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REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Charter, Constitution and By-laivs of the Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, with a Report of its Trans- 

 actions, for 1843, '44, '45, List of Members, ^c. Part I. 

 Pamphlet, 8vo., 68 pages. Cincinnati. 1846. 



The Cincinnati Horticultural Society has only been or- 

 ganized three years, yet we have here a very interesting 

 pamphlet of its transactions during this period, of upwards of 

 60 pages. Even some of our older associations would fmd it 

 difficult to compile a greater amount of really useful intelli- 

 gence, separate from the long and wordy reports of exhibi- 

 tions. A. great deal of the information we have already 

 anticipated, and many of the new or supposed western fruits, 

 which are described, will be found noticed in a previous vol- 

 ume, (X. p. 205.) Enough, however, of interesting intelli- 

 gence remains to devote a few pages to a brief review of its 

 contents. Such varieties of apples, pears, peaches, cherries, 

 grapes, or other fruits, as appear to be quite new or little 

 known, not before mentioned, v/e shall, as usual, hereafter no- 

 tice in our pomological report, where they may be easier re- 

 ferred to. 



The first meeting for the formation of the society was held 

 on the 17th of February, 1843. It was soon organized, and 

 a constitution and by-laws established. During the spring, 

 summer, and autumn of 1843, meetings were held every 

 Saturday; the members increased rapidly, a correspondence 

 was opened with distinguished horticulturists in various parts 

 of the Union, and many superior varieties of seeds, scions, 

 &c., exchanged and disseminated. 



The first report is a notice of a variety of fruits cultivated 

 in the west ; all but five or six of them have been noticed in 

 our last three volumes. The committee preface their report 

 with the following remarks : — 



" The soil and climate of the Ohio valley seem to be peculiarly well 

 adapted to the culture of this fruit. Eastern fruits, when cultivated here, 

 grow so much larger and fairer, as scarcely to be recognized as the same 

 varieties. With so fine a climate, and the production of so many valuable 



