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to provide for this, which will be best done by placing the specimens while 

 in bloom where it will be convenient to regulate the admission of air, &c, 

 according as the state af the plant may indicate. 



With attention to the above remarks, a somewhat close part of the green- 

 house will be found a very suitable position for those blooming during sum- 

 mer ; but if it should be desirable to prolong their flowering into autumn 

 they must be removed into an intermediate house, when cold damp weather 

 occurs. Give a liberal supply of water at the root, and clear weak manure 

 water may be given once or twice a week with advantage to such as are at 

 all pot-bound. 



I may add that it is useless to occupy space in winter with large plants of 

 this Balsam, therefore attend to keeping up a stock of young ones, and 

 throw old specimens to the rubbish heap after blooming. — Alpha, in Gard, 

 Chron, 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The stated meeting of the Society was held January 17th, the President in 

 the chair. The following awards were made : 



Collection of twelve plants — for the best to Robert Buist ; for second best 

 to Thomas Meehan, gar. to C. Cope. Specimen plant — for the best to R, 

 Buist; for second best to Thomas Meehan. Table design — for the best; Basket 

 of cut flowers — for the best and second best to Thomas Meehan. 



A special premium of one dollar was awarded to Isaac B. Baxter for fine 

 specimens of Passe Colmar Pears. 



Vegetables — for the best display by an amateur, to Thomas Meghran, gr, 

 to W. H. Stewart, Torresdale ; and special premiums of one dollar each for 

 a dish of Mushrooms, and Cucumbers, Godfrey's Surprise, to do; and for Im- 

 perial Sion-house Cucumber to Win. Thompson, gr. to John Tucker, 



AD INTERIM FRUIT REPORT. 



The Fruit Committee respectfully report that they have received, since 

 the December ad interim report, specimens of the following varieties : 



From Charles B. Ott, Pleasant Valley, Bucks county, Pa. — The Water 

 Apple — represented to be a very productive variety. Size medium, 2J in- 

 ches long by 2| broad ; form oblong, inclining to conical ; color red on the 

 greater part of the surface, interspersed with one or more white spaces, and 

 a number of green blotches, greenish-yellow about the crown and on the un- 

 exposed portion ; stem J- an inch long and l-12th thick, inserted into a ra- 

 ther narrow, deep, acuminate cavity ; calyx medium, closed, set in a moder- 

 ately wide, plaited, sometimes shallow, occasionally deep basin ; seed medi- 

 um, brown, ovate, flesh greenish-white, fine texture, remarkably tender, juicy; 

 flavor sprightly, with an agreeable aroma; quality "very good." 



From Persifer F. Frazer, of this city, through J. J. Vanderkemp, Esq. — 

 /Seed of the /Salmon Berry, from Bodega, California ; and dried Raspberries 

 from Sitka, in Russian America, near the 57th degree north latiude. More 

 than a year ago we learned from a reliable quarter that a raspberry of a very 

 large size and fine flavor had been found growing in California. Repeated 



