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Vegetables. — From W. Quant, fine lettuce. From A. D. Williams, 

 rhubarb. 



June nth. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



No business coming before the meeting, it was adjourned one week to 

 24th. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : The show of pasonies to-day for premium was 

 remarkably fine : more new kinds were contributed than were ever shown 

 before, and some of them were surpassingly beautiful ; we may particularly 

 note P. var. f^stiva, sulphurea, and Reine Hortense. 



From the President of the Society, twenty varieties of pseonies, viz. : — 

 alba grandiflora, tricolor grandiflora, triumphans, Buckyn, Duchesse de 

 Nemours, Victoire Modeste, prolifera tricolor, sulphurea, formosa, rosea, 

 albiflora, Pottsn, plenissima variegata. Queen Victoria, Reine de Fran- 

 caise, &c., all fine ; also hardy roses in variety. From Hon. J. S. Cabot, 

 Salem, twelve varieties of superb paeonies, embracing Queen Victoria, Reine 

 Hortense, tricolor, Victoire Modeste, ReeVesw, Duchesse de Nemours, 

 papavereeflora, elegantissima, anemoneflora, sulphiirea, elegans, formosa, 

 seedlings, &c. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., twelve varieties of paeonies, viz. : — f^stiva, 

 papaver8efl6ra,speci6sa striata, Victoire Modeste, anemoneflora alba, Pottsu, 

 Reevesu, Humet, &c. &c. ; also new crimson Boursault, Red Boursault, 

 La Reine, and Persian Yellow roses. Phlox Van Houtteu, pansies, carna- 

 tions, &c. &c. From J. Breck & Co., fine hardy roses, and a great vari- 

 ety of cut flowers. From Messrs. Winships, hardy, perpetual, moss, and 

 other roses, a great quantity of cut flowers, and two elegant bouquets. 

 From J. Cadness, six plants in pots, and five species of Echinocactus, very 

 pretty ; also roses, pinks, bouquets, &c. From W. Quant, a superb speci- 

 men of the delicate and fragrant Stephanotus fioribiinda, a large plant, 

 trained to a balloon trellis, and quite covering it. From J. Quant, six plants 

 in pots. From N. Stetson, Esq., a pretty spcimen of Crassula variegata, 

 in fine bloom. From Miss S. W. McClean, a pretty picotee in full bloom, 

 grown in Boston in the parlor. From A. Aspinwall, a splendid show of 

 roses. Bouquets, paeonies, cut flowers, &c., from S. Walker, J. A Ken- 

 rick, Mary M. Kenrick, W. E. Carter, W. Mellar, Jas. Nugent, A. Bow- 

 ditch, and John Quant. 



Premiums were awarded as follows :— 



Plants in Pots. — To J. Cadness, for the best six, $2. 

 No second premium awarded. 



Peonies. — To J. S. Cabot, for the best six varieties, $5. 

 To Hovey & Co., for the second best six varieties, $4. 

 To. Joseph Breck & Co., for the best display, $'3. 



Bouquets. — To Messrs. Winships, for the best pair of mantel bou- 

 quets, $2. 

 To Miss Russell, for the second best, $1. 

 To William Quant, for the best vase bouquet, $2. 

 To J. Nugent, for the second best, $1. 

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