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HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
GEbitors’ liable. 
Times of Holding Annual Shows and Fairs. —The 
following indicate the times and places the annual 
shows and fairs of several State and County Agricul¬ 
tural Societies are to be held in various parts of the 
United States:— 
Fair of the American Institute of New Yorlc — 
October 1st, the fair at Castle Garden will he open 
to visitors at 8, A. M. 
October 6th. Special exhibition of dahlias and roses 
at Castle Garden. 
October 7 th. Testing of plows at White Plains. 
Committee will be on the ground at 10, A. M. 
October 8th. Plowing and Spading Match at White 
Plains. Committee will be on the ground at 10, A. M. 
October 15th, 16th, and 17th. Cattle Show at Madison 
Cottage, corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-third 
street. Entries may be made on the 13th, 14th, and 
15th, on the ground, or at any time previous, by ad 
dressing A. Chandler, Corresponding Secretary, 351 
Broadway. 
October 16th. Anniversary address, in the evening, 
by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston, Massachusetts. 
Tickets gratis. To be had at the Garden, or from any 
of the managers. Due notice of the hour and place 
will be published. 
Nevj-York State Agricultural Society, at Rochester, 
September 17th, 18th, and 19th. 
Rhode-Island Society for the Encouragement of Do¬ 
mestic Industry, and the Rhode-Island Horticultural 
Society, at Providence, September 10th, 11th, and 12th. 
Vermont State Agricultural Society, at Middlebury, 
September 10th and llth. 
Ohio State Agricultural Society, at Columbus, Sep¬ 
tember 24th, 25th, and 26th. 
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, at Plaris- 
burgh, October 22d, 23d, and 24th, 
Georgia State Agricultural Society, at Macon, Octo¬ 
ber 29 th, 30 th, and 31st. 
Maryland State Agricultural Society, at Baltimore, 
September 23d, 24th, 25th, and 26th. 
Oneida-County (N. Y.) Agricultural Society, at 
Utica, September 9th 10th, llth, and 12th. 
Saratoga-County (N. Y.) Agricultural Society , at 
Mechanicsville, September 9th, 10th, and llth. 
Chenango-County (N. Y.) Agricultural Society, at 
Norwich, October 1st and 2d. 
Westchester-County (N. Y.) Agricultural Society, at 
White Plains, October 7 th, in connection with the 
Plowing Match of the American Institute. 
Burlington-County (N. J.) Agricultural Society, -at 
Mount Holly, October 8th. 
Essex-County (N J.) Agricultural Society, at 
Elizabethtown, September 17th and 18th. 
Philadelphia-County (Pa.) Agricultural Society, at 
Philadelphia, October 8th and 9th. 
Worcester-County (Mass.) Agricultural Society, at 
Worcester, September 18th. Exhibition of the Wor¬ 
cester Horticultural Society and the Mechanics’ Asso¬ 
ciation, on the same day. 
Clermont-County (Ohio) Agricultural Society, Oc¬ 
tober 2d, 3d, and 4th. 
Lexington (Ky.) Fair, at Lexington, September, 
9th and 10th. 
Bourbon-County (Ky) Fair, September 24th and 25th. 
Fairfield-County (Conn) Agricultural Society, at 
Bridgeport, October 8th, 9th, and 10th. 
In addition to the usual premiums for plowing, P 
T. Barnum, Esq., President of the society, with great 
liberality, offers additional premiums, amounting to 
$200, the highest of which is $50, open to plows and 
teams from every state in the Union. This will be a 
capital opportunity for the plow makers of the United 
States to show their hands. 
The Cottage Bee Keeper ; or Directions for the 
Practical Management of Bees; by a Country Curate. 
Published by C. M. Saxton, agricultural book publisher, 
152 Fulton street, New York. This little work only 
need be seen to be appreciated by every cottage or 
country resident; for it gives him such plain and prac¬ 
tical directions how to manage this most profitable and 
pleasant adjunct to a rural residence, that he need nev¬ 
er be without that most delicious luxury upon his table 
—a clean, pure, glass cup of honey. The work is done 
up in the same neat style of all the late publications, 
denominated “ Saxton’s Cottage and Farm Library.” 
A Book for Every Boy in the Country ; Elements 
of Agriculture, translated from the French by F. G. 
Skinner; published by C. M. Saxton, American agricul¬ 
tural book publisher, 152 Fulton street. Price 25 cents. 
All that is necessary to say to recommend this work, is 
to assure our readers it is exactly what the title im¬ 
ports, and should be placed in the hands of every 
American boy, whether designed for an agriculturist or 
not; for it will give him an easy insight into the ele¬ 
ments of agriculture. 
The Journal of Agriculture ; William S. King, 
editor, J. J. Mapes and Allen W. Dodge, associate ed¬ 
itors. Published on the first and third Wednesday of 
every month, 32 pages, double columns, octavo. Price 
$2 a year. Office at Horticultural Hall, 38 School street, 
Boston, Massachusetts, where exchange papers should 
be sent. Correspondents should direct to William S. 
King, P. M., Manton, R. I. In the above work, the 
editors aim to establish an agricultural periodical of 
a higher order and more scientific character, than any 
heretofore published in the United States; and the 
better to insure this great desideratum, in addition to 
their own pens, they have secured those of Dr. C. T. 
Jackson and other eminent men. A work of this char¬ 
acter is much wanted in our country, and if conducted 
with fearless ability, may do great good to the farm¬ 
ing interest. We have received two numbers of this 
periodical, and find them lively and spirited,. and re¬ 
plete with good matter. We particularly like the tone 
of the first of a series of articles on Agricultural Edu¬ 
cation. We shall take pleasure in forwarding sub 
scriptions for the above work. 
