126 Petmsylvania Horticultural Society. 



President of the Society, Col. Joel Rathbone, exhibited three beautiful bou- 

 quets, composed of choice greenhouse flowers, and arranged with good 

 taste by his gardener, John Sloan, to whom they have awarded the pre- 

 mium of $2. The Committee regret that the extreme cold weather, — the 

 mercury being below 0° of Fahrenheit — prevented greater competition. 

 For the Committee. Herman Wendell. 



The Committee on Greenhouse Flowers reported that Mr. James Wil- 

 son exhibited the following named beautiful Camellia Japonicas, viz. : — 

 Chandleru, Queen Victoria, Donckelaern, Saccoz magnifique, Sesanqua 

 rosea, amabalis, Prattu, candidissima, Henri Favre, Sarah Frost, Mar- 

 chioness of Exeter, Double white, carnea, Carswellmna, Gunnelhajjo, 

 Sherwoodii, Rose pleno, William the Fourth, imbricata. Double striped, 

 and elata. Ericas, transparens and Bowieana, Eschynanthus grandifl6ra, 

 Poins^ttia pulch6rimum, twenty varieties of beautiful Pansies, Chinese 

 Primroses, &c. &c. 



The Committee awarded the premium of $ 3 00 for the best six Camel- 

 lias, to Mr. Wilson — for varieties : fimbriata, Carswelhana, Sarah Frost, 

 imbricata, Gunnelliaraa, and candidissima. — They awarded the premium 

 of $2 00 for the second best six, to Mr. Wilson — for varieties : amabilis, 

 Henri Favre, Saccoi magnifique, William the Fourth, Double white, 

 Queen Victoria. And they also awarded a premium of $ 2 00 to Mr. Wil- 

 son, for his beautiful display of Pansies. For the Com., Wm. Newcomb. 

 The Committee on discretionary premiums reported that there was exhib- 

 ited by Col. Rathbone, three bunches of Asparagus, evincing great skill in 

 his gardener, John Sloan, to whom they have awarded a premium of $2 00. 

 For the Committee, /. Mc D. Mc Intyre. 



B. P. JOHNSON, Secretary, Albany, Feb. 11, 1848. 



Art. hi. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



This Society held its Nineteenth Annual Exhibition, on the fifteenth, 

 sixteenth, and seventeenth, of Sept. last, and the report which has been 

 sent to us, fills a pamphlet of nearly fifty pages. We therefore, are only 

 enabled to give a very brief account of it, for warit of room. 



An immense number of plants in pots, were exhibited by various ama- 

 teurs and nurserymen; the floral designs, bouqets, &c., were very numer- 

 ous and attractive ; and the fruits, especially the grapes, were superior to 

 those of previous years ; the vegetables were also exhibited in liberal quan- 

 tities, and of fine quality. 



Premiums for the hesl foreign grapes, under glass, were awarded to Wm. 

 Sinton, gardener to George W, Carpenter, for the best collection, and to 

 R. S. Field, Princeton, N. J., for the second best. 



For the best and most numerous collection of named varieties of pears, to 

 J. Rutter, West Chester, Pa. 



