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Ambrosia (Nicliolson). — Large, roundish, dark, shining red. Seeds 

 small, white, and deeply embedded. Flesh rose-colored, sugary, and 

 full of juice. The berries have a slight mulberry flavor. It is said 

 to force well. In open culture it has pro^■ed with me only a very mod- 

 erate bearer. June 26. 



Ambrosia 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 REMINISCENXES. — No. II. 



The second year of the society witnessed no abatement ni the zeal 

 and activity of its able president, nor want of interest in the members. 

 It began to attract the notice of intelligent cultivators at home and 

 abroad, also of foreign consuls and shipmasters, who had heretofore 

 had frequent ofHcial business with its president while collector of the 

 port of Boston, and thence received many donations of seeds and 

 plants, and specimens of improved garden implements. The weekly 

 exhibitions through the summer were so attractive to the ladies that 

 they graced the hall every pleasant Saturday with their presence. As 

 the number of members already exceeded two hundred, if but a small 

 proportion of them exhibited noteworthy specimens, the aggregate 

 always made a beautiful show — such as was not seen elsewhere in 

 those days. 



That modest and estimable gentleman, and most accurate and dis- 



