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out and planted. The two side tables wers occupied 

 with smaller plants, dahlias, &c. Messrs. Jackson, 

 Heaver, Saters, and others, exhibited pot plants, 

 many of which were new and rare, grown in the best 

 manner. Indeed, we think tliey would do credit even 

 to a Chiswick fete. A better collection of pot plants, 

 and better specimens, have, we are very confident, 

 never been exhibited together before in this country. 

 The liberal management of the Society brought 

 out this grand display, and it was well rewarded. 

 We were glad to see the great hall filled — thronged 

 — evening after evening, and every visiter go away 

 delighted. One thousand dollars were received at 

 the door, and six hundred dollars received at the 

 sale, making $1,600 receipts. We congratulate the 

 officers and members of this very excellent Society 

 on the success which has crowned their efibrts on this 

 occasion. It afibrds them great encouragement for 

 the future. 



THE POMOLOGICAL CONGRESS AT CINCINNATI. 



Tms meeting was held in connection with the Ohio 

 State Fair, on the 3d and 4th of October. Its sittings 

 were held in one of the tents on the show grounds. 

 Dr. W. D. Brinke, of Philadelphia, presided. The 

 meeting was pretty well attended by the fruit-grow- 

 ers and nurserymen of the west. Ohio, Indiana, Ken- 

 tucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Sic, were all repre- 

 sented to some extent. New York was represented 

 by Messrs. Chas. Downing and A. Saul, of New- 

 burgh, and a very respectable delegation from Buf- 

 falo, consisting of Col. Hodge, Lewis F. Allen, 

 Prof. CoppocK, Messrs. Eaton, McArthuk, and 

 Bome others. The Eastern States had not a dele- 

 gate present. We regretted very much the absence 

 of such men as Col. Wilder, Samuel Walker, C. 

 M. Hovey, and others, who have always so ably rep- 

 resented New England at these meetings. A. J. 

 Downing, Esq., the chairman of the general fruit 

 committee, was also absent ; so that, witii a dozen 

 exceptions, the meeting was composed of western 

 men who had not previously attended 'he meetings 

 of the Congress. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, 

 the meeting was interesting, at least it was so to us. 

 We had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of 

 the most intelligent cultivators, and the best fruits 

 of the west ; and this was more particularly what we 

 wanted. We had also an opportunity of learning 

 many important facts, in regard to western and south- 

 western soils, climate, and culture, that we were be- 

 fore ignorant of. The western people benefitted in 

 the same way, no doubt. A committee on synonyms 

 was appointed at an early stage of the proceedings, 

 and spent a whole day in examining and comparing 

 specimens, aud correcting errors. This committee 

 was appointed at the suggestion of the President, 

 and the labor it performed was, we think, quite as 

 important to the cause of pomology as anything else 

 that was done. Col. Wilder sent a fine collection 

 of specimens of pears, and a letter apologizing for 

 his unavoidable absence. 



Tiie Congress was called to be held in connection 

 with the Horticultural Society of Cincinnati, and Mr. 

 Ernst, the President of that Society, had provided a 

 suitable room in town for its use, but at a prelimin- 

 ary meeting it was decided to assemble out on the 

 show ground, in a tent, in connection with the Agri- 

 cultural Society. This step, we believe, though well 

 meant by its advocates, had a decidedly injurious 

 effect on the proceedings of the pomological meeting . 



The show grounds v/ere three or four miles from 

 town, and the day was consequently far advanced 

 before people could get out there. Then there were 

 no seats, table, or other other suitable arrangements 

 for displaying fruit and transacting business — these 

 matters were all to be prepared, and when prepared, 

 were far from being convenient or suitable. Then 

 the evenings that might have been profitably spent 

 in a room in town, were lost. The Cincinnati Hort- 

 icultural Society was holding its exibition at the same 

 time, and most of the gentlemen of Cincinnati, who 

 arc interested in pomology, and would have been of 

 great service in the convention, could not leave their 

 posts in town at the exibition room, to go out four 

 miles to the show grounds. Their services were 

 therefore lost entirely. We shall, by and by, as we 

 get leisure, refer in a more minute w^ay to the pro- 

 ceedings of the Convention. 



A FEW HINTS FOR NOVEMBER. 



Trees transplanted recently should be carefully staked 

 if likely, from size or exposure, to be blown around 

 by the winds ; and all should be carefully mulched. 

 Common rough manure from the barn-yard, is as 

 good as anything. Staking and mulching are the 

 great preservatives of newly planted trees, either in 

 summer or autumn. Trees planted last spring even, 

 would be greatly benefitted by a mulching, and es- 

 pecially vi'here they have not grown freely, and taken 

 deep root in the ground. _Soft-wooded trees, such as 

 the Pawlonia, some Magnolias, fcc, which, though 

 perfectly hardy after one or two seasons' growth, are 

 likely to be winter-killed, if quite exposed, should 

 have a thin sheathing of straw for the first winter ; 

 and that, even if planted last spring. This remark 

 applies to both deciduous and evergreen trees. Rare 

 evergreens, even the perfectly hardy ones, should in- 

 variably have a slight protection the first winter. 



Raspberries, to ensure a certain crop next season, 

 should be protected. The practice of the great mar- 

 ket-growers near New-York, is to lay down the canes 

 and cover very lightly with earth. Straw or boughs 

 of trees will answer ; but there is a standing objection 

 to all such things, and that is, they attract vermin. 



Strawberry beds, and particularly those recently 

 planted, should be protected to prevent being drawn 

 out, as they certainly will be if left exposed, unless 

 the ground should be covered with snow all winter, 

 which can not be expected, in many places. 



Half hardy plants, such as monthly roses, carna- 

 tions, &c., may be wintered well by planting them 

 compactly in a bed, and enclosing them with a frame 

 like that for a hot-bed, and covering it with boards. 

 These can be removed at mild intervals during win- 

 ter, and air be given, to prevent mold, Sic. 



Dahlia roots are frequently lost by being put away 

 in a cellar, green and wet. The roots should be well 

 dried in the sun, until there is no apparent moisture 

 about them, and then be placed on dry shelves or be 

 put away in sand, where they will not freeze. With 

 this precaution, the roots are as easily wintered as 

 potatoes. 



Field Mice are often rery destructive to orchard 

 and garden trees. One of the greatest preventives, 

 is to clear up thoroughly all brush and rubbish that 

 may Jiave accumulated during summer, remove all 

 grass, weeds, &c., that the mice might burrow and 

 work under during winter. 



