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ROSES. 



Mr. Wm. A. Burgess, Glen Cove, L. L, exhibited a great variety 

 of beautiful roses, and every lady had a large bouquet. Mr. Wil- 

 liams, of Mount Clair, also had a great variety of roses, and other 

 flowers. So many were the flowers and strawberries that the room 

 looked as if a floral festival were in operation. 



PCENIES. 



Mr. W. R. Prince, Flushing, sent one hundred varieties of poenies. 

 which were placed in beautiful array on the table, with their stems 

 in glass jars filled with water. Among those exhibited were the 

 Chinese, Turkish and European vaiieties, all of which were very 

 large, of variegated colors. 



RIPE PEACHES. 



Mr. Daniel TV. Coit, Norwich, Conn., showed a few uncommonly 

 large peaches, grown in pots. He stated that he had grown them 

 successfully for several years. Some of the trees were on\y four 

 feet high, and bore fifteen to twenty peaches; and some were ten 

 feet high, and bore as many as one hundred peaches. This is a 

 branch which requires more general attention, particularly by 

 amateur cultivators. 



ORGANIC STOMACH OF THE OX. 



Dr. J. C. V. Smith then delivered an address on the organic 

 stomach of the ox, with a view to impart instructions for the eco- 

 nomical management and feeding of animals. Everywhere there 

 are two opposing forces. One is the quiet and domestic, the other 

 is the untamable and ferocious. The ox is one example, the lion 

 the other. It is the same in human society. It is difiicult to 

 explain why this is so, but we know it is in the order of creation. 

 The ox requires large quantities of food, it remains in his stomach 

 a long time, but the relative amount of nutrition needed is small. 

 A carniverous animal has only one stomach, and requires food more 

 condensed and nutritious. Generally, animals which chew the cud 

 have firm stomachs, to fill which requires great bulk of food, and 

 they must be filled or they will collapse, and the opposite walls 

 will meet and destroy each other by their voluntary action. Hence, 

 when the food of such animals is concentrated, its health rapidly 

 declines. The slops of distilleries do not suflBciently distend the 

 stomach, and the milk secreted therefrom must be the cause of 

 many diseases of children. First is the receiving organ called the 

 pauncL The ox will feed all day, and at its close convert its food 



