Progress Of Tree Culture In Iowa

There is said to have been planted last year in Iowa, not less than 15,000,000 trees. And a still larger number will be planted this year. Two farmers in one township have set out 25,000 trees. Progress like this is encouraging. Here we have an average of five trees to each inhabitant in the State planted out every year. A hundred to each inhabitant would still be only a moderate beginning. There ought to be an acre on the average to every resident of the State.

Progressive Gardener's Society

We have received the Rules and By-laws of this Society, with a list of the members, etc. The officers for 1660 are as follow: President, William Saunders. Vice-President, William Grassie. Secretary, R. Robinson Scott. Treasurer, John Gurney.

Progressive Gardeners' Society Of Philadelphia

We are indebted to Secretary Scott for advanced sheets of the printed proceedings of this Society. We are glad to learn that they are to be put in a permanent form. They will make an octavo pamphlet of about 116 pages, embracing Essays, Discussions, and other valuable horticultural information. It will be sold to non-members for 25 cents per copy, for the benefit of the Society's library and reading-room, and we hope will have a good sale. It will be ready about January 1st.

Progressive Gardeners' Society Of Philadelphia #1

The following officers have been elected for 1861: President, John Pollock. Vice President, James Eadie. Treasurer, H. A. Dreer. Secretaryt (not yet elected.) The printed proceedings alluded to last month have been received. We are glad to see them in permanent form, for they are well worthy of being preserved, and will be read with interest by all engaged in horticultural pursuits. The price is 25 cents.

Progressive Gardeners' Society, Philadelphia

The stated monthly meeting of this Society was held at Druids' Hall, on February 11th; the President in the chair. Communications were read from J. W. Degrauw, Esq., Brooklyn, N. Y„ and Dr. Geo. Pepper Norris, Wilmington, Del, and ordered to be inserted on the minutes.

The election of a Secretary for 1861, which had been postponed, was taken up. Before resigning, R. R. Scott made some remarks respecting the motives and objects of the Society, and nominated Wm. Saunders for Secretary, who was unanimously elected.

Prolific Peaches

Upon the farm of Dr. Henry Ridgely, Dover, Del., is a peach tree, from which was gathered in one day this year, no less than twenty-two baskets of peaches. Another tree bore twenty-one and a half baskets. The first was of the late old Mixon variety, and was sold at Dover depot for $1 per basket, or $43.50 clear for produce of the two trees.

Prolongation Of Bloom

An exchange states having recently seen an instance of roses being preserved from early frosts which it deems worthy of note. They were chiefly late bloomers and at midsummer, after the first late bloom was over, the bushes were pruned and pegged down within a few inches of the ground, and small stakes were set among them a few inches higher than the plants. Every evening, when there is appearance of frost, mats used for protecting hot beds are thrown over them. By this slight protection they are yet in the greatest perfection, while others uncovered have been much injured and have generally ceased to bloom. Such of our readers as have these beautiful plants yet unharmed cannot do better than try this, as many of the finest roses only produce their best bloom after the greatest heat of the season has past. Other late blooming plants might also be protected in this way.