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Mr, Pardee. — I have the Sheba Queen gooseberries that grow free from 

 mildew, and did on sandy soil. 



Mr. Fuller. — You may grow gooseberries upon a clay soil, or under the 

 shade of trees, but I cannot in open ground upon sandy land. 



THE ROSE. 



A lady writes upon the subject discussed at former meetings, that she 

 has found the following plan a remedy for the slug : Take tar and pow- 

 dered sulphur and fumigate the bushes, repeating the operation two or 

 three times. It is done by setting stakes so as to hold a sheet around the 

 bush, with the fumigator inside. 



WORMS DESTROYING THE AILANTHUS. 



Wm. S. Carpenter stated that he had lately seen several ailanthus trees 

 entirely stripped of foliage by worms. 



The Secretary stated that he had seen a nest of worms in the trunk of 

 an ailanthus that was cut down. There is no tree, it appears, then, that is 

 free from worms. 



A GRAPE VINEYARD — TUE DELAWARE GRAPE. 



Mr. H. G. Pardee. — I visited Dr. Grant's vineyard at lona last week, on 

 an island in the Hudson, where he has reclaimed a rocky hard soil, and made 

 it wonderfully productive by manure and muck. He has now a great 

 number of Delaware plants coming on for next season, beside great 

 numbers of other choice varieties. He is doing a great benefit to the 

 country in producing some of the best wines I have ever seen, as well as 

 the best varieties. 



DOWNING's seedling MULBERRY. 



This fruit was in full bearing, and the fruit is the largest and hand- 

 somest that I ever saw. 



THE FAMILIES OF CHERRIES, PLUM TREES AND CURRANTS. 

 [By Wm. R. Prince, of Flushing.] 



No. 1. — Cerasus horiensis — Person. 



Cerasus macrophylla — Poiret. 



Merisier and Guignier, of the French. 

 This family of cherries comprises two divisions, both of which are sweet ; 

 the Heart cherries with soft flesh, and the Bigarreau cherries, with firm 

 crackling flesh. The original species is a native of the south of Europe, 

 and the varieties (of which there are more than fifty of great excellence), 

 arc consequently less hardy than the two following families. The trees 

 attain a lofty stature. There is a splendid double-flowering variety grown 

 only for ornament. 



