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Domestic Notices. 



Second best, . . . . . . . «f2 00 



Best 3 varieties of native or foreign grapes, grown under glass, 

 3 bunches each to be shown. 

 Second best, ... * 



Best dish of native grapes. 

 Watermelons. — Best 6 specimens of any variety, 

 Second best, .... 



MusKMELONs. — Bcst 6 Specimens of any variety, 

 Second best, .... 



Cranberries. — Best peck of domestic culture, 

 Second best, .... 



!7'iTo be accompanied with a full description of the manner of cultivation, 

 nature of soil, &c. 



Any premiums may be withheld, in the discretion of the committee, if 

 the samples exhibited are not worthy of a premium. 



The fruit exhibited, for which premiums are awarded, to be at the dis- 

 posal of the committee. 



12 volumes of Downing, common edition, and 12 of Thomas's Fruit 

 Culturist, will be awarded by the committee, in their discretion, for choice 

 fruits not enumerated. 



[Liberal premiums are offered for vegetables, but we have not room for 

 the list.] 



Discretionary premiums will be awarded on choice garden products not 

 above enumerated. — B. P. Johnson, Secretary/. 



Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. — The annual meeting of this 

 society was held at the agricultural room, in Albany, on the 6th of May, — 

 J. Rathbone, Esq., president, in the chair. 



The following persons were elected officers for the ensuing year. 

 President. — Joel Rathbone. 



Vice Presidents. —Tt, S. Vail, Troy; Dr. H. Wendell, Albany; E. P. 

 Prentiss, Bethlehem; V. P. Douw, Greenbush. 

 Secretary. — B. P. Johnson, Albany. 

 Treasurer. — A. E. Brown, Albany. 



Managers. — Amos Briggs, Schaghticoke ; S. E. Warren, Troy; J. D. 

 Mclntyre, Albany ; WiUiam Burnell, Troy ; James Henry, Watervliet ; 

 William Newcomb, Pittstown ; James Wilson, Albany ; A. Osborn, Water- 

 vliet. 



Exhibitions for 1848 will be held as follows : — 



At Albany, 2d Wednesday, 14th June; at Troy, 2d Wednesday, 12th 

 July ; at Albany, September, annual show ; and 2d Wednesday of Febru- 

 ary, 1849, (annual meeting.) 



First Exhibition of 1848. 



The Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society held their first exhibi- 

 tion for the season, in the large room of the Geological buildings, on Wednes- 

 day, the 14th instant, Joel Rathbone, Esq, — President of the Society, — in 

 the chair. 



