Domestic Notices. 369 



mencinff on the 3d, and continuing open until the 21st. The exhibition will 

 undoubtedly be a most interesting one, and, in connection with it, a Central 

 Convention of Fruit growers will be held on the lOlh of October, at which 

 delegates will be invited from the various horticultural societies in the coun- 

 try. We have not room to give all the particulars of the programme, but 

 we annex, for the information of our readers, many of whom may be com- 

 petitors for premiums, the following liberal list of prizes to be given : — 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



Agriculturists, Horticulturists, Florists, Amateurs, and the friends and 

 patrons generally of rural pursuits, which contribute so largely to the health, 

 happiness, and preservation of the human family, and, at the same time, 

 elevate and enlarge the mind, are again solicited to come forward with an 

 exhibition of the choicest varieties of their Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, and 

 other productions, at the Twenty-first Annual Fair of the American Insti- 

 tute, to be held at Castle Garden in October next. 



Such articles as are intended for exhibition must be delivered on Monday, 

 the 2d of October, in order that they may be arranged so as to show to the 

 best advantage on Tuesday, the 3d ; in the morning of which day, the doors 

 will be opened to the public. 



Admission tickets will not be given for inferior productions; and, when 

 articles of trivial importance are offered for exhibition, those employed at 

 the desk are requested and authorized to reject them. 



As Agricultural and Horticultural books are not only the most suitable 

 premiums for superior specimens of Garden and Field productions, but are 

 very generally preferred, the Managers have been again induced to offer 

 such mementoes, each one of which will contain a beautifully embellished 

 certificate, explaining the nature and object of the award. 



If any exhibitor should become entitled to more than one copy of the 

 same work, he will be allowed the privilege of selecting another of equiv- 

 alent value. 



All productions placed in competition for any of the premiums offered, 

 must be the growth of the competitors. 



No specimens of vegetables, fruits, or flowers, embraced in assortments 

 for which a premium may be adjudged in mass, will be allowed to be put 

 in competition for such other premiums as are offered for the best vari- 

 eties. 



Competitors for the premiums offered for superior specimens of roses and 

 dahlias to be exhibited on Monday morning, October the 9th, are requested 

 to bring them in their own stands or show cases, in order that the flowers 

 may appear to the best possible advantage. 



Cultivators of flowers are respectfully invited to furnish fresh supplies as 

 often as convenient during the fair, which will be duly appreciated by the 

 managers, and recorded on the annals of the Institute. 



As horticultural productions are of a perishable nature, the managers 

 cannot, in every case, return them to exhibitors ; those, however, who wish 

 to claim their articles, are requested to take them immediately after the 



