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co-operation. We hope to live long enough to see the 
old “washed” and “gullied” hill-sides of Georgia and the 
neighboring States, yielding tons of luscious Grapes and 
hogsheads of pure and invigorating Wine, The vine fair- 
ly revels in this climate — it adapts itself readily to almost 
every variety of soil, and with proper skill in planting 
and training will succeed anywhere in the South. All that 
is necessary is to start right — the main expense being 
the preparation of the ground. Mr. Axt is making ar- 
rangements to procure experienced vine dressers to aid 
him in his business, and where sufficient encouragement 
is offered him by individuals or companies, he will assume 
full charge of their vineyards from the trenching of the 
ground to the bottling of the wine. His terms are by no 
means unreasonable, and those who desire to negotiate 
with him, may do so through the editors of this journal, 
or by addressing him at Vv^ashington, Wilkes County, 
Georgia, 
Had we time and space, we would gladly go into more 
particular details of this veiy interesting subject ; but we 
are obliged to leave it for the present, with the promise of 
returning to it hereafter, at an early day. The various 
articles on Grape culture in course of publication, will, we 
trust, have a tendency to arouse an increased interest 
in the enterprise. It only needs a fair investigation to 
I convince ail intelligent men of its success and profit. 
I P. S. — Since writing the above, we have had the plea- 
[ sure of meeting Mr. Axt at the Atlanta Fair, where he 
i exhibited two large baskets full of his unrivalled Catawba 
I Grapes, and freely shared them with many visitors, who 
will gladly testify to their excellence. The new President 
j of the Society, (Hon. Mark A. Cooper), in his opening 
! Address, commended the enterprise to public attention 
i in very strong terms; and the Committee on Fruit, as 
as will be seen elsewhere, signified their appreciation of 
Mr. A.’s efforts by a most favorable report, and the 
i' award of a Silver Pitcher, 
^ Mr. Axt has now several hundred gallons of Catawba 
) Wine in preparation, and connoiseurs will soon have an 
opportunity of comparing it with the new crop of Long- 
weRTH, and other vintners, native and foreign. We shall 
carefully note the progress of this last stage of the enter- 
i prise, and inform our readers of the result. 
imiTED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.— EXHI- 
BITION FOR 1855. 
' A Grand Exhibition of Stock— ^Torses, Cattle, Sheep 
|| and Swim — open to competition to all the States of the 
|l Union, and to the British Provinces, will be held by the 
‘United States Agricultural Society,” in the city of Boston, 
on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 
i ‘23d, 24th, 25th and 2Gth. 
' Twenty thousand dollars have been guaranteed by pa- 
: triotic gentlemen of Boston and its vicinity to defray the 
f expenses; the city of Boston has generously granted to 
I the Society for present use, a fine public square of fifty 
I acres; and $10,000 will be offered in premiums in the 
I various departments. 
! The previous exhibitions of this Society — at Spring- 
1 held. Mass., in 1853, and at Springfield, Ohio, in 1854 — 
' were eminently successful, and no efforts will be spared 
‘ to make the present show, combining as it does, the four 
great departments of farming stock, superior to its prede- 
cessors. 
The Premium List, with the Rules of the Exhibition, 
will be forwarded to all who will address the President, 
or Secretary, at Boston, to that effect. 
It is earnestly hoped that all breeders and owners of 
fine stock, will feel it to be a duty, as it certainly is for 
their interest to contribute to the show. 
The List of Entries, Exhibitors and Award of Premiums 
and all the proceedings of the Exhibition will be published 
in the Journal of the Society, for 1855. Annual members 
of the Society, who desire to receive the Journal, should 
renew their subscriptions 
Marshal P. Wilder, President. 
William S. King, Secretary. 
PLANTERS’ CLUB OF HANCOCK COUNTY. 
The Annual Fair of this very spirited and enterprising 
Society will be held in Sparta, Ga., on the 25th, 26th and 
27th days of October, 1855. 
Their exhibition at the same place, last year, was con- 
sidered in the highest degree creditable and successful, and 
we have no doubt the forthcoming show will be still better. 
Let all who can, come up from “Old Hancock” and the 
neighboring counties, and bring samples of their skill and 
industry for comparison with the products of their neigh- 
bors. 
GEORGIA WINE. 
An old, experienced and (we think) not over-enthusi- 
astic friend, expresses the following opinion, in which 
we perfectly coincide : 
“I feel confident that you and I will live to drink plenty 
of Georgia Wine, of better quality than Ohio can ever pro- 
duce; but we are in our feeble infancy yet. Let us, how- 
ever, come to full strength, and we will see the now un- 
fruitful hillsides produce a wine equal, if not superior, to 
the best Hungarian brands. The Georgian Wines will, 
in quality, be equal to the famous Muesher, Ruster, Car- 
lowetzer, Tokay, and many others, as yet unknown in 
America.” 
To all of which we say “so mote it be,” and may the 
time come speedily. 
“Yearbook of Agriculture.” — See the advertisement 
of this forthcoming volume, in present number. It cannot 
fail to be a work of great interest and value, and we hope 
it will be widely circulated. Price $1. Address Childs 
& Peterson, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Verbena. — This beautiful flower is not as widely 
known or cultivated as it deserves. We were not aware, 
until we received the Catalogue of Dexter Snow, of 
Chicopee, Mass., that any one person in America was 
devoting to it his entire time and especial care. It seems 
that Mr. S. is doing so, however, and that his list em- 
braces over three hundred of the choicest varieties. Sec 
his advertisement in present number. 
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Roses, &c.— The season for- 
planting is now approaching, and we need not tell our 
readers that trees grown in the South are far preferable to 
those from the North. See the different advertisements in 
our columns, and send your orders in time. The sooner 
trees are planted, after the fall of the leaf, the better. 
