Mass. and J^cio York Horticultural Societies. 4G3 



row Quilled white, The great tasscled white, Half-doiihle quilled white, 

 Hiilf-(loul)le bronzc-buft' and Daisy flowered. Acconliii£f to Mr. Ha- 

 woith's arranjronieiit, at p. 141, except the Daisy flowered. 



From S. Downer, Lewis, Beurre Diel, Bezi Vaet and Beurr^ 

 d'Arend)erjj pears. From L. P. Grosvenor, Pound Royal pears ; 

 j)i|)l)ins and Spitzomberg apples. From Win. Oliver, Doctor or De 

 Witt apples. From S. P. Gardener, Esq., Boston, Brown Beurre 

 pears. From R. Mannin<,', Spanish Bon Chretien, Passe Coimar, Bur- 

 germeester and the Beurre Romaine (so supposed, but not correct), 

 pears ; Fail Harvey apples. From Messrs, Hovey, a native apple, re- 

 ceived from R. Kittredi^e, Esq., Portsmouth, the oriiiinal tree growinj; 

 in Tewksbury; the committee pronounced it a valuable variety. From 

 D. Fisk, Worcester, a basket of handsome api)les ; a native kind, and 

 worth cultivating. From M. H. Ruggles, Fall River, pears, accompa- 

 nied with a letter, in which the fruit is stated to be a u'ilding ; the tree 

 being now forty years olil, fifteen feet high, and the trunk five or six 

 inches in diameter: it is a great bearer, four and a half bushels having 

 been taken from the tree this season ; it is sup|)osed that it will keep 

 till Christmas: Mr. Ruggles suggests that it should be called the Durfee 

 pear, the tree having grown on the farm of Mr. George Durfee, in Tiv- 

 erton, R. I. 



Art. III. New York Horticultural Society. 



The following is the Report of the iuspecting committee on the exhi- 

 bition of dahlias, held by that society, on the 8ih of Se|)tember last, 

 which has been kindly favored us by Mr. Hoirsr, the Secretary: — 



Agreeably to the rules and regulations adopted at a meeting of the 

 Society, held at its rooms on Tuesday, the 8th of September last, the 

 Connnittee proceeded to discharge the dut}' assigned it, of awarding the 

 diff'erent premiums for dahlias to the different proprietors for prizes, and 

 after a strict, careful, and impartial examination, decided on the follow- 

 ing distribution thereof, viz: — 



The first premium for the best six self-colored seedling dahlias, is 

 awarded to the number designated by the Committee of Arrangements 

 as No. 5, and was presented by Mr. Thomas Diinlap. 



No second premium is awarded, no person having three variegated 

 seedlings in conformity with the requirements of the rules. 



The third premium for the greatest and best variety of seedling dahlias, 

 is awarded to the number designated by the Committee of Arrangements 

 as No. 6, and was presente<l by Mr. ^V'^m. Reid. 



The fourth jiremium for the best twelve self-colored imported dahlias 

 is awarded to the number designated by the Committee of Arrangements 

 as No. 2, and was presented by Mr. ^Vm. Reid. 



The fifth premium for the best six varieirated imported Dahlias, is 

 awarded to the number designated by the said Committee as No. 5, pre- 

 sented by Mr. Thomas Dunlap. 



The sixth premium for the greatest and best \-ariety of imported dah- 

 lias, is awarded to the number designated by the said Committee as No. 

 5, presented by Mr. Thomas Dunlap. 



Although the flowers presented at this year's exhibition were, in point 

 of beauty and variety, (in the opinion of the Committee) vastly superior 



