326 Horticultural Societies. 



Trouble among the Professors. — We have been much amused to 

 witness the discussions in the Country Gentleman, Working Farmer, and 

 Boston Cultivator, in which our friend Prof. Mapes gets a more terrible 

 punch under the ribs, than that " cruel one" which we read in his Working 

 Fanner, (the only information we ever had of it.) the late Mr. Downing 

 gave us, and which seemed quite relishing to the professor. It seems the 

 Count)!/ Gentleman, by mistake, called Mr. S. W. Johnson, Professor John- 

 son, of Yale College. TJiis Prof. Mapes was highly indignant at, and re- 

 quested that paper to apologize for the error, as Mr. Johnson's analysis of 

 phosphate of lime did not agree with that of Prof. Mapes, and prejudiced 

 the sale of the article which he manufactures. Whereupon the Country 

 Gentleman would esteem it a favor to be " informed at what institution Pro- 

 fessor Mapes had the honor to be professor," and what institution did itself 

 the honor to confer upon the Editor of the Working Farmer the degree of 

 LL.D. ? ! It does not doubt the legitimacy of the prefix or suffix to his 

 name, but only wishes to know what college deserves the credit of thus 

 distinguishing the gpntleman. The whole thing is a humbug. Nobody 

 cares a fig whether Mr. Johnson is Professor at Yale College or not. so 

 long as he shows by his practice and analysis, that he is a thorough chem- 

 ist ; and nobody cares whether Prof. Mapes is professor in any institution 

 or not, or has the appendage to his name of LL.D., if he shows he is a good 

 chemist. Prof. Mapes, with the title of LL.D., should be above such petty 

 jealousy, as to wish to deprive Mr. Johnson of the simple prefix of Prof., 

 whether he was so or not 



Art. III. Societies. 



NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL. 



The semiannual exhibition of this society was held at Metropolitan Hall, 

 New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 14th and 15th of June. The 

 hall was well arranged to show off the plants, and the entrance was taste- 

 fully decorated and enriched by fine coniferae in pots. 



Mr. Cope, of Philadelphia, contributed three leaves of his Victoria Regia, 

 which were displayed in a large octagon-shaped tank in the centre of the 

 hall. The show of pelargoniums was excellent, and the specimens by Mr. 

 Chorlton, of Staten Island, and Mr. Hamlin, gardener to W. C. Langley, 

 were well grown and freely bloomed. 



Among the new plants were Hoya b^lla, Clerodendron fallax, and Cryto- 

 ceras reflexas, from Mr. Duncan. Ixora coccinea and Begonia luxurians, 

 from L. Men ind, Albany ; Mr. M. also sent Stanhopea grandiflora, Calantha 

 veratiflora and Bletia hyacinthoides, each in flull flower. A collection of 

 twelve seedling verbenas was contributed by T. Dunlap. Mr. Lenoir sent 

 Mazeppa, Princess de Navarre and Madame de Seviegne, three handsome 

 French varieties. 



Premiums were awarded for flowers, fruits and vegetables, but as we 

 shall probably have a full report, we omit them till our next. 



