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TEE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[October, 



of highly cultivated taste, but it is seldom safe 

 to go beyond these. Mostly, " designs " at floral 

 exhibitions are horrible things. On this occasion, 

 the sails being made of the white flowers of the 

 Pampas grass saved it from condemnation by 

 even the most fastidious, while to the vast ma- 

 jority it was " beautiful," as we had abundant 

 evidence all round. 



The reception given by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety to their pomological brethren in their hall, 

 was a remarkably pleasant afiair. President 

 Schaffer received the guests, and all were made 

 to feel perfectly at home. It was a great occa- 

 sion for those in kindred jiursuits to become ac- 

 quainted with one another ; and while the Horti- 

 cultural Society evidently felt gratified that so 

 many had responded to the invitation, we know 

 that none of the guests but felt it was an occa- 

 sion to be remembered. The Philadelphia 

 fashion of " no speeches " we believe was partic- 

 ularly appreciated. 



Roots, Bulbs, and Tubers at the Centennial. 

 — An exhibition of roots grown for cattle feed- 

 ing, onions, potatoes, &c., will be held in the 

 Pomological Annex to the Agricultural Building, 

 October 2d to 7th, inclusive. 



Tables and dishes will be furnished by the 

 Centennial Commission free of charge, exhibit- 

 ors being only required to pay the cost of trans- 

 portation. 



Products, as soon as received, will be classified 

 and arranged for exhibition. 



Roots, bulbs, and tubers may be exhibited in 

 lots of nine specimens of each variety. Larger 

 quantities, may, however, be shown upon special 

 application. 



The judges will report upon exhibits according 

 to their merits, having regard both to the per- 

 fection of the individual specimens and to the 

 variety of the display in each class, and in com- 

 bination under each division. The awards will 

 consist of a special report by the judges, and a 

 diploma and bronze medal from the United 

 States Centennial Commission. 



Tubers and roots will be arranged for examin- 

 ation by the judges, as follows. 



Division 1. a White Skinned, Round Potatoes. 

 6 Colored Skinned, Round Potatoes, c Colored 

 Skinned, Kidney Potatoes, d White Skinned, 

 Kidney Potatoes, e Yellow Sweet Potatoes. / 

 White Sweet Potatoes. 



Division 2. a Sweeds or Ruta Bagas. 6 Globe 

 Turnips, c Flat Turnips, d Long Beets, e 



Round Beets. / Mangolds, Globe, g Mangolds, 

 Long, h Kohl Rabbi. 



Division 3. a Carrots, h Parsnips. 



Division 4. a White Globe Onions, h Yellow 

 Globe Onions, c Red Globe Onions, d White 

 Flat Onions, e Yellow Flat Onions. / Red Flat 

 Onions. 



The right to alter or amend this circular is 

 reserved. 



A. T. GOSHORN, 



Director- General. 

 Burnet Landreth, 



Chief of Bureau of Agriculture. 

 Philadelphia, August 15th, 1876. 



Philadelphia, September 7th, 1876. 



Hon. a. T. Goshorn, Director General U. S. Cen- 

 tennial Commission. 



Sir : — During the week ending with this date, 

 we have received the additional exhibits. Miss 

 Anna Gillingham, 1510 Poplar street, Philadel- 

 phia, 12 early " Newington " Nectarines. Nec- 

 tarines are now so rarely seen from open air 

 trees, and these were of such excellent size and 

 flavor, that we especially commend them. 

 A. B. Colgrove, Middletown, Connecticut, a 

 large quantity of seedling pears, five kinds, 

 but mixed together so that the kinds could not 

 be separated. They were good fruit, but not 

 equal to other named and well-known kinds of 

 the season. 



H. S. Cochran, Cecilton, Md., "Reeve Favor- 

 ite " peach — five specimens of this popular Dela- 

 ware variety, 9 inches in circumference. 



W. F. Bassett, Hammonton, N. J., Bassett's 

 American Plum. The improved native plums 

 have been recently derived from the native plum 

 of the North-Eastern States, but whether from 

 the beach plum or the common red plum is not 

 quite clear. The fruit is of medium size, good 

 flavor for an American plum, and, as exhibited 

 by a branch with fruit on, apparently abundant. 

 In addition to these the Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion of Ontario, the State of Connecticut, and 

 the Potomac Fruit Growers' Association, have 

 placed on the tables a large portion of a very 

 large exhibit, but as they are intended for the 

 special exhibit to be in order next week, we 

 refer to them here only for the purpose of fixing 

 the week of their appearance here. 



f W. L. Schaffer, 

 Signed, I A. W. Harrison, 



International Jury on ] Josiah Hoopes, 

 Pomology. Thos. Meehan, 



I Wm. Parry. 



