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oam ; a good sprinkling of charcoal from the size of a pea to that of a 

 broad bean, with a portion of pounded crocks of similar size, should be 

 added to the mass. I need hardly urge the necessity of thorough drainage ; 

 let it, however, be thorough. Crocks carefully placed to provide various 

 outlets for the water — these protected in return by a smaller size of pounded 

 crocks and charcoal ; and, finally, the rough of the compost to place the 

 ball on, will be found, although apparently troublesome at first, to be by far 

 the least trouble in the end. This mode of arranging the parts of a com- 

 post, as also the drainage, will be found most essential, if not absolutely 

 necessary, where liquid manure is constantly used. (Gard. Chron., 1846, 

 p. 392.) 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Buffalo Horticultural Society. — The first exhibition of this Society for 

 184G, took place on the iSth of June, and, according to the report which 

 has been sent us, was highly creditable to the taste and skill of the culti- 

 vators of the city and vicinity. According to the report of the committee, 

 over "one hundred and fifty bouquets, of exceeding beauty and richness, 

 were presented" by fifty ladies and gentlemen, whose names are given. 

 Our correspondents, Messrs. EUwanger & Barry, of Rochester, contributed 

 fifty choice roses, including the Persian yellow. Among the new plants 

 which have already found their way to BuflJalo, and which were exhibited, 

 we notice Achimenes picta from the garden of Mr. W. Webb. 



The show of strawberries was very large and fine, Hovey's seedling 

 being the most prominent. Every exhibiter — eleven in number — but one, 

 having it in their collection, and, according to the report, " very large, 

 fine, and rich flavor." 



We congratulate our friends in Buffalo upon the success which has at- 

 tended their eflJbrts in establishing a society, and enlisting the aid of ama- 

 teur and practical cultivators in contributing to its exhibitions. If the same 

 zeal should continue to manifest itself, the best results will follow the estab- 

 lishment of the society. — Ed. 



Flowering of the A'gave amcricana, or Century Plant. — We learn that 

 a large specimen of the Agave, brought from the West Indies, will soon be 

 in flower in Boston, and will be exhibited at the old conservatory belonging 

 to the Public Garden, as it was formerly called. We have not seen the 

 plant, but understand the flower stem is about twenty-five feet high. The 

 plant was taken up carefully after the flower stem appeared, and brought to 

 Boston, by Mr. Whitmarsh, who has been for some time a resident of the 

 West Indies, where he cultivated to considerable extent the iliorus mul- 

 ticaulis and established the manufacture of silk. — Ed. 



Magnificent specimen of Prairie Rose. — We have now in flower a splen- 

 did specimen of the Baltimore Belle rose, which in our opinion more than 

 rivals the Queen. It has only been planted two years, and has now upon it 



