350 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



the failure of the fruit crop to the carelessness of the farmers! Wheat, 

 rye and oats turned out well, but corn and potatoes are suffering very 

 much, if not past recovery, owing to the dry spell, having had no rain for 

 five or six weeks past, and the thermometer from 80° to 99° at noon in 

 the shade. Dahlias and other garden flowers are very much injured, as 

 Avell as all garden vegetables. — Respectfully, yours, S^-c. J. B. Gaiber, 

 July, 1844. 



Mildew on Grapes. — A correspondent of your paper requests informa- 

 tion respecting mildew on grapes. It has been prevented by me by the 

 following process : Early in the spring the main stems are peeled or 

 scraped quite clean, then are whitewashed with a mixture of lime and 

 sulphur, as much of the latter as to make a very strong smell. Since 

 using the above, my grapes have been perfectly free from mildew. 



As my pen is in hand, permit me to mention, that last autumn I observed 

 the effects of the peach-tree worm on my trees. I took family-made sofl 

 soap, and gave the tree a good hard rubbing with the clear soap, to about 

 two feet from the ground. In the course of an hour I had the pleasure of 

 seeing, as I believe, all the worms crawling out of the trees; some trees 

 furnished five or six, of all ages and sizes. Also, my peach trees have 

 invariably turned yellow, and the leaves been curled, until this season. 

 This spring, I put a large quanity of common Western salt around the 

 roots, say two or three quarts to each tree. The trees have been more 

 healthy and grown more thrifty than ever before, and no curl or yellow 

 has taken place. {JV. E. Farmer.) 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, July 29 — Exhibited. Flowers : From the President of the 

 Society, very fine specimen plants of the following new varieties of 

 Fuchsias, viz., Enchantress, FrostiV, Williamson!?, Gem, Eximia. Lanei'i 

 and Meteor, — all well grown and beautiful plants. This tribe of plants 

 is now attracting a great deal of attention in England, where the plants 

 remain in the open ground uninjured through the winter, thereby pro- 

 moting a strong growth of vigorous shoots, which, when covered by tlieir 

 rich, pendent blossoms, form one of the most beautiful objects in the 

 flower garden. 



Joseph Breck & Co. exhibited a variety of cut flowers ; among them 

 were twelve varieties of f^erbenas, Didiscus caeruleus, Cleome grandiflora, 

 Phlox pyramidalis alba, decussata alba. Carter's white, rosea, Wildern, 

 Wheelerr'i and Drummondn', double stocks, picotee poppies, Schizanthus, 

 Elichrysum of sorts, ^^conitum variegatum, .^chilleo plena alba, &c. 

 Specimens of O'rchis grandiflora and fimbriata, gathered in the town of 

 Hope, Me., by Mr. J. Breck. From .1. L. L. F. Warren, Phlox grandi- 

 flora, ./?conitum variegatum, Geuras, carnations and picotees. Gladiolus 

 floribiindus, Avater lilies, small choice bouquets, and one large one, com- 

 posed entirely of dahlias ; also, several fine dahlias — among them a new 

 white, called Lady Washington, form good, but not so pure white as Vir- 



