288 THE FLORIST AND 



than a local pride in this matter ; something akin to what has been happily 

 called amor patriae, and they trust that this feeling •will meet with a ready 

 and hearty response in every section of the country. The . undersigned be- 

 lieve that the material exists for getting up a grand general Exhibition, and 

 they know that there is abundant material in the country for making a dis- 

 play of Fruit, which cannot be surpassed, if equalled, in any City of Eu- 

 rope. It is only the spirit that is wanting ; how sadly wanting here in New 

 York. This is a subject which eminently concerns the public taste and the 

 public good, and all should feel some interest in it, no matter where their 

 home, or what their pursuits in life may be. It is thus that we appeal to 

 you for your active aid and co -operation. If you have no Fruits, Plants, 

 or Flowers to send yourself, perhaps your neighbor has, and a word from 

 you may induce him to send. It is conceived that our List of Awards is 

 very liberal and worthy of attention ; but in order to afford every rersona- 

 ble inducement to exhibitors, the undersigned will pay freight on all arti- 

 cles sent from a distance, when requested to do so. Communications should 

 be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee, Bible House, Astor Place, 

 New York. • • 



PETER B. MEAD, 

 and others, Committee of Arrangement. 



We copy in this number, an article on Underdraining from the G-enesee 

 Farmer, a paper which we consider as one of the most valuable of our ex- 

 changes. It is published monthly, at Rochester, N. Y., at the very low 

 price of 50 cents a year. , 



The Southern Agriculturist, a monthly journal, devoted to the science 

 and practice of agriculture, &c, is published at Laurensville, S. C. The 

 contents are excellent, and the getting up of the paper is very creditable. 



We are happy to announce the commencement of an agricultural journal 

 at Burlington, Iowa. The Iowa Farmer and Horticulturist, Edited by 

 Messrs. J. W. Grimes and J. F. Tallant, has reached its fourth number. 



Answers to Correspondents. — J. McD. Your pink flower is Sabbatia 

 ehloroides, the orchid is Platanthera (Habenaria) ciliaris* 



D. B., Utica — You should have sent entire frouds, we cannot judge from 

 the pinnae — No. 3, is Asplenium acrostichoides, No. 6 and 8 are Asplenia — 

 No. 7, Aspidium asplenoides — No. 9, Onoclea sensibilis— No. 10, a Botry- 

 chium, the rest we cannot identify without larger specimens. As for books 

 for general botany we would recommend Gray's Botany of the Northern U. 

 S. Presl is the best authority in Ferns, 



