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side branches from them are required ; or, on the contrary , where too many 

 shoots proceed from near the same point, they should be duly thinned, other- 

 wise confusion will inevitably ensue. As has been already observed, when a 

 shoot is cut back, three buds will generally break ; but nothing like tridents, 

 or what may be represented by the Greek letter ip, should now appear ; one 

 shoot should be left for the prolongation of the branch ; another for a side 

 branch next the greatest opening, and the third should be cut clean away." 

 — Gard. Chron., 1847, p. 67. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Pittsburg Horticultural Society, Penn. — We have been gratified to learn 

 of the organization of a society in this place : there are many zealous ama- 

 teurs in the vicinity, and, among the number, we may name our corre- 

 spondent, B. W. Fahnestock, Esq., whose collection contains all the choice 

 plants to be found in metropolitan nurseries. We hope, ere long, to have 

 the pleasure of accepting the many polite invitations which have been ex- 

 tended to us to visit Pittsburg. The new society having enrolled our name 

 among the honorary members, we have directed our Magazine to be for- 

 warded for the Library, and, should our time allow, we hope to serve its 

 interests in other ways. — Ed. 



PimeUa spectahilis has been superbly in flower in our collection, with up- 

 wards oi twenty-five heads of flowers on plants not more than'a foot high. 

 It is one of the richest acquisitions to greenhouse collections. 



Phillips Sweeting Apple. — There seems to be some doubt whether the 

 variety, known under this name, is a seedling, or an old kind under a new 

 name. In the absence of authentic information, it maybe considered a new 

 Ohio fruit of much excellence; but we hope to be able, next autumn, to 

 give a full account and description of it. — Ed. 



Supposed Influence of the Sun upon the Slock. — Have you ever noticed, in 

 removing nursery trees — apples for instance — which were budded or grafted 

 when quite small, a remarkable similarity in the form, size, and general ap- 

 pearance of the roots of those of any one variety, and as remarkable a dis- 

 similarity between those of different kinds; one kind, for example, being 

 furnished with numerous small roots, another with few large and branch- 

 ing ones? and so of many other peculiarities? It may be all fancy, but I 

 think I have noticed such differences, and am inclined to think that the 

 scion exerts an influence on the stock not as yet known or appreciated. As 

 the season for transplanting is at hand, I wish you would bear the subject 

 in mind, and give me, some time, the results of your observation. In 

 a note to Mr. Downing, part of which he published in the Horticulturist for 

 December, I mentioned a peculiar appearance of some plum roots, hoping to 

 elicit, from him or some correspondent, some remarks, but have not as yet 

 noticed any. I think it a subject worth attention. — Yours, S. L. G., Saco, 



