ALBANY AND RENSSELAER HORT. SOC. 



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AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



The Committee h;ive awarded the premiums as follows : 

 Apples — For the best exhibition, to Dr. Herman Wendell of 

 Albany, ii?3 

 For the second best exhibition, to Henry Vail, of Ida 

 Farm, Troy. ¥-i 

 Pears — For the best exhibition, to Dr Herman Wendell of 

 Albany. S3 

 For the second best exhibition, to James Wilson of Alba- 

 ny, m 

 Plums — For the best exhibition, to Isaac Deniston, of Alba- 

 ny. «3. 

 For the second best exhibition, to Dr. Herman Wendall, 

 of Albany, $'2 

 Peaches— Vor the best exhibition to Stephen E. Warren, of 

 Troy, $3. 

 For ihe second best exhibition, to John Keyes Paige, of 

 Albany, *'2. 

 Gropes— For the best exhibition of native grapes, to Henry 

 V il, of Troy, $3. 

 For the best specimens and greatest variety of foreign 

 grapes, to John K. Paige, of Albany, $3. 

 Nectarines — For the best exhibition, to Stephen E. Warren, 



of Troy, ¥3. 

 Water Melons— For the best specimens, to V. P. Douw, of 

 of Greenhush, $2. 

 For the second best specimens, to Joel Rathbone, of 

 Kenwood. Albany, SI- 

 Musk Melons— For the best specimens, to Dr. Herman Wen- 

 dell, of Alban>'. $2. 

 For the second best specimens, to V. P. Douw of Green- 

 bush, $1 

 The Committee beg leave to notice favorably, and as the 

 best specimens of the particular varieties named, some Coe's 

 Golden Drop and Nectarine Plums, exhibited by Mr. Amos 

 Krigssof Schaghlieoke ; and some very large and beautiful 

 Bergen Yellow Peaches, exhibited by E. P. Prentice of Ml 

 Hope, Albany couniy ; als" a few beautiful specimens of Ap- 

 ple.*, Peaches, Plums, and a very beiiuiit'ul new seedling 

 Pear, called the Sterling Pear, exhibited by Messrs. Wilson, 

 Thorburn and Teller, from their nursery, 



V. P. Dnuw, Greenhush, Wm. Buswell Troy, 

 David Be.nson, Albany, Committee. 



FLORAL DESIGNS, VASE BOUQUETS, Ac— The 

 Coinmillee on Floral Designs. Bouquets, &c,, report that there 

 were presented fur exhibition more than twenty designs, bou- 

 quets, etc , nearly all of which were very beautiful, and re- 

 flected great credit for skill and taste on the part of the exhi- 

 bitors. 



Mr, Dingwall of Watervliet, exhibited a beautiful design in 

 candelabrum form, five feet high, composed of clioice and 

 rare flowers, surmounted with a very elegant bouquet of 

 green-house flowers, to which the Committee awarded the 

 first premium of $3, 



Mr, Henry Vail, of Troy, exhibited an elegantly arranged 

 design, three feet high, of antique form, composed of choice 

 flowers, to which they have awarded the second premium of 

 $-2 



Mr, Joel Rathbone, of Kenwood, exhibited a beautiful 

 Egypiian design, four feet high, composed of choice Dahlias, 

 Roses, Verbenas, and other flowers, arranged with great 

 skill and good taste, 



Mrs, D, T. Vail, of Ida Farm, exhibited a design in pyra- 

 midal form, composed of beautiful flowers, with a cypress 

 vine gracefully twined around its base, and arranged with ex- 

 quisite taste throughout. 



Mrs Charles H. Merrit, of Troy, exhibited a floral temple, 

 its columns and entablature covered with green moss, its base 

 studded with delicate flowers on a moss ground, and the apex 

 of Its roof surmoumed by a beautifully arranged bouquet of 

 rare flowers. 



Dr. Herman Wendell exhibited, not for competition, a de- 

 sign in pyramidal form, four feel high, composed of choice 

 flowers of numerous varieties, 



L. Menand exhibited a very splendid oval shaped floral or- 

 nament for a dinner table, arranged in u china basket with 

 great taste and skill, composed of the choicest and rarest 

 green-house flowers, such asSlephanotus floribundus. Ericas, 

 Crassulas, Drosinas, Fuchsias, Heliotropes, Geraniums, etc, 

 to which the Committee awarded a premium of $3, 



Mr, Dingwall exhibited a pair of beautifully arranged va*e 

 bouquets, composed of choice flowers, to which the premium 

 is awarded of $3. 



Mr. Wilson exhibited a pair of vase bouquets arranged with 

 taste and skill, 



Mr, Wilson exhibited a pair of flat mantel bouquets, ar- 

 ranged tasietully with choice flowers, to which the premium 

 is awarded of S'"2. 



Mrs. Charles H. Merrit, exhibited a basket bouquet, most 

 beautifully arranged with rare flowers, its body and handle 

 covered with moss, studded with rare and delicate flowers, 

 to winch the premium is awarded of ^2. 



Mrs Merntt also exiiibiled a beaulil'ul basket bouquet, with- 

 out a handle, arranged with skill and taste. 



Mr, WiKson, an exquisitely designed pair of bouquets, one 

 flat and one round, composed of the choicest and rarest flow- 

 ers, and arranged with consummate skill, to which the first 

 premium is awarded of $2. 



Mr. Menand also presented a beautifully arranged pfir, 

 designed with his usual pure ta.>le and great skill, to which 

 the second premium is awarded of $1. 



Herman Wendell, Abel French, 

 Wm, Newcomb, Committee. 



GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS AND FLOWERS,— The 

 Commiltee on Green-house Plants and Flowers, report that 

 there was exhibited by L, Menand the following named green- 

 house plants in pots — all of very beautiful appearance, and 

 indicating great skill in their culture, viz: — Ericas: muliiflo- 

 ra, transpareiis, clarida, umbfllala, gracilis, cruenia, and 

 phylicoides ; Rochea falcala, and Pliysiaiithus all a. 



By James Wilson — Seventy varieties of Dahlias for the 

 display premium, twelve varieties for the 12 dissimilar bloom 

 premiums, and one variety for the specimen bloom prf-mium; 

 six varieties of Noisette Roses, ter; varieties of Perpetual Ro- 

 ses, fifteen varieties of Bourbon Roses, twenly-four varieties 

 of Verbenas, several Seedling Verbenas, splendid double 

 German Asters and Seedling Phloxes. Mr. W. not having 

 handed 'u a list of the names of his flowers, the committee 

 cannot leport them, under the rule, more in extenso. 



By Dr. Herman W'eiidell — Twenty -two varieties of Dah- 

 lias, viz: — Admiral Stopford, Orb, Sylph, Striata, Lees' 

 Bloomsbury, Cleopatra. Arethusa, Oakley's Surprise, Madam 

 Walmer, Pontiac, Oddity, Duke of York, La Tour D'Au- 

 vergne, Madame Chauverii, Nigra et Alba, Sir Stuart Rich- 

 ardson, Harlequin, Bragg's Antagonist, Viscount Ressigneur, 

 Dowager Lady Cooper, and Illuminator, Twenty-five varie- 

 ties of Verbenas, including six seedlings ; also, Lusette, Pol- 

 kii, Eclipse, Caroline, Dove-eye, Roseum, Rosy-cluster, 

 Monk's Purple, Dwarf White, and others of newer varieties. 

 Eighteen varieties of new and beautiful Phloxes, most of them 

 never exhibited before this society, viz : — Charles, Rosea 

 superba, Nymphcea alba, Auguste, Grandissima nova. Prin- 

 cess Marianne, Decussata alba, Mazeppa, Fleur de Marie, 

 Almerine, Breckii, Lawrencii, Eclipse, Dodonoea, Anais 

 Chauviere, Norfolkii. and two Seedlings. Eight varieties of 

 Roses, viz ; — Dr, Rogers, Ilermosa, Gen'l, Dubourgh, Ma- 

 dam Laftay, Prince Alberi, Old Tea, Calveriia, and LaReme. 

 Also a beautiful collection of Phlox Drunimondii, arranged 

 on a ground of Rose Geranium, 



By Henry Vail, of Troy— Twelve varieties of new and 

 beautiful Dahlias, Mr V did not hand a list to committee. 



By J Dingwall — Thirty-four varieties of Verbenas, twenty- 

 five varieties of choice and beautiful Dahlias, a large collec- 

 tion of beautiful German Asters, tastefully arranged in a tray, 

 and tweniy-five varieties of Seedling Verbenas, several of 

 which were very fine, Mr, D. has not rendered a complete 

 list to the society. 



By Wm, Newcomb, of Pittstown — Seventy-three varieties 

 of Dahlias, viz: — Cinderella. Golden Souvenir, Lutea Speci- 

 osa, Arethusa, Ithuriel, Great Mogul. Illuminator. Standard 

 of Perfection. Hero of Slonehenge, Antler, Marchioness of 

 Ormond, Sir Stuart Richardson, Eugenia, Mark Antony, Al- 

 ice Hawthorne, Duke of York, Great Western, Desdemona, 

 Beeswing, Cleopatra, Conslantia, Theodore, Sir Henry Flet- 

 cher, Lord Lyndhurst, Viscount Ressigneur, Favoriie, Mar- 

 shal Soult, Prince of Orange, Charles l'2th, Harden's Bride, 

 Bridesmaid, Lutea Graiidiflora, Maroon, Argo, Exquisite, 

 Essex, Triumph, Dowager Lady Cooper, Crowbridge's Per- 

 fection, Hero of Tippecanoe, iSlcKensie's Perfection, Mrs. 

 Wilkinson, L'Magnificent, Scarlet Perfection, Lord Liver- 

 pool, Rose Unique, Rose Superior, Striata. Mrs. Rushton, 

 Mrs. Shelly, Unique, Admiral Stopford, Blaiidina, Indian 

 Queen, Widnall's Queen. Miss Jones, Antagonist, Primrose, 

 Alba Purpurea, Prince Albert, Mary, Conductor, Conserva- 

 tive, Sir R, Sale, Grandis, Julia; and Seedlings, Clarence, 

 Mrs, Newcomb, William, Annette, Eliza, Simon, and Presi- 

 dent Polk, And the following varieties of annual ajtd other 



