304 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



FISH BREEDING. 



Mr. Adams presented a chart showing at a glance all the prin- 

 cipal facts connected with artificial fish breeding ; and also made 

 a statement of fish breeding in France, very encouraging to those 

 engaged in the business. 



APPLES FROM PENNSYLVANIA. 



John Buckholder, President of the Adams County Agricultural 

 Society, Pa., sent some specimens of an excellent apple, common 

 in that section of the State, which is not known here. It is a 

 medium-sized, red-streak, roundish form, very white flesh, and 

 delicious flavor, and is a good fall apple, and keeps well in winter. 



Mr. Carpenter said this apple is unknown here, and I hope 

 the gentleman will send us some scions, as I think it well worthy 

 of cultivation. 



The subject of the day, " Cultivation of flowers in rooms," 

 was then taken up. 



Mr. Cavanach. — Of what use is the cultivation of flowers, say 

 some, it furnishes us neither meat nor drink ? In answer to that 

 question we will ask another, what is the use of anything? There 

 are many things pleasing to the eyes, some of them expensive and 

 not within reach of all, but flowers may, at a trifling cost, be pos- 

 sessed by the humblest individual. It has been said, by travel- 

 ers, that they could distinguish the house of an amateur in flowers 

 by the appearance of his garden, the house being covered with 

 roses and honeysuckles, and the windows filled with choice plants; 

 while that of the man who is so much engrossed with business 

 that he cannot spare the time to cultivate a few flowers, presents 

 a different appearance, there the weeds and briers grow in wild 

 luxuriance. A few plants in the house are indispensable to the 

 ladies, but as we frequently see them sickly, drawn up and cov- 

 ered with vermin, they give more pain than pleasure. It is a 

 subject of no small difficulty to treat on the proper management 

 of plants in rooms. Plants which are kept in rooms are such as 

 generally require a temperature of from forty to fifty degrees ; 

 rooms at this season of the year are generally heated from sixty 

 to seventy, which is from fifteen to twenty degrees higher than 

 most plants need; if plants are kept where there is a fire, the 

 windows should be allowed to remain open for a short time on 

 fine daj's. Camelias ought never, when in flower, to be kept at a 

 higher temperature than from forty to forty-five, they will stand 



