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Vegetables : From John Quant, a brace of handsome cucumbers. From 

 Thomas Needhani, Lettuces. 



Premiums were awarded as follows : — 



Pelargoniums. Class I. To Hovey & Co., for the best six dissimilar 

 plants, in 8-irich pots, $6. 

 To Wm. Quant, for the second best, $\. 



Class II. To Hovey & Co., for the best six dissimilar plants, $6. 

 To Azel Bowditch, for the second best, $4. 

 Roses. No premiums awarded. 

 Fuchsias. To Wm. Quant, for the best six varieties, $6. 



No competition for the second premium. 

 Heaths. To John Quant, for the best six, $2. 

 Various sorts. To Wm. Quant, for the best display, $8. 



To John Quant, for the second best display, ^5. 

 Cinerarias. To Wm. Quant, for the best six varieties, $3. 



To John Cadness, for the second best, $2. 

 Calceolarias. To John Cadness, for the best six varieties, $3. 



To Wm. Quant, for the second best, ^2. 

 Cacti. To Azel Bowditch, for the best six varieties, ^3. 



No competition for the second premium. 

 Hyacinths. To R. M. Copeland, for the best display, $5. 



To J. Breck & Co., for the second best, $3. 

 Bouquets. To John Cadness, for the best vase, $2. 

 To A. Bowditch, for the best parlor, $2. 

 To John Cadness, for the second best, $\. 

 Cut Flowers. To Thomas Needham, the first premium of $3. 



To Wm. Quant, the second, ^2. 

 Gratuities. To the President of the Society, for a fine display of green- 

 house plants, .$8. For a splendid show of roses, $3. 

 To Wm. Quant, for a fine plant of Ixora coccinea, $3. 

 To James Nugent, for a fine show of cut flowers, $2. 

 Mr. Beck's Special Prizes por Pelargoniums. To Hovey & Co., for 

 the best six dissimilar plants, in 8-inch pots, $25. 

 To John Quant, for the second best, $10. 

 Maij 20th. Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the Society, 

 a variety of flowers, among which were a species of Carragana, Spirae^a 

 Drouettu, (new,) Ghent azaleas, several kinds of lilacs. Tree paeonies, &c.; 

 also, four fine plants of Erica ventricosa fragrans, Azalea Gledstanesn, and 

 cut flowers of Lamarque and Solfilaire roses, a seedling camellia, &c. 

 From N. J. Becar, Brooklyn, N. Y., a collection of flowers of some fine 

 calceolarias; also, pelargoniums. From Jos. Breck & Co., choice tulips 

 and cut flowers of various kinds. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., cut flowers of pelargoniums, among which 

 were Becll's Aurora, Cassandra, Rosamund, Centurion, Desdemona, Isa- 

 bella, Marc Antony, Hebe's Lip, &c., Lyne's Forget-me-not, and others. 

 From J. Cadness, a pretty specimen of Calystegia pubescens, with several 

 flowers ; also, tulips, bouquets, &c. From S. Walker, pretty ranuncu- 



