382 Doificstic Notices. 



We learn now from the address of Dr. Monson, delivered before the New 

 Haven Ilort. See. that our supposition was correct, and that the variety is 

 not a new one, but a seedling raised several years since, and fully de- 

 scribed in our Vol.1., p. I(i8. Dr. Monson states tliat, seeing an account 

 in a Worcester paper, of a new seedling grape, he wrote to a friend there 

 for information respecting it, and was "referred to Dr. Shurtleff, of Bos- 

 ton, but was infonned that tlie Doctor had put it into the hands of an ex- 

 perienced gardener for cultivation, to increase them as fast as possible. I 

 since found an account of tlie same grape, named Shurtleff 's seedling, in 

 a back volume of the Magazine of Horticulture. It is described as of 

 lilac color, the flesh nearly as solid as the plum, with a little of the gage 

 flavor, and deliciously rich ; tlie berry of the size of that of the Black 

 Hamburg. The fruit ripens well in the open air, in August. 



"This vine was one of a number raised from seeds thrown out on to the 

 garden during winter, some of which proved unproductive, and others 

 yielded fruit good for nothing. This vine is exceedingly hardy, living 

 through the winter to the extremities of its branches. It is a desideratum 

 to obtain a grape that ripens early : and one having half the desirable 

 qualities assigned to this, cannot but prove a great acquisition. I am re- 

 cently indebted to the kindness of a gentleman-amateur horticulturist of 

 this city, a friend of Dr. Shurtlcfi*, for two slips of tliis valuable vine. — Ed. 



Pennsylvafiin HorlicuUural Society. — The fifteenth annual exhibition of 

 this Society took place in the lower saloon of Uie Philadel])hia Museum, 

 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 20th, 2Ist and '22d September. 

 We understand from some of our friends who were present, that the ex- 

 hibition was got up in good taste : in regard to floral arrangements, far 

 before the exhibition of any other society in the United States. The va- 

 rious devices, consisting of Chinese pagodas, stars, &c., were of the most 

 splendid description. 



Of fruits, there was a great display of peaches, but of pears, few in com- 

 parison with the Mass. Hort. Soc. The exhibition was attended by great 

 numbers, upwards of S'iWO having been taken on the last day alone. — Ed. 



Exhibition of the Essex County JVatural History Society. — We had the 

 pleasure of attending the exhibition of this flourishing Society this year, 

 and were highly gratified with the display of flowers and fruits. The 

 dahlias were in great beauty and variety, and there were many fine speci- 

 mens. Of fruits, there was a very large quantity, considering the number 

 of contributors, and the specimens were mostly of great size and beauty. 

 Mr. Manning, J. S. Cabot, J. C. Lee, J. M. Ives, Wm. P. Richardson, E. 

 Emmerton and E. Ilofiinan, were the principal exhibitors. The specimens 

 of Mr. Cabot were unusually large and fine : and those of other gentle- 

 men showed a high state of cultivation. As we shall be favored %vith a 

 full account of the exhibition for our December number, by our obliging 

 correspondent, we shall refer our readers to that for a full account. — Ed. 



Lynn JStatural History Society.— A new Society recently formed in 

 Lynn, held an exhibition of flowers and fruits, on Friday, the 22d Septem- 

 ber, and the show was highly creditable to the town. Mr. Tudor exhibited 

 some superb fruit from his garden at Nahant, showing what skill and cul- 

 tivation will do towards raising fruit cm an almost barren rock. Our cor- 

 respondent, Mr. O.Johnson, also displayed a variety of his beautiful fruit: 

 tlie exhibition was well attended. — Ed. 



The Middlesex County Horticidtural Society held its annual show on 



