Domestic Notices. 565 



Caledonian Horticultural Society. — Best twelve blooms : — Mar- 

 chioness of Cornwallis, Duke of Wellington, Crocus, Beeswing, Grenadier, 

 Mr. Seldon, Scarlet Gem, Purple Standard, Princess Radzville, Sir E. 

 Antrobus, Empress of Whites, and Boule de Feu, to Messrs. James Dick- 

 son & Sons. 



Surrey Amateur Dahlia Show. — Best twelve blooms: — Toison d'Or, 

 Essex Triumph, Julia, Dr. Graham, Miss Vyse, Black Prince, Mrs. Shelly, 

 Sir Robert Peel, James Girling, Shylock, Lillywhite, to Mr. Kirkpatrick. 



Fancy Dahlias. — The following are sixteen of the winning flowers in this 

 interesting class, viz : — Mrs. Shaw Le Fevre, General Cavaignac, Lady 

 Granville, Triomphe de Madeburg, Smith's La Reine, Emperor de Maroc, 

 Picotee, Madame Wachy, Charles Perry, Sunbeam, Striata Perfecta, Keep- 

 sake, Jenny Lind, Remembrancer, Miss Blackmore, and Conspicua. 



Seedlings of 1849. — Prince Edward, a scarlet; Floral Beauty, crimson 

 and white, (fancy ;) Mrs. Jewett, white, tipped with purple : Proctor's 

 Elizabeth, blush, with rosy purple stripes ; Miss Compton, bright red and 

 white ; Keynes's Magnificent, rosy lilac ; Sir F. Bathurst, (Keynes's) crim- 

 son ; Legg's Premium, purple; Earl of Clarendon, orange; Sylph, a 

 white ground variety ; Aurantia Campacta, bright orange ; Gaiety, 

 (Keynes's,) yellow, mottled with red; Beauty of the Grove, very fine, 

 dark. These were awarded Jirst class certificates, and are all that were 

 shown of any great merit. 



The amateur will be at no loss to make out from the above a desirable 

 list of all the choicest additions of the year. — Ed. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



Horticulture in Illinois. — When a native of Massachusetts comes to 

 Northern Illinois, he misses the high, rocky granite hills, and the evergreen 

 trees of New England. Pine trees are found near Chicago, and are said 

 to be in this county, but I have never seen any of them. The only ever- 

 green tree which 1 have met with, is the Red Cedar. Our forests are 

 chiefly composed of oaks, walnuts, (black and white,) hickories, (including 

 what is called the Ohio hickory, a large kind of fruit,) elms, ashes, maples, 

 poplars, Kentucky coffee tree, lime tree, &c. &c. Our wild fruits are 

 plums, crab apples, paw-paws, nuts, grapes, strawberries, gooseberries, 

 mandrakes, &c. &c. As to wild flowers, we have them from early in the 

 spring to late in the fall. I have seen asters and viola pedata in bloom 

 within a few days, beside other compound flowers ; and I suppose 1 could 

 still find gentians in flower. Violets, of the kind which I have named, can 

 always be found in bloom here in the fall, but not with you, I think. I 

 do not remember ever finding them at that season near Salem. I intend, 

 at some future time, to give you a list of some of our earliest flowers, with 

 the time of blossoming. But few peaches have been raised near here 

 this season ; last year they were very plenty. Apples are not so plenty 

 as they were the last year. 



