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To James Nugent, a premium of $4, for the best flower. 

 Speeinieii bloom. 



To Win. Quaiit, $1 each for the following single blooms : 

 Antagonist, wlute ; Queen, rose ; Mrs. Shelby, purple ; Essex 

 Tnunipii, very dark; Cleopatra, yellow; Madam Cliauvier, 

 tipped Total $6. To Wm Meller, $1 each for Pel Rival, 

 maroon, and Nonpariel, scarlet. 



Division C. Class I. Flower-s considered imworthy of a 

 premium. 



Class II. First premium of $5, to Wm. Quant, for the best 

 12 dissimilar blooms — names not given. 



Second premium of $3, to Wm. Meller, names as follows : 

 Antagonist, Marchioness of Ormoiid, Keynes Duke of York, 

 Cleopatra, Primrose, Pickwick, Beauty of Birmingliam, Beauty 

 of Sussex, Lady Harland, Essex Bride, Miss AV'alson, AnseU's 

 Unique. 



Class III. First premium of $3, for the best six dissimilar 

 blooms to Nahum Stetson by Henry Reed — no other Dalilias 

 offered in this class worthy of premium. 



Joseph Breck, Chairman. 



ANNUAL MEETING OP THE SOCIETY. 



Saturday, Oct. 3d, 1S46. — President Wilder occupied the 

 Chair. T!ie Recording Secretary placed on the table five 

 newspapers (as vouchers) containing the advertisement of a 

 notice for the election of officers, &c. for the ensuing year. 

 The Chairman of the Committee on nomination reported a 

 printed list, and the copies were distributed among the mem- 

 bers present. 



Tlie Chairman stated that the Recording Secretary, the 

 Chairman of the Finance Committee, and- Mr. Richards, one 

 of tlie same committee, declined a nomination. 



On opening tlie polls, it was voted that the polls remain 

 open for 30 minutes. 



Mes-srs. Walker and Batchelder were chosen a commit- 

 tee to sort and count the votes. The committee reported 

 the persons names in the printed list, were chosen officers of 

 the Society for 1847, viz : 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, President. 

 Vice Prtsidents- 

 B. V. Frexch, Cheever Newhall, 



J0XATH71N A\ ixsuip, E. M. Richards. 



Samuel Walker, Treasurer. 



J. E. Teschemacuer, Corresponding Secretary. 



E. C. R. Walker, Recording Secretary. 



John Lewis Russell, A. M., Professor of Botany and Ve- 

 getable Physiology. 



T. W. Harris, M. D.. Professor of Entomology. 



S. L. Dana, M. D., Professor of Horticultural Chemistry. 



Committee on Fruits — Samuel Walker, Chairman; P. B. 

 Ilovey, Jr., Otis Jolinson, Josiah Lovett, David Haggerston, 

 J. F. Allen, Eben. Wight. 



Committee on Plants and Flowers — Joseph Breck, Chair- 

 man ; H. W. Dutton, W. E. Carter, Parker Barnes, Alex. Mc- 

 Lellan, E. A. Story, William Quant. 



Committee on Vegetables — A. D. Williams, Jr., Chairman ; 

 W. B. Kingsbury, A. D. Williams, Josiah Newhall, Jamea 

 Nugent, Azell Bowditch, E. C. R. Walker. 



Committee on Library. — CM. Hovey, Chairman; C. K. 

 Dillaway, R. M. Copelaiid, Joseph Ereck, W. B. Richards. 



Committee on Synonyms of Fruit. — M. P. Wilder, Chair- 

 man ; B. V. Frencli, C. M. Hovey, J. S. Cabot, the Chairman 

 of the Fruit Committee. 



Executive Cummittee. — The President, Chairman; the 

 Treasurer, A. Aspinwall, E. M. Richards, Otis Johnson. 



Committee for establishing Premiums. — The Chairman of 

 Committee on Fruits, Cli'n do. Flowers, do. Vegetables, C. M. 

 Hovey, David Haggerston. 



Finance Committee. — Josiah Stickney, Chairman; Joseph 

 Balch, F. W. Macoiidray. 



Committee of Publication. — J. E. Teschemacher, Chair- 

 man ; C. K. Dillaway, Eben. Wight, Recording Secretary, 

 Chairman of the Committee on Fruits, do. Flowers, do. Ve- 

 getables. 



Members elected — James Kelt, Jr. and S. W. Cole, of Bos- 

 ton ; Alfred A. Andrews and Samuel Payson, of Roxbury. 



Adjourned to the first Saturday in November next. 



EBEN. WIGHT, Rec Sec'y- 



NEW- YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Repon of the Committee on Flowers, at the Fair of the 

 New- York State Agricultural Society, held at Auburn on the 

 15th, IGth and 17th of September, 1S46. 



The Committee, chosen by the Society to award premiums 

 on flowers, respectfully report : — 



That they have attended to the duties assigned to them, and 

 have given to the subject all the attention in their power. 



The Committee take pleasure in congratulating the Society 

 on the increased interest which the Annual Fairs are exciting 

 in the minds of professional and amateur florists, evinced by 

 the greatly augmented display of choice flowers from remote 

 parts of the State at this over all previous exiiibitions. 



There were exhibited by Elihu Tyler of Buffalo : Triumph 

 de I.,uxemburgh, Hymeneal Tea, Jaune Despres, La Marque, 

 Sanguinea, Amelia, Hamiltonii, Cramoisa Superior, Archinto, 

 and other roses ; eight varieties of Verbenas, and other choice 

 flowers, all beautifully arranged in a basket. 



By Professor Coppock : A floral design composed of clioice 

 dahlias, German asters, and red and white globe amaranths, 

 arranged on a ground of green moss, and representing a spread 

 eagle with the name of the "Buffalo Horticultural Society," 

 in Its beak, all beautifully arratiged by the pupils of his Musi- 

 cal Academy at Buffalo. 



By Col. Hodges, of Buffalo : Nineteen varieties of roses, viz. 

 Arch Duke Charles, Odorata, Sanguinea, Indies, Triumph de 

 Luxemburgh, White China, Bell Gravesii, La Marque, Pink 

 Cluster, Desir de L" Amateur, Marquess Bocalla, Dutchess of 

 Kent, Agripina. General Merhn, Madam Despres, Mi.ss Law- 

 rence, Aimee Vibert, Evandvier ; fifteen different varieties 

 of Verbenas, several varieties of Dahlias and Phlox Drum- 

 Hiondii. 



By Wm. Webb, of Buffalo : Sixteen varieties of Tea, Noi- 

 sette and Bourbon roses ; twelve varieties of Verbenas, a few 

 very fins German Asters, Passiflora alata, and two very large 

 Cockscombs growing in pots, one of them measiuing 20 inches 

 over llie crest of the flower. 



By L. Menard, of Albany : Two very beautiful bouquets 

 arranged with exquisite laste and skill, and composed of 31 va- 

 rieties of choice flowers, \iz: Erica bland, Erica caffra, Erica 

 cerinthoides. Erica gracilis. Erica borriene. Erica transpa- 

 rens, Fuschia vcnus viclrix, F'u.schia eioniensis, Fusctiia 

 chauverii, Fuschia rosea alba, Hoya carnosa, Rendoleta 

 speciosa, Orschynanthus grandiflorus, Phlox paniculata. Phlox 

 anosmoeflora, Diasmia erioides, Heliotropam peruveanum, 

 Delphinum azureuni, Arbulilon striatem, Carnation Pinks, 

 Schyzanthus alba; Verbenas, Polkii, Eclipse and Majestica; 

 Roses — Aimee Vibert, Souvenir de Malmaison, Marshal de 

 ViUars, Arch Duke Charles, (iueen of the Bourbons, Princess of 

 Nassau, and Asclepias curab.savide. 



By Dr. Alexander Thompson, of Aurora, Cayuga county : 

 Several varieties of fine German Asters, Zinnias of sons; 

 several fine varieties of Phlox Drummondii, a choice collection 

 of Dalilias and many beautiful Verbenas not named. 



By Samuel S. Graves, of Auburn : Dalilias, Phloxes, Zinni- 

 as, Petunias, Heliacanthus, Asters, Pansys, and many others. 



By Henry Morgan, E.sq.. of Aurora : Eight varieties of Dah- 

 lias, seven lieautiful varieties of German A.stcrs, Double Ger- 

 man Ten Week Stocks, Double Sweel Williams, Petunias, 

 Globe Amaraiuhs, Zinnias, Honeysuckles, and Champney 

 roses, all tastefully arranged in four floral ornaments. 



By Profes.sor Isaac W. Jackson, of Schenectady: Seventy- 

 seven different varieties of flowers, beautifully arranged in fif- 

 teen floral ornaments for vases, composed ol", among others, 

 twenty diflerent varieties of Dalilias of the finest kinds, twen- 

 ty beautilul varieties of German Quilled Asters, several fine 

 Verbenas, including Feast's new White, Eclipse, Roseum su- 

 j perbum, &c. tec , Fuschias. Roses, Zinnias, Petunias, Globe 

 Amaranths, several new Phloxes, and many others. 



By Mrs. E. T. Throop Muriiti, of \Villow Brook, Owasco 

 Lake, Cayuga county : A very beautifully arranged floral or- 

 j nament, composed of diflVrent varieties of choice flowers, ajid 

 ' also four beautilul bouquets. 



