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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



To Hovpy * Co., for llic best rouiid p>Tnmidal bouquet for 

 (lie Sot-ielv'n voavh, Ihe first prniiiiuin of ijfS. 



To.s. a' Wiilkt-r, lor lliu st-coml biwl pymiuiilal bouquet,85. 



To Hovcy &. Co. lor llio bi;sl pair of Muiitel or Tabic bou- 

 qiiou, l!if first prciiiiiiMi of $5. 



To A\'. K. Carter, for the sccorxl best tabic bouquets, a pre- 

 mium of S3. 



To Ilovey &. Co., for iJic best pair of lirntJ bouquets, lliu 

 iirsi prciiimin of S3. 



No i-luimunl for llie sccoml premium. 



Mis^s K. Howker. for the best design of native grajwcs or 

 tim-k-es, ilie first premium of SIO. 



Mrs. 1>. A. iStory, for a like dej«i{fii, the second premium of ^. 



Uraluities. — To Miss li. IJowker, a jrraluily of ©J, for u 

 vcrv tasteful wreath of gras-ses for the clock. 



To S. A Walker, )?10 for a beautiful flat design. 



To S. A. \Valker, S8 for 100 feet of beautiful \vreathinff. 



To Mr. McNeil, gardener to J. W. D. Williams, S5 for a 

 flat desien. 



To Miss Barnes, Dorchester, $2 for a basket and bower of 

 flowers and everin'eeiLs. 



To Orr N. Towne, $2 for a flat desiirn. 



To Wm. Kcurick, !?.) for an ancient lyre. 



To Edward Allen, S3 for a large flat design. 



To Miss Rns-u'll, S^ for a large bouquet and moss vase. 



To Samuel Walker, S3 for a large Hat bouquet. 



To Thomas Meedliam, gardener to O. II. Mather, $C for a 

 beautiful vase and bouquet. 



To Mrs. E. A. .Story, S3 for a beautiful circulw design 



To Hovey & Co., S2 for a pjiir of flat boueiuels. 



To Charles Mayert, St for desigiw for landscape gardening. 



To J. L. L. F. Warren, f5 for a unique pyramidal bouquet, 

 composed of vegetables. 



To W. tjuani, S2 for a p\Taraidal bouquet. 



To the Me-«r.-i. Winship,'S2 lor a pyramidal bouquet. 



To. Wm. truant. S5 for twelve plants of fine dwarf Cocks- 

 combs, and otiier pot plants. 



JosEni Breck, ] 



D.VVID IlAGGKliSION, I 



C. M. IIovEY, VCoinmittec. 



H. W. PVTTON, I 



Alex. McLenxax, j 



Keport of the Committee oftheMass. Hoht. 

 Society on Fruits. — The Coniniittee to whom was 

 assigned the duty to award the jjremiuius on fi'uits 

 at tlie annual exhibition of the Mass. Ilott. Society, 

 have attended to that dutj-, and respectfully report 

 that they have unanimously awarded the premiums 

 to the following persons : 



Apples. — For the greatest number of kinds, and the best 

 grown, a premium o{ §10 to B. V. French. 



For Ihe .second be.tt, a premium of S5 to Messrs. Hyde. 



For Ihe third best, a premium of S3 to Capt. Macondray. 



Pears. — For the greatest number of kinds and the best gro\vn, 

 a premium of SIO to Col. M. I*. AViUh-r. 



For the second best, a premium of S5 to S. Walker. 



For tlie third best, a premium of S;j, to J. S. Cabot. 



Grapes. — For the best exhibited, tiic first premium of $10 to 

 D. Ilaggerston. 



For the next best, a premium of S7 to Thomas Needham. 



For the third best, a premium of S5 to Hovey & Co. 



For the greatest number of varieties, and llie best grown, a 

 premium of SIO to J. F. Allen. 



For the next best, a premium of S5 to Wm. Quant. 



For the best basket of assorted fruit, a prciaium of $10 to 

 O. Johason. 



For the best dish of Apples, (Gravenstein,) a premium of $5 

 to Messrs. Hyde. 



For the next best, (Porter.) a premium of S3 to O. Johason. 



For the best dish of Pears, (Barllell.) a premium of S5 to 

 Mr. J. F. Allen. 



For the second best, a premium of f 3 to S. Walker. 



Gratuities. — To James Arnold of New-Bedford, S5 for fine 

 specimens of Grapes. 



To W. H. Denning, of Presqne Isle, N. Y., S5 for superior 

 speeimeiH of Beauty of Kent apples. 



To Horace Grey, of Brighton, S5 for fine Grapes. 

 S. Walker, "1 



Davit) Hagoeeston, I 

 F. W. Macondray, > Committee- 



JOSIAH LOVETT, | 



Otis Johnsom, J ^ 



Rf-port of the Committee of tife M as.s. IIobt. 

 Society on Vegetamles. — The Committee ap- 

 I)ointeil to award premiums on Vegetables, report 

 as follows: 



For the best display and greatest variety at the Annual Ex- 

 hiliilioii, a premium of SIO to Aaron D. Williams & Bon, of 

 lloxbnry. 



l''or Ihe second best, a premium of 87 to F. W. Macondmy 

 of Dorchester. 



The Connuittce recommend a graluily of S3, for a WTealhof 

 Corn of 12 varieties, to J. I,. I,. F. Warren. 



Al.so a gr.'iluity of S2 to E. Wight of Dedhain, for a variety 

 of Squashes. 



Joseph Breck, 



Committee. 



Joseph Breck, J 



A. D. Williams, Ju, > > 

 Wm. B. Ki.NGsmEv, ) 



The Annttal Show of the Pennsylvania 

 Society. — The exhibition is considered in all re- 

 spects one of the finest which the Society has ever 

 made. Iloth of the large saloons of the Philadel- 

 phia Museum Building were entirely occupied 

 with the articles contributed. 



The great feature of the Philadelphia shows 

 lies in the Floral ilepartment, as contrasted witn 

 the Hoston Show, which is pre-eminently distin- 

 guished for its Frvits. On entering the lower sa- 

 loon, the splendor of the floral dcrtcfs immediate- 

 ly arrested the attention. We do not refer to the 

 bovqnets of every variety of form, such as arc 

 commonly seen at exhibitions, butr(/.f/tc, archilcr- 

 Uiral and grotesque device:, of vcr)- large size, and 

 striking appearance, most elaborately executed in 

 flowers. Towering above all the rest in size, was 

 one of these in the form of a Chinese Pagoda by 

 Samuel Maupay, which reached nearly to the ceil- 

 ing of the saloon. The design, wliich was jiro- 

 nonnced in the best taste, and most perfectly exe- 

 cuted, and which therefore reccivetl the Society's 

 first premium of $40, was a Gothic Te/nple, made 

 by A. Henderson. Besides these, there were rural 

 grottos, rustic arbors, triumphal arches, pyramids, 

 urns, cornucopias, etc., all formed in the most ela- 

 borate manner, of flowers, leaves, and moss, woven 

 together as ingeniously as if by Flora herself. 



Plants in pots were most profusely supplied, and 

 formed a rich back ground to the exhibition tables. 

 Among the most liberal contributors of these, were 

 Messrs. Caleb Cope, James Dundas, and Gen. Pat- 

 terson, among the amateurs; and Messrs. Buist, 

 Ritchie and Dick, Dreer, Landreth anil Fulton, 

 and several others, among the professional garden- 

 ers. The Jioses of Mr. Buist, comjirising a collec 

 tion of Perpetuals, Bourbons, Bengals, Tea, etc., 

 of great beauty, and the superb Dahlias of Mr. 

 Jared Schmitz, excited imiversal admiration. A 

 tasteful C7r7i, formed entirely of indigenous flow- 

 ers by Mr. Caie, was also much admired. 



Among the fruits, the sjjecimens of foreign 

 grapes were especially remarkable. The finest 

 bunches, raised under glass, to which the premium 

 was awarded, were those grown by Wm. Westcott, 

 gardener toMr. Copperthwait; among those raised 

 without heat, the best were grown by John Dough- 

 erty at Laurel Hill, and in the open air, Black 

 Hamburgh by S. Middleton, Darby. Very superb 

 specimens were also exhibited by Messrs. J. Cop- 

 perthwaitc, G. W. Carpenter, Alexander Parker, 

 J. Snyder, Jr., William Johns, Caleb Cope, James 

 Dundas, G. W. Smith, John Naglee, J. B. Baxter, 



