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report on the character, variety and beauty of the 

 Flowers ami Plants exhibited, but have not furn- 

 ished it to us in time for this publication. 



The Committee on \'e<j;ctables, consistinjT of C. 

 Semple, Dr. R. F. Barrett, and B. Martin, throu<:h 

 their chair. nan, Mr. Semple, made the following 

 report : [Which w-e are obliiifed to omit.] 



After the distribution of premiums, the Presi- 

 dent, Mr. Allen, addressed the meeting in a brief 

 but impressive manner ; explaining its objects and 

 purposes, and forcibly illustrating the beneficial ef- 

 fects anticipated from its success. His remarks 

 were listened to with proround attention, and re- 

 ceived with applause. 



After the articles exhibited had been disposed of, 

 for the benefit of the Society, in which the crowd 

 seemed each to vie the one with the other in mani- 

 festing his appreciation of the useful and beautiful, 

 the Society adjourned. A. B. Chambers, Sec'y. 



Buffalo Horticultural Society. — The com- 

 mittee on Flowers and Flowering Plants, beg leave 

 to offer the following report : — 



The September Exhibition just closed, being the 

 last of our Fairs, in extenso, for the season, it may 

 not be amiss to take a retrospective glance of the 

 floral season of labors, or rather pleasures, we are 

 closing. And first, we would remark some pecu- 

 liarities of the season, which may be admitted, has 

 been rather an uimsually short one. April and 

 May, and indeed much of June, was cold and un- 

 genial, although the Tulip show on the 27ih of May 

 (our first Exhibition) was regarded as a rich and 

 beautiful display. The sun's rays had not warmed 

 into active life the Floral Kingdom generally — the 

 beauteous Queen, when seen, had the tinge of palor 

 upon her cheek, nor was the strong and healthy 

 green and majesty of mien visible until the latter 

 part of June, from whence our season has been 

 line. A clear unclouded sky, with an occasional 

 refreshing rain, tarried with us through July and 

 August, bringing rapidly into bloom a rich profu- 

 sion of flowers. The Jlphides, generally so dcstrue^ 

 tive to Roses at this period, have been less trouble- 

 some than is usual, and our Roses generally have 

 had fine blooms. This delightful class of plants 

 have astonishingly multi|dicd with us. Ere thi.s 

 society became existant, three years since, the 

 common garden or June Roses, with very rare ex- 

 ceptions, were the only Roses known here. The 

 present season, however, has demonstrated that 

 we are not behind our suburban friends in this beau- 

 tiful class of plants : all, or nearly all the leading 

 Perpetual, 2'ea, Bengal, Noisette and Bourbon 

 Roses that have attained celebrity either in this 

 country or Europe, have bloomed with us. The 

 Pelargoniums, too, which at the same period were 

 confined to some dozen of the old varieties, have 

 been displaced by a magnificent collection of over 

 fifty entire new ones, embracing every colour and 

 shade, forming as rich and gorgeous a display of 

 intrinsic beauty during their blooming season (from 

 May until August,) as can be well imagined. The 

 modest but ever charming, and ever blooming Ver- 

 bena, has been generally cultivated amongst us, 

 and has this season been multiplied to over fifty 

 varieties, together with some new seedlings of ac- 



knowledged merit. The Fuchsia may also be re- 

 garded as a n(;w plant with us. Three years since, 

 the " Ladies Ear Dro])," Fuchsia Onagrarice, bear- 

 ing a pretty little pendant flower, of two or three 

 varieties, were greatly admired, but these have 

 now disappeared giving place to the more recent 

 splendid iiybrids, of which there arc some fifty va- 

 rieties among u,s. The flowers being increased 

 four-fold in size, and of the most beautiful varieties 

 and shades of colour — Paragon, Exoniensis, Ma- 

 jestica, Coccinea-rosea, &c., &c., are truly magni- 

 ficent. One of the most gorgeous of our Autumn 

 flowers, " The Dahlia," has this season been more 

 particularly introducc<l to our Society, and the mag- 

 nificent collection of Mr. B. Hodge has drawn forth 

 an universal admiration. There have been about 

 sixty varieties bloomed ; and would that most time 

 honored sire, Mr. John Frost with his linty locks, 

 but delay his visits to us for a few weeks longer, 

 we may yet anticipate a rare treat. The Dahlia 

 might well be denominated the Kinir of Garden 

 flowers, and the Rose his lovely Queen, but what 

 a progeny of little royalties are there in the rapid- 

 ly accumulating splendors of the parterre. The 

 Chrysanthemums are not yet in bloom, being Octo- 

 ber to December flowers ; and from the truly rich 

 varieties wp have amongst us, all originating from 

 the splendid collection of Mr. B. Coe, and the large 

 stock of Camellias that have this season found their 

 way hither, we have yet the material for another 

 Exhibition, should our Executive Committee deem 

 it wise. 



In taking a summary of the five monthly Exhibi- 

 tions of the season, we find enumerated as shown, 

 some forty varieties of Tulips, fifty varieties of car- 

 nations, one hundred and fifty varieties of Roses, 

 thirty varieties of Pansies, over thirty varieties of 

 Fuschias, and over sixty varieties of Dahlias, with 

 some several hundred green-house or pot plants, 

 embracing all the choice specimens of Cactus, 

 Achimenes, Calceolarias, Azaleas, Pelargoniums, 

 Nereum Splendens, Penstemons, Rhododendrons, 

 Roses, Yuccas, Magnolias, &c. And of Annuals 

 a most gorgeous display, embracing a great many 

 that have never before bloomed in this part of the 

 country. These results of the progress of our in- 

 fant Society are truly gratifying to your committee, 

 as evidencing a rapid, discriminating taste and skill 

 in Floriculture, alike creditable to ourselves and to 

 the city generally, and may be taken as an earnest 

 of our future eflbrts for the propagation of this truly 

 delightful and social refining, rationale of intelli- 

 ligent society. To our Monthly Committee of Ar- 

 rangements, both senior and junior, embracing du- 

 ring the season some one hundred and twenty ladies, 

 are we especially indebted for their assiduous and 

 ever tasteful labors, in the decorations of the Hall, 

 in the arrangement of the bouquets, and their ready 

 and smiling acquiescence of the duties devolving 

 upon them ; and indeed it were but frank to ac- 

 knowledge thut to the Ladies of this Society belong 

 largely the honors it has received, and the success 

 that has accompanied it from its very existence. 



At the close of the Fair, the President, Mr. L. 

 F. Allen, delivered a highly instructive and vale- 

 dictory address, giving a retrospective sketch of 

 the progress and well being of the Society since its 



