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From John Albree, Dahlias, Roses, &c. 



From F. R. Bigelow, flowers of Cactus triangu- 

 laris. 



From John Hovey, Dahlias, Roses, &c. 



From Hovey & Co., a fine display of Green 

 House plants. Also, Cut Flowers and Bouquets. 



From Charles B. Shaw, Dedham, by T. Murray, 

 five pots of Coxcombs, and one do. of Grass Ama- 

 ranfhus. 



From Geo. C. Crowninshield, by John Quant, 

 fine specimens of Green House Plants. 



From Lewis Davenport, a great variety of fine 

 Roses, Dahlias, &c. 



From Parker Barnes, Cut Flowers, Dahlias, &c. 

 Also, a large Grass Bouquet, Design, &c. 



From Warren's Gardens, by J. Cadness, a large 

 collection of Plants. 



From O. H. Mathers, by T. Needham, a variety 

 of fine Pot Plants. 



From H. T. Haseltine, Asters, Verbenas, Cocks- 

 combs, &c. 



From J. Mann and Mrs. E. Parker, fine Grass 

 Bouquets. 



From Wm. Kenrick, by Mrs. Russell, an arbor 

 Design. 



From Mrs. J. Dyer, a handsome Design. 



From M. E. C. Brown, J. Shekeen, Miss Ken- 

 rick, Miss Mary Kenrick, and J. Gilmore, Designs 

 of various sorts. 



From John Parker, very fine Dahlia. 



From Joseph Breck & Co., Dahlias, and other 

 Cut Flowers. 



From James Nugent, Dahlias, Roses and Bou- 

 quets. 



From B. K. Bliss, Springfield, two fine Cocks- 

 combs, and a Design. 



The committee have not received the names of 

 many plants contributed, some of which were very 

 fine, nor do they know from whence they came. 



VEGETABLES EXHIBITED. 



From J. E. Teschemacher, East Boston, New 

 Cabbage — sown 19th of April, in the open ground; 

 only manure, one tablespoonful of guano ; the 

 finest flavored, and the most delicate of the Cab- 

 bage tribe; have been grown of 15 lbs. wt. — in- 

 troduced and distributed by Mr. Teschemacher, in 

 1847. Sprouts from the same. New Cabbage — 

 Early Northern; seed from St. Petersburg, Russia, 

 received by the kindness of Horatio R. Storer; 

 sown in the open ground, 19th April; ready for 

 table, 9th July. Sprouts of the same. New String 

 Bean— seed from California; sown first week in 

 June; first gathering, 1st of August. The same 

 plants continue to produce abundantly till the frost : 

 the specimen exhibited flowers, young beans and 

 ripe seed on the same stem; extremely tender; 

 flavor very delicate; grows about three feet high; 

 introduced by Mr. T. White Beet root, from 

 which sugar is extracted in France and Germany. 

 Seed from France, 1848. Onions, Carrots and Scotch 

 Kale, — exhibited, also, to show the action of gua- 

 no. All these vegetables were raised on a very 

 poor soil, which has had no manure for three suc- 

 cessive years but guano, at the rate of about 400 

 pounds to the acre. 



From James Cruickshanks, German Curled 

 Greens, or Scotch Kale; Scotch Flag Leek; Bassa- 

 no Beet; Early Horn Carrot; Stringham do.; Or- 

 ange do. ; brace Douglass Champion Cucumber, 

 new; brace Victory of England do.; Lima Beans, 

 for table; quantity of do. ripe; Custard Winter 

 Squash, Marrow do., Club do. 



From D. Denny, Dorchester, Drumhead Cab- 

 bages. 



From G. C. Crowninshield, by John Quant, Cel- 

 ery and Egg Plants. 



From Lewis Davenport, Milton, apeck of fweet 

 potatoes. 



From Elbridge Tufts, Cambridgeport, Canada 

 Squash, Crooknecked Striped do., six from one seed. 



From Nahum Stetson, South Bridgewater, Mam- 

 moth Tomato; Club Gourd. 



From F. W. Macondry, Dorchester, Pumpkins; 

 Blood Beet, Sugar do.; Marrow Squash, White 

 Crooknecked do., Canada Croolcnecked do. ; Royal 

 Cape Lettuce; Orange Carrot; Large Dutch Pars- 

 nip; Corn; Sugar Pumpkin; Drumhead Cabbage; 

 Pea Beans, Horticultural do., Seva do., Early Chi- 

 na do., Russian bush do., Lima do.; Cucumber; 

 Seymour Celery; tiiree varieties of Tomatoes, and 

 thirty-four varieties of Potatoes. 



From S. W. Cole, Chelsea, Potatoes, viz : Hill's 

 Early, Egg, White Kidney, Knevet's Defiance, 

 Holmes's Early, Wliite Bluenose, Hall's Early, 

 Early June, Wait's Oval, Light Chenango, Che- 

 nango, Superior Chenango, do. do., White Chenan- 

 go, Carter, Snowball, Victoria, Waits Round, 

 Kidney, St. Helena, Hancock, Butman, Long 

 White, Wait's Long, Longneck, Apple, Mohawk 

 or Seal's foot, Black, Peach Blow, Rohan, Calico, 

 Waterloo, Cranberry, Clinton White, American 

 Blues, Prince Edward, Michigan, Connecticut, 

 Orange, Prince Albert, Pinkeye, Parker's Seed- 

 ling, Stockbridge, Dean, Lady's Finger, four vari- 

 eties nameless, and thirty-seven seedling Potatoes, 

 of 1848. Crooknecked Squash, Marrow do.. Blood 

 Beet. 



From Herbert S. Cole, a basket of Potatoes, of 

 various kinds. 



From A. D. Williams & Son, Roxbury, Pump- 

 kins, Blood Beet, Carrots, Ruta Baga, Drumhead 

 Cabbage, Savoy do., Salsify, Canada Squash, Mar- 

 row do., Celery, Turnip Beet, Tomatoes, Corn. 



From George Pierce, W. Cambridge, Purple 

 Brocoli, Giant Celery, Red Cabbage, White Cauli- 

 flower, Marrow Squashes. 



From John Albree, Newton Corner, Egg Plants. 



From Daniel Brims, Roxbury, Celery. 



From Alex. McLennan, Watertown, Egg Plants. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., Sealsfoot Potato, 

 Shepherd's Early do. 



From Azell Bowditch, Roxbury, Savoy Cabbage, 

 Northern do.. Drumhead do.. Sweet Corn, Yellow 

 do., Gourd. 



From Benj. V. French, Braintree, Early June 

 Potatoes, Hill's Early do., Knevet's Defiance do.. 

 Blood Beet, Yellow Turnip do., Turnip Blood do.. 

 Mangel Wurtzel, Purple Egg Plant, White do. A 

 fine specimen of Egyptian Wheat. 



From Mrs. Spaulding, South Reading, Blood 

 Beets. 



From John Schouler, W. Cambridge, by J. Gil- 

 more, Blood Beets. 



From N. N. Dyer. S. Abington, two Canada 

 Crookneck Squashes, two years old. 



From Pickering Dodge, Salem, two German 

 Cabbages. 



From Warren's Gardens, Brighton, a bouquet of 

 Egyptian Wheat, Snake Cucumber, Yard Bean. 



From J. Balch, jr., Roxbury, Tomatoes. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



Baskets of Fruit. — For thebestbasket of Fruit, 

 to Otis Johnson, $10.— For the second best, to 

 Messrs. Hovey & Co., $7. 



