d'Amour, Belladonna, Lady Sefton, Amanda, Agrippina, Queen of Dahlias, Queen Bess, Negro Boy, Countess of Liverpool, Dennissi, Ròsea álba, L'Inapproachable, Widnall's Virginia, Widnall's Queen of Roses, Widnall's Enchanter, Paragon of Perfection and Springfield Rival.

ART. V. Exhibitions of Horticultural and Floricultural Societies.

Horticultural Society of Charleston, S. C.-This society celebrated their anniversary in Charleston, at Seyles' Hall, on Wednesday the 13th of July last. There was a splendid exhibition of flowers and ornamental plants, natives and exotics, together with such fruits and vegetables as the season afforded. Making all allowances for the destructive effects of the last winter, the protracted spring and excessive rains, yet the exhibition was highly creditable to the Society, to the ladies and gentlemen who were contributors, and to the committee of arrangements who conducted the proceedings.

Among the articles exhibited we find noted Cinnamomum Camphora, Hibiscus Ròsa sinénsis, Piménta vulgàris, Arum díscolor, Ficus elástica, Bignonia grandiflora, Xylophylla angustifolia, and the coffee tree in fruit.

The following premiums were awarded. Vegetables: To Mr. Tobin, for the best cauliflower, a silver medal; to the same for the best brocoli, a silver medal; to Mr. D. C. Webb, for the best leeks, a silver medal; to Mr. James Legare, for the best parsnips, a silver medal; to Mr. E. W. Bounetheau, for the best silver onions, a silver medal; to the same, for the best Madeira onions, a silver medal; to the same, for the best salsify, a silver medal; to Mr. Joseph O'Hear, for the best early potatoes, a silver medal; to Mr. John Michel, for the best artichokes, a silver medal; to Mr. Justus Hartman, for the greatest variety of fine vegetables produced on any one farm or garden, a silver medal; to Mr. Joseph A. Winthrop, for introducing the cultivation of two fine varieties of squashes-the California and cocoanut squashes, a silver medal.

Fruits:-To Mrs. William Clarkson, for the finest grapes, a silver medal; to Mr. F. Petit, for the finest native cultivated grapes, a silver medal; to Dr. Henry Boylston, for the finest plums, a silver medal; to Mr. Jonathan Lucas, for the finest strawberries, a silver medal; to Mr. John Michel, for the largest quantity of fine strawberries, a silver medal; to the proprietors of Woodstock, for the largest piece of ground, well cultivated in strawberries, a silver medal; to Col. Simon Magwood, for the greatest variety of fine pears, a silver medal; to L. H. Kennedy, for the greatest quantity of fine Antwerp raspberries, a silver medal.

We are happy to learn that attention is paid to the cultivation of heaths and camellias. By the report of the standing committee of the Society, it is believed that heaths will flourish well in the open air in the vicinity of Charleston. Camellias the two last winters have suffered severely, and the prospects of their successful cultivation in the open air are mostly given up. The early season at which they bloom subjects the buds to hard frosts. Roses are grown to a great extent, and several fine collections exist in the vicinity. Ranunculuses are also cultivated in great variety, and flourish extremely well. Remarkably fine flowers were produced from several gardens. Dahlias have not yet become so commonly grown as they are with us. A plant of Metrosidèros stood out the last winter, anl flowered in the spring. Premiums were awarded for camellias, carnations, &c. (Southern Agriculturist.)

REMARKS. Although the month of July bade us anticipate a favorable harvest, we fear that our expectations were formed but to be disappointed. This month up to this date has been uncommonly cool, and in various sections of the country, to the north, we hear of the destruction of tender vegetables by the frosts. Vegetables of all kinds are more scarce than in seasons in general, and some kinds we fear will not arrive at sufficient maturity to admit of any profit to the farmer. Vegetables planted for seed look despairingly, and the quantity saved will be very small; of cucumbers there will be scarcely any. Fruits are also very backward.

Potatoes now come in tolerably plenty; as the past season has been favorable for their growth. Unlike other vegetables which are cultivated in our vicinity for the market, they like a cooler climate and a stiffer

English Catherines,

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soil old ones are all gone. Turnips are plenty. Onions are tolerably plenty, and the past week several bushels have come to hand-early in comparison with other articles. We are glad to state that the demand for salsify, or perhaps, as it is better known, the vegetable oyster, has much increased the present season; we are certain that when it has been fully tried, and cooked in a proper manner, that it will be eagerly sought after-like the tomato, which at first was eaten with great prejudice, it will become as generally liked. Radishes are not so plentiful. Of cabbages, the stock the coming winter will not be very large, unless the ensuing month is warmer than we now anticipate. Early sorts come in slowly; savoys have just made their appearance. Cauliflowers are not yet brought in abundantly. Lettuce is now quite scarce, especially that of good quality. Tomatoes are so highly esteemed, that they command the present season as high a price as the finest fruits: very few have been raised in this vicinity, and the market is supplied almost wholly from New York. Sweet corn for boiling is extremely scarce. Peas are less plentiful than at the time of our last report. String beans are very abundant; indeed the prospect is now of but few others; no sievas, which usually are plenty at this time of the year, are to be had, and the first shelled beans of any kind came to hand the last week; Limas will not probably ripen at all. Squashes are sufficiently plenty to supply the demand, and prices moderate. West Indias are all gone. Fruit raised in this neighborhood, with the exception of pears, is not plentiful. But the facilities which are afforded by the rail-road for transporting merchandise are taken advantage of by marketers, and large quantities of very excellent quality are brought from New York. Apples will be plenty; fine early harvests and Shropshirevines may be now had. Of pears, there is a much greater variety than was to be found in the market a few years since; jargonelles and English Catherines are kinds much called for. Peaches raised in this vicinity in greenhouses or graperies, command a good price, more, we believe, for their beauty than their flavor, as few that we have seen possess much of the latter quality; cultivators are too eager to send their fruit to market, and gather it before it arrives at maturity; the supply is from New York. The supply of plums is from the same source as that of peaches; a rather new sort, this year, is the Italian damask, which is a very good plum. Currants are tolerably plenty. Berries of all sorts are scarce, and prices uncommonly high. Few watermelons have yet come to hand. Cucumbers come to hand very slowly; the quantity for pickling will be very small this year. Yours, M. T., August 22, 1836.

ART. VII. Meteorological Notice.

FOR JULY.

THE month of July, though not near so warm as seasons in general, was quite pleasant. The prevailing winds were from S. to E. The highest range of the thermometer, as will be seen below, was only 88°, and this only one day. There were several fine showers, but the month was not warm enough for vegetation to progress rapidly.

THERMOMETER.-Mean temperature, 66° 13'-highest, 88°; lowest, 50° above zero.

WINDS.-N., three days-N. E., two-E., seveneight-S. W., two-W., four-N. W., two days.

-S. E., three-S.,

Force of the Wind.-Brisk, fifteen days-light, sixteen days. Character of the Weather.-FINE, ten days-FAIR, ten days— CLOUDY, eleven days.

Rainy, six days-Misty, two days.

MONTHLY CALENDAR

OF

HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE,

FOR SEPTEMBER.

FRUIT DEPARTMENT.

Grape Vines, in the green-house or grapery, will now have ripened their fruit, and will be maturing their wood. Trim off the laterals, and pick off all decayed leaves. Give a plenty of air, so that the wood will get well ripened.

Strawberry beds may yet be made; for directions, see Vol. I, p. 299,

and the current volume.

Grape Vines in the open air. These will now be coloring their fruit. Trim away the lateral branches, and keep the vines thin of wood.

FLOWER DEPARTMENT.

Mignonnette seeds should now be sown for a spring crop.

Gilia tricolor: seeds of this beautiful plant should be sown, if wanted in pots.

Schizanthuses: sow the seeds this month, and the plants will bloom freely in the spring.

Chrysanthemums must be kept well watered, occasionally using liquid

manure.

Roses may still be budded.

Green-house plants: these should now be potted so that they may get established in the pots before they are taken in.

Dahlias should be kept well fastened up to the stakes, as the winds, which are generally prevalent this month, are apt to break them down. Trim away all superfluous wood, and when the buds are very numerous, thin them out; good specimens of flowers may be procured in this way.

Paony roots should be separated and set out this month.

Herbaceous plants of all sorts may be safely removed this month. Pink Pipings may be put in with success this month; make new beds, and set out those put in in July.

Annual flower seeds, of several sorts, should be sown this month; such as larkspurs, clarkias, &c.

Cyclamen roots: these should now be taken out of the border and potted.

White lilacs may be set out this month.

Vegetable Department.

Earth up celery plants this month.

Lettuces: sow these for a winter crop.

Spinach: sow this now for a spring crop.

TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

We invite the attention of those of our readers who are interested in the manufacture of silk, to the first article. II, by our excellent correspondent, should be read by all lovers of the Cacti tribe. Our own papers, we hope, will not prove uninteresting. Mr. Walker's paper is extremely valuable, and we hope it will be the means of calling public attention to the favorite flowers of which it treats.

The Reviews we have been obliged (to omit until our next, as also some of our Calls at Gardens and Nurseries.

Received.-Manuscript Communications from T. S. P., J. W. Russell, S. Walker, J. L. R., R., An Amateur, P.

Books and Printed Papers.-Genesee Farmer, Nos. 24 and 25, 1836. American Farmer and Gardener, Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17, 1836. Yankee Farmer, Nos. 15 and 16, 1836. The Silk Culturist and Farmer's Manual, No. 5, for August, 1836. The Vermont Farmer for Aug. 1836. The Southern Agriculturist, No. VIII. Vol. IX. 1836. Maine Farmer, Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 1836. The Cultivator for August,

1836.

Newspapers.-Mechanic and Farmer, and Nantucket Enquirer.

Any Books, Papers, Drawings or Communications, as also Seeds or dried specimens of Plants, the conductors will be grateful for. They may be directed to the publishers, Cornhill, Boston.

Subscribers and Correspondents, and Editors of those periodicals and papers with whom we exchange, must be particular and direct to the AMERICAN Gardener's Magazine-there being two papers published in Boston called the Gardener's Journal, and Gardner's Magazine; and several of our papers have been miscarried.

THE

AMERICAN GARDENER'S MAGAZINE

Was commenced on January 1st, 1835, and is continued monthly, at $3 per annum.

No. XXI. is published this day, and may be had at the Bookstores of Messrs. Hilliard, Gray & Co., Russell, Shattuck & Co., James Munroe & Co., E. R. Broaders, and at the Seed Warehouse of Messrs. Hovey & Co., 79 & 81, Cornhill, Boston. Ives & Putnam, Salem. H. Mann, Dedham. J. F. Thayer, Woburn. Chas. Whipple, Newburyport. J. F. Shores, Portsmouth, and George Tilden, Keene, N. H. Colman & Chissholm, Portland. Duren & Thacher, Bangor. C. Shepard, Providence. Clarendon Harris, Worcester. S. O. Dunbar, Taunton. S. H. Jenks, Nantucket. A. J. Beckwith, and Office of the Silk Culturist, Hartford. G. C. Thorburn, Israel Post, New York. D. & C. Landreth, J. Buist, and C. P. Fessenden, Philadelphia. Pishey Thompson, Washington. S. C. Parkhurst, Cincinnati, Ohio. At the seedstore of William Thorburn, Albany, N. Y.