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ALBANY AND RENSSELAER HORT, SOCIETY. 



clasi flowers, viz: — Twelve varieties of Verbenas, Pink and 

 While Alusk Plant, Pink and White Lavalera, Feverfew, 

 Scliizanlhus. several vases nf Tageles, Erysimum penuTskia- 

 niim, twenty varieties of Zinneas, variety Kupluirhia, 4 vari- 

 eties of Petunias, Phlox UrummonJii, While and Guld Eter- 

 nal Flower, Silenes in varieties, Reseda oilorata, Delpliiiiium, 

 Double Balsams, Ageratiim, Didiscus cerulea; Coreopsis, 

 Scabious, Calceolarias, Cypress Vnie, Escholtzias, Portulaca, 

 Lathyrus odorata, Tropeolum, Dolichos purpurea, Mathio- 

 la annua, Centaurea americana, Heliaiilhus, 2 varieties, Ana- 

 gallis iiidica, Mesem^iryanthetnum chrystalinum, Coix 

 lachryma, Hibiscus al'ricanus, Glaucium luteum, Godelia, 

 Globe amaranthus — two varieties — Adonis minata. Celosia 

 cristata and lutea, Uianthus aiinuus. Clarkea, '2 varieties ; 

 Commelina, Cellestris, Delphinium pereii. Thymus pyramidalis, 

 Lonicera, Southernwood, Siiowbeny, Mock Sensitive, and a 

 very beauiit'ul exhibiiion of Quilled and Duiible German As- 

 lers, arranged in guod taste on a moss ground, in heart siiape. 



PREMIUMS. — The committee have awarded the premi- 

 ums as follows : 



For the best exhibition of greenhouse plants to L. 



Menand of Watervliet $3 00 



For the best exhibition of Dahlias to James Wilson of 



Albany 3 00 



For the 12 best dissimilar blooms to James Wilson of 



Albany, 2 00 



For the 2d best 12 dissimilar blooms to Henry Vail of 



Troy, 1 on 



For the l-est six varieties of Roses to James Wilson,. 2 00 

 For the 2d best six varieties of Roses to Dr. Herman 



Wendell 1 00 



For the best six varieties of Phloxes to Dr. Herman 



Wendell 2 00 



For the 2d best six varieties of Phloxes to James Wil- 

 son, 1 00 



For the best seedling Phlox lo James Wilson, 100 



For the best display of German Asters to Mr. New- 

 comb of Pittstown, 2 00 



For the 2d best display of German As'ers to James 



Wilson, 1 00 



For the most extensive and best exhibition of Verbe- 

 nas to J. Dingwall ..f Watervliet, 2 00 



For the 2d most extensive and best exhibition of Ver- 

 benas to James Wilson, 1 00 



For the best seedling Verbena, J. Dingwall, 1 00 



For 12 seedling Dahlias, discretionary premium to Mr. 



Newcomb 2 00 



This being the time to award premiums for the season, 

 the committee award for the best and most exten- 

 sive exhibitions of Annual, Biennial and Perennial 



flowers during the season, to Mr. Newcomb 3 00 



For the best and greatest display of Phloxes durmg the 



season to Dr. Herman Wendell, 2 00 



The committee beg leave to notice with commendation a 

 large and beautiful exhibition of new and rare, as well as 

 splendid. Dahlias sent to the exhibition by J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., New- York, for which they return the thanks of the soci- 

 ety to Messrs. T. & Co. 



Wm. Newcomb, Chabman, 

 JosKPH Caldwell, 

 John Dingwall, 

 Wm. Buttercase, 



Committee. 



VEGETABLES. — The committee on vegetables report 

 that there were exhibited by E. P. Prentice, of Mount Hope 

 near Albany— Sweet Corn, Carrots, Parsnips, Beets, Salsify, 

 Egg Plants, Red Cabbage, White Cabbage, Lima Beans, 

 Strmg Beans,six varieties of Tomatoes, four varieties of Rhu- 



I barb. Yellow Marrow Squashes, Summer Garden Crookneck 

 .'^quashes, and Red Pep|)ers. 



By Joel [laihbone, of Kenwood near Albany — Dwarf Early 

 York Cabbage. Drumhead Cabbage, Bh'od Beets, White 

 Carrots. Yellow Altrnigham Carrots, Early Purple Carrots, 

 Early Horn Carrots, Long Orange Carrots, Curled Savoy 

 Cabbage, Egg Toinatoes, Yellow Tomatoes, small red and 

 laige red Tomatoes, Lima Beans. Dutch Marrow Peas, Okra, 

 Case Knife Beans, Marrow Squash, White Manchester Solid 

 Celery, Sugar Beels,Suge, Mint,(Sweet Mnrjorum, Purple Egg 

 Plants, Salsily, Parsnips. Sweet Corn and four varieties of 

 Onions. 



By J. Roeslie, of Albany — White Onions, Red Onions, 

 Yellow Onions, White Strap Leaf Turnips, White, Black and 

 Yellow Radishes, Bergen Cabbage, sweet Winter Parsnips, 

 Pot-herbs, Peach Tomatoes, Yellow Tomatoes, Red Toma- 

 lose. Grape Tomatoes, Sweet Corn, and beautiful white large 

 Giant Celery. 



By John Townsend of Albany — Two varieties of Squashes, 

 two varieties of Carrots, Corn, While Onions, Turnip Beets, 

 Red Cabbage, and Nutmeg Squashes. 



By Wm. Newcomb of Pittstown — Twelve Bassano Beets, 

 Blood Beets, Sugar Beets, Salsit'y Roots, Blood Carrots, Al. 

 inngham Carrots, White Spined Parsnips, Red, White and 

 Silver Skin Onions, six clusters of Martinias, eight varieties 

 of Squashes, viz : Summer Yellow, Summer .Scallop, Valpa- 

 raiso, MamniOth, Sugar, Croi kiieck. Yellow Mammoth, and 

 Acorn Squashes ; Long Cucumbers, Sweet Corn, Ohio Corn, 

 Pop Corn. 



By Dr. Herman Wendell of Albany — Altringham Carrots, 

 Red, White, and Yellow Onions, Parsnips, Nine varieties of 

 Potatoes, viz: Onderdonk's Seedling. Long Pink Eye, Early 

 June, Shaw's Early, Mercers, Carter's, StafTold Hall, Meri- 

 nos, and Ro.ss' Early; Turnip Beets, Blood Beets, Drumhead 

 Cabbages, Martin's Crooknecked Squashes, Martinias and 

 Seymour's White .Solid Celery. 



By V. P. Douw of Greenbush — Blood Beets, Orarge Car- 

 rots, Parsnips, Red Tomatoes, .Salsify, Brocoli, Marrow Squash, 

 Celery, Drumhead Cabbage, Egg Plants, Butter Beans, Lima 

 lieans. Refugee Beans, White Onions, and Asparagus Beans. 



By Heniy Vail of Troy- While Solid Celery, Salsity, 

 Blood Beets, and four varieties of Egg Plants. 



By Dr. Fairfield of Troy — Delusion Squash, kept since Oc- 

 tober, 1846. 



PREMIUMS. — The committee have awarded the premi- 

 ums as follows : 

 For the best six Squashes, to E. P. Prentice, of Mount 



Hope, $2 00 



For the best 12 Blood Be«ts, lo V. P, Douw, of Green- 

 bush 2 00 



For the best 12 Carrots, to Joel Raihbone, Kenwood, 



near Albany, 2 00 



For the best 1 2 Parsnips lo E. P. Prentice 2 00 



For the best 12 roots of Salsify, to Henry Vail, of Ida 



Farm, Troy, 2 00 



For the best pair of Egg Plants, to Joel Rathbone, ... 2 00 

 For the best 6 heads ot Cabbage, lo Herman Wendell, 



Albany, 2 00 



For the best 6 heads of Red Cabbage, lo E. P. Pren- 

 tice, 2 00 



For the best 3 heads of Brocoli, to V. P Douw, 2 00 



For the best half peck of Tomatoes, to Joel Rathbone, 2 00 

 For the be.st 6 heads of Celery, to T. Roeslie, of Albany 2 00 

 For the best half dozen Martinias, to Wm. Newcomb, 



of Pittstown 2 00 



For the best display of Vegetables, lo E. P. Prentice, . 3 00 



D. B. KlRTLAND, 



Robert Harper, 

 John Sixiane, 

 Albany, Sept, 11th, 1S47. Committee. 



