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PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Flower or Vegclable Department, will be mltnilted/or premi- 

 um nrter that limo This rule will be strictly ailhtTcil to. 



4. All articles exhibiteil shall remain in the Hall until two 

 o'clock, I*- .M-, when they will be delivered to the contribu- 

 tors, unless otherwise directed. 



5. No premiums on Fruits are to be awarded, unless si>eci- 

 meiis (if desired) ol" the same shall have been presented to the 

 Committee, to enable them to judffe of the i]uality. 



(5. Committees shall have the discretionary power of with- 

 holding premiums, if, iii their opinion, tlie articles exhibited 

 do not merit ihem. 



7. In awarding premiums on plants in pots, special refer- 

 ence will be liad to the beauty of the specimens, profusion of 

 bloom, and evidence of superior cultivation. Inferior speci- 

 mens will be excluded by the judges t'rom competition. 



!?. Gratuities will be awarded by the Committees for any 

 new or rare Fruits, Flowers, Plants, or any other object of 

 particular interest, and lor which no special premium ha.s been 

 offered. Flowers attached to a plain surlace by any method, 

 will not be considered bouquets, but will be specified as de- 

 signs. 



y. When specimens are presented for a name, the owner is 

 requested to give all the information in his possession as to the 

 origin, and the name by which they have usually been known. 



10. When the Committee have good reason to believe that 

 any information has been withheld, as to the name of speci- 

 mens, they will decline to give their opinion. They are ready 

 at all times to aid and assist, to the utmost of their ability, in as- 

 certaining the true name of any new production preseiiled 

 under these regulations, but not otherwise. 



11. The contributors of Fruits for exhibition or premium, 

 are recommended to present the same in the dishes or baskets 

 of the society, or in nkw boxes of their own. 



12. The Committees are aiithoriited, and requested, to re- 

 move all ordinary specimens troiii the table. 



13. No Flower. I'ruit, or Vegetable, will be considered as 

 deserving a premiuin, unless it possesses points of superior 

 excellence ; and no object for which a premium has been 

 awarded, will be entitled to another during the season — (tlie 

 Special Prize List ol' Fruits excepted.) 



14. It is also required that the Fruits, Flowers and Vegeta- 

 bles exhibited, should be accompanied by brief observatiomi 

 on the mode of cultivation, if peculiar, together with any other 

 remarks of utility. 



15. Any person to whom a premium or gratuity has been 

 awarded, whether in money, medals or plate, may receive 

 either, of like valuation, at his option. 



Ki. The regulations of the Society, forbidding the handling 

 of Fruits, Flowers, &c., will be strictly adhered to. 



17. No person allowed to be in the l£all while the Commit- 

 tee are awardhig the premiums. 



DC?" The foregoing, having received the approval of the 

 Executive Committee, and the regulations confirmed by a 

 vote of the Society, is now published as the list of premiums 

 for the current year. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, President. 

 E. C. R. Walker. Recording Secretary. 

 Boston, Feb. 1, 1S47. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting for March, was held on Tuesday eve- 

 niiigthe 16th, in the grand saloon of ihe Philadelphia Museum 

 Building, the President in the chair. 



The display was remarkably fine, considering the frostiness 

 of the weather ; the profuse bloom of a number of the finest 

 specimens of Azaleas and Camellias, were destroyed by its 

 severity. The President's gardener exhibited a beautiful col- 

 lection of plants — Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Camellia rosa-si- 

 nensis, etc.; al.so, liaiid.some baskets of cut flowers. Mr. 

 Buist, a fine collection of Azaleas, Heaths, Acacias, etc. Peter 

 Raabe, a number of Camellias, among which a very large 

 and fine plant of the double white; also, a beautiful urn of 

 cut flowers. Robert Kilvington, an interesting collection of 

 indigenous plants ill flower and bouquets. Very splendid dis- 

 plays of cut Camellia-s, were shown by Peter Makeiizie, An- 

 drew Dryburgli, and John Sherwood. Anthony Feltoii pre- 

 sented two large collections of full grown vegetables. 



Premiums were awarded as follows : 



For the best Rhododendrons in pots, three specimens, to 

 Wm. Hall, gardener to Caleb Cope ; for the best Azaleas, six 

 specimens, to the same ; for the best and most interesting col- 

 lection of plants in pots, to Robert Buist; for the .second best, 

 to Peier Raabe ; for the third best, to Robert Kilvington ; and 

 the fourth best, to Benjamin Galliss, gardener to Jacob Sni- 



der, jr. For the best display of Indigenous plants ih flower in 

 pots, to Robert Kilvington. For the best Boquet, to Peter 

 Raabe ; for the second best, to Patrick Gallagiier, gardener 

 to Miss Gratz. For the best and second best Basket, to Wm. 

 Hall, gardener to the President. 



For the most interesting and next most interesting displays 

 of Vegetables, to Anthony Feltoii. 



The President announced that he had received a communi- 

 cation, which was read, iVom Gen Patterson, the first Vice- 

 President, dated from Tampico, purporting that he had for- 

 warded a package containing Air plants. Cacti, etc., as a pre- 

 sent to the Society ; which had been received and distributed 

 by the appropriate Committee. 



Ordered. Tlial the communication be entered in the minutes, 

 and the thanks of the Society be tendered for the acceptable 

 gift. 



The Library Committee reported that Robert Buist had pre- 

 sented a copy of the second edition of his Treatise on the 

 Culture of the Rose, to the Society. 



Ordered, That the thanks be presented to the donor. 



HoHorari/ Members Elected— MuTshaW P. Wilder, President 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society ; J. P. Cushiiig, 

 Watertown, and B. V. French, Braintree, Mass. 



Thomas P. James, Rec. See. 



