rollook ; ono dollar toThomasRobortson. TiiHiUVe.tign — for the best toChnK. fiiithorland. Hniiktt — fnrtho licsl 

 to J. J. llalHTiiK'lil, gr. to Jiihn Laiiilicrt ; for tlieiiccuod best to Mark Hill. Bouqvuiii — pair — for tUo bent to II. A. 

 Dr^cr : for the .'ipcnnd bo.n to J. J. llabormehl. 



Si'iriiil I'rrmiurnM. — Four dollars, for a collection of Orchids, to John Pollock ; two dollars, for a collpclinn of 

 cut Ko>i"i, lo Ilonry A. Dropr. Tlin Coininittpc noticed a flno colloction of Verbenas and I'lilox Drumniondii, 

 now variolies, and a handsome collection of rotunias. by Murk Mill. 



Hy the roinniittoe on Fruits. Strawberries — for the best — A. L. Felten, for the Moyamensing ; for the oeeond 

 best to the same, for Ilovey's Seedlings. Cherries — for the best to 0. W. Earl ; for the second l)est to Isaac H. 

 Baxter. Grape.'* — three bunches — for the best Black to Chas. Sutherland ; for the second best lo Win. Orassie, 

 gT. lo John Tucker. Currants — for the best Ked and White, to Isaac B. Baxter. Sj>erifU PrrniinniM — for a flno 

 display of Strawberries, embracing thirteen varieties, three dollars to A. h. Felten ; and, for the Quest ispecimen 

 of i'ineapple ever exhibited, and weighing nine pounds, live dollars to Wm. Grassie. 



By the Committee on Vegetables. Display — for the best, ny a market gardener, to A. L. Felten. 



T!:t Conimittee on Plants and Flowers, to whom was referred the samples of labels of the names of fruits and 

 plant ', to be attached to trees and plants presented to the Society by Aiulre Leroy, of France, reported that they 

 had examined them, had tested them hy immersion in water, to which they were impervious, and recommend 

 Ihem as worthy of general use, being at once ornamcutal, durable, and moderate in price. 



Five gentlemen were elected to membership. 



OiMKcrs KXiiiBiTBD ; PLANTS. — From James Dundas's collection. Orchids — Oncidium flcxuosum, 0. am- 

 pliatum, Cattleia Mossiie, C. M. major, Calanthe veratrifolia, Acanthnphippium bicolor, Saccolabium micran- 

 thum. New Plants — Isolonia Decasncana, Hydrangea variegata, Camphylobotrys discolor, Allopectus Schlemmii, 

 Begonia zanthina marmonii, Phrynium micans, Fuclusia Kmpiess Eugenia, F. Water Nymph. Eif/lil FucliMim — 

 Voliigenr, Ajax, Clapton Hero, Magnificent, Alpha, Glory, Sidonia, Prince Albert. Eig/U Gloxinias — CJueen, 

 Fyfiana gianditlora, Cartonii superba, Scottii, Caulesceus, Kubra, Rubra violacca, and Arago. Colleiiuin o/ 

 tweliie — Plouroma ele.gans, Nicrenbergia gracili.s. Begonia sempeitiorens, I'elargonium Ilendersonii, I*. Madam 

 Latfery, P. Medaill d'Or, P. Elise Meillez, AUamanda nereifolia, Pctralheca vcrlicilluta, Agapanlhus umbellalus, 

 Cupliea platycentra, Bilbergia amelioides, and Specimen Medinilla magnifica. 



From B. A. Fahnestock's. 2few Plants — Fuchsia Empress Eugenie, Achimenes gaintice, A. Sir F. Frentham. 

 Eight Farluiins — Madam Sontag, Glory, Magiiificus, Mrs. Lloyd, Pearl of England, Psyche, Alpha, Diadem of 

 Flora. Oloxinirut — Imperialis, Princess Lamballe, Godliey, Wilsonii, Alba sanguinea, Huntleyana, Compless 

 Bocarmi, and Fyfiana. Twelve Plants — AUamanda nereifolia, Medinilla urophylla, Mahernia Diana, Pelargo- 

 nium Tom Thumb, Cryptolcpis longiflora, Erica ventricosa superba, E. V. coccinca, Fuchsia Prince Arthur, 

 Amaryllis Johnsonia, Oncidium lanceanum, Pitcarnia puricca, Adamia versicolor. Specimen — Slephanotis 

 florlbunda. 



By Robert Buist. Tioelve Plants — Pelargonium Flower of the Day, P. Kingsbury Pet, Fuchsia Clio, F. volti- 

 geur. Seedling Calceolaria, Oncidium pulvinatum, Siphocampylus magnificus, Mahernia incisa, Gardoquia 

 Hookerii, Teooma jasminoidcs rosea, Torenia asiatica, and Diplodenia urophylla. Mew Plants — Veronica 

 variegata, and Verbena Mrs. Woodroffe. 



From John Anspach's. Hydrangea hortensis, Clerodendrum fallax. Fuchsia specio.sa, F. Honey Cell, F. Psyche, 

 Cereus cylindrieus, Nerembergia grandiflora, Begonia Drezii, B. nitida, Cuphcaca platycentra, Tremandra ver- 

 ticillata, and Vinca occulata. 



From M. W. Baldwin's. Ts'ew Petiinias — Kennedy's Lone Star, Attraction, Queen of the West, Rose Bank 

 Beauty. Six Plants — Fuchsia magnifica, Pelargonium Witch, Fuchsia expansion, Ixora coccinea, Aphelandra 

 cristaia, and Geranium Senora. 



By John Gray. Twelve Seedling Verbenas, and three new Phlox Drummondii. 



By Thomas Median. Cut flowers of Clerodendrum Bungoi, and Hovey'e new Petunias — Excelsior, Glory of 

 Ami riia, and Inimitable. 



Fr an Samuel Welsh's. A Seedling Gloxinia. 



From John An»pach's. Grapes — two varieties. 



By A. L. Felten. Thirteen varieties of Strawberries, Gooseberries, and Currants. 



AUGUST, 

 BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS. 



Vegetable Garden. — Sowings of early beet, turnip.s, kidney beans, and peas, may yet be 

 put in. They will afford a desirable dish when tender vegetables of that kind are scarce. 

 Spinach, to stand the winter, should now be sown ; prepare a well drained border, and 

 mnniire and dig deeply. The savoy spinach is the hardiest. At the same time, throw in a 

 few seeds of lettuce, to be lifted by and by, and transplanted into frames for using about 

 Christmas. Cauliflower for frames should now be sown, as also Early York and flat Dutch 

 cabbage, to stand over winter. 



IMantations of canteloupes, melons, Lima beans, &c., that are growing slowly, should receive 

 an extra deep forking-up of the ground between the rows. This will give them a stimulus 

 to growth which will enable them to carry out a crop. This loosening allows a free access 

 of air to the roots and the soil by which they are surrounded. The air furnishes the roots 

 with an increased supply of substances essential to their growth, such as carbonic acid and 

 ammonia, either generated by the air favoring the decay of organic matters naturally in the 



or absorbed direct from the atmosphere. The mineral ingredients of the soil are 

 liberated, and brought into a fitting state for the use of plants. The subsequent effec 



