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manufactured o^ galvanized iron: to all appearance, thus far, it 

 answers equally as well as copper; how lasting it may be, in com- 

 parison with copper, remains to be seen. It may be put up at one 

 third the expense of copper, and where there are large and extensive 

 ranges of hot-houses and green-houses, it promises a great saving in 

 the cost of an apparatus for heating. The article has been lately 

 introduced from Europe, where it has been used for stove pipes, 

 gutters, window shutters, covering roofs, &c. It is said to have all 

 the durability of copper and the stiffness of iron. — Ed. 



Art. Ill, Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Suliirday, Nov. <2Slh, I3i0.— Exhibited. Fruits:— From R. Man- 

 ning, the following a])ples: — Sam Y oung, {Fomological Magazine, No. 

 130,) Victorious Reiuette, Bordie tricolor, Reinetfe coeur de France, 

 and a small apple, taken from a tree at Elsineur, in Denmark, by Capt. 

 Wheatland, of Salem, in September last; also, Bisho])'s thumb, 

 (London Horticultural Society's Catalogue, No. 125,) Passe Col- 

 mar, and Beurre Diel pears. 



The Rt'inette coeur de France was the produce of a dwarf tree, 

 received from the Brothers Bauman, of Bohvviller, on the Rhine, 

 France. It is a medium sized fruit, red skin, yellow flesh, and ex- 

 tremely high flavored. 



The following description of the other Reinette exhibited, is ex- 

 tracted by the Chairman from the work of Mr. Christ, a German 

 pomological author: — 



"No. 13. Victorious Reinette, (Reinette Triomphante.) An un- 

 commonly fine, large, and well formed apple, which, on being dejjos- 

 ited on the floor, acquires a deep yellow tint, marked with starry 

 points, and frequently rough brown spots, or large warts; its eye 

 represents a regular star; its flesh beneath the tender skin, is yellow, 

 firm, though delicate, yielding abundance of juice that possesses a 

 ])leasant aromatic flavor; it rijjcns about Christmas, and may be 

 kept till March. The tree grows luxuriantly, and becomes of con- 

 siderable size." 



From B. V. French, Danvers Winter Sweet, Winter Queen, red 

 Doctor. Pennock's red Winter, Bean apple, Pomme gris, Newark 

 Kinix, Winter Spice, Cumberland Spice, and four unnamed kinds of 

 apples; also. Monsieur le Cure, (or Burgomaster) pears. 



Dec. 5th. — A stated meeting of the Society was held this day — the 

 President in the chair. 



The committee to whom was referred the subject of awarding 

 premiums in medals or plates, in the place of money, asked for fur- 



