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in height ; this causes them to break freely, and makes them handsome. I 

 allow grandiflora to grow about 9 inches high, before I stop it ; this prevents 

 it from making shoots, but it has the tendency of producing a greater abun- 

 dance of flowers, and when a pan of it is well tied out, it is a handsome ob- 

 ject. I stop back pedunculata twice, leaving four eyes each time to break 

 from ; and I shift them out of the 6-inch pots when the latter becomes pretty 

 full of roots, into a 9-inch size, as I find this is not too large for this variety. 

 In this way, I have grown pedunculata with fine effect ; its flowers being, 

 in my opinion, little inferior to those of picta. This last named species 

 seems to be better adapted for winter culture ; and when grown in a moist 

 stove, the foliage puts on that beautiful marbling which makes it appear 

 very interesting. 



Several of the varieties of Achimenes are subject to mildew. As soon 

 as you see it, attack it witli sulphur vivum, which prevents its spreading. 

 On a watchful eye after this, and a few slight fumigations, depends greatly 

 the success of the cultivator. — [Jour, of HorL, p. 219, 1850.) 



Art. n. Domestic JVotices. 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society. — The annual meeting of this 

 Society was held on tJae 30th of January last, and the following gentlemen 

 elected officers, for the current year : — 



President — Stephen H. Smith. 



Vice President — Alexander Duncan. 



Treasurer — Gilbert Congdon. 



Corresponding Secretary — John Kingsbury. 



Recording Secretary — George Thurber. 



Executive Committee — Stephen H. Smith, ex officio; John J. Stimson, 

 Chairman; William S. Patten, George Thurber, William Megee Snow, 

 C. B. Manchester. 



Committee on Fruits — Levi C. Eaton, Chairman; Stephen H. Smitli, 

 Owen Mason, George B. Peck, John J. Stimson, Ellis Pitcher, Lewis 

 Dexter. 



Committee on Flowers — George Hunt, Clmirman ; Richard Dalglish, Wil- 

 liam Megec Snow, William Nisbet, William H. Dyer, George Anderson. 



Committee on Vegetables — Adam Antliony, Chairman; William Viall, 

 George L. Clarke. 



It was voted to accept the invitation of the Rhode Island Society for tlie 

 Encouragement of Domestic Industry, to cooperate with them in holding a 

 Cattle Show and Fair, during the coming autumn ; and William S. Patten 

 and George B. Peck were appointed to act with their committee of arrange- 

 ments. 



The report of the fall exhibition for 1849, is published in the Providence 

 Journal. There was a very fine display of fruits of various kinds. 



