The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Bradlee for his very liberal donation. The thanks of the Society were voted to Geo. B. Emerson, Esq., for a copy of his Report on the Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts. A package of seeds from the Rocky Mountains was received from J. B. Russell, of Cincinnati, and the thanks of the Society were voted for the same. The seeds were placed in the hands of the Committee on Flowers for distribution. The thanks of the Society were voted to R. Buist, of Philadelphia, for a copy of his Manual on the Culture of the Rose. A letter was read from Wm. R. Smith, of Macedon, N. Y., accompanied with scions of the Early Joe, and Red Canada Apples, and Swan's Orange, and Osband's Summer pears. The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Smith, and the scions distributed to a few members. The XXth Section of the By-Laws was amended by striking out all after the word "them" in the twenty-second line. Adjourned one week, to April 10th. Exhibited.-FLOWERS: From John Thomas, gardener to J. L. Gardener, flowers of five varieties of Pelargoniums. From W. B. Richards, two varieties of Crown Imperials and Polyanthus narcissus. April 10th.-An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day,-the President in the chair. A letter was received from Mr. A. H. Ernst, accompanied with fourteen varieties of apples, and one variety of the pear, which were laid on the table for distribution-and the thanks of the Society voted for the same. Adjourned one week to April 17th. April 17th.-An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to day,— the President in the chair. A box of seed was received from Mrs. Percival, and the thanks of the Society voted. Voted, That the Recording Secretary be requested to give notice through the public press, of the opening of the Society's Hall for Public Exhibition. William D. Ticknor was elected a Subscription Member. Adjourned for one week to April 24. April 24th.-An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day-the President in the chair. No business was transacted at this meeting, and the Society adjourned for one week to May 1. Adjourned two weeks, to May 8. Exhibited.-FLOWERS: From P. Barnes, a plant of Hybrid perpetual Duchess of Sutherland Rose, and seedling Verbenas, some of them fine. FRUIT: From J. F. Allen, Black Hamburgh and White Chasselas grapes -and Black St. Michael figs. From B. V. French, Yellow Newtown Pippin apples. From S. W. Cole, specimens of apples called the Red Russet, of fine flavor for the season. HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA FOR MAY. FRUIT DEPARTMENT. Grape Vines will now be in full flower in the greenhouse and grapery, and the temperature should be raised a few degrees, and the house kept rather closer, especially during cold and windy weather. Discontinue syringing while they are in blossom. By the middle of the month, the berries will probably be nearly all set, when more air should be given, and syringing again commenced the walks should, however, be well watered every warm day, in order to create a humid atmosphere. Continue to stop the laterals where they have pushed from a previous stopping, and tie in leading shoots carefully where the vines have not yet attained their full length. The border should be carefully forked over, with the addition of some good manure, and a slight coating of guano. Vines in the open air, of both foreign and native kinds, should now be tied up to the trellises, and put in order for the season. Vines in pots, now swelling their fruit, should be liberally watered with liquid manure. Raspberry plantations may yet be made with the best success, in consequence of the late backward weather. Dig around old plants, and tie up the stems to stakes. Strawberry beds may be made all the month. Old beds should be carefully raked, and cleared from all old dead runners, weeds, &c. Grafting should all be completed this month, if possible. Pruning should now receive attention; it is a kind of work which should be done with deliberation and judgment. FLOWER DEPARTMENT. Pelargoniums will be in their greatest perfection this month, and, if they have been properly managed, quite the showiest plants of a good greenhouse collection. If the plants show signs of weakness, give them a little guano water: see that they are all carefully and neatly tied up, and place them in a situation where they can have an abundance of light and air, and be shaded from the sun from 10 till 2 o'clock. Fumigate, if there is a sign of the green fly. Camellias will now be making their new growth, and should be liberally watered at the root, and freely syringed over the foliage; no plant delights more in moisture during the growing season than the camellia. Azaleas will now need attention, if fine specimen plants are wanted next season. As soon as they begin to make new shoots, the tops should be nipped off, in order to make them bushy and compact. If plenty of room, now is a capital time to encourage them in their growth by a liberal shift into larger pots. Syringe freely over the foliage. Gloxinias should now be potted again, if they have been properly managed. Achimenes will now need another shift, and, if very fine specimens are wanted, they should be put into shallow pans, three plants in each. Hardy Roses should now be pruned, being careful to cut well in, with the exception of Hybrid Chinas and Bengals. Prairre roses should also have a portion of the old wood cut out, in order to give place for the new. Hydrangeas, if wanted for fine specimens, should now be shifted. Chinese Primrose seeds should be sown this month to make fine plants for the autumn. Heaths, Epacrises, and similar plants, should now be propagated from cuttings. ter. Scarlet Geraniums should now be propagated for a stock for next win Verbenas and Petunias of fine sorts may now be propagated by cuttings for turning out into the border. Gladioluses, Tigerflowers, and other spring bulbs, may be set out in the open border now. Fuchsias will need another shift now, if fine specimens are wanted. No plant is more ornamental than this, and, if properly treated, they form the very finest ornaments for the balcony or verandah, during the months of July, August, and September. Pansies, managed as we have directed, should now be planted out in beds properly prepared. Dahlias may be put out the latter part of the month, or as soon as all danger of frost is over. [See the remarks in a previous page of the present number.] Carnations and picotees, wintered in frames, should now be turned out into beds, where they will bloom better than in pots. Annual Seeds of all kinds may be sown now in beds, and, after being properly thinned, they may be put out to fill vacant places in the border. Daphnes should now be propagated from cuttings of the young wood just hardened. Chrysanthemums should now be propagated, either by cuttings or suckers. Cyclamens done blooming may be removed to a cold frame. Phloxes should now be taken up, divided and reset, in order to have fine blooming specimens. Cactuses, now coming into bloom, should be liberally watered. Salvias of the several kinds may be planted out the last of the month. Herbaceous plants of many kinds may be safely transplanted until the middle of the month, or even later. Roses in Pots, wanted for early flowering specimens in the autumn, may now be encouraged to make new wood by a shift into a larger size. Cape Jasmines may now be easily increased by cuttings placed in a little bottom heat. Greenhouse Plants of all kinds may be now propagated before the very hot weather sets in. Every zealous amateur, or enterprising gardener, will find an abundance of labor to occupy him this month, which is, in truth, the busiest of the year. The out-door garden, too, will need every attention, and to have a succession of showy flowers throughout the season should be the main object of every gardener who knows his duty. TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. THE variety of information in the present number we commend to the attention of our readers. The article on the Cultivation of the Peach is seasonable, and just to the point. Mr. Cowan's long practice at Col. Perkins's celebrated peach-houses, from his boyhood up, during a series of years, when he had the charge of the houses under his father, gave him the opportunity of a good practice, and his advice may be safely followed. The interesting Review of Mr. Emerson's Report on Trees and Shrubs has been concluded; and the Miscellaneous Intelligence is replete with valuable information, especially the remarks on the Culture of the Dahlia, and on Root-Pruning Trees. Our thanks are due to Henry Rice, Esq., Dr. H. Wendell, of Albany, N. Y., Rev. A. R. Pope, Kingston, Mass., and G. Greene, Esq., Norwich, Conn., for scions of various fruits. We would call attention to our prospectus of the Fruits of America, the first number of which appeared simultaneously with this Magazine. SAXTON & MILES are no longer our agents in New York. James Hogg, Seedsman, Broadway, will act as our Agent in New York. Received-Manuscript communications from A. H. Ernst, R. Chisholm, T. B. Cowan, T. S. Humrickhouse, D. H. Wendell, E. Beck, Gen. Dearborn, J. Kennedy, J. H. Watts, R. Payments for the Magazine, from April 1, to May 1, 1847: Henry Lyons, sub. vol. 13, $3 00 | Samuel Jordan, vol. 12, $3 00 J. C. Holmes, vol. 13, 3 00 J. A. Tainter, vol. 13, 10, 3 00 6 00 and 12, 6 00 C. M. Keller, vol. 13,... 3 00 AGENTS FOR THE MAGAZINE.-C. C. Little & Brown, Otis, Broaders & Co. and Jordan & Co. Boston. F. Putnam, Salem, G. H. Carleton & Co. Lowell. Geo. C. Daniels, Providence, R. I. J. F. Shores & Son, Portsmouth, N. H. Dr. E. W. Bull, Hartford, Conn. J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. D. Landreth & Munns, and R. Buist, Philadelphia. R. Sinclair, Jr. & Co. Baltimore. J. F. Callan, Washington, D. C. J. R. Cotting, Milledgeville, Ga. C. M. Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, EDITED BY C. M. HOVEY. Published in monthly octavo numbers.-At $3 per year in advance. THE THIRD VOLUME of the New' Series of the Magazine, (13th of the entire work,) commenced January 1, 1847. It will be the object of the Magazine to continue to record all the discoveries and improvements in the art of Gardening-progressive as it must be-and to disseminate widely all new or improved modes of cultivation. In РOMOLOGY, the same descriptions and engravings of fruitsand brief notices of all new or little known varieties, as they are yearly introduced-will form its PRINCIPAL and attractive feature. In this department the Editor will have the assistance of the most experienced Pomologists in New England. Already a larger number of NEW FRUITS have been described in the Magazine, than in any other work extant. The entire experience of the late Mr. Manning, extending over a space of quarter of a century, will be found in the several volumes. The very large and extensive collection of pears and other fruits in New England affords facilities for descriptions of fruits unequalled in other sections of the country. But we need not recapitulate all the various subjects which have filled the pages of the Magazine, as a reference to any volume will be the best evidence of what has been accomplished. Neither will our readers wish us to make any new promises of what we intend to offer in the coming volume. Already have we added many pages to the present one; and we may here say, that the number will be increased hereafter, so as to enable us to better accommodate our many and kind correspondents, in every part of the country. Our FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE, we are happy to state, has been extended, and our facilities for obtaining the earliest information of new fruits, flowers, and trees, greatly increased. LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND ARBORICULTURE will continue to receive particular attention; and notices and descriptions of select trees and shrubs, for the guidance of gentlemen forming suburban residences, will be Occasionally given, as well as engravings of some of the more rare kinds. In RURAL ARCHITECTURE we shall offer designs of select villas, specimens of which have appeared in previous volumes. An IMPORTANT FEATURE has been added to the Miscellaneous Department, by which a page or two in each number will be devoted to correspondents and readers who may be desirous of asking any questions relative to any department of Gardening. The MONTHLY CALENDAR OF HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS will also be more full and complete. The first number of the New Volume was issued on the first of January, 1847. It will be printed in the same superior style, on the finest paper, and will be embellished by an increased number of engravings, forming a volume of nearly 600 pages, at $3 a year in advance. |