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Smoking cap and lamp mat, do Bessie Grieve, Bead mat and pin cushion do Mary Lewis, Pin cushion and watch case, do Sue Knox, Watch case, do Tin’y Winston, Wax fruit, do Fannie Knox, Bead candle mat, do Sallie Suttle, Sofa cushion, do Annie Cox, do do do Sallie Cobb, Bead mat, do Liz’e Hodgson, Slippers and mat, do Bessie Grieve, Sofa cushion, do Lida Coxe, Firescreen, do Mary Lamar, Oil painting, do L. V. Palmer, Wall basket, mat Ac., do Em. Simpson, Corner Piece, do Ella Anderson Wax wreath, do Mary Glover, Wax fruit and corner-piece, do Em. Simpson, Grecian Painting, do Tin. Winston, j Sepia painting and pencil drawing do L. V. Palmer, Grecian and old paintidgs, do Lida Coxe, The committees on domestic manufactures and articles of taste, labored under many em barrassments, on account of the crowded state of the room, and the presence of numerous arti cles which had not been regularly entered, and hence, many contributions of worth, may have been overlooked, among which, honorable men tion may be made of the following viz: 1 couch bedstead ot ingenious construction, by L. W. Shakelford, of Athens. Contributions of fine fruits, by Col. L. Buckner, of Balkwin co., Dr. Smythe, of Athens, and Mr, Jarvis Van Buren of Clarksville. A net sack, by Mrs. Hill, of Athens. Two ottoman covers, by Miss Mary Harris, of Walton co. One cushion, (imitation of Mosaic,) Mrs. S. 11. Maxwell, of Athens. Handsomo mats and tidy’s, by Mrs. Eliza Pope, of Athens. Fine morning dresses, by Mrs. P. W. Thomas, of Athens. A beautiful morning gown, by Mrs. Porter King of Alabama. A beautiful shawl and other articles in croch et, by Mrs. M. Cooke, of Athens; and a rich and elegant bonnet, from the establishment of Miss A. Sisson, of Athens. J. C. JOHNSON, Recording Secretm y. mm t•» INTERESTING TO THE COTTON TRADE. Some time since a series of questions, with regard to Cotton packing, was addressed by a leading house in St. Louis to one of the oldest and most reliable of Liverpool cotton firms.— These ques-tions elicited the replies given be low : Q. —Is the tare allowed on cotton baled in In dia bagging any greater than on that covered with American hemp bagging—if any difference, how much ? A.—The canvas makes no difference in the tare, it being the same on both kinds. Q. —Does cotton in India bagging arrive in as good order as that covered in American bag ging ? A.—Generally not in as good order as the hemp bagging. Q —ls the tare on cotton fixed at certain per cent, on the gross weight, or is actual tare al lowed ? A.—A fixed per centage on all American cot ton, say four per cent, is allowed, except where the cotton is tied with iron hoops when the ac tual weight of the hoops is allowed and only 3 per cent, tare is deducted. Q. —Wo have been told that India bagging stained the cotton, and has been objected to on that account. Is this so to any extent ? A. —We have not heard of India bagging be ing objected to for staining the cotton. In cases of damage, it increases the amount of the pack ing to be taken off, but only to a slight extent. Q. —Is cotton baled in India bagging prefer red to that covered in American hemp bagging, or vice versa, and why ? A.—American hemp bagging is decidedly pre ferred. Not being quite so heavy, it gives the spinners the advantage in the tare, and is worth considerably more when taken taken off the bales than India. Q. —Is any preference given for cotton tied up with rope over that fastened with iron ; and if so, for what reason ? A. —Buyers never inquire how cotton is tied, but they would prefer the rope, as they are more valuable to them than the iron ties. Q. —Do cotton bales tied with iron arrive in as good order as those tied with ropes ? A.—Cotton bound in iron hoops does not gen erally arrive in as good order as in rope ; but there is, perhaps, on the whole, no material dif ference between them. Q. —Don’t the iron ties damage the cotton by rust; and if so, is the injury sufficient to cause loss to the owners, or raise any objection on the parst of buyers ? A.—lron ties do not damage the cotton by rust to any appreciable extent. India bagging is more likely to be injured by them than the American. in FAT SRIZE CATTLE-JUDGES SHOULD BE FIRM. The following extract from the speech of Cap tain Tanner Davy, 0.0 0 f the judges on Devons at the recent Exhibition uc the Cornwall (Eng.) Agricultural Society, is not wwqiy inapplicable on this side of the Atlantic : •‘ln behalf of the judges of Devon tMo, i beg to thank you lor the honor you have don*, us. I hope our decisions have given you satis faction ; they have satisfied us, and I hope they have satisfied you. I don’t much care whether they have satisfied you or not. You put the matter into our hands to decide. I knew no person in the county : I knew no person’s stock. Wo decided according to the best of our ability. No doubt there must be dissatisfaction, becauso every exhibitor going into a show-yard is pre pared to look with a very powerful magnifying glass at the good qualities of his animal, and he does not see any defect. We (the Judges) must apply powerful glasses to see the defects, and must award the prizes to those animals that pos sess the greatest number of good points—the greatest quantity of beef on the most valuable parts. As soon as my decisions were over, I took off my badge add walked about the yard to hear the remarks. One hot-headed old-gen tleman said we ought to be put in the train and sent off to Devonshire. I asked him to bo kind enough to tell me what it was all about; he pointed to a second-rate bull in the old class, and said it was better than the first-prize bull. I said, * Why it is a year and four months older, and yet it girths only one inch more ; and that is very little for an animal to grow in a year and four months.’ That ho admitted; 1 but,’he said, 1 ’tis a better bull altogether.’ I told him the first-prize bull was of a very much better quali ty, from head to tail. He said he had nothing to say to that, but the other was a better bull. On that I said, ‘ I have nothing more to say to you,’ and we parted company. Some of our friends have remarked that Comishmen have been found fault with, for not knowing how to m sovsxsut vxsas sx&xsxdx. farm. But they know how to make young bulls fat at a very early age. There’s no doubt of that. My friends and I have often before been called on this sort of work ; and therefore Cor nish fat could not entice us from certain animals which had tendency to fatten. I contend it was our duty as judges, not to be led away by fat animals, but to see if there were not other ani mals, in fair condition, with a tendency to fatten, and of much more even shape. I would draw attention to the first-prize bull and the third prize bull in the second class. They would be called by some persons two small, poor little things. But why ? Only because so many cwt. of oil-cake had not passed througn them. Put as much oil cake or other nutritive matter into them, and put them side by side with the others, and then see how they would look. But you know, fat will not often cover deficiencies.— These animals that we have awarded the prizes to were not fat, but they have a tendency to fatten, and it would require more powerful eyes than I possess to point out any deficiencies in their present state. I should not be afraid to meet any gentleman dissatisfied with our awards and if he would walk about the yard with me, I would fight him from head to tail, as to any animal that has won a prize. There was among the cows an animal that you may wonder did not get a prize. We did not notice her at all. One gentleman informed me that we did not know anything about it. I replied 1 very likely not,’ but I said 1 The prize is offered for Devon cows as milking cows.’ This cow is owned by a gen man I have known many years. She is a very beautiful animal—of beautiful quality, and the best shaped cow in the class, in my opinion. But she gave milk at only one teat; and I did not consider that a cow so injured was a fit ani mal to receive a prize as a milking cow. In ag riculture, milk is a rather important element of produce, and butter sells at a good price. We know that it is an all-prevailing law in the animal kingdom, that like produces like ; and I believe that the offspring of that cow wouid be diseased —not to the same extent, but in the same way that she herself is. For that reason we did not award her a prize. I have mentioned these rea sons to you, and let all who are dissatisfied go home and ruminate upon them. I would appeal to any practical man of unbiassed mind whether they are not reasons that ought to weigh with those who have the duties of judges in a show yard.” At the same meeting, Mr. Philips of Totnes, one of the judges on Short-horns, spoke for the Short-horns much after the same fashion as Capt. Davy did for the Devons : “ I am now going,” he said, “ to advert to a subject which has already been introduced. It is a growing evil, and one that ought to be put a stop to, the exhibiting on these occasions stock that have been artificially brought to an unnat ural size, only for the purpose of getting prizes. It is an injury both to the public and the breed er ; because such animals seldom breed: and if they do, they rarely produce good stock. I believe the remedy is in the hands of the com mittees who appoint the judges. You know full well that on many occasions there is placed in the hands ot judges a rule that they should not award prizes to stock in an unfit state for breed ing. The question is, do they adhere to that ? I say not. Invariably this question is overlook ed, becauso they who have the management of these societies consider that if they were to car ry out this rule they would injure the show, as such and such fat stock from certain breeders would not be exhibited. But I contend it would not be so. Carry out that rule, and you would find that these societies would have much more beneficial effect than they have now. You would find those gentlemen who declined to ex hibit would soon return, and would exhibit their cattle in a natural state. Further than that, there are many who now refuse to exhibit very good stock, because they know that on these oc casions the prizes are awarded, not to the most skillful breeders, but, very often, to the most ex travagant feeders.” The Mark Lane Express, alluding to these re marks, well observes: “ Our readers know how long this has been our own argument, and how thoroughly it is justified. It is this over-feeding that brings prize stock into such disrepute— that lands them in America and the colonies dear bargains and barren butcher’s beasts. It is this that tends to all the humbug and secrets in the management of a herd, where one set of animals are kept for use, and another for show. It is this that deters so many good men from ever exhibiting at all. The remedy, however, rests clearly with the judges. No matter how ready the Stewards or the Council may be to pass over the abuse, let them only act up to, and speak out, like Captain Davy and Mr. Phillips, and they may soon do a deal of good. Never mind what interested people may say who have dairy cows too fat to give milk, or bulls too pam pered to get stock. If they aro fit to bo judges at all, they can estimate fairly-fed animals quite as correctly as they can the over-fed. And a man who prizes a beast at a breeding show, chiefly because it is made up for a Christmas one, is simply sanctioning an absurdity, a con tradiction and a delusion —if not a dishonesty.” — Heat of Different Woods. —The following is set down as the relative heating values of dif ferent kinds of American wood: Shellbark hick ory, being taken as the highest standard, 100 ; pig-nut hickory, ; white oak, 84 . white ash, 77 ; dog woood, 75; scrub oak, 73; white ha zel, 72 ; apple-tree, 70; red oak, 69; white *'~»ch, 65 ; black walnut, 66 ; black birch, 62; yellow go; hard maple, 59 ; white elm, 58; red cedar, oa . cherry, 55 ; yellow pine, 44 ; chestnut, sa, ve llow poplar, 52 ; butter nut 54 ; white birch 4a , w hite pine, 42. Some woods are softer ana than others, the hard and heavier having then fibres more densely packed together. But the same opecies of wood may vary in density, according to Uh conditions of its growth. Those woods which grow in forests, or in rich wet grounds, are less consolidated than such as stand in open fields, or grow slowly upon dry, barren soils. There are two stages in the burning of the wood ; in the first, the heat comes chiefly from flame ; in the second from red hot coals. Soft woods are much more active in the second stage than the hard, and the hard woods more active in the se cond stage than soft. The soft woods burn with a voluminous flame, and leave but little coal, while the hard woods produce less flame and a larger mass of coal.— [Ohio Valley Farmer. English Blooded Stock in South Carolina. —We learn from the Charleston Mercury, of tho 6th inst., that the ship Mackinaw, from Liver pool, arrived at Charleston on the sth, with the following blooded stock for Mr. Richard War dell, of Union District, bay stud lota, by Storm, out of Beta, raised by Mr. J. Milner, of York shire, England. Bay mare Ella, by PorUifex, out of Dash —mare raised by Mr. Foster, York shire, England. One Durham bull, LordLaikin field, one year old, raised by Mr. Foster, Laikin field, near Hull. One Durham heifer, Lady Laikinfield, raised by the latter gentleman. A WHEAT FARM BECOMING AI ARM OF ALL WORK. When it became a confirmet', fact that the wheat farms in Western New fork could no longer be depended upon for thatcspecial crop, many land owners stood appalled and the first impression at once gained grouiti that lands must very much depreciate in vatie. Now, it is as hard for a man to admit tha he is grow ing poor, with the old number of seres on his hands, as it is for a woman to owt that she is growing old. Tho effect of this invasion of ii|ect vandals among us was two fold: while it qemed to dis hearten and even completely disqurage some, pride stepped in to the rescue of o|ers, making better farmers of them, and thuslpading them not only to retain but to enhancjthe value of their farms by making them m4e profitable, and at the same time improving condition by a salutary rotation of crops, fclaim to be long to the latter class, and my land, in the main, is pre-eminently adiptei to wheat, I have entirely changed my |lan coming down from an annual seeding of 50 nr 69 acres to from 12 to 20 acres of wheat basis of my pres ent system is to let no land rm to waste, but put something that will grow ani yield a cer tain though sometimes a moefrat* profit, upon every arable acre. I pretend to no extraordi nary cultivation, and it is but to show the suc cess of this variety in produce hat I record the last year’s result. My farm includes about iO acres, 240 of which are improved, with no xtraordinary im provements in buildings, Ac. At the full value put upon my land when whea was in its glory, the capital invested in farm, f ick and utensils, is $25,000. I proceed to si i uy the whole amount received on tho in’ stment, and will then charge the farm with see labor, and other outlays, pertaining to product n. Let me pre mise that I raise my own tea , —re-place with young animals the number sol annually as beef, pork, mutton, or cows. I feei all my corn and hay at home, and make my w< idland pay its in terest. My present purpose des not require me to give a detail of the crops ier acre, or the quantity in the aggregate, but n round numbers the cash value of products. Commencing the year with lily, the following is the result: Wheat, $430 00 Rye, .1... 185 00 Barley, J.... 325 00 Oats, [.... 450 00 Early Potatoes, 120 00 Late do 225 00 Pork, 370 00 Beans, 75 00 Clover Seed, 55 00 Buckwheat, 20 00 Beef, 135 00 2 young cows. 80 00 Wool, 258 00 Lambs, 195 00 Dairy, 180 00 Wood and Heading. 50 00 Apples no crop | • Indian corn 500 bushels, > none sold. Hay, 65 tons, j $3,153 00 It is proper to remark that I had about average luck in hitting the market at the right time for a price. I have kept my accounts with sufficient accuracy to know that $l,lOO will cover all ex pense, including tax, repairing tools, threshing, aud labor of all kinds pertaininar to production. The balance will stand: Amount of income $3,153 00 Expense of producing, 1,100 00 $2,053 00 i am aware that the above variety of crops must be modified by circumstances, such as ac cess to market, assortment of soil upon the same farm, Ac., so that my statement only forms a general indication of what may be done upon a wheat farm. To those who may be incited by what I call an accidental escape of the wheat crop this year, to throw in, hap-hazard, upon poorly prepared stubble or late plowed fallows, I would suggest that the certainty of fair profit, with a judicious variety, is preferable to poor wheat farming, or perhaps a tantalising growth of straw and no wheat for the granaro. J. B. Smith, m. d. Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 5,1859. Cotton. —A recent official return supplies in teresting information with reference to the quan tity of cotton and wool imported into the United Kingdom in the past year. The total receipts of raw cotton in 1858 were 1,034,342,175 lbs (the largest aggregate yet reached) and of this enor mous quantitv 833,237,776 lbs came from the United States, 18,617,872 lbs. from the Brazils, 38,248,112 lbs, from the Mediterranean, 132,722- 576 lbs. from British India, 366,808 lbs. from the West Indies and British Guinea, and 11,148 032 lbs. from other sources. The importations in 1858 from the United States were considera bly in excess of any former year. In 1848 the total receipts from all countries were 773,020,- 161 lbs. so that the trade has expanded about 45 per cent in 10 years. The proportions of the various sources of the supply of 1848 were as follows: United States 841- per cent; the Bra zils, 2£ per cent; the Mediterranean 1 per cent; British India 12 per cent, and the West Indies, British Guiana, and other countries not specified lj per cent. In 1858 the United States contrib uted 80| per cent, the Brazils about f per cent., the Mediterranean 3| per cent, British India 12f per cent, and the West Indies, British Gui ana, and other countries not specified about 1J per cent. It thus appears that white the de mand for cotton has increased in the period un der review 45 per cent, the efforts made by the Manchester interest to render themselves less dependent on tho United States have succeeded to the extent of about 44 per cent. The Ameri cans, however, sent us last year 233,009,712 lbs in excess of iVe quantity they exported to Great Bntain in 1848. The receipts from British In dia fell off very seriously last year, the diminu tion being no less than 117,615,568 lbs. But for this circumstance the proportion of the Amer ican supplies would not have been so great.— The receipts from the Mediterranean in 1858 were larger than in any former year, but the West Indies and British Guiana retrograded.— From other countries tho supplies increased considerably.. —Liverpool Times. t »> It is a shiftless trick to let cattle foodder them selves at the stack ; they pull out and trample more than they eat. They eat till the edge of appetite is gone, and then daintily pick the choice parts ; the residue, being coarse and re fuse, they will not afterwards touch. — Prof. Agassiz’s school opened at Cambridge on the 3d inst, with fifty-two new members, the whole number of pupils being eighty or ninety. Besides those from Boston and its vi cinity, there are young ladies from ten different States. [For the Southern Field and Fireside.] THE STATE FAIR. Atlanta, Oct. 23, 1859. The State Fairs which are yearly held at this place, are worthy the attention of the thinking men of every section of the State. Our farmers, and indeed men of every class and profession, are induced to travel and keep up with the spirit of the age. Obsolete notions of husbandry, thus gives place to new. The sight of fine stock increases the desire to improve it. Notes are compared, and with most men more ideas are gained from a visit of this kind, than from all books and oth er means whatever. In spite of its importance, our fairs and fair grounds have never received that attention which is certainly their due. Tho buildings are old and unsightly, and up to this year the contribu tions have been small. In this respect we who cal! ourselves the Empire State of the South are sa ’ y behind our adjoining sisters. However, ti> i anagers this year, we are glad to learn, have a larger number of contributions on hand than have beeu received at any previous fair. I made a hasty visit to the grounds this even ing, although, to-morrow is the first opening day. The grounds are uneven and hilly, and do not allow the visitor to take in at a single coup d'oeil, all the objects that are there for ex hibition. But very few of the articles were then open to exhibition. We saw, however, twelve blooded horses, daintily arrayed in rich capar isons, ten of Morgan stock, and about seventy of other kinds; the celebrated cashmere goats, which have been present at every exhibition; ten jacks and jenets braying most discordantly, and above all, the mammoth bull, known as Ajax, of Jasper county. This Brobdinagian animal is undoubtedly the lion of the fair, and in size is not much smaller than an elephant.— A collection of about one hundred ornamental trees of very diminutive size, arrayed in small jars like hot house plants will form, a noticeable feature of the exhibition. It is the contribution of Breckman A Co., of your city. There was a large amount of fancy work, quilts, embroide ries, paintings, machinery, farming implements, of which, if I can find time amid so much ex citement, I shall endeavor to give you an ac count. M. N. B. mm 11» STORING AND FEEDING TURNIPS. Editors Genesee Farmer: —There is no small amount of difficulty in storing turnips safely. A little too mjuch heat and they are lost. Four years ago I had lao bushels in a long pit, sunk 18 inches deep; the man who covered them was told to put on 10 laches thick of earth, instead of which he put on lb inches; a venti lating hole was left at the the snow fell deep, and added to the warmth, aad the whole decayed. My root house is built in a side bill. It is walled up with pine logs; poles are laid across from plate to plate, and it is filled in tightly with straw between them and the boarded roof.— The earth is banked up the roof about two feet above the eaves. The front, where the entrance is, is of course out of the ground, and is double; that is, there is a space of five feet between the wall, and a tight board partition within. This root house was filled to the roof, and it held 800 bushels. Fearing they would heat, the inner door was left open, when a sudden and unexpected fall of the temperature took place on the 25 of November, going as low as 4 degrees beivw *-ero. The turnips at the exposed end of the building froze partially, but were quite good for use; the main bulk kept well and were sweet and fresh in the spring, and some lasted till June. The root house is so constructed that at the end, level with the top of the bank, there is a trap door, into which the turnips are thrown from a tilt cart, so that there is no handling in the unloading. The turnips should bo tnmmed of roots, as well as tho tops, as they are more liable to beat if stored with the roots on, on aceount of the earth which then adheres to them. I lost some bushels, and, had I not discovered tho mischief in time, should have lost more one season from this cause. My root house was constructed in haste, of materials which were on the spot, otherwise I should prefer one of stone, with a roof of stout poles and earth well turfed. Feeding. —On this head I might content my self with saying that all tho animals I have five in part upon them, but it may perhaps be useful to go more into detail. Ist. My horses for three winters past have had very little grain until toward spring. Each has two large turnips, whole, but clean, night and morning, unless doing heavy work, when they have a feed of oats in the morning instead of the turnips. They are very fat and full of life. 2d. My calves and lambs get turnips sliced with a machine twice a day, about half a gallon to each, and some hay. My sheep get them in the same way (once a day this winter,) with pea or oat straw only, until March, when I begin to give them hay. 3d. The young stock, one and two-yea olds, get turnips once a day, sliced as above, and straw until near spring, when they get hay; and they are in good growing condition —many farmers would say fat —all through the season I have raised mangel wurzel for my milch cows, as the turnips give the butter a strong flavor, especiallr during the first half of the winter, af ter which I have found them less objectionable on this account. A bushel a day between three cows has been my allowance. If you want good beef, shut up a lean ox, give him three bushels a day of turnips and a little hay or cut oat straw for ten weeks, and then, for the last fortnight of his life, a gallon of barley or corn meal a day, sprinkled over his turnips, and if tsere is any disposition about him to fatten you will get as tender and juicy meat as any one can desire. John Mackelcan, M. D. Ancaster, C. W., 1859. * 11 lap The reader’s attention is directed to an advertisement respecting the “ National Fertilv er," which will be found in its appropr*® column. The Winans’ Steamer. — The improve ments upon the original design o 1 ’ e wi u ans steamer have been completed and w f , earn that it is the intention * b « r 4 bl ! llder8 to make the long cont* n P^ ed trial. outside of her native we <ffs - or^2,V c . . , the first destination of - <le vessel. The visit of the vessel to New Ye* and other ports will be governed by circurr»4 ance3 - It h as been sug gested to her buil<* ra and owners to take the nondescript to Portland, Maine, on the arrival of the *eat Eastern there. The original length of the Winans’ steamer was 180 feet, but it beinr demons t ra ted by frequent tnalsthat a greater »ngth insures an increase of speed, several Editions have been made, and the length of the vessel now is 235 feet from point to pout.— [Baltimore Sun. HORTICULTURAL. Will, If. WHITE, Editor. SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 1859. CLARK COUNTY FAIR. A notice of this very successful exhibition has already appeared in the Agricultural columns of this journal Though in the aggregate the dis play was a fine one, yet, in the products of the garden and orchard the show was rather meagre to what it might have been. The premiums given in this section were to Mrs. D. Durham, of Watkinsville, for the best display of kitchen garden products, to Mrs. Margaret Smith, of Athens, for the largest and best collection of Georgia raised garden seeds, to Mr. N. M. Pridgeon, near Athens, for the best collection of fruit trees, and to the writer for that of fruits. The collection of Mrs. Dr. G. E. Smythe, of Athens, also deserved a premium, and the fine display ofcut-flowcrs from Mrs. Y. L. G. Harris, was one of the most attractive things shown. The Catawissa raspberry shown by Mr. Harris, was also a great attraction. This variety has been in fruit nearly, if not quite, the entire sum mer. We saw it in August in the garden of Dr. Smythe, full of ripe fruit, and to-day, Mr. Har ris has brought us several shoots literally loaded. On one foot of stem we counted sixty berries, in every stago of ripeness and growth. It is now fuller of ripe fruit than at any time during the season. The flavor is good, and we consider it a very remarkable acquisition. We observed a fine collection of apples from L. Buckner, of Milledgeville. The Napoleon apples, from J. A. Dorsey, were of remarkable size. Some immense pears from parties whose names we did not learn, were shown. Very large fruits of the egg plant were brought by various parties. If it is wished that the horticultural show shall be a better one, some arrangement must be made for the better protection of what is sent in the way of flowers and fruits, and the premium list must also be considerably enlarged. The growers of fine flowers and fruits will decidedly prefer sending the results of their care and taste to appreciating friends, than have them spoiled by handling, or spirited away by greedy boys. As personally we suffered.no annoyance of this kind, we speak the more freely in behalf of others whose collections were fully exposed. The brandied peaches shown by Mr. E. Ban croft, were the finest we have ever seen. Some very beautiful jellies and pickles, were shown by Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. R. H. Goodman. The latter lady took a premium on these, and also the first premium in both landscape and fruit painting in oil. Good housewifery, it seems, may co-exist with a cultivated taste for art. The Fair was, upon whole, decidedly a pleas ant gathering, where all were better pleased than they anticipated, and from which many left with the belief that in some particular ob ject shown they could and would the coining year excel anything this year on the ground.— And the spirit of healthy emulation thus exci ted is one of the great benefits of Agricultural Fairs. • [For the Southern Field And Fireside.] BULBS.—NO. 3. Lilium.— Lily. —All the species of this genus are worthy of a place in the flower garden. Lilium Candidum, the common White Lily, grows three or four feet high and its leafy flower stem terminates in peduncles bearing large white flowers. The purity of its color and its delight ful fragrance render it, though so old a plant, a universal favorite. It flowers in May. Some varieties have striped foliage. L. Longiflorum. — Long-flowered. White Lily. The flowers are very long, larger than the last, also pure white, beautiful and fragrant. L. Eximium and L. Brownii, are also white/ flowering sorts, more handsome than the the former with pendant flowers, a fip'’ bol “ variety. . L. Mart agon.— The Turk Cap £ r ? ws some three or four feet high, termina ting in some twenty or more with petals very much reflexed, and,' fl ® co J or8 i carmine, spotted, or va4 ln different varieties. —May. , , . „ . r L. Chvlcedonici* 1 , Scarkt Mortagon Lily, is of fine scarlet coW. Petals reflexed, and it grows three or four ffet high- .. L Umbdlahtm, Orange Lily. This is some four or mors feet high, terminating in an umbel of erect orange colored flowers in bloom with, and an effective contrast to the White Lily. L. Aurantv'UM, Dwarf Orange Lily ; is two feet high, and produces in May three or four upright Orange flowers to a stem. L. Tigrinum.— The Tiger Lily. Quite coinm«‘, four to six feet high. The flowers are orange with black spots, and very ■ « produces small black bulbs in t w axl » °j the leaves from which it is easily-»- 0V Y n ’ as if plant ed they soon produce fine lowering plants— J Tsupkrbum, is a splendid Ameri can plant, growing ° r 8 * feet; high, the stem terminating in pyramid, of from wenty to forty rofleved flow 1 ' 8 ’ of whlch the Col ° r in dlfferent varieties 'y eUow > oras 8 e > and orange-scarlet— Jun^jait adense, Madding Meadow Lily, grows Je three feet high, bears some fifteen to twen ty slightly reflexed pendulous flowers with color varying from yellow to orange scarlot, spotted with brown, within the cup. Besides these, L. Caroliniana, deep yellow, spotted with purple. L. Phiklpicum, dark orange, spotted at the base. L. Catesbaei Scarlet, spotted with yellow and brown, are interesting native species. L. Lancholium, Japan Lily, is the most mag nificent of the species and one of the most strik ing plants cultivated. It grows about five or six feet high. There are several varieties, as album, speciosum, punctatum, rubum, all with reflexed petals, varying in color, as pure white, pink and white frosted ground spotted with deep crimson, white or blush with crimson spots, deep crimson with white edges and spotted with purplish violet; all the varieties are exquisitely fragrant. The prices of these plants have been very high but they are now sold at moderate rates. It is about five or six feet hig;h. L. Gigantium, Gigantic Lily, is a new variety from Nepol, and it will be some years before it 183