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AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



Azaleas. — To Messrs. Hovey & Co., for the best six plants, $6. 



Fruit : From J. Kenrick, Cogswell apples, which the committee pro- 

 nounced worthy of cultivation. From S. Bigelow, Keen's Seedling straw- 

 berries, very handsome. 



March 17. Exhibited. — Flowers : From Jas. Nugent, a variety of roses 

 and bouquets. Roses, bouquets, &c., from L. Davenport and Sam'l Big- 

 elow. From Dr. Wood, Dighton, plants of i'rica Caffra and Diosma 

 Capitata. 



[The business meeting of the society will be given in our next.] 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines in the greenhouse will now have all their fruit set, and the 

 same treatment may be resumed which was given them previous to their 

 blooming, viz. : more air, more frequent sy ringings, damping down the walks, 

 &c. The laterals will again need stopping, and any that are not regularly 

 laid in should now be duly attended to, and tied in their places. By the last 

 of the month, the berries will have sufficiently swelled to commence thinning ; 

 and this should be looked to before they are too far advanced. Vines in 

 cold houses will need the same treatment we recommended for those in the 

 grapery last month. This month is a good time to plant out vines in new 

 borders. Vines in the open air will now be swelling their buds, and 

 should be neatly trained to the wall or trellis, rubbing off all eyes that are 

 not wanted, and, in June, cutting back to the new growth : this will pre- 

 vent any danger from bleeding, if any is apprehended. Borders of grape- 

 ries should be carefully dug this month. 



Strawberry beds may be made now with the best success ; manure well, 

 and spade or trench the ground. 



Fif^ trees in pots should be well watered, using liquid manure occasion- 

 ally. 



Raspberry plantations should be pruned, staked, manured, dug, and put 

 in good order. 



Grafting pear and apple trees may yet be continued with good success. 



Pruning should be continued until all the work is accomplished. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now have completed their growth, and the temperature 

 should be slightly raised in order to make them set their buds well. As 

 soon as the buds are seen, the plants may be removed to the open air. 

 Plants inarched in February may now be detached from the old plant. 



Achimenes of all kinds may now be started for a succession of flowers ; 

 and those first potted may now have a third shift into larger pots. 



