Domestic Notices. 29 



Durham dumplings, sugar and Alderney cream, might tempt Diogenes to 

 crawl from his tub, a plate of the real Hovey's strawberries, with tlie same 

 " fixins," would induce him to jump outright. — Ed.~\ 



The Weather in Georgia. — We had remarkably winter-like weather 

 from the 18th to 27th November. Thermometer on the 20th down to 20 

 deg., and on the 24th, your thanksgiving day, it was at 24 deg. in the 

 morning. Lately, it has been very fine, 50 to 55 deg. at sunrise, 70 to 75 

 deg. at noon. — Vei-y respectfully, yours, S^-c, M. A. Ward, AtMns, Ga., 

 Dec, 1842. 



Allium cernuum, Roth. — Drooping flowered Allium. Some bulbs of 

 this pretty species of garlic, brought from tlie vicinity of the Sulphur 

 Springs, in Virginia, have given me a good show of their flowers, and 

 seem well calculated for introduction into gardens, to add to tlie stock of 

 bulbous plants. To exhibit how readily many of our native plants may 

 be transported, it may be well to mention that I received these from a 

 friend who, gathering them in full flower, enclosed them with the roots in 

 a close tin box, where they remained for several months ; and yet, on 

 transplanting- into pots in the autumn, and with some care during the win- 

 ter, pushed up strong flower-stems, surviving a rude treatment of confine- 

 ment, and entire loss of foliage. — R., So. Hingham, Oct., 1842. 



Gardening in Mississippi.— Of the science of horticulture, in this part 

 of the country, I am sorry that I cannot give a more favorable account. 

 The growing of fruits and flowers must succeed the more necessary pur- 

 suits of building and agriculture. The inhabitants of this region of coun- 

 try have never, until within one or two years, considered themselves set- 

 tled ; but nearly all looked forward to the day when they would have ac- 

 quired a fortune, and then return to spend the remainder of their lives 

 among their relatives, and friends of their early days. Various causes 

 combined have tended to change this state of things, and one of the most 

 apparent and greatest beneficial results from it is tlie improvement every- 

 where seen in architecture, agriculture and horticulture. 



Mine is the first and only regular fruit and flower nursery, in this or 

 any of tlie adjoining States, that I know of There are several fine pri- 

 vate gardens in Natchez, and some of the citizens of this place are now 

 planning and laying out good flower-gardens ; in both places there are a 

 tew private green-houses, all of which I shall visit in tlie spring, and will, 

 if you wish, give you a short description of the best gardens and green- 

 houses that I see. We are about fomiing a horticultural society in this 

 place. — Yours truly, JV. W. Hatch, Vickshurg, Miss., Nov., 1842. 



Art. II. Pennsylvania HoHicultural Society. 



The 14th annual exhibition of this society took place in the lower 

 saloon of the Philadelpjiia Museum, on the 21st, 22d and 23d September. 

 The report of the society reached us too late to include a notice of it in 

 our December number, and we therefore take an early opportunity to give 

 our readers some account of the exhibition. 



