which were exhibited by Mrs. Van Skillins, 389 

 Broadway, New- York, evince so much taste, 

 and are so well maie, that the superiority of 

 the softness of the material employed, over the 

 stifness of the wax, becomes strikingly apparent. 

 One basket of flowers by this lady, in a large 

 square glass case, is of really surpassing beauty, 

 and is undoubtedly one of the most elegant and 

 successful things of the kind that ever graced 

 an exhibition. There were also from Mrs. E. 

 Nott, 349 Hudson-street, New-York, some beau- 

 tiful Vases of Wax Flowers and Fruit. Her 

 Vase of Flowers was very beautiful, and al- 

 though we believe more difficult to construct, 

 was superior to her fruit, which was not natu- 

 rally colored, but in other respects was good. 

 A very excellent vase of Wax Flowers was also 

 exhibited by Mrs. Alfred Sellers, of Sands-st., 

 Brooklyn, the Fuchsia, Narcissus, Lilly, and 

 Carnation, in which were some of the best exe- 

 cuted specimens that we have seen for some 

 time. 



The Vegetables, as a whole, were the more 

 important part of the exhibition. Several as- 

 sortments were in the rooms, which were most 

 excellent specimens of culture, and were de- 

 serving of all the honors they received at the 

 hands of the judges. For culinary vegetables, 

 the silver cup was awarded to H. C. Murphy, 

 of Yellow Hook, Long Island, in which collec- 

 tion the White Silver Onions, the Parsnips and 

 the Red Carrots, particularly called for remark; 

 the White Carrots were fine, but not equal to 

 some which were exhibited by J. L. Scofleld. 

 The second premium in this class was given to 

 J. A. Perry, New-Utica, Long-Island. For 

 best and greatest variety of vegetable roots for 

 cattle, the silver cup was awarded to Jacob P. 

 Giraud, of Bergen, New-Jersey. This collec- 

 tion gave the best practical evidence that those 

 scientific experiments have been eminentlj^ suc- 

 cessful, which we understand Mr. Giraud has 

 been making, in order to test the opinions of 

 Liebig and other modern chemists, who have 

 of late advocated the expediency of manuring 

 upon a plan bearing especial reference to the 

 proportion of the particular elementary sub- 

 stances entering into the structure of each ve- 

 getable production of the earth, so that the sub- 

 stances taken up by each crop may be restored 

 to the ground. Upwards of twenty sorts of 



vegetables were exhibited in this collection, and 

 were uniformly fine and handsome. Amongst 

 this assortment were to be found specimens of 

 the unequalled collection of Indian Corn which 

 this gentleman has accumulated, and which 

 lie has enriched by several new and very desi- 

 rable varieties which he has originated by hy- 

 bridizing. This collection of corn contained 50 

 or 51 varieties, of which the aggregate number 

 of ears on the table was upwards of 1,100, pre- 

 senting what we believe to be the most perfect 

 collection in the country. For this reason we 

 subjoin the names of the varieties with which 

 we have been obligingly furnished by Mr. Gi- 

 raud, to whom we applied for it under the con- 

 sideration that these particulars will be accep- 

 table to be our readers. 



Varieties of White Corn. — Long Island, Elon- 

 gated, Canada, Twelve Rowed, Flesh Colored, 

 White Taper, Rhode Island Cap, Giraud's Ber- 

 gen, Pearl, Virginia, Devereau, Chinese Tree, 

 Oregon, Gourd Seed, Ohio, Small Dent, Rice, 

 Nonpareil. 



Yellow Corn. — Golden Sioux, Golden Spike, 

 Large Eight Rowed, Medium do. Small do., 

 Canada, Jersey, Galatz, Uutton, Bowling's 

 Early, Maryland Buttons, Kentucky Dent, 

 Small do.. Orange Cone, Nonpareil. 



Brown Corn. — Large Twelve Rowed, Ber- 

 gen Red Cone, Striata, Rice, Nonpareil. 



Fancy Corn. — Several varieties mottled. 



Table Corn. — Rhode Island Sweet, Stowel's 

 Evergreen, Hematell, Blore, Tuscarora, Early 

 Burlington, Early Canada, Mandan. 



The second premium for vegetable roots for 

 cattle was gained by Mr. J. A. Perry, whose 

 collection was also fine and good. 



Fine specimens of Beets were produced by 

 several exhibitors. Mr. J. A. Perry was again 

 the successful competitor, both for the long 

 blood, and the turnep-rooted varieties, and he 

 merited his success; whilst E. T. Jones, of New 

 Brighton, Staten Island, obtained the premium 

 for sugar beet, and Wm. Harsell, of Ravens- 

 wood, Long Island, had that for mangel wurt- 

 zell. 



For the best table Carrots, Charles Williams, 

 of Newark, N. J., was the winner, and J. A. 

 Perry, for Parsneps. In Celery, R. L. Colt 

 was first, Urwin Stewart, at the Naval Hospital 

 Brooklyn, second. Many fine Onions w 



