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26 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [May 



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«Q OI? 1 " We have to return thanks to Messrs. Scattergood & Howell p»j 

 '* for their attention in getting up the cut for our cover so hurriedly, and 9] 

 yet so tastefully. We knew Philadelphia was hard to beat. Our 

 friends can judge how much we erred in our calculations in this de- 

 partment. Mr. Ho fly's lithograph is also creditable, and with the 

 finish put on by Messrs. Duval, and the coloring from the School of 

 Design, we congratulate our readers on the production of a really ori- 

 ginal affair. 



Q~?* The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has a few words to 

 say as to its claim to public support, and the value of such a society 

 cannot be overrated in a community like ours; with a spacious Botan- 

 ic Garden, which Philadelphia must one day own, we should be tout 

 ait fait in Horticulture. 



[£7* All communications for publication with names of writers ap- 

 pended, to be addressed to the Editor, at 48 S. Third St., above 

 Girard Bank, up stairs — all plants for examination, or specimens for 

 determination, must be sent free of expense — all plants with leaves 

 flower, or fruit, will be named if possible, or any enquiry as to garden- 

 ing, botanical or agricultural matters replied to. Several communi- 

 cations too late tor insertion, will appear next month. 



fl~]r" Of the Association of free and Independent Gardeners, we 

 could learn nothing officially, we waited anxiously, and still anxiously 

 watch for some indication of preparations for their Spring exhibition, 

 this is much wanted, and would, no doubt, be a successful project. 



|0* We advise all our gardening friends to look out ! They may 

 see by a resolution passed unanimously at the last stated meeting of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, that a Committee of Inspec- 

 tion is to visit all garden establishments within the influence of the 

 Society; that is to say, if we comprehend aright, all members' /estab- 

 lishments. Many amateurs love seclusion, science loves seclusion, 

 plants prefer, one would suppose, "to blush unseen, and waste their 

 sweetness on the desert air," however many amateurs wish to be re- 

 cognized as such ; and we trust the committee w 7 ill meet with no un- 

 necessary obstacle, if their tour of inspection is to be productive of in- 

 formation or benefit, either to Horticulture or Gardening. 



[£7* We claim to be excused for the report of the Penn. Hort. So- 

 ciety. We made it up from our memory more than from the official 

 report which has already appeared in the " Evening Bulletin."' 



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(V H7* The Botanical description, we must omit till our next. £\ 



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