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intelligence and practical instruction in all branches of Agriculture, Horti- 

 culture and Floriculture." These are to be effected by the formation of a 

 library, the establishment of a correspondence with similar associations, 

 lectures, discussions, exhibitions, &c., and the planting of shade trees. One 

 article of the by-laws declares, that " it shall be the duty of every member of 

 the club annually to plant at least one tree for fruit or shade " — an excellent 

 provision, and one which we trust wOl be carried out. Having been notified 

 of our election as an Honorary Member, we have ordered our magazine to 

 be sent to the club for one year, as a slight contribution to the library. — Ed. 



Hovey^s Seedling Strawberry. — I believe I was one of the first who intro- 

 duced the Hovey's seedling into our town, and have continued to cultivate 

 it quite extensively ever since, and, after having tried pretty much every 

 other variety to be obtained in the country, have come to the conclusion, 

 that it, and the Early Scarlet, are really the only two kinds worth cultivat- 

 ing ; or, in other words, a person cultivating the two kinds, all others are 

 valueless. So, if the Boston Pine should come any where near the stand- 

 ard which you place it at, it will be well calculated to take the place of the 

 Early Scarlet, and then the two will stand preeminent for general cultiva- 

 tion of any varieties known here. — Yours, G. R. Garretson, Flushing, L. I. 

 September, 1845. 



[Our correspondent has only to try the Boston Pine to prove its qualities, 

 which are in no way inferior to the recommendation we gave it in our arti- 

 cle (Vol. XI. p. 290).] 



The Weather in Georgia in 1845. — Part of the following article from 

 our friend and correspondent, we intended to have inserted in our review of 

 the weather of last year, in the first article of this number, but it escaped 

 your attention until too late ; as we are sure it will prove interesting, though 

 written some time ago, we insert it here : — 



" I have had now the experience of about ten years in ascertaining their 

 character in this climate, and can report, with considerable confidence, with 

 regard to several sorts, and intended to prepare a short article for your 

 journal, which I thought would be useful to your southern patrons about 

 ordering trees from northern nurseries, but concluded to wait till I could 

 add the result of the present year. This year, however, has been so re- 

 markable, that it can scarcely be regarded as affording any trustworthy light 

 upon the subject. That part of the season gone by is unlike any thing 

 experienced here within the last thirty years, and the part to come may 

 prove quite as remarkable. The last winter was unusually mild. No 

 snow, few cold rains ; the thermometer but a few times as low as 20°. 

 Fruit trees were in flower ten or twelve days earlier than usual, and vege- 

 tation was advancing like that of a Canadian spring, when it received, on 

 the 19th of March, a severe check by three sui cessive severe frosty morn- 

 ings. On the 22d, the thermometer was as low as 28°. Beans, Irish 

 potatoes, &c., killed blank to the ground, and a Wistaria Consequana most 

 magnificently in bloom, was a sight for a florist to weep over. My entire 

 crop of apricots, some of which were as large as chesnuts, fell to the 

 ground. Not one escaped. Peaches suffered considerably, and some sorts 

 vreie cut off, but in general they were so protected by the leaves, those of 



