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How TO GROW Lily of the Valley in Pots. — Plant the crowns in 

 good rich sandy loam in February or March, tying about six or eight of them 

 together, so as to keep them compact, in order that they may go into the pots 

 witliout disturbing the roots or the soil much. Water them occasionally through 

 the spring and summer with weak liquid manure, taking great care to give 

 enougli at a time to reach tlie lower roots. 



When the leaves decay in autumn, they may be potted, and plunged in coal- 

 ashes, until required ; or they may be potted as they are wanted to be placed in 

 lieat. The plants may be had in flower at Christmas ; but the leaves will not 

 come freely until the third week in January. I always place mine on the shelves 

 in the different houses ; and they get no more attention than a drop of water as 

 they require it. 



Tlie main point in their cultivation is good summer treatment. They must 

 have well-trenched, rich soil ; and must be supplied with abundance of water 

 while growing. One or more patches may be put in a pot, in which they should 

 be set as closely as they can be got together. 



The Convallaria uiajalis variegata is a very useful variety, on account of its 

 golden-striped foliage, which is ornamental as well as its flowers. — W. H., in 

 Gardener'' s Chronicle. 



Large Profits in Strawberry-Culture. — At a recent meeting of the 

 Western fruit-growers, held in Cincinnati, O., Capt. Anderson, who is largely 

 engaged in the cultivation of strawberries for market, stated that lie had raised 

 as high as seven thousand quarts to the acre ; that, under some circumstances, 

 he had averaged one quart to the plant ; and that they would realize from $2,000 

 to $2,500 per acre. He farmed in the stool system, and planted two feet apart 

 each way. — Rural American. 



[One of our dreams is, that, when we can see our way clear, we shall set out 

 an exact acre, neither more nor less, of good land, with some productive kind of 

 strawberry planted in hills, mulched and well cared for, and then keep an accu- 

 rate account of the product. 



We have results enough to quote from garden-beds and small patches ; but 

 we are ambitious to raise with crur own hands, and see with our own eyes, the 

 maximum crop that can be got from one acre by high cultivation, trimming the 

 runners, and deep mulching. — Ed.'\ 



Horticulture in West Virginia. — On the 26th of December, a horti- 

 cultural society was inaugurated at Wheeling, West Virginia, under very 

 favorable auspices. It is to be known as the " Eastern Ohio and North-west 

 \'irginia Vine-growing and Horticultural Association." Thomas Hornbrook, 

 an intelligent and enterprising horticulturist, is president ; and Lewis Baker 

 of Elm-Ford Fruit-Farm, secretary. At the meeting on the 26th, fine speci- 

 mens of grapes and apples were exhibited ; and samples of wine of the vintages 

 of 1 856, 1867, and 1868, from the Catawba, Isabella, Ives's Seedling, Delaware, 

 Crcveling, and Concord, were presented and tested. Over a thousand acres of 

 vines were represented at this meeting. 



