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^recollections, natural orders, &c. If you wish to show the superior- £• J 

 ity of our collections, you should mention the rare plants to be seen x$ 

 in them, not those which are in every collection. Also, there does J 

 still nourish a Horticultural Society in Hamilton Village, which holds 

 its monthly meetings as usual, and if you don't go to them it is your 

 own fault ; we know some practical gardeners who go. 



On the Bleeding of Trees from Pruning. As far as theories are 

 sustained by practice, the holders to the old notion that trees should 

 not be pruned after the sap has started, seem to be getting the worst 

 of it. Meanwhile, discussion of any subject properly carried on is 

 good, as tending to mutual improvement and correction. 



The Calendar seems to be rather late in its advice in the matter of 

 turning out Camellias, "&c. Is it not too soon to bud roses in July 1 



Penna. Hort. Society. Your report of this exhibition is a full one, 

 with the exception that you have omitted a list of the plants exhib- 

 ited by the gardener to Frederick Lennig, Esq., in our humble opin- 

 ion very much the best collection exhibited. However, the committee 

 of course are the best judges ; but we think spectacles would be an 

 advantage. Also, the larger number of flowers of the night-blooming 

 Cereus, was exhibited by Mr. Bisset, gardener to James Dundas, Esq. 

 who had six blooms there. Mr. Meehan exhibited one flower of C. 

 grandiflora, and one of C. inermis, which is a rarer species, but not 

 fragrant. The Cacti will have to come out next fall, to show grum- 

 blers that a collection can be exhibited worth a bronze medal. To be 

 sure, the fall is an unfortunate season as regards bloom ; it would be 

 much better to offer the medal at a stated meeting in the Spring or 

 Summer, when their curious growth and gorgeous bloom can be shown 

 together. 



West Chester Hort. Society. This town has, as we have, a good 

 deal of the Quaker element, and the Friends have always shown them- 

 selves admirers of nature. The exhibition of needlework by Horti- 

 cultural Societies we never could understand. Patchwork quilts, con- 

 taining three thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pieces, sown to- 

 gether by a lady eighty years and nine months old, are more in the 

 way of the Franklin Institute, where we have a dozen or more every 

 fall. 



When will that committee of inspection be around'? It behoves 

 gardeners and amateurs to keep things trim, for orderly gardens and 

 greenhouses make as good a show as rare plants do. Who the com- 

 mittee are we forget, but we hope they are members who have a know- 

 ledge of plants as well as a love of gardening. 



We are very glad to hear that Mr. Buist has gone to Europe, and 

 I have no doubt that our collections will be gainers thereby; but we 

 fe really don't see what that has to do with the meeting o(' the Horticul- 

 \% tural Society— do you % 



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