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From E. M. Richards, American Summer Pearmain apples. From 

 William Pratt, Esq., Watertown; specimens of pears, names unknown. 

 From R. Manning, St. Giiislain; Julienne, Bloodgood, and Summer 

 Rose pears. From Aaron Baldwin, Boston, specimens of peaches, names 

 unknown. Peaches from L. B. Dench, Boston, names unknown. From 

 M. Tombs, Boston, Hannas' pear, supposed to be a native; it is a fine 

 kind. 



Art. IV. Essex County Natural History Society, 



This Society held an Exhibition of dahlias and other flowers, in Salem, 

 on Friday and Saturday, the 18th and 19th of Sept. 1835; the following 

 account of the same we extract from the Salem Observer. We have 

 but room to name only the dahlias. — Conds. 



From Francis Putnam, dahlias, upwards of one hundred varieties, viz. 

 Levick's Incomparable, Henrietta, Profuse Lake, Queen of the Yellows, 

 Beauty of Salem, Feathered light crimson Globe, Countess of Liverpool, 

 Picta formosissima, Jaune Insurmountable, King of the Purples, Doug- 

 las's Augusta, Blanda Perfecta, Tully's Emperor of the Yellows, Wid- 

 nall's Perfection, Alba pumila, French White, Amanda, Russell's Macu- 

 latum, Barrett's Susanna, Guttata Major, Wells' Calypso, Dwarf Gol- 

 den Yellow, Flamed Yellow, Duchess of Bedford, Mrs. Talbot, Lutea 

 purpurea. Lady Fitzharris, King of the Whites, Putnam's Picta, Earl of 

 Sandwich, Agrippina, Gordon's Lady Granville, Scarlet Ranunculus, 

 Amelia, Marchioness of Lothian, Queen of Roses, Beauty of Wickam, 

 Village Maid, Belladonna, Antonia, Red Globe, Rubicunda formosa, 

 Widnall's Granta, Neptune, Remus, Prince George of Cumberland, Yel- 

 low Turban, Beauty of Surry, Lilac Versicolor; Coccinea perfecta. 

 Painted Lady, Algernon Sidney, Putnam's Lady Arabella, Vestal White, 

 Scott's Defiance, Walter Boyd, Royal Orange Globe, New Scarlet Ane- 

 mone, Marginata, Le Brilliant, Paragon of Perfection, Beauty of the 

 Vale, Lord Liverpool, Queen of Belgium, Dennisii, Barrett's King, 

 Changeable Yellow; Large Crimson Anemone, Sulphurea Excelsa, Sul- 

 phurea Alata, Fusca Rubricata, Sulphurea Perfecta, Tenebrosa linea, 

 Royal Orange, Squibb's Pure Yellow, Cormack's Coccinea, Scarlet Per- 

 fecta, Alba Purpurata, Dennisii coccinea. Queen of Whites, Countess 

 Plater, Miss Hester, Lord John Russell, Rosa Constantia, Princess of 

 Naples, Lady Grantham, Crimson Floribunda, Pulen, New Blush, 

 Cicero, Queen of Spain, Widnall's Black Prince, Reform, Well's Suberb 

 Quilled Purple, Galanthus, Mountain of Snow, Fulgid asanguinea. Duch- 

 ess of Kent, Queen of Naples, Picotee, New Goliath, Bonny Dee, many 

 bouquets of quilled asters, stocks, chrysanthemums, euphorbia, verbena, 



&C. &LC. 



From Benjamin Creamer, dahlias, Lord Lyndhurst, Barrett's Susan- 

 na, King of Purples, Agrippina, Putnam's feeauty of Salem, Painted 

 Lady, Dennisii, Lutea Purpurea, Theodore, Countess of Liverpool, 

 Wells's Calypso, Widnall's Perfection; also, Asclepias curasovica, Mal- 

 ope grandiflora, Dracocephalum virginicum, Helianthus Multiflorus, 

 globe amaranthus, noisette and other roses, bouquets of asters, stocks, 

 chrysanthemums, lobelia, &c. &c. &c. 



From J. Fiske Allen, dahlias, a number of varieties, such as Countess 

 Plater, Countess of Liverpool, Wells's Calypso, Dennisii, Theodore, 

 Cormack's Coccinea. 



