86 Domestic Notices. 



Norfolk County AgricuUural and Horticultural Society. — We are pleased 

 to notice, that great exertions are being made, to form an Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society in Norfolk County, in this State. Gen. Dearborn, 

 Hon. Josiah Quincy, and other eminent individuals, residents of the coun- 

 ty, have taken a deep interest in the subject, and, we doubt not, a Society 

 will be organized, which will be of the greatest advantage to the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural interests of the county and State. We shall duly 

 record further movements in the matter. — Ed. 



Report of the Ohio Nurserymen and Fruit Groiver^s Convention; Second 

 Session. — We have received a pamphlet of upwards of 60 pages, containing 

 the doings of this convention, which we shall more particularly notice in 

 our next. 



Messrs. Hogfr c]- Son's Collection of Plants, at Yorkville, New York, con- 

 tains many of the newest species of recent introduction. In October 

 last, in a hasty walk through the houses, we noticed, among others, the 

 following : — .^schynanthus Boschmwws and Roxburghu ; Clerod^ndron 

 spl6ndens and squamatum ; Polygala Dalmatiana ; Drymonia punctata ; 

 Alona ccelestis ; Fiburnum japonicum ; Aphelandra cristata ; //ibiscus 

 Cameron?, a beautiful plant for bedding out in summer, with scarlet flowers ; 

 Bouvardia splendens and fiava ; Forsythia viridissima ; Stigmaphilon cilia- 

 tum ; Russelha floribiinda ; Bign6n?a Tweedieana, Columnea Schneiduiwcr, 

 and many others. 



In the open ground, Messrs. Hogg have the finest specimen of Torreya 

 taxifolia, in cultivation ; it is a handsome looking tree, about five feet high, 

 and somewhat the appearance of a yew, but not of so sombre a hue ; it haa 

 stood out three winters in the grounds here, and, at least as far as New 

 York, has proved quite hardy. It is well worthy of general cultivation, 

 and, if sufficiently hardy for the latitude of Boston, which we do not doubt, 

 it should be added to the collection of every lover of Evergreen trees. — Ed. 



Roses and Climbing Plants, suitable for a Trellis or Arbor. — Will you 

 be so kind as to inform me by letter, or through your Magazine, what is the 

 best climbing rose, or honeysuckle, to train over a trellis, which I am about 

 making over our frontdoor. Is the whole thing in good taste? And, if 

 so, would not a light wrought-iron trellis be prettier than the usual heavy 

 wooden structures. What I want is, 1st. — Foliage, without formidable 

 thorns : 2d. — Blossoms, for as many weeks as may be : 3d. — Fragrance, 

 either of the leaves or blossoms, or both: 4th. — Hardihood, which shall 

 laugh at 100° above 0, and 20° below that point. 



Would you have two or three varieties intermixed, or only one? If you 

 will be so kind as to write me upon these inquiries, or give us an article 

 upon them, or, which I prefer, do both, you will greatly oblige— Yours, 

 G. J., Worcester, Dec, 1848. 



We are glad to aid our correspondent, so far as in our power, and 



1st. The best running rose, all things considered, is the Queen of the 

 Prairies, but there are others of the same family, which excel it in some 

 respects, though not in all. Eva Corinne, Superba, Miss Gunnell, and the 

 Milledgeville, are each beautiful and desirable. All the prairies are rather 



