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struction we quote the following extract from the report of 

 the chairman of the Fruit committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, (p. 107,) awarding Messrs. Hovey a 

 silver pitcher of the value of f 50 : — 



" Voted, unanimovsly, To recommend to the Society, that a Silver 

 Pitcher, or other piece of plate, with a suitable inscription, of the value 

 of Fifty Dollars, be awarded to the Messrs. Hovey, as a Special Pre- 

 mium, for their seedling strawberry, called ' Hovey's Seedling.'' 



" Here it would be the duty of your Committee to close their report, but in 

 the present instance they feel they may be pardoned, if not justified, in fur- 

 ther stating, THAT, AFTER A TRIAL OF TWELVE YEARS, they know of no 

 strawberry of superior merit, and where it is cultivated near other varieties, 

 it will prove one of the best where all are good.'" 



We beg the indulgence of our readers for occupying so 

 much room in self-defence, but we feel, in due justice to our- 

 selves, as well as to the good judgment of the committee of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, that we should point 

 out the great error which the writer has committed in re- 

 lation to this variety. We trust Mr. Thomas, if another 

 edition should be called for, will correct this mistake, which 

 he may have inadvertently committed. The work concludes 

 with several pages of tabular descriptions of fruits. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Cultivation of the Chinese Primrose. — Although this may be easily and 

 successfully cultivated in pots, yet it is more easily and advantageously 

 cultivated in general by planting it out in some shady situation during the 

 summer months. For autumn flowering specimens, the seed should be 

 sown about the middle of March, in pots or pans, and placed in a little heat 

 until the young plants appear, when they should be removed to the green- 

 house. As soon as they are large enough let them be pricked out into pots 

 or pans, keeping them in a shady part of the house. They will thus, with 

 a little attention, be strong plants, ready for planting out by the end of 

 May. Prepare a frame under a north wall, (the most suitable situation for 

 them,) with a compost of three parts leaf mould and a little turly loam or 

 sand. Let the plants be placed about six or eight inches apart ; keep them 



