Horse Shoe In A Tree

Whilst cutting a piece of oak a few weeks ago, in the timber yard of Mr. Thos. Wallis, at South Shields, England, some workmen found a horse shoe . embedded in the heart of the wood. From the thickness of the wood that had grown over it, it must have been fixed to the tree when very young.

Horti-Agricultural Society Of Essex North, Mass

President, E. G. Kelley, M. D.t reelected; Vice-Presidents, A. W. Miltimore, William Ashby; Corresponding and Recording Secretary, A. Horton; Treasurer, W. W. Caldwell, Jr.; Committee on Fruits, C. M. Bayley, A. B. Muzzey, Nicholas Johnson, Moody Ordway, Joel Lake; Committee on Flowers, Mrs. A. W. Miltimore, Mrs. E. G. Kelley, Mrs. s J. Spalding, Mrs. George W. Hill, Miss Mary Bartlet; Committee on Vegetables, Daniel Adams, William Bricher, William Huff, D. Thurston Colman, George Thurlow.

The President, Secretary and Treasurer, and John Osgood and N. C. Greenough, were constituted the Executive and Finance Committee, and empowered to select additional committees for the next annual exhibition.

Dr. Kelley, Dr. Howe, and George W. Hill were appointed a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws of the Society for publication, with a list of the members.

Horticultural Agency

Mr. Daniel Barker has opened a Horticultural Agency at Hartford, Conn. He is a reliable man, and we hope will be duly encouraged.

Hamilton County Fruit Gardens, College Hill, Ohio, A. H. Bailey, Proprietor. - A circular of wholesale prices.

Horticultural Clubs

It is surprising what an amount of information can be had when a neighborhood forms a club to meet weekly and strike their brains together - each telling of his successes and failures, his modes of culture, etc. - resulting in ideas and thoughts heretofore entirely new. We know several such clubs, or weekly gatherings, and suggest to all our readers that they should, one and all, form or join one. Take the district school-house for the meeting, if no better be had, or meet weekly from house to house of the members. Organize with a president and secretary, a business committee, and conduct the deliberations in parliamentary order, and our word for it you will be gratified and astonished at the results - at the amount of information which will accumulate in your secretary's books.

Horticultural Humbugs

The gardeners of England are considerably puzzled over a new seed which is most astonishing in its merit, and of which the introducer claims the following qualities:

Horticultural Items,-Mildew On Grape-Vines

The cold vinery of Prof. Huidekoper, of Meadville, is entirely exempt from mildew. His success is attributed to the use of sulphur sprinkled on the ground.

Horticultural Novelties

The following novelties are described by C. L. Allen, in the Horticultural Annual for 1871, just issued:

It is closely allied to the well known Speciosum Album, but a more vigorous plant, growing from three to four feet high, and bearing from twelve to eighteen flowers, on very long pedendeles. Color, pure white, with a slight rose tint on the ends of the petals; form, perfect; petals nearly alike. The fringe in the centre of the flower is very long and fine, giving it an exquisite appearance. The lily is perfectly hardy, and is readily propagated by scales and offsets, which are produced in great numbers. As yet very scarce.