108 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [August 



Window Gardening nourishes here to a great extent. In the houses, J ©J 

 of the rich and poor in all quarters of the city, are to be seen a fine cj\ 

 variety of flowers ; these are frequently bought in bloom in the Spring, \ 

 f~ and rules to enable persons to take proper care of them will be very 

 useful to those of your subscribers who cultivate plants in this way. 



The Management of the Fuchsia. Mr. Meehan's plan is not new. 

 It is followed in many gardens here, and we have seen as fine pyra- 

 mids of bloom as could be desired. The varieties of this favorite 

 flower cultivated in this neighborhood are very numerous ; but we 

 have seen nothing better than "Expansion" for a white variety. 



British Agriculture. Much of British scientific farming might be 

 introduced to this country with great advantage. Whether the high 

 farming system, including pipe drainage, would pay here, where labor 

 is so dear, we leave with those who are more at home on that subject. 

 Certainly it would be a great advantage to our farmers to read a little 

 more, and especially to attend to the saving and care of manure. — ■ 

 Many a barnyard have we seen in this neighborhood entirely open, 

 where large heaps lay rotting, exposed to sun and rain, which carried 

 away over the adjoining meadows to the run which led from the spring 

 house, a strong solution of the manure. 



Sir Wm. Hooker's report is interesting. Would that we would af- 

 ford Botanic gardens in this country; an endowment equal to the 

 yearly expense of Kew would be sufficient to start a garden here which 

 would soon maintain itself. 



The Crystal Palace. You were somewhat late in your notice of the 

 correspondence on this subject. The Palace is taken down and cart- 

 ed away to the Sydenham station. 



Beer, is beer. Some beer is good beer, as Gray's, or Rudman's ; 

 but unless our friends know how to be moderate, no beer is better 

 than any. 



So the New York Horticultural Society has had an exhibition, and 

 its seems, a good one. The way to make anything succeed there, is 

 to make it fashionable. Fashion they follow with a perfect rush — 

 whether it consist in going to Grace Church, entertaining Kossuth, or 

 seeing the dancing dogs. 



Maryland Horticultural Society. Baltimore exhibits some very 

 good plants. We have had occasion to know something formerly of 

 the love of Horticulture shown by its citizens. 



The Calceolaria. The seedling figured is a very pretty one and 

 well shaped ; where is the cultivation you speak of in the heading of 

 your paragraph % 



Monthly Tour of Inspection. Your tour was a short one, judging 

 from the very slight notice you take of the extensive collection of Dr. J 

 aJ James Rush ; besides which a great deal of the page is devoted to your^ 



