the influence of warm periods in starting the buds, and to the fact that after the severest cold, the sun was obscured by a curtain of clouds. He had observed that buds were often destroyed on the sunny side of branches, while those which were thawed gradually on the shaded side had escaped. H. E. Hooker, of Rochester, had known peaches at Montreal, where the thermometer not unfrequently falls to 20° or more below zero, saved by the simple protection of a mat, [which could not have increased the warmth of the air, but only prevented radiation, and excluded the sun's rays.] He remarked that budded trees consisted of nothing but selected seedlings, and that he had usually found them to endure the cold best. C. M. Hovey thought budded trees the hardiest, because they usually consisted of such varieties as were of strongest growth. P. Barry had known native seedlings, standing for many years in grass, loaded with heavy crops, when, had they been cultivated, they might have been barren. This, C. M. Hovey ascribed to the well ripened, and not succulent growth which they acquired. He considered some varieties as hardy, and others as tender, entirely independent of the influence of budding. next called for, and the following proposed, without objection: Louise Bonne of Jersey, Vicar of Winkfield, Glout Morceau, Beurre Diel, Angouleme, White and Gray Doyenne, Napoleon, Beurre d' Amalis, Easter Beurre, Soldat Laboreur, Long Green of Autumn, and Striped Long Green of Autumn, Henry IV, Summer Frankreal, Bergamotte Cadette, Madeleine, Beurre d' Anjou, Urbaniste, and Doyenne Boussock. New-York Hort. Society. The second exhibition of this Society was held on the 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d of Sept., at the Metropolitan Hall, New-York, and we rejoice to say was very successful and creditable to the managers of this new society. We say rejoice, because, now that the diffusion of horticultural knowledge is so rapidly increasing amonst us, and the commendable spirit of enterprise in this branch of science is aroused-we are glad to see progress in the right direction; and the more so as it was most unpardonable for the "Empire State" to be lagging behind, when the prosperity of such societies as those of Massachusetss and Pennsylvania, not to name the numerous others equally praiseworthy. have long set so good an example. The first exhibition of this Society was held in June last, when, from the evidence we then saw of an earnestness of purpose about the originators of the meeting, we augured well of the prosperity of the Society; while the encour some of the most celebrated amateur cultiva. tors, manifested amongst others, by the kind consideration of Mr. Cope, in sending from his splendid collection a specimen of the far famed Victoria Lily, satisfied us that nothing but perseverance is necessary to render this Society prominent in its amiable rivalry with its more matured sisters in other parts of the country. A list of those sorts which were hardiest, and which bore most uniformly and abundantly after severe winters, being called for, C. M. Hovey named the following:-Yellow Rareripe, Coo-agement which we saw was extended to it by ledge's Favorite, Bellegarde and Oldmixon Free. Several gentlemen from Western New-York named the Early Barnard, or Alberge of that region, as being eminently hardy and uniformly productive. John Morse of Cayuga Bridge, had found Jacques' Rareripe to be the hardiest and best peach for market, out of some forty sorts, and Early Barnard next. J. J. Thomas named Fay's Early Ann, which he had fruited for eight years, as one of the most uniformly productive of early peaches; in two different years, when the Tillotson and Serrate Early York had near. ly failed, this had borne good crops. The present very unproductive season, the White Imperial has also borne fully. A list of such pears as had grown well on quince stocks, and had borne good crops for several years, without exhausting the tree, was The present exhibition convinces us that our prognostications have not been ill founded. It was not nevertheless without some misgivings as to the result that we wended our way on the 20th to Metropolitan Hall; wishing well as we do, in all sincerity, to this and every other rightly directed effort in the furtherance of our favorite science. For, having ourselves had a pretty extended experience in these kind of things, we are well aware of the numerous diffi culties, prejudices, conflicting interests and views, which have to be contended with, and smoothed down at the outset of all similar undertakings, and which if not judiciously handled, too frequently cause the shipwreck at their origin of many a well intentioned onward movement. When, however, we cast our first glance over the tables of Metropolitan Hall, we felt that the only duty left us was to congratulate the members of the Society on their success. Although of course in point of extent the exhibition could not be expected, as the production of a young Society, to equal or approach those of older societies; yet the quality of the collection as a whole was highly creditable to the exhibitors, and as encouraging to the exertions of the managers, as it must have been gratifying to the members and to their numerous visitors. We were gratified to perceive that not only was considerable company generally there, but that a large portion of the substantial merchants and their fair ladies had resolved to show their fellow citizens that the elegant display which had been brought together was appreciated and enjoyed by them. The fruit was in considerable quantity and almost all good. In GRAPES, we are glad to bear willing tes. timony to Mr. Charlton's skill, as manifested in the very fine specimens which gained for him the first premium for the following eight varieties:-Victoria, (very fine,) Black Prince, Syrian, Xeres, Austrian Muscat, Black Ham. burgh, Reine de Nice, and Deacon's Superb. They were indeed "superb," all of them-well colored, and with the bloom well preserved. The vines from which they were cut, were stated to be three years old. A discretionary premium was also given for three fine bunches of Black Hamburgh, to H. Sheldon, Esq., of Tarrytown, and another premium of the same kind to Alex. Gordon, Long Island, for Muscat and Syrian grapes, which well deserved the distinc tion. APPLES and PEARS were in tolerably large collections Messrs. Parsons & Co., of Flushing, exhibited 70 varieties of apples, fine in quality, and containing many both of old and new favorities. Their collection of pears was equally fine. Messrs. Wilson, Thorburn and Teller, of Albany, also exhibited an extensive and very good collection of apples, which we observed the connoisseurs examining very astutely. With reference to some of the plants, and particularly as regards the apples and pears, the divisions between those belonging to the differ. ent exhibitors, were so indistinct, that we found it impossible, in many cases, to find out to which of the plates of fruit the premium cards applied, or we should have more particularly adverted to some of these premiums, for many of them were very meritoriously earned. In HOT-HOUSE PLANTS, Messrs. Hogg & Co. were the successful competitors for the first premium, in whose collection were noticed a fair plant of Schubertia graveolens, and one of Allemanda neriifolia, nicely grown, but the bloom hardly expanded enough; they would have been in greater perfection in another fortnight or so. Messrs. Hogg also exhibited well grown and remarkably healthy specimens of Musa humilis, and of Maranta zebrina, which indicated careful culture, and were very creditable to their establishment. We noticed two good plants of the fragrant Hedychium Gardnerianum from the nursery of Mr. Dunlap. In GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, the first premium was awarded to M. Coleman, gardner to A. P. Cumings, Esq., of Williamsburg, who exhibited a very fine Araucaria Braziliensis, much better grown that this variety generally is. Mr. A. Bridgeman gained the second premium, and his collection contained several very neat plants, but of course the lateness of the season precludes the expectation of seeing this class of plants in the perfection in which they were in May and June. There were several fine specimens of plants in the rooms, among which we must particularly mention a Fuchsia six feet or more high, well covered to the bottom with foliage, and very clean and well grown, from the collection of Leonard Spencer, Esq.; also a large Begonia argyrostigma, and a fine Licopodium in equally luxuriant growth, and some other things from the same gentleman. These plants we noticed, all indicated the same care and good management, and although we have not the pleasure of Mr. Spencer's acquaintance, we hope our merited approval may operate as an additional stimulus to his exertions, so that on future occations he may contribute in larger quantity to the first premium for a basket bouquet; but the second, given to Walter Parke at Mr. A. Reid's, was equally well merited. The large parlor bouquet of James Weir was very pretty; and with the two baskets attracted much atten these exhibitions; and not only so, but that his | Cranston, of Hoboken, obtained and deserved example may induce more of our many amateurs to contribute from their valuable collections in aid of the exertions of the managing committee, to render their display worthy the patronage which the public appears disposed to accord to it. Neat specimens of Angeloniation from the fair visitors. Gardneriana, and of Brunsfelsia Americana, were exhibited by Messrs. Hogg; and a fine Acacia pubescens, with its elegantly delicate foliage, by Mr. T. Dunlap. We noticed also two well grown Begonias from Mr. J. Buchanan. Messrs. Hogg & Co. obtained a discretionary premium, also, for a very neat and well cultivated, but not very extensive collection of CONI. FERA, which contained amongst them plants of Cedrus Deodora and Cryptomeria Japonica, three feet high at least—a fine Araucaria excelsa, the pretty drooping Juniperus oblonga pendula, and the elegant Abies Clanbrasiliana. The first premium for the best 12 CACTI, was awarded to Wm. Chalmers. gardener to Thomas Richardson, Esq., Westchester co., amongst which were good, although moderately sized specimens of Cereus senilis, Melo cactus communis, in bloom, Mamalaria decipiens, M. scopea, and M. flavescina. A fine specimen of Melo cactus coronata, sent by Messrs. Jervis, also merits notice; it was the largest in the rooms. For VERBENAS in pots, the first premium was awarded to J. M'Key, gardaner to Mr. A. Reid, and the second to Mr. Daniel Boll-both of whom we know to be too good judges of what they ought to have been at this season of the year, to wish us to praise them as they were. There were some good cut flowers of Verbena, from Mr. Isaac Buchanan. The FERNS were not numerous, but Messrs. Hogg & Co., had a fine specimen of the Staghorn fern, (Platycerium alcicorne,) and a very pretty Licopodium umbrosum. In CUT FLOWERS, there were many bouquets displayed, of all descriptions, and many of them well put together. The basket of wild flowers sent by Archibald Henderson, Long Island, was most interesting, and had it not been for the queen of the garden, the rose, which formed so formidable a rival in the other baskets, these wild flowers would almost have equalled in at. traction their more aristocratic neighbors. John The display of CUT ROSES did not equal our expectations. Mr. Daniel Boll, long celebrated amongst amateurs for his fine collection of roses, had the first premium for general display; but neither his nor any others in the rooms, were in fine condition. Mr. Mateo of Astoria, had some good varieties in his cut roses, and a seedling or two, but the latter were in too bad a state to judge of as regards quality. Several ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS were exhibited, and they displayed ingenuity at least. One we observed, exhibited by Mr. William Chorlton, of Staten Island, and we trust he will forgive our expressing the hope that a man who can grow such grapes as we have noticed above, and such plants as he does, will give up the construction of these floral monstrosities. If the public require them, they must be constructed by somebody, but inasmuch as hundreds can do so, who Mr. C. would not trust for an hour's work in his green house, and as so few can grow fruit and flowers as he can, let us entreat him to believe flower temples" are beneath his notice. Bouquets in any and every shape, are, by themselves, elegant, and we were going to say indispensible adjuncts to the gardener's exhibition of some results of his skill, and they add to the beauty and decoration of our parlors and drawing rooms; but when flowers are so persecuted into divers shapes and forms that you require almost a telescope, when at a short distance, to ascertain whether the thing is made of flowers or paint, we hold that the office of the gardener, no less than his dignity, is abused by this perversion of (so called) taste. In Europe these things are quite exploded, as belonging to that kind of march which here we don't want-namely, the march backward instead of forward. The DAHLIAS were by no means in good order. The unfavorable weather no noubt operated to an extent beyond the control of the growers. For general display, the first premium was giv en to Mr. T. Dunlap, and the second to Messrs. doubtless well known to our readers, from his exhibitions of it at the Annual Fair of the American Institute. J. M. Thorburn & Co. The two collections [lieve, one of the best in the country, and is were so nearly equal in merit, that there was little to choose between them. Mr. Dunlap's appeared the most numerous, but the dark flowers predominated so much as to give a sombre hue to the collections. In Messrs Thorburn's the light varieties prevailed, and rendered them more attractive as a whole. We noticed in the latter, several new varieties which promise to be favorites. We must not forget to thank Mr. Leonard Spencer for the well arranged and beautiful vase of native grasses, which contained twentytwo specimens, and was much admired. This gentleman, we are sure, can teach his neighbors how to " go ahead horticulturally," and we hope he will do so. There were several pots of Achimenes exhibited, but we do not particularise them, because although clean and neat, they were by no means grown in the luxuriant way which this family of plants admits of, and in which at this season of the year, we expect to see them exhibited. Our friends must grow them faster, and shift them oftener than they appear to do, if they want fine specimens. Whatever may have been the opinion of the visitors about the flowers of the exhibition, we are certain that there could exist but one feelabout the vegetables. They were all extremely fine, and the variety exhibited was highly creditable to the Society. We will notice first the four large flat Dutch cabbage, sent with many fine specimens of other vegetables, by Francis Brill, Esq., of Astoria, and also his Boston Marrow Squash. The first premium was given to J. Mitchell, gardener to Wm. Watson, Esq., Westchester, whose collection was very good, but the finest display, taken as a whole, was that of Jacob Giraud, Esq., of Bergen, N. J., a gentlemen well known to our scientific world as an ornithologist, and who we are glad to find thus turning his attention to experimental gardening. His specimens of carrots, beets of two or three varieties, potatoes, Swiss chard, cardoons, escarole, radish, egg plants (of six or eight varieties,) tomatoes, &c., in the whole about thirty sorts of vegetables, gave evidence of the most judicious and skilful culture. In addition he sent upwards of thirty varieties of Indian corn, of which his collection is, we be Altogether the exhibition was, we repeat, highly satisfactory, and induces us to hope for much from the Society in its second year. We have one cause of complaint against the committee of management, which we are convinced they will remedy on future occasions. We mean the fixing Monday as the first day of the exhibition. Of all days in the week it is peculiarly that which ought to be avoided. To all exhibitors the day before the exhibition, is necessarily a busy one in preparing for the contest, and consequently should never fall on Sunday. M. Albany and Rensselaer Hort. Society. The autumnal exhibition of the Albany and Rensselaer Hort. Society, took place on the 13th and 14th ult. The display of fruits, flow. ers and vegetables exceeded that of any former exhibition. The Society met at 12 M. on Tuesday, its President, Dr. HERMAN WENDELL, in the Chair, who in an appropriate and feeling manner, called the attention of its members to the death of the late A. J. DOWNING, editor of the Horticulturist, and offered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the members of the Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society, in common with others of the Pomological, Horticultural and Agricultural portions of our citizens, mourn sincerely the death of the late A. J. DowNING, who has been more instrumental, than any other individual, in extending a taste for, and promoting the love of, all the branches of an art which conduces so much to the comfort and the pleasure of the community. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, properly attested, be forwarded to the family of the late Mr. DowNING, and that they be em bodied in and published with the records of this Society. The following gentlemen were chosen delegates to represent the Society at the Fair of the American Institute, to be held in New-York, in October: Joel Rathbone, V. P. Douw, Herman Wendell B. P. Johnson, J. McD. McIntire. B. B. Kirtland, Wm. Newcombe, Erastus Corning, jr., Jefferson Mayell, James Wilson, W. A. Wharton, E. M. Van Alstyne, E. E. Platt and Elisha Dorr. FRUITS. In addition to the fine display of fruit by members of the Society, the following gentlemen contributed much to the interest of the show. Ellwanger & Barry of the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, exhibited 53 varities of pears, all finely grown specimens. John J. Thomas of Macedon, 17 varieties of apples and 15 of pears, which for size and beauty were not excelled. H. T. E. Foster, of Lakeland, Seneca co., 9 varieties of pears. H. R. Hart Whitestown, Oneida co., 11 choice varieties of apples. John Morse of Cayuga Bridge, 15 varieties of pears and 11 of apples. The samples shown by these gentlemen, gave evidence of careful cultivation, and the vote of thanks tendered to them by the Society was concurred in by every visitor to the show, Among the exhibitions made by members of the Society, we noticed those of Dr. H. Wen dell of Albany, who had 49 varieties of pears; Wilson, Thorburn & Teller, of Albany, had 53 varieties of pears, eight of peaches, and six of plums; Jefferson Mayell, 17 varieties of pears; J. S. Goold, 9 varieties of pears; V. P. Douw, of Wolvenhook, 13 varieties of pears; Hon. A. J. Parker, 14 varieties of pears; E. Corning, Jr., 10 varieties of pears. These, with several smaller exhibitions, made a very fine collection of fruits, and by far the best ever shown by the Society. The grapes shown by Col. J. Rathbone, Kenwood, were most beautiful specimens, of which seven varieties were grown under glass. The clusters were large, and the grapes highly colored, and of a superior flavor. GREEN HOUSE PLANTS. - Fine exhibitions were made by L. Menand, E. Corning. Jr., Col. J. Rathbone, though the collection did not em. brace a large variety. FLOWERS. The display was larger than at any previous exhibition, and contributed much to the interest of the show. There were shown 81 varieties of Dahlias, by E. M. Van Alstyne, of Greenbush, who received the first premium; more than 60 varieties of dahlias, 40 of verbenas, 16 of roses, and several boquets, by James Wilson; also a good collection of dahlias, verbenas, phloxes, &c., by Wm. Newcomb, of Pittstown. Col. J. Rathbone exhibited 42 varieties of dah lias, a fine display of roses, and other cut flowers. Additions were made to the display by E. Corning, Jr., V. P. Douw, L. Menand, and others. A floral temple, six feet high, elaborately wrought and surmounted by the Goddess of Flowers, as well as several fine boquets, were shown by Mrs. J. T. Van Namee of Pittstown. Also a complicated floral design, beautifully wreathed and studded, and boquets, by Mrs. Emily Newcomb of Pittstown. One of the most tasteful things on exhibition was a large pyrimidal boquet of artificial flow. ers, the handi-work of Mrs. E. A. Barber of Albany. The flowers were very perfect and in great variety, and were arranged with admirable taste, especially as regards the harmony and blending of colors. VEGETABLES, were shown in great variety and remarkably fine specimens by several individuals. The exhibition was highly satisfaction and gave ample proof that the taste for growing fruit and flowers is becoming more general, and also that our gardeners and nurserymen are improving in their art. The sever. al premiums awarded were generously left in the treasury of the Society to defray current expenses. Ohio State Pomological Society. A Convention of the Pomologists of Ohio was held at Columbus on 31st day of August and 1st of September, when a fine collection of fruits of the season, were exhibited from different parts of the state, and after organization, and the forming of a permanent State Pomological Society under a constitution, electing A. H. ERNST, Esq. of Cincinnati, President, J. L. WARDER of Cincinnati, Vice president; F. R. ELLIOTT of Cleveland, Secretary, and M. B. ceeded to discuss the value of different varieties BATEHAM of Columbus, Treasurer; they proof fruit in various parts of the state, and at the same time to collect the multifarious local names, belonging to some of our fruits, and place them so that those who read their transactions may learn respecting them. The constitution states the object of the Society to be the collecting, collating and disseminating of knowledge on pomology, to the people at large; and for this end those who wish to assist and aid the cause can become members by paying two dollars to the secretary or treasurer. funds are used in publishing the transactions; and the report of this meeting will be issued immediately. The society forwarded specimens of many Ohio fruits to the American Congress the 13th inst., and also appointed delegates to of Fruit Growers which met at Philadelphia on attend the same. The They adjourned to meet on the 11th of January, 1853, when it is expected there will be a fine show of winter fruits, and at which time it is purposed to petition the legislature for " ma. terial aid."-Ohio Farmer. |