No. 16 



Horticultural Societij. 



319 



a double row of teeth, eacli about eighteen 

 inches long. The draught chains or ropes 

 D D, are attached to the forward ends of two 

 curved arras E E, which are connected at 

 their other ends to the head of tlae rake by iron 

 straps passing round the head so as to allow 

 it to revolve freely. G, tig. 62, represents a 

 portion of one of the curved arms, showing 

 the hole formed by the iron strap, and H re- 

 presents a part of the head which turns in this 

 hole. These arms are held tirmly together 

 by the cross piece I. An improvement in the 

 curved arms is made by constructing them 

 of two pieces at right angles, in a form simi- 

 lar to a carpenter's square, the first or short- 

 est piece rising perpendicular from the head, 

 and the other projecting forward, and to which 

 the draught chains are attached. By this 

 construction, more space is allowed beneath 

 these arms for the collection of the hay. 



The cross rod K, connecting the handles 

 C C, serves for guiding and managing the 

 rake. These handles are connected to the 

 head by a contrivance precisely similar to 

 that of the curved arms. At the middle of 

 the handles is a cross rod P P, upon which 

 turns the small frame M, which is connected 

 (by turning joints,) by means of the rod N, to 

 the cross piece I. This rod must be of just 

 such length, as to cause the frame M, when 

 pressed down upon the teeth by the handles, 

 to touch them within about half an inch of 

 their points; by tiiis, the teeth are pressed 

 flat upon the ground 'while raking-. To 

 empty the load this frame is raised by the 

 handles beyond the reach of the teeth, and 

 they pass it freely without touching. The 

 rake is unloaded by means of the following 

 contrivance. Outside of the handles C C, 

 are two pieces of wood FF, turning freely 

 upon the two projecthig ends of the rod P P, 

 as pivots, with their lower ends resting upon 

 pieces of iron fastened crosswise on the head 

 of the rake, just outside of the joints connect- 

 ing the handles to it. The shape of these 

 pieces of iron is shown in a detached view at 

 O, fig. 62. When the handles are raised, the 

 pieces F F, are thrown forward on these pie- 

 ces of iron, until they strike the projecting 

 part of them, when they immediately act as 

 braces, and cause the rake to rise with the 

 handles. The points of the teeth thus strike 

 in the ground, and the horse continuing in 

 motion, causes the rake to make a semi-revo- 

 lution, emptying the load, and throwing the 

 back row of teeth forward to be filled as be- 

 fore. The handles C C. should be perfectly 

 parallel, that the pieces FF, may play freely. 

 S, is a strong iron brace, fastened at each end 

 to the iiandles, and at the middle to the cross 

 rod PP. The cost of this rake is about six 

 dollars. The revolving rake is better adapted 

 ■<&r use on large farms and smooth meadows. 



and the common horse rake on small farms 

 and rough meadows. — Genesee Farmer. 



For the Farmei-s' Cabinet. 



Hovticiiltnral §ociety. 



The monthly meeting of the Pennsyl\-a* 

 nia Horicultural Society, was held on the 

 evening of the 17th April, in the Hall, under 

 the Atheneum — the President in the chair. 



The Committee on Vegetables awarded the 

 premium at the Society's intermediate meet- 

 ing of the 31st of ^larch, for the best six heads 

 of forced Lettuce, to James Beadle, gardencF^ 

 Turner's Lane, who exhibited fine plants of 

 the Tiger Lettuce ; they also noticed some 

 fine heads from James McKee, Burlington, 

 N. J., gardener to Horace Binney. 



The committee on plants and flowers, 

 awarded the premium for the best display of 

 plants in pots to Robert Buist, who exhibited 

 Amaryllis Johnsoni, Gesneria Spicata, Gloxi- 

 nia, Candida, G. caulescens, G. speciosa floiti 

 alba, Lxora coccinea, Epidendrura cochleatum 

 Azalea Siucusis, a double purple Ti-opu3olum 

 tricolorum var. Euphorbia Splendeus, Butv 

 chellia capensis, verbena Tweediana, Bra- 

 chysoma latifolia, Diplacus punicus, a fine 

 seedling Carnation, called Lord Byron, Rho- 

 dodendrum pictum novum, yellow tea rose, 

 Rosa Thea Lilacina, Hakea acieularis, Ixia 

 Kermisina, Pelayonium Lord Denman, P. 

 Etna, P. Dennis's perfection, P. ne plus ultra, 

 P. Superbissima, P. Blue beard, P. pur purea 

 coerulea, P. Diversum, P. Lucifer, P. Adeli- 

 na, P. Wheeleri, P. Queen of Scots, and 

 thrpe fine seedlings not named. 



The premium for the best bouquet was 

 awarded to John Sherwood, Laurel Hill, and 

 recommended an honorary one to Robert 

 Kilvington, gardner to Win. Lloyd. 



The Committee on Vegetables awarded 

 the premium to J. Smith, gardener to N. 

 Biddle, for tlie best display of veo-etables, hav- 

 ing exhibited a large quantity of very superi- 

 or mushrooms. 



Wm. Chalmers, Sr., gardener to Mr. Stot, 

 exhibited some very superior Lettuce, some 

 fine specimens of the oak leaved Lettuce. 



The Society's premium for the four best 

 forced Cucumbers, was awarded to Robert 

 Kilvimgton, gardener to Wm. Lloyd. 



Owing to the severity of the weather, tlie 

 show of plants was limited from wiiat is 

 generally brought forward at this meeting ; 

 the tropical plants could not be brought in 

 from the country: however those that were 

 exhibited were of the best quality, and some 

 of them new and very pretty. \\ e allude to 

 the Trooalumtrocolorum var, being a variety 

 j of the old one, only much superior in color, 

 {and a very free flowerer; t'le Rhododendrum 

 j pictum, is a beautiful plant, the flower a del- 

 icate white dotted over wi'.h small dark spots 



