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Case, ten varieties of peaches ; eight varieties of apples ; ten of pears, 

 and other fruits. From Morse and Houghton, nine varieties of peaches ; 

 twelve of pears ; eight varieties of apples, and other fruits. We notice 

 that the Baldwin apple was exhibited in several collections under the name 

 of Steele's Red Winter. — [Ckaveland Herald.) 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — The Twentieth Annual Exhibition 

 of this society was held in the Museum Building, Philadelphia, on Wednes- 

 day, Thursday, and Friday, the 20th, 21st, and 22d of September, 1848. 

 The exhibition was one of the best ever made by the society, and the re- 

 port fills a pamphlet of more than twenty-five fages. Two of the grand 

 saloons of the Museum Building were occupied, — the lower one with plants, 

 flowers, and designs, — the upper, with the fruits and vegetables. The com- 

 mittee preface their report as follows: — 



" The arrangements for the display being, in most respects, very similar 

 to former occasions, a general description seems uncalled for. It may be 

 remarked, however, that, in the lower saloon, an evident improvement was 

 apparent from the substitution of oval tables which surrounded the columns, 

 thereby presenting a greater variety to the scene, and alTording intervening 

 spaces, by which the visiters were enabled to inspect with much more facil- 

 ity the many curious and rare plants. An additional effect was also pro- 

 duced by the profusion of evergreen festoons which pended so gracefully 

 from the ceiling. 



The floral designs were not so numerous as on former occasions, owing, 

 no doubt, to the long continued drought of the past season. 



In the upper saloon, the arrangement was varied with good effect ; the 

 tables were placed around the room against the sides ; those for the exhi- 

 bition of fruit on the south were formed of three elevations, with semicir- 

 cular projections at intervals throughout its entire length ; a large one, of 

 semicircular form, rested against the eastern end, and along the northern 

 side, others, corresponding in form with those on the south, were arranged, 

 — on which were shown the profuse contributions of culinary vegetables, 

 which proving insufficient, a long table was added, and extended through 

 the centre, two-thirds of the length of the apartment. 



Near the eastern extremity, and dedicated to Pomona, was erected, upon 

 a raised square base, a large open evergreen temple of circular form, which 

 reached nearly to the great height of the saloon ; it was supported by eight 

 columns, and canopied with a corresponding number of graceful festoons ; 

 opposite and near the entrance of the saloon, under one of the chandeliers, 

 was placed a circular table of several elevations, on which were displayed 

 some of the choicest fruits. 



The great number of columns forming the corridor of the gallery were 

 handsomely festooned with evergreen wreaths." 



Plants exhibited. — By Caleb Cope, upwards of sixty plants, including 



some fine Cactse. By James Dundas, upwards of one hundred plants. By 



Peter Mackenzie, upwards of one hundred and thirty plants, including a 



fine collection of Cactaj. By R. Buist, three hundred plants, including the 



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