EDITOK'S TAULE. 



Taken colloctivoly, the show was very good, and the various oxlubitors doscrve llie prenU'st 

 prni.-^o. Among tlie best productions were Tiivatlwca vcrticitlat'', from Mr. AVoolskv's gnrdener, 

 Thomas DiNOAN, three feet aero*.*, and Kmded witli its bciiutiful blue flower:* to tiie pot edge. 

 J/oi/ii lullii nnd Ci/rtoccnts rcjlcxa, from tlie game. Clcro<lnidruni Kampferi and tnjutiiiiatutii, fiom 

 Jlr. IIoyt's gardener, Ai.exam>er GonnoN ; four feet high and as much acioss, mcII bloomed. 

 7\>r<nia Axinflca, from Mr. Blackwei.l's gardener, Roukrt Mokhhon ; a perfect gem. Fine lilnck 

 J/tiiiil)ur>//i Gi'apes from Alexander Gordon. Fourteen species of Mniiti/ii//ariu and Melocactrra, 

 including a fine specimen of neuilis, from Mr. Yaxdeventek's gardener, Wm. Grant, to wiiich u 

 special prize was reeommeuded. Cattlci/a Forhcsii, JJejulrobiiim tUttsiflorum, O/iciiltiim frriuntutn, 

 Ejthl'iulrum purpurea (var.) and CujircxsuK fuiirhris, from Mr. IIogo ; not for eoMij)etition. There 

 were also several seedling Verbenas of good form and extra quality, from Mr. Isaac Biciianan 

 among which was one nearly black, named Uncle 7ont ; not for competition. JJuehrifdium 

 cujtresninuiii, twelve feet high, from Messrs. Thorbvex; and Cryptomerla Jdpoulea, eight feet high, 

 from Mr. Marc. 



Toledo (0.) Horticultural Society. — ^The first weekly meeting, for the sea.son, of the Toledo 

 'Horticultural Society, was held on the 14th of June, and was well attended. The thow of fruits 

 was small, as was to have been expected so early in the season. 



Cherrii's FrJiihited. — By C. E. Perigo, CIcvelnnd ISigarrcau. ]?y Fcderick Bisscll,May<lute, and Black Tartarian 

 By T. M. Cooley, Mayduke, Knight's Early Black, and Elton. By M. Johnson, Black Tartarian. By Mrs. E. BlisS 

 Mayduke. By 1). 'Wadsworth, Black Tartarian. The Maydukes were aim jst, without excepliou, very fine, as were 

 also the Cleveland Bigarrcau. 



Straicherries.—Xiy M. Johnson, Ilovey's Seedling. By H. Rcnlnik, Ilovcy's Seedling, and Large Early Scarlel 

 By C. E. Perigo, Large Early Scarlet. 



Gooseberries. — By C. E. Perigo, Amber, very large and fine. An unknown variety, by C'. E. Woodruff. 



In vegetables, the show was quite respectable. In flowers, it quite surpassed expectation. 



Maddocks, Perigo and Prentice, exhibited forly-lhree varieties of Ilybid Perpetual, Moss, and Bourbon Roses, 

 specimens of Bhododendron, Ficus elasticus, Cryptomeria, Arbor Vila', Warriana, and several other varieties of 

 Evergreens, and several varieties of P»onias in bloom. Hanson & Co. exhibited four varieties Calceolaria, Cactus 

 Otlouis, and Cactus Cucacanthus, all in bloom. Boquels, without lists of the flower?, were presented by Mrs. E. 

 Bliss, Mrs. M. Johnson, Mrs. J. W. Scott, Mrs. T. Dunliip, Mrs. C. E. Perigo, Mrs. IL Bcnnet, Miss M. Young, and 

 Hanson & Co. 



Mr. William Maciien, a young artist of Toledo, presented for inspection his collection of paint 

 ings of "indigenous bird? of the neighborhood," embracing upwards of a hundred varieties, col- 

 lected and painted from life l>y himself, and some of them for the first time now brought to public 

 notice. The collection elicited universal admiration, as well from the industiy' and cnterj;rise 

 exhibited by Mr. Maciien in obtaining it, as from the truthfulness with which nature had in all 

 instances been copied. 



The meetings of the society arc to be held weekly through the season. 



Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. — "U'c have received a ])amphlet co:it;iining 

 lists of oflicers, committees, and regulations for 1854. Summer exhibition, June 15th; Annual 

 exhibition, September Gth and Vth; Winter exhibition, February 21st, 1855. 



Officers foe 1854.— HERMAN WENDELL, M. D., Albany, Pr€»ident. C. P. Williams, Albany ; Amos Beiggs, 

 Schaghticoke, Kensselaer Co., Vice-Presidents. Josf.ph Wakuen, Albany, Secretary. Luther Tuckf.r, Albany, 

 Treasurer. V. B. Douw, B. B. Kirtland, J. M. Lovctt, L. Mcnand, E. Corning, Jr., James Wilson, John S. Goold, 

 A. F. Chatfleld, Mayiagers. 



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