72 Domestic J^utices. 



Art. III. Domeslic Notices. 



Neio Carnations. — Mr S. Walker, of Roxbury, has been import- 

 ing some superior carnations. He received several plants by one of 

 the steam packets, last autumn, wliicli made the passage in iburteen 

 days, and he informs us that a lari>e part of them are alive, and in 

 good condition. Among the varieties are so(ne of the most choice, 

 and we may therefore congratulate our friends, and in i)arlicular the 

 lovers of the carnation, that there is now some chance of adding this 

 beautiful and fragrant, and much sought after y)lant to our gardens. 

 Nearly all the attcm[)ts which have heretofore l)een made to import 

 the carnation by the packets, have proved unavailing: the great 

 length of time the plants were packed U|» and confined to the temper- 

 ature of the vessfd, has almost invariably destroyed them. In the 

 steam packets, the [)eriod of confinement is shortened to sixteen or 

 seventeen days, or less, during which tin)e, if the jdants are strong, 

 and well packed, scarcely one out of a hundred would be lost. We 

 shall look forward with some anxiety to the coming season, which, 

 we doubt not, will reveal to us some splendid flowers, the production 

 of Mr. Walker's plants.— Et/. 



Cemetery in Lowell. — The number of these rural places of burial 

 is rapidly increasing. A bill has been passed by the Legislature, in- 

 corporating a comi)any for the jiurpose of laying out a cemetery in 

 Lowell, Mass. This flourishing town now numbers upwards of twen- 

 ty thousand inhabitants, and we are glad to see so much public spirit 

 manifested upon the subject. The Middlesex Horticultural Society, 

 organized in 1839, and which has only held a few shows, is exerting 

 a salutary influence in promoting the advancement of horticulture. — 

 Ed. 



Horticultural Society in Louisville, Ky. — A horticultural society 

 has lately been formed in Louisville, Ky. There is already an in- 

 creasing taste for horticultural pursuits in and around Louisville, and 

 the formation of a society, by the means of occasional exhibitions, 

 will have a tendency to rapidly increase the interest which is taken 

 in the cultivation of plants and fruits. 



Tlie society was organized in December, by the choice of the fol- 

 lowing officers: — 



Edward D. Hobbs, President; G. W. Anderson, Vice-President; 

 M. M. Henckle, Secretary; James George, Treasurer ; Edward 

 Wilson, J. S. Bell, Henry Griswold, L. Youn<r, and James W. Hem- 

 ming, Executive Committee. — E. W., Louisville, Ky., Jan. 1841. 



Horticultural Society in Indiana. — A society has also been estab- 

 lished at Indianopolis, Indiana, where the annual meeting is to be 

 held. The constitution is similar to that of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society. Oflicers are elected on the first Wednesday in 

 January. — Ed. 



Brussels Sprouts. — This excellent vegetable is rarely or never 

 seen in our markets: it is as easily cultivateii as the cabbage, and is 

 far preferable at this season of the year. Some beautiful specimens 



