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than twenty years old, and these facts have been noticed in regard to it 

 since the first year of its fruiting — the same branches bearing early and 

 the others late frnit every season successively. A number of trees have 

 been grafted indiscriminately from the tree, and of three which have 

 come to bearing under our notice, two exhibit the same irregularity as 

 the parent, and the other is entirely late. We have budded the past sea- 

 son a number of trees from the late branches of the parent tree in order 

 to ascertain if a new variety of the Mayduke may not be ])roduced con- 

 siderably later than the old. — C. <§' ^. J. Dow?iing, Botanic Garden and 

 Nursery, Newburgh, N. Y. 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, November 23th. — Exhibited. From M. P. Wilder, a flower- 

 ing plant of Cameiha japonica var. eclipsis — splendida and Vressii of 

 some authors, Regini galicarum of some of the French catalogues. 

 This was the first flower of this sajjerb kind that has opened in this 

 vicinity. 



From S. Downer, Beurre d'Aremberg, Bezi Vaet, Burgermeester and 

 Bell Catillac pears; Pippin apples. From Benj. Weld, Roxbury, Lewis' 

 pears. From Col. D. Adams, Newbury, seedling pears (a good cooking 

 fruit). From M. H. Ruggles, Phillips pears. From the farm of D. 

 Webster, Marshfield, Tolman's sweeting apples. From C. Newhall, 

 Beurre d'Aremberg pears. 



December 5th. — Exhibited. From R. Manning, King of the Pippins, 

 Ribston Pippin, Blenheim Pippin or Blenheim Orange, Winshall's 

 Crab, and Wellington or Dumelow's seedling apples, (all English varie- 

 ties); Pennock's Red Winter, Bellflower, Cos or Caas, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Beauty of the West, Minister, Mouse, and Rambo or Ro- 

 manite apples ; Fama Gusta apple, from Cyprus; Bezi de Chaumontelle, 

 Glout Morceau, and Beurre d'Harden pont and Passe Colmar pears. 

 From J. Oaks, of Ipswich, Lime or Orange apples ; Newton, Spitz- 

 emberg and Imperial apples. From M. P. Wilder, a fine apple, the 

 name unknown. From Dr. O. Fiske, Worcester, apples, the name un- 

 known. From L. P. Grosvener, Chandler apples, received from Con- 

 necticut. From Mrs. Jos. Morton, of Milton, Seaver sweeting apples, 

 sometimes called Grafton Winter Sweet. From Bloodgood & Co., 

 Flushing, L. I., Columbia Virgoulouse pears. The following account ac- 

 companied the fruit: — • 



" They are a pear which has lately been introduced to notice, and these 

 sent are very much below their usual size. The original tree is a seed- 

 ling, about fifteen inches in diameter. It is on a farm belonging to Mr. 

 Cusser, in West Chester county, thirteen miles from the city of New 

 York. We saw the tree yesterday, and also saw a graft from the same, 

 four inches in diameter, which produced four bushels of pears this year. 

 These were sold in the New York market for six dollars per bushel." 



December \'2th. — Exhibited. From E. Vose, Passe Colmar pears. 

 From M. H. Ruggles, a variety called the Border pear. From J. P. 

 Bradlee, apples, the name unknown. 



December 19th. — Exhibited. From M. P. Wilder, flowering plants of 

 Camellia japonica eximia (of the French catalogues), and elegans (of the 

 English); the former is a fine flower, color rosy red, with a warratah 

 centre ; growth vigorous. C. elegans vs^as the true variety as originated 

 by the Messrs. Chandler & Booth. 



