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trees, &c. The plan may be considered good, and may 

 promise after a few years, valuable to the cause of horticul- 

 ture, and towards creating a taste for one of the most refined 

 sources of recreation in society. 



On the 30th May, 1838, a Society was formed in New 

 York, styled the "- Horticultural Association of the Valley of 

 the Hudson," whose objects should be to promote the gen- 

 eral cause of Horticulture and to diffuse a taste for rural im- 

 provements. The officers are of the first experience and of 

 general science, from several counties of the State. Two 

 meetings for exhibition are to be held in the year, in June 

 and September or October, the former for smaller fruits and 

 flowers, the latter for the hardier and usual fruits and produc- 

 tions of the season. Its first exhibition was held in the Halls 

 of the Lyceum, New York, on September 27th. 



7. NEV^ PUBLICATIONS. 



October 7, 1837. One hundred copies of Hoare's " Trea- 

 tise on the Vine " were presented to the Society by the late 

 G. W. Brimmer, Esq. This work has been considered of 

 practical value in the culture of foreign varieties, and contains 

 many excellent hints, deducible from experiments of several 

 years. 



Early in the spring of 1838, Manning's descriptive Cata- 

 logue, or " Book of Fruits," was published. Its intention 

 being to give correct information respecting varieties, gather- 

 ed from his own experience and study in this department of 

 horticulture — the work will be found of value. 



About the same time appeared a little work on gardening, 

 and the cultivation of flowers, by E. Sayers. Its design 

 seems to be to afford a cheap and easy guide to any one, 

 whose taste leads them to this department of horticulture, and 

 whose knowledge on the subject might be limited. 



