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Frcifi Watren''s gardens, by John Cadness, a pair of fine 

 imautel and Iwo hand bouquets, fine Picotee and Carnation 

 Pinks, and other cut flowers. 



From William Kenrick, by Miss Russell, a basket of flow- 

 ers and eiglit hand bouquets. 



From John A. Kenrick, by iVIiss Mary Kenrick, a basket 

 of flowers. 



From Hovey &. Co., a fine collection of Verbenas and dou- 

 ble Hollyhocks, and a fine plant of Lilium japonicura album. 



From John Hovey, four bouquets. 



From Winships, a pair of mantel bouquets. 



From Samuel Walker, a fine spike of Yucca filamentosa. 



From James Nugent, one large pyramidal and eight hand 

 bouquets. 



From A. Bowdiich, one large pyramidal and four hand bou- 

 quets. 



From B. W. Ames, Roxbury, Dahlias. 



AWARD OP PREMIUMS. 



For the best display of double Hollyhocks, first premium to 

 Parker Barnes, $.3. 



Second ditto, to Hovey & Co., $2. 



Vase or Pyramidal Bouquets -~Fitst premiu n to James Nu- 

 gent, $-2. 



Second, to A. Bowditch, ®1. 



Mantel Bouquets —First premium to John Cadness. $2. 



Second, to William Mellar, $1. 



William Quant. M. Cruikshanks, William Mellar; judges. 



The committee recommend a gratuity to Miss Russell tor a 

 basket of flowers, $1. 



To Miss Mary Kenrick, for the same, $1. 



Joseph Breck, Chn. 



FRUITS. — From J. Lovett, Gooseberries, white and red ; 

 Currants, fine, and Raspberries fine. 



Thomas Needham, Grapes, White Frontignan,Cannonhall, 

 fine, C- Fontainbleau, Black Hamburgh. 



Otis Johnson, Grapes, Zinfiiidal and Black Hamburgh, 

 While Frontignan, high colored and fine bloom ; Currants ex- 

 tra fine. 



J. Hovey, Gooseberries, seedlings and others, fine. 



E. Brown, Cherries. 



J. Kenrick, Mulberries. 



B. V. French, Cherries, Belle magnifique. 



Hovey & Co, Grapes, Chasselas and Black Hamburgh; 

 white and red currants, fine. 



M. P. Wilder, Black Mulberry, Late Duke Cherries; Apri- 

 cots, open culture, large and fine. 



J. F. Allen, Raspberries, Franconia, fine ; Grapes, White 

 Nice, Wilmot's Red Chasselas, Wortley Hall, Esperione,Por- 

 tugal, Bar sur Aube ; Sweet Montmorency Cherry. 



A. D. Williams, White and Red Currants, fine. 



George Walsh, Black Currants. 



Azel Bowdiich, Grapes, White Chasselas. Black Hamburg. 



J. W- Foster, seedling Gooseberries. 



A. D. Weld, White and Red Currants. 



S. Dike, Cherries, White Figs. 



F. W. Macondray, Peaches, Sharp's Seedling; Raspber- 

 ries. 



James Nugent, Grapes, Black Hamburgh, and White 

 Sweetwater, fine. 



J. L L. F. Warren, Seedling Cherries, fine ; Franconia 

 Raspberries, fine; Strawberries ; Black Ischia Fig. 

 For the Committee, 



F. W. Macondrat. 



VEGETABLES.— From O. H. Mathers, by Thomas Need- 

 ham, a brace of Walker's Prize Cucumbers 

 From A. D. Williams, Cabbages and Tomatoes. 

 For the committee, 



A. D. Williams, Jr. Chn. 



Exhibition of Saturday, July 29, 1848. 



FLOWERS— From M. P. Wilder, two large plants of 

 Japan Lilies, Gloxinias, etc., also a variety of cut flowers, in- 

 cluding new Gladioli and Phloxes. 



From Winsliips, cut flowers, including Clematis in variety; 

 also t^vo handsome circular bouquets 



From F. R. Bigelow, two Cactus triangularis. 



From Hovey &, Co., six pot plants, and fine Verbenas and 

 Pinks. 



From Warren's Gardens, by John Cadness, a rich display 

 of Greenhiiuse plann, including the following, some of them 

 rare and beautiful and all well grown : Stephauotus floribun- 



dus, Aristolochia candate (new,) Veronica speciosa, Veroni- 

 ca lindleyana, Ixora ros*, Achimeiies longiflora, Achimenes 

 grandiflora, Viiica alba, Rondoletia speciosa, Stygnaphylon 

 ciliaium (new,) Fuchsias, Smith's Queen Victoria, globosa- 

 Cacti in variety; also bouquets and cut flowers. ' 



Bouquets from James Nugent, John Kenrick by Miss Ken- 

 rick, Miss Ru.ssell and Azel Bovvditch. 



From William Mellar, cut flowers and bouquets. 



From O. H. Mathers, by Thomas Needham, Lewis Daven- 

 port and Joseph Breck & Co., cut flowers in variety. 



From Mrs. Ball Hughes, Dorchester, a bouquet of pressed 

 flowers, in a frame and under glass, so finely dried, pressed 

 and arranged as to resemble a finely executed painting. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



For the best pair of mantel bouquets, first premium to John 

 Cadness, $3. 



Second, to William Mellar, SI. 



For the best pair of round or pyramidal bouquets, first 

 premium to James Nugent, $2. 



Second, to A. Bowditcl , $1. 



The Judges recommend a gratuity of $5 to John Cadness 

 for his fine display of greenhouse plants. 



David Haggeraton, W. Quant, S Walker, judges. 



The committee recommend a gratuity of $Z to Miss Rus- 

 sell, for a large bouquet. 



For the committee, 



Joseph Breck, Chn. 



FRUITS — Josiah Richardson, Plums called Early Golden 

 Drop, supposed to be identical with the Jaunehative. 



A. D. Williams and Son, Currants, Red and White Dutch; 

 Pears, Citron des Carmes. 



Azel Bowdiich, Grapes, Black Hamburgh, fine. 



E Brown, Lynn, Apples, Early Harvest; Cherries with, 

 out name ; Pears, two sorts, both for a name. 



Warren's Gardens, Raspberries, Franconia. 



J. F. Allen, Currants ; Raspberries, Franconia, fine; Nec- 

 tarines, Hunt's Early Tawney; Grapes, Muscat of Lunel, 

 Esperion, Wilmot's Black Hamburgh, fine, Nice, Ferral and 

 Zinfindal. 



A. W Withingion, Apples, Early Harvest and Red Astra- 

 chan ; Blackberries, fine. 



Otis .Johnson, Blackberries; Pears, Citron des Carmes; 

 Cherries, Mazard; Currants, White Dutch, fine; Grapes, 

 White Muscat, Zinfindal, fine. Black Hamburgh, fine. 



Thomas Needham, Grapes, Cannonhall Muscat, Golden 

 Chasselas and Black Hamburgh. 



Samuel Bigelow, Grapes, Black Hamburgh, fine. 



Clieever Newhall, Pears, Citron des Carmes. 



George Wilson, Currants, May's Victoria, very fine, White 

 Dutch, very fine. 



John Washburn, Apples, Red Astrachan. 



Hovey & Co , Grapes,Pitmaston, White Chasselas, Chasse- 

 las Fontainbleau, Wilmot's Black Hamburgh, very fine : 

 While Frontignan, Muscat blanc hatif. Black Hamburg', 

 Chasselas musque ; Cherries, Lamercier j Pears, Doyenne 

 d'Ete, a good summer pear. 



Henry Vandine, Pears, Citron des Carmes; Apricots, Moor- 

 park, and one sort unnamed. 



Galen Merriam, Pears. Cnron des Carmes 

 For the committee, 



Joseph S. Cabot. 



Exhibition of Saturday, August 5, 1848. 



FLOWERS.— From M. P. Wilder, six plants fine new Gla- 

 dioli, and cut flowers. 



From Joseph Breck & Co., a great variety of cut flowers. 



From Winship's nurseries, a fine specimen of Erythrina 

 cristi-galli, and Clematis ; also bouquets. 



From Otis Johnson, two bouquets. 



From Azel Bowditch, one large pyramidal and six small 

 bouquets. 



From Francis Putnam, Salem, by JohnSheehan, one pyra- 

 midal and two mantel bouquets. 



From Warren's garden, by John Cadness, one plant of 

 Cestrum auranticum (fine), two vase and six hand bouquets, 

 with a great variety of cut flowers, including new Gladiolus. 



From Hovey & Co., fine specimens of Trachymene cceru- 

 lea, and Phlox in variety. 



From G Gilbert, Plymouth, a large quantity of the beau- 

 tiful native plant Sabbatlia chloroides, two varieties, Orchis 

 blephariglottis and firabiiata, Lobelia cardiaalis aud Solidag o. 



