EDITOR'S TABLE. 



From P. Outcalt — Pears — Napoleon, White Doyenne, Stevens' Genesee, Fall Butter, Bartlett, 

 Bezi de la Motte, Prince de Priutems. 



From T. V. Penticolas — Pears — Bourse, Amalis, Beurr^ Bosc, Cumberland, Seekel, Golden 

 Beurre of Bilboa, Louis Phillipe, Fall Butter, Beurre de Capiaumont, Bon Chretien, Fondunte 

 Beurre. Apples — Maiden's Blu.-'h, Blue Pearmain. 



Flowers. — By T. S. Jackson — A large collection of seedling Verbenas, among -which were 

 several very distinctly marked, and equal to any in cultivation here; also, a seedling Dahlia, of 

 promising character. 



Horticultural Department of the Provincial Fair, Upper Canada. — ^The floral hall, which is 

 at all times the principal attraction, was situated on the summit of the elevation. It was one 

 hundred and twenty feet long by eighty feet broad, forming a center hall about twenty-four feet 

 wide the whole length, and two side halls also the whole length of the building. The eastern 

 side hall was devoted chiefly to the flowers and vegetables. 



There was a good display of annuals and Verbenas. The display of Dahlias was not so great. 

 There were some very tastefully done up table boquets. There was a very pretty floral design 

 by Mr. Kerr's gardener, filled up in the different plots with Asters, Marigolds, Verbenas, <tc. 

 There was a fine box of annuals from Messrs. Thompson & Murray, of the City Gardens, Hamilton. 

 Judge Campbell, of ]S"iagara, had some very good Cockscombs, seemingly the same that figured at 

 the Horticultural Show in Toronto lately, and received so much merited praise. J. F. Moore, of 

 Hamilton, had a very fine display of Balsams. Eneas Kennedy had a very good collection of 

 plants, from his own private garden. Mr. Fleming, of Toronto, had a pretty fair collection of 

 green-house plants. Thomas &, Murray had a very pretty flowering Jasmine, very useful and 

 suitable for a hall window ; it flowers in the early part of the season, and gives out a powerful 

 and most delightfully fragrant odor. They had a fine specimen of Veronica, and a very pretty 

 Gesneria zebrina, a plant of beautiful foliage. The Torenia Asiatica, from the same gardens, was 

 a very fine specimen, with a beautiful soft blue Memulone flower. It grows easily, and flowers 

 freely ; but requires a good deal of heat to bring it to perfection. There was a very graceful 

 Japan Pine from the same garden. This plant is well adapted for a conservatory. The Lanlana 

 Ewingii, a flower something like a Verbena, but more variegated. The flower first becomes 

 orange, it then fades to a fine soft pink, and from that comes nearly to a white, the flowers 

 appearing in all their different stages in one plant at the same time. It flowers from the begin- 

 ning of June all the way to winter, and is well adapted for bedding out. It has been only 

 recently introduced. There was one plant, a native of California, termed the Zauehneria Califor- 

 nica, with a beautiful scarlet flower, resembling a Fuchsia somewhat This plant is also well 

 adapted for bedding out. J. F. Moore exhibited a very healthy India Rubber plant, and one 

 Orange tree, with one specimen of the fruit upon it. There were two fine specimens of Aloes, 

 and a very fine specimen of the Abutilon striatum, with a beautiful striped well-shaped flower ; 

 a considerable variety of Cacti, and a rather curious plant — the Jilschynanthus zebrina — from the 

 same garden. 



On the opposite side of this hall there was a great display of cabbages, chiefly from Toronto 

 gardens. There were also squashes, in great variety ; celery, large beets, and also some i-emai kahly 

 fine table beets. Mr. Lesslie showed a good collection of peai's and quinces, of very fine quality. 

 In the western hall there was a most magnificent display of white and red onions, the finest by 

 far that has yet been exhibited at any of our fairs. There were some tomatoes of a very large 

 size, but not very tempting ; there were some very fine small ones. There was a display of white 

 table turnips, very fine. The capsicums were a very good display. There were some good cauli- 

 flowers, two heads especially very fine. The chicory looked well — it was chiefly from Pear's 

 garden, Yonge street. The carrots were a very good display. There were three baskets of 

 varieties of vegetables. Tlie Baron de Lougueuil displayed some very fine egg plants, of a large 



