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Genesee Valley Horticultural Society. — "We are happy to witness the in- 

 crease of Horticultural associations in various parts of the country. In 

 Rochester, one has been organized, which, we doubt not, will have a most 

 beneficial effect in aiding in the dissemination of a better taste for Horticul- 

 ture. Having been notified of our election as an honorary member, we 

 have ordered our magazine to be forwarded for the Library ; and we trust 

 we may, in other ways, serve the interests of the society. — Ed. 



Steubenville Horticultural Society, Ohio. — The Buckeye State is treading 

 closely on the heels of New York and the Eastern States, Societies have 

 been organized in Cincinnati, Cleaveland, and Columbus, and now we have 

 to add to the list that of Steubenville. Our name having been enrolled 

 among the honorary members, we trust that the offer of our Magazine will 

 not be an unacceptable addition to the Library. — Ed. 



Helidnthus divarichtus and giganleus are both old and familiar acquaint- 

 ances of mine. The Hog artichoke is far enough from either. The whole 

 herbage approaches nearer to tuhtrbsus than to any of the commonly de- 

 scribed species — but is not : the phrase should have been inversely, or ob 

 "fusiform": I have never known it to fail of being decidedly tuberous, 

 never "mere strings." — Yours, M. A. W., Athens, Ga., Jan. 1847. 



New Grape in Ohio. — We have a new grape in Ohio, of merit. — I say 

 new, because only brought particularly into notice within a few years. It 

 is growing on a Bog Island, which is in the Ohio River, below Wheeling, 

 and on this Island can be found this kind of grape only, and nowhere else 

 in the state or in the west, that we know of, is the same variety. Hon. 

 Thomas Ewing told me this day, that he ate the grapes from these vines 

 20 years ago, and thought them the best grapes he ever had tasted. They 

 bear a comparison with the Catawba, but they are a red grape. The suppo- 

 sition is, that they grevsr from seeds left on the Island by the French, proba- 

 bly in 1800, or thereabouts, either from European grapes or raisins eaten 

 there by them, (if the seed of a raisin will grow,) as the vines are tolerably 

 thick set, or rather in what we may term a clump. 



We are getting a number of zealous Pomologists in our state. Ohio bids 

 fair to stand No. 1, in all respects, with her sister states. — Yours, respectful- 

 ly, A. Fahnestock, Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 1847. 



Muskeet grass. — Enclosed I send you a few seeds of the Muskeet grass ; 

 they look rather chaff-like, but they will come up. Sow them round the 

 edge of a pot in your green-house, and prick them out in the spring. — 

 Yours, M. A. Ward, Athens, Ga., Jan. 1847. 



Deean^s Superb Grape. — I have seen a report that the Deean's superb 

 grape, exhibited by me before the Pennsylvanian Horticultural Society, was 

 a black variety. It is a white large round fruit, very handsome tapering 

 bunch, well shouldered and first rate flavor. 



Schargcs Henling is a black variety, round berries, medium size, long 

 tapering bunches, very sweet spicy flavor. These two grapes are quite dis- 

 tinct from any others I have cultivated. — Yours, R. Buist, Phila. January 21, 

 1847. 



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