To Hovey & Co., for a design, mosaic work in asters and other flowers, 3d premium, $6. To Thomas Needham, for a grotto, 4th premium, $5. For Wreaths. For the best not less than thirty feet, to S. A. Walker, $ 10. For the 2d best, to Wm. Quant, $5. For the 3d best, to A. Bowditch, $3. Gratuities.-To S. A. Walker, for a motto, on which was inscribed “Wel come, friends, again," with an evergreen wreath, star and eagle, $7. To Mrs. Sparrell, for grass design, $4. To Miss Bowker, do., $3. To Miss Russell, for one large and one small basket of flowers, $4. To Miss Russell, for a pair of stars, $2. To Miss Kenrick, for basket of flowers and wreath, $2. To Charles Brims, for mosaic design, $3. To O. N Towne, for design composed of dahlias, $2. To Henry Reed, for design composed of dahlias, $2. To Samuel Walker, for design composed of dahlias, $2. To J. L. L. F. Warren, for one pair of hand bouquets, $1. To A. McLennan, for fine cockscombs, $3. To Jonathan Mann, Jr., for best grass bouquets, $3. To J. L. L. F. Warren, for 2d best, $2. To James McNeill, for grotto and fountain, $5. VEGETABLES. F. W. Macondray, A. D. Williams, Jr., Josiah Lovett, 2d, Judges. To S. W. Cole, for thirty varieties of potatoes, among which were sev-. eral superior seedlings, $10. To F. W. Macondray, for the best display and greatest variety of vege tables, $10. To A. D. Williams & Son, for the 2d best do. do., $7. They recommend a gratuity to D. Brims, for blanched celery, of $5. To William Bogle, for Scotch kale, a gratuity of $3. To S. Reed, East Abington, for a bushel of very fine seedling potatoes, a gratuity of $7. To Ricnard Waterman, Warwick, R. I., for a bushel of Early June potatoes, a gratuity of $7. ART. IV. Obituary. DIED, in New Haven, (Conn.,) his native city, on the 22d of July last, HENRY WAGGAMAN EDWARDS, late Governor of Connecticut; favorably known to pomologists as the originator of several valuable pears. Governor Edwards graduated at Princeton College in 1797, and subse quently filled, at different periods, the offices of Representative and Senator in the Congress of the United States, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Governor of his native state. But, however extensive and enduring may be his fame by virtue of his many exalted stations and great public services, his name is probably destined to a wider notoriety, and to be handed down further to coming generations, in connection with his pomological labors. In the fall of 1817, and the following spring, Governor Edwards planted the seeds of pears, with the design of obtaining new and superior varieties of this fruit. In doing so, he selected the seeds of the best which could be procured, including many sorts, but the number was then very limited compared with our day. This being the first systematic attempt of the kind in this country, as far as the writer is informed, was regarded by some of his neighbors with ridicule, while the more considerate of them considered it but a doubtful experiment. The result of the project is no longer conjectural: of some forty or more healthy bearing trees thus produced, a large proportion are valuable varieties. Some proved worthless; several rate highly for culinary purposes; while others are destined to take a high rank as table fruits. Of the latter, may be mentioned the Calhoun, Elizabeth, Dallas, Henrietta, Citron, and some others; several of which have been described in horticultural periodicals, and in the Fruits and Fruit Trees of America by Mr. Downing. So propitious a result has already had its natural influence on other cultivators in his vicinity, many of whom have, for several years past, been following his example of raising pears and other fruits from the seed. New Haven, September, 1847. D. [Our readers will remember our descriptions and engravings of most of the above fine sorts, and we are gratified in being able to offer so just a tribute to the pomological labors of Mr. Edwards.-Ed.] HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA FOR OCTOBER. FRUIT DEPARTMENT. Grape Vines, in the cold houses, will now be nearly ripe, and will need less attention; the principal care required being to keep the honse thoroughly ventilated in all good weather, guarding against damp, which occasionally, at this period of the year, is troublesome: all the young and superfluous laterals may now be cut out, leaving only the wood which is fully ripe, to be shortened in at the winter pruning in December. Vines in greenhouses will now have matured their wood and about finished their growth: pick up all dried or decayed leaves, and prune off all young unripe laterals, leaving only the mature growth. Keep the house open day and night in good weather. Strawberry beds will require a final hoeing and weeding for the season, during the month, and preparatory to being slightly covered next month. Currant, Gooseberry, and Raspberry lushes may be set out this month. Fruit trees of all kinds may be safely removed during the whole of the month it will be for the benefit of the trees if the ground is prepared as early as possible by a thorough trenching or digging. Peach trees recently budded will require attention to see that the ligatures are not girdling the trees. FLOWER DEPARTMENT. Dahlias.-The first severe frost will destroy the dahlias, and the roots should be taken up immediately after. We even prefer to take up young roots when the tops are quite green: if very severe frosts occur, the stem is often damaged so far down as to endanger the death of the roots before spring. Take up on a dry day, and place in the cellar. Japan Lilies may now be placed under the stage of the greenhouse, or in the cellar, placing the pots on their sides. Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, and similar bulbs, may be planted this month. Ixias, Sparaxis, Oxalises, &c. should all be potted this month. Pelargoniums will soon require to be removed to the greenhouse. Cuttings not potted off should be attended to at once. now be taken Old plants inLayers of hardy Roses planted out in the borders during the summer should up and potted. Young cuttings should also be potted off. tended for forcing should be repotted if not already done. kinds should be taken up and placed in a frame, where they can receive protection. Hardy varieties may be safely transplanted this month in the open border. Azaleas should be removed to the greenhouse. Achimenes of the different sorts, now done flowering, may have the tops cut down, and the pots placed away under the stage. Gloxinias and gesneras may have the same treatment as the achimenes. Fuchsias done blooming may be placed away under the stage, where it is free from damp. Camellias should now be removed to the greenhouse, giving the pots a good washing, and the foliage a thorough cleansing, if possible. Verbenas and petunias may now be raised from cuttings, or by potting rooted layers of the former. Carnations and picotees should be protected in frames. Chrysanthemums should now have occasional waterings with guano. Mignonette and Sweet alyssum should be placed on an airy shelf near the glass. Abutilons, planted out in the border, should now be taken up and potted. Cactuses should now be sparingly watered. Herbaceous plants of all kinds can now be successfully transplanted. Greenhouse plants of all sorts, planted out in the open ground, or plunged in pots, should now be potted, and prepared for removing to their proper places. OF HORTICULTURE. NOVEMBER, 1847. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. ART. I. Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties of Pears. BY THE EDITOR. IN continuation of our article descriptive of select pears, we have the pleasure of drawing the attention of cultivators to six native varieties, some of them of great excellence, particularly Knight's Seedling and Winship's Seedling. Though both of these have been known for some time, they do not appear to have been generally introduced into cultivation. It is gratifying to find the list of American pears continually augmenting, and more gratifying to find some whose merits have yearly improved, as soil or locality may have been favorable to the trees, or judicious cultivation, and more careful ripening, may have produced better specimens. We are more and more convinced that, ere long, as with the apple, our greatest reliance must be placed on our native varieties. Their peculiar hardiness and adaptation to our climate give them a value over most foreign sorts, and, among the many superior ones already brought to notice, the cultivator need have no trouble in making a selection of the very finest pears. 79. KNIGHT'S (R. I.) SEEDLING. N. E. Farm. Vol. X. p. 82. In the fall of 1831, Mr. A. Foster, of Providence, R. I., sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society a box of pears, which he called Knight's Seedling, (fig. 39,) and which he accompanied with the following letter:: "With this, you will receive a small box containing about a dozen specimens of the Knight's Seedling pear. This is a new variety, a native of this state, and is considered by many to be equal to the St Michael or the Seckel. Were it left to me to decide, I should hesitate, before I placed this or any other pear on a par with the St. Michael; nor have I, as yet, seen any variety that possessed the sweet and delicate flavor of the Seckel. "The original tree is now standing on the farm of Mr. Wm. Knight, of Cranston, in a wild, rocky and uncultivated spot, Fig. 39. Knight's Seedling. remote from any dwelling, and, until within a few years, has almost remained unnoticed and unknown. Within forty rods of this pear tree, separated by a piece of swampy ground, stands another of natural growth, but of no value whatever." Such is the account given of it sixteen years ago, since which period, we are not aware of the fruit having been often seen |