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9d., of which £10.350 is on bond: to meet this, there remains due to 

 the Society on open account, (including the cash balance,) £6^204, 16s. 

 lOd., besides the other assets of the Societj^, consisting of the house in 

 Regent Street, with the furniture, the library, the garden, and various 

 property therein, of which the au<iitors have not thought it necessary to 

 call for any special estimates, as it must be sufficiently obvious that the 

 intrinsic value of such assets, without reference to their use and neces- 

 sity in forwarding the objects of the institution, very considerably ex- 

 ceeds the liabilities of the Society, 



The following officers were chosen for the present year: — T. A. 

 Knight, Esq., President; Thomas Edgar, Esq., Treasurer; and Geo. 

 Bentham, Esq., Secretary. Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Sir Charles 

 Lemon, Bart., and Henry Bevan, Esq., were also elected in the coun- 

 cil, in the place of Sir Henry Willock, R. H. Solley and J. R. Gow- 

 an, Esqrs. — Id. 



Autumn Grafting. — Some notice was made in Sept. 1837, of a mode 

 of autumnal grafting, with a view to bring the theory to the test. Many 

 trials have been made of the system, and, among others, that of two 

 scions of the beurre d'Aremburg pear inserted in the rind of small 

 quince stocks, not so large as a lead pencil of the ordinary size. One 

 of them adapted itself well, and appeared to succeed; the stocks, how- 

 ever, perished during the rigor of the late winter: they had been trans- 

 planted the year before, and had little hold of the soil; — the experiment, 

 therefore, was frustrated. A calabasse scion was, as stated, let into the 

 stock of a dwarf standard pear, by mid-grafting, on the same day, Au- 

 gust 17th. This tree had been removed in 1835, and therefore was not 

 luxuriant, though young and healthy. The scion succeeded perfectly, 

 and now has on it two as vigorous growing buds, an inch long, as any 

 of those developed by the stock. This fact is interesting, and it may 

 lead to the gain of time, if it do no more. The gentleman who recom- 

 mended the practice mentions September as the season of autumnal 

 grafting. It is highly probable that any month of the growing season, 

 from February to October, may be favorable, if the condition of the 

 scion and stock be suitable, the weather propitious, and the operation 

 adroit. — Id. [We do not exactly understand what is meant by the cal- 

 abasse method, as we did not see the notice alluded to. AVe think, how- 

 ever, that autumnal grafting will not do in our country, (especially per- 

 formed late,) as our long and severe winters would undoubtedly destroy 

 the shoots; but we should be slad to have the experiment tried. — Ed.'\ 



Cultivation of the Tulip. — The taste for the growth of this gorireous 

 flower is on the increase. It is stated that the Duke of Devonshire is 

 the first nobleman to patronize it, by possessing himself of a bed, and 

 that it is proltable he will not be content to remain second in quality to 

 any one in England. (Hort. Jour.) [We should be happy to see the 

 cultivation of the tulip taken up with more spirit by our amateurs and 

 gentlemen interested in gardening. The more common, if not the more 

 fanciful and costly varieties, should l)e found in every garden; and we 

 shall endeavor to occasionally remind our friends of this fact, that they 

 may have no complaint to make on their part. It is gratifying to know 

 that there are already several fine collections about Boston and New 

 York, and, another season, we trust we shall see an additional num- 

 ber. — Ed.] 



Neiv mode of cultivating Straicberries. — A paper was read before 

 the London Horticultural Society, May 1st, 1838, on a new method of 

 growing this delicious fruit. Many communications have been made 

 on the sul)ject. A great desideratum has been to keep the fruit clean, 

 in order that it might be well flavored. The value of the fruit did not 

 dej)etid upon the size, as upon other qualities. The ordinary mode of 



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