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we believe founded on truth, and just what the plants require when they 

 have been long stimulated by powerful manures ; certain constituents are 

 found in a fresh loam which manure does not afford, and we have no doubt 

 of the fact, though we have not vet tried it satisfactorily, that plants pro- 

 ducing little or no fruit in a highly manured soil, if transplanted to a free, 

 rich loam, will bear abundantly. 



The remarks of Mr. James in relation to packing, need correction. We 

 stated that the plants loould keep we/l for ten days; but ajler thai period 

 they soon began to fail. Messrs. Hovey & Co. have sent plants to nearly 

 every State in the Union ; to Canada and to England, and with such suc- 

 cess, that forfy out of fifty plants were growing near London, in sixteen 

 days after they were taken up from their garden. — Ed.] 



Art. hi. Wo)xcsler County Horticultural Society. 



[After the publication of our December number, of the last volume, in 

 which we gave all the horticultural reports which came to hand in season, 

 we received the account of the exhibition of the above society, together 

 with the following prefatory remarks by our correspondent. The number 

 of fruits presented for exhibition was exceedingly large, and the report of 

 the same, with the names in detail, would occupy at least four or five pa- 

 ges ; and as we have not the room to spare, we are compelled to omit it, 

 giving only the remarks below. Over one thousand parcels of fruit were 

 entered for exhibition, by one hundred and sixty-three individuals, all resid- 

 ing in the county, with the exception of six or seven ; and, we hesitate 

 not to say, it was the largest exhibition in point of number, ever made in 

 the country. The apples, imdoubtedly, far surpassed any thing ever be- 

 fore seen at a single exhibition. The largest collection of pears was from 

 Mr. Cabot, of Salem, one of our most enthusiastic amateur cultivators of 

 fruit. Mr. Lee and Mr. Manning also sent good collections. This socie- 

 ty, from its successful course, is now doing much to correct the confusion 

 among fruits, and bring before the public new seedlings of merit. We 

 shall look forward for a still more interesting exhibition next autumn. 

 —Ed.] 



The Fourth Annual Exhibition of this Society was holden in the large 

 room in the New Central Exchange in Worcester, on Tuesday the 10th 

 and Wednesday the 11th days of October, 1843. Though the season had 

 been considered an unfavorable one, yet the exhibition as a whole was 

 better than any that had preceded it, and afforded to the members of the 

 Society the most gratifying evidence that their efforts are suitably appreci- 

 ated, and are working a steadily favorable effect on the interests of horti- 

 culture in the central portion of the State. There is satisfactory reason 

 for the belief, that the exhibition was visited by more than three thousand 

 persons, exclusive of members. 



The lateness of the season, and the peculiarly unfavorable state of the 

 weather the week previous to the exhibition, in which time there had been 

 a severe cold storm of rain, accompanied by a gale of wind, forbade the 

 expectation of any considerable display of flowers, and therefore no disap- 

 pointment was felt in finding this department of the show very limited. 

 There were a few stands of pretty good dahlias, containing a considerable 

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