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test the question whether they would impregnate themselves or not, as the 

 three varieties noticed above I presume would not mix with your seedling, 

 unless perhaps the Elton Pine, and of this variety there are only three or 

 four plants, and of course these could not fecundate a/Z the flowers of more 

 than a hundred large plants of your seedling ; but be it as it may, this I 

 know, — that, on diligent seaich, I cannot find a single blossom on the 

 whole bed but is swelling and producing a perfect fruit. 



Although you have excluded the Hautbois as being a different species, 

 and not coming under the controversy now pending, I cannot pass them 

 over without saying a few words in relation to them. Three years since, 

 I received male and female plants of this variety from a neighbor, an old 

 lady, who is ardently devoted to the cultivation of flowers and fruit ; she 

 told me she had had the female plant in her garden for eight or ten years 

 without obtaining a pint of perfect fruit, when she was told that she must 

 get the male ; she did so, and the result was, — as I can testify, — that the 

 plants were literally bending under the weight of fruit. From her I ob- 

 tained my plants of both sexes, and for the last two years, as well as the 

 present, have been, and now are, bearing profusely. 



You gave a cut in the Magazine, some time back, of a male and female 

 flower, which agrees perfectly with the Hautboy variety. I received, 

 some years ago, several varieties, such as Wilmot's Superb, Downton, 

 Chili or Lima, extra large, which all had the male flowers and never bore 

 a crop. — Respectfully Yours, J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pa. May 20th, 1844. 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



June 22d. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



Messrs. "Walker, Newhall and Macondry were appointed a committee 

 to consider the expediency of holding an annual exhibition, — and to report 

 at a future meeting. George R. Russell, West Roxbury, and R. S. 

 Mackintosh, were admitted subscription members. Meeting dissolved. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : Hovey & Co. exhibited upwards of one hundred 

 varieties of hardy roses, among which were Madame Plantier, Glorieux, 

 Capitaine Sissolet, Naissance de Venus, Catel, Vandael, Monteau, Globe- 

 hip, Pompone bicolor. Bizarre Marbree, Flemish Mottled, La Fiancee, 

 Columbienne, Moyenna, Vint neuf Juliet, &c. :— Ayrshire roses, Queen, 

 splendens. and Rose Angle ; also bouquets. From S. Walker, sixteen 

 ranunculuses, some of which were very fine ; also bouquets. From Jos. 

 Breck & Co. pajonies of several kinds. Delphinium Barlowti, Campanula 

 ;)ersicaef61ia and p. pleno alba and ca^rulea, other perennial flowers, and a 

 fine collection of roses, among which we noticed fine specimens of Brown's 

 Superb blush. From P. Barnes, cut flowers and bouquets. From S. R. 

 Johnson, Jauue Desprez, Lamarque and other tender roses, and several 

 varieties of hardy kinds. 



. From Messrs. Winship a very large and fine collection of herbaceous 

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