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July Meeting of the Executive Committee 
of the N.Y. State Ag. Society. —To the gentlemen 
composing the Executive Committee of the New York 
State Agricultural Society :— 
At the coming meeting on the second Thursday in 
July, much important business will be brought before 
you, and I hope that every member of the Committee 
will make it convenient to attend at that time, for it 
is very desirable there should be as full an attendance 
as possible. J. M. Sherwood, President. 
Auburn , June 1 6th, 1846. 
Show of the Horticultural Society of Long 
Island. — The first Show of flowers, fruits, and 
vegetables, of this Society, for this year, was held at 
Flushing, on the 11th and 12th of last month. Owing 
to the lateness of the season, the exhibition was not 
so large and varied as last year; but such things as 
were brought lorward were choice of their kind, and 
gave general satisfaction to the numerous visitors 
present. Messrs. Valk & Co. exhibited a choice col¬ 
lection of green-house plants, roses, &c., and some 
sweet-water grapes; Messrs. Parsons & Co., Winter 
& Co., and Prince & Co., each, a large collection of 
roses, among which we noticed la Heine, and other 
superb French varieties—also other flowers in abun¬ 
dance ; Mr. Joseph Bloodgood, Jr., a pretty assortment 
of fuchsias, mostly new varieties, also some early 
vegetables; Messrs. Thorburn & Co., exotic plants; 
Mr. Russel, seedling pelargoniums, roses, and cinera¬ 
rias ; Mr. A. C. Smith, lemon trees, loaded with 
fruit; Mr. Huntsman, a varied and delicious assort¬ 
ment of large strawberries; Judge Strong, choice 
, winter pears, &c.; Messrs. John A. King and Wm. H. 
Schermerhorn, sovereign potatoes of a superior early 
kind, and other vegetables. Many other persons, 
whose names we did not learn, showed more or less 
vegetables, fruits, and flowers. 
The next exhibition of the Society will take place 
in Brooklyn early in September next. We shall look 
for a superb show then, and have no doubt it will be 
numerously attended. We wish a New York Horti¬ 
cultural Society could be formed to hold three annual 
exhibitions in this city; one the last of March for 
green-house plants; one in June for summer fruits 
and flowers ; and one early in September for such as 
perfect in autumn. Such a Society properly got up 
and conducted, might be as instrumental for good in 
the Middle States, as the Massachusetts Society is to 
those at the North. 
The American Flora. —By A. B. Strong, M. A). 
Published by Strong & Bidwell, 162 Nassau Street, 
New York. Price $3 a year, or 25 cents a number. 
This is a monthly publication, the first four numbers 
of which have been issued, each containing five beau¬ 
tifully colored engravings, executed in a manner cre¬ 
ditable to the author, and cannot fail in securing an 
extensive circulation. 
Wanderings Under the Shadow of Mont 
Blanc and the Jungfrau. — By George B. 
Cheever, forming Nos. VI. and XI. of the Library of 
American books, published by Wiley & Putnam, 161 
Broadway. Price 50 cents each. Anything from the 
pen of Mr. Cheever is sure to command attention, as 
he has a pleasing and original way of treating all sub¬ 
jects on which he writes. These delightful volumes 
have interested us more than any others we have yet 
seen, from his ready pen. Perhaps it was the subject 
and the scenes which lent their charms throughout 
the perusal. 
The Alps and the Rhine.— By J. T. Headley, 
being No. X. of Wiley & Putnam’s Library of Ameri¬ 
can Books. Price 50 cents. Everything touched by 
this writer has so much spirit and life infused into it, 
that he is sure to carry the reader away with him. 
wander where he will. No traveller can be more 
graphic and picturesque than Mr. Headley in his 
descriptions. 
Dick’s Works. —Eight volumes in four, making 
3,035 pages. Price $2.50 for the whole work. E. C. 
& J. Biddle, Philadelphia. We hail with great plea¬ 
sure the reprint of these valuable works by one of the 
most eminent moral philosophers of the age. All the 
subjects of these volumes are illustrated by science, 
and treated in a style so simple and familiar, as to 
make them easily comprehended by the plainest un 
derstanding. The peculiar trait of Dr. Dick’s mind is 
benevolence, and this he shows to be the design of the 
Deity in all his works; if anything runs contrary to 
this, it is obviously the fault of the created, and not of 
the Creator. 
The Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of 
the French and English Languages : in two 
Parts. Part I. French and English. Part II. English 
and French. The First Part comprehending Words 
in common use; Terms connected with Science; 
Terms belonging to the Fine Arts; 4,000 Historical 
Names; 4,000 Geographical Names; 11,000 Terms 
lately published. With the Pronunciation of every 
Word, according to the French Academy and the most 
Eminent Lexicographers and Grammarians; together 
with 750 Critical Remarks, in which the various 
Methods of Pronouncing employed by Different 
Authors are investigated, and compared with each 
other. The Second Part containing a Copious Voca¬ 
bulary of English Words and Expressions, with the 
Pronunciation according to Walker. The whole pre¬ 
ceded by a Practical and Comprehensive System of 
French Pronunciation. By Gabriel Surenne, French 
Teacher in Edinburgh ; Corresponding Member of 
the French Grammatical Society, &c., &c., &c. New 
York: D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadw T ay. Pp. 834, 
12mo. Price $1.50. No Dictionary of the French 
Language has ever been issued from the American 
press, which will bear a comparison wdth this excel¬ 
lent, and we may truly say, classical work of M. Su¬ 
renne. It appears to be well got up ; and, as we under¬ 
stand, is printed from the original stereotype plates. 
Ohio Wine. —From an elaborate Report, presented 
to the Horticultural Society of Cincinnati by Dr. 
Flagg, it appears that there are seventy-eight vine¬ 
yards in Hamilton county, Ohio, of which more than 
fifty are cultivated by Germans. About 200 acres are 
planted wdth the grape, of which ] 00 are in bearing 
order. The amount of wine made last year exceeded 
22,000 gallons, notwithstanding more than one-half 
the crop was cut off by the frost and rot, and many of 
the vineyards are but just coming into fruit. The 
average yield of wine per acre, for five years in suc¬ 
cession, is estimated at 450 to 500 gallons, which sells 
quick at $1 to $1.50 per gallon. There will be at 
least one hundred acres more put dow r n to grapes this 
spring, making three hundred in all, in Hamilton 
county. There are also eight or ten vineyards in 
Kentucky, within a dozen miles of this city. The 
varieties of grape generally cultivated are the Catawba 
and the Cape; the latter is called at the East, the 
Schuylkill Muscadel, and furnishes the red wine. 
That from the Catawba is white, and sells the high¬ 
est. The Isabella, so popular at the East, is univer¬ 
sally thrown up here, as unsuited to the climate.—• 
Cincinnati Gazette. 
Prevention of the Bee-Moth. —The bee-moth 
may be effectually destroyed by placing, during their 
active season, near the hives, a few basins of honey 
and water (made weak) after night-fall, and removing 
early in the morning. They are attracted to it and 
drowned. 
The Retport of the Commissioner of Pa¬ 
tents, for 1845, has been received, and will be par¬ 
ticularly considered in our next number. 
