need stop- 

 ping. Vines in cold houses should now be uncovered and put in order; 

 syringe in good weather, closing the houses early till the season is more 

 advanced. Finish pruning grapes in the open air at once. 



