ers; your standards will then be from four to six feet in height, and strong in proportion. In one year more you will have an abundance of peaches, and in four years your apple trees will produce a bushel of fruit each. In eight or ten years your peach trees may be cut down or taken out, and you have an apple orchard to be proud of.

The advantages of this mode of planting over all others, must be evident without enumeration; however, if your readers should desire, I would be pleased to set them forth, in a contin. uation of this article. B. B. Pitt Township, Alleghany Co., Pa., Feb., 12, 1852.

HYACINTHS.-Among a small collection of choice Hyacinths, forced the past winter, in glasses, in a common room, I had one that I deem worthy of note. It was a Grand Vainqueur, or single white, and had fifty-five distinct flower bells, growing on a stout stalk of a foot in height. For water growth this was extraordinarily fine. F. HALL. Elmira, March 18, 1852.

PENNSYLVANIA HORT. SOCIETY.-The stated

meeting of this association was held at the Chinese Saloon, Philadelphia, on Tuesday evening, February 16, 1852. E. W. Keyser, vice-presi dent, in the chair.

The display was exceedingly beautiful, and was composed of the finest green-house plants in bloom. The collection from Joseph Ripka's was unusually rich, comprising Rhododendron maximum, a fine tree in its proportions, being about 12 feet in height, and bestudded with numerous trusses of magnificent flowers; Azalea indica alba, a very large plant, throwing out an immense number of pure white blossoms also three other Azalea trees, in the fullest flow. ering condition, with roses, stocks, etc. From Caleb Cope's houses were seen three very large Azaleas, of different species, presenting great masses of flowers, dazzling to the sight, and Eriostemum nereifolium, a new plant, and well grown specimens of Plumbago rosea, Lechenaultia formosa, and the fifty-third flower of the Victoria regia, very perfect; also a handsome large moss vase, and basket of cut flowers. From Robert Buist's, there was a collection of the choicest plants, several of which were new, and shown for the first time; the Rinchosper

Benj. Gulliss exhibited a beautiful collection, mostly Roses, Camellias, Heliotropes and Hya cinths. From Robert Cornelius' houses, a pret. ty collection of Roses, etc. James Ritchie exhibited a table of the most select Camellia flow.

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Of fruit, there were dishes of the "Reading" winter pear, from J. F. Boas. Reading, Pa., and Ridge Pippin apple, from Mahlon Moore, Bucks county, Pa. A table of forced vegetables were shown by R. Cornelius' gardener, and forced Lettuce, Radishes, &c., by Miss Gratz's.

A letter from Dr. John Dawson, of Rangoon, Burman empire, a corresponding member, was read.

A dissertation from R. Robinson Scott, gardener, showing the superiority of the natural system of Botany, over the Linnæan, or artificial, was read.

Professor Hare addressed the society on the subject of Horticultural Chemistry, throwing out many useful hints of a practical nature, to the cultivator.

A committee was appointed to make arrangements for the ensuing meeting of the American Pomological Congress. Adjourned. Thos. P. JAMES, Recording Secretary.

HORT. SOCIETY IN NEW-YORK.-The friends of Horticulture held a meeting at the Stuyvesant Institute, on the 22d March, for the purpose of forming a Horticultural Society. On motion, R L. PELL was appointed Chairman, and George W. Curtis, Secretary. It was resolved that the Society be known as "The Horticultural Society of the City of New-York," and a constitution and a code of by-laws were adopted. The committee appointed at a previous meeting to select officers for the ensuing year, reported the following, and they were unanimously chosen:

President-ARCHIBALD RUSSELL. Vice-Presidents-William H. C. Waddell, William A. Haynes, Nicholas R. Anthony and Sheppard Knapp. Rec. Secretary-George W. Curtis. Cor. Secretary-Peter B. Mead. Treasurer -William W. Crane.

Mr. Russell declining to act as President, the committee asked further time to enable them to make a suitable selection. A committee of five was appointed to make out a list of premiums to be awarded at an exhibition, which it is proposed to hold about the 20th of May. Many of our first citizens have already enrolled

their names on the list of members of the Society, and there is every reason to believe that the movement will be successful.-N. Y. Times.

THE CHESTER COUNTY (PA.) HORT. SOCIETY held its first monthly meeting for the year 1852, on 20th March, at which time the following named officers were elected for the ensuing

year:

President-WASHINGTON TOWNSEND VicePresidents-Paschall Morris, Ziba Darlington. Treasurer-John Marshall. Cor. Secretary— Joseph P. Wilson. Rec. Secretary-Isaac D. Pyle.

Jonathan C. Baldwin, the late President, having declined a re-election, a resolution of thanks was voted, complimentary of the manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office.

Answers to Correspondents.

LIME ASHES.-C. H. Perkins, (Ascutney. ville, Vt.) Lime ashes, which usually consist of wood ashes and lime in about equal parts, are excellent for compost heaps to be used for fruit trees-better than leached ashes-provided they do not contain magnesia. Limestone that contains so much magnesia as to be injurious, will not efferversce rapidly when sulphuric acid is poured upon it. Mr. ANTISELL, chemist to the American Institute, N. Y., or Prof. MAPES, of Newark, N. J., will examine a specimen, and inform you of the proportion of lime and magnesia, for a small charge-say $5. The best way of composting the lime ashes is to mix it with five times its bulk of black muck. WASH FOR BARNS.-A Constant Reader, (Maryland.) Take hydraulic cement, 1 peck; freshly slacked lime 1 peck, yellow ochre, (in powder,) 4 lbs., burnt umbra 4 lbs.; dissolve the whole thoroughly in hot water, and apply with a whitewash brush. Window shutters, for a "rough cast house, left the natural color of the mortar," may either be dark green, or light brown. If the slats of the shutters are painted a light brown and the borders or frames of the same, two or three shades darker, the effect is good.

EVERGREENS. Ibid. Take out one of the leaders of the Norway Spruce. The best time to prune evergreens is at mid-summer, but small limbs may be taken off now. You may prune trees at any time, if you use the shellac solution recommended, in our "Fruit Trees."

BOTANY.-A Mass. Subscriber. The na tural system is considered superior to the ar tificial, but the latter is much more easily mas

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tered by beginners. We would commend to you as a first hand-book, by which to become acquainted with the Flora around you, Manual of Botany. Then take up Gray's Bo. tany of the northern and middle states. No person who loves nature, and lives in the coun. try, should neglect to become sufficiently acquainted with botany to find out the names and history of every plant he meets.

STRAWBERRIES.-B. Arnold. Your bed was planted on soil too much worn out. Make a new one at once, in a part of your garden where strawberries were never raised, and to make sure of success trench-in a large supply of stable manure, 18 inches below the surface. To suc ceed best, the strawberry roots should be encouraged to go down deep in search of food. The best varieties for your purpose are Hovey's Seedling, Early Scarlet and Burr's New Pine. W. B., (Astoria, N. Y.) The best way of getting a good crop on your old bed, is to give it a good top dressing of poudrette immediately. The Lodi works, N. Y., will supply you with a good article.

FLOWER BEDS.-A Lady, (New Bedford.) Discard all your miscellaneous flowers, and fill your beds with verbenas, scarlet geraniums, salvias, and Petunias. They will stand the sun and dry weather, and make your garden gay at all times.

IMPORTED TREES.-B. P., (Philadelphia.) If the trees are much dried up, head back the ends of the shoots and bury them, root and branch, for a few days in sandy soil. They will soon absorb moisture and become fresh againthen take them out and plant them just before a rain.

TREE SEEDS.-R. Johnson. Tree seeds kept till this spring, (that should have been planted in the autumn,) may be made to grow more certainly by soaking them for a couple of hours in water, in which you can just bear the hand, and then sprinkling them, very thinly, with newly slacked lime, just before planting them.

MULCHING.-New-Bedford Subscriber. Spent tan-bark is one of the best things to mulch the surface of the ground, over the roots of your newly planted Norway Spruces. Your mode of planting them is a good one, and you may cover the ground two inches deep with tan.