26 PROCEEDINGS. 



GRATUITIES. 

 The Committee on Flowers award tlie following gratuities : — 



To JNIarshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, for his splendid display of Green- 

 House Plants, eight dollars ; to Thomas Willott, for plants from John A. Lowell, five dol- 

 lars ; to Henry Reed, gardener to Nahum Stetson, for Cytisus racemosus, three dollars. 



JOSEPH BRECK, Chairman. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 

 John Fisk Allen, of Salem, presented twelve varieties of ripe Grapes, viz. : — Early 

 Black July, Miller's Burgundy, Early White of the French, and Pitmaston White Cluster, 

 (these four are the earliest Grapes, and the Pitmaston the earliest and best of these,) Zin- 

 findal Ferral, Black Hamburg, White Hamburg, White Chasselas, Chasselas de Bar-Sur- 

 Aube, Aleppo, White and Grizzly Frontignan. Also, Black Figs of St. Michael. 



EXHIBITION OF VEGETABLES. 

 From O. H. Mather, by Thomas Needliam, a variety of Cucumbers, among which were 

 the Manchester and Weeden's Prize. 



From Orr N. Town, a brace of Cucumbers. 

 From J. Fisk Allen, Tomatoes. 



For the Committee, A. D. WILLIAMS, Chairman, 



EXHIBITIONS. 



Saturday, May 22, 1847. 

 EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, twelve plants of his fine new seed- 

 ling Calceolarias, spotted and variegated, very beautiful ; three varieties of Ericas, in full 

 bloom ; Cut Flower.s, including fine specimens of Camellias, among which we noticed a 

 fine new seedling of regular formation, color light pink, slightly striped with white, which 

 promises well ; also, Henry Favre, Sarah Frost, Double White and other varieties; Roses: — 

 Tea — Princess Adelaide, new, very large pale yellow, high scented: Noisette Solfatare, 

 in quantity ; this variety proves to be an abundant bloomer under proper treatment, as we 

 have witnessed. We are informed that the gardener cut one hundred rose buds from one 

 plant on May morning. Also, Bourbon and Hybrid Perpetual Roses, and specimens of 

 forced Ghent Azaleas. 



From Lucinda Spaulding, South Reading, a fine plant of Cactus extensus, in full bloom. 



From A. Bowditch, two round Pyramids, six Hand, and one large flat Vase, or Mantel 

 Bouquet; ten pot plants, viz. : — one seedling Picotee Pink, Prairie Rose, Leschenaultia 

 formosa. Petunia, Erica Ventricosa superba, Sedum var. Fuchsias, and two Cactus. Also, 

 Cut Flowers, principally Roses. 



From S. R. Johnson, fine specimens of Pyrus japonica. 



From R. M. Copeland, very fine Hyacinths and Cactus. 



From Joseph Breck & Co., Hyacinths in great variety; five varieties of Phlox sabulata; 

 Phlox decumbens and stolonifera ; Pulmonaria Virginica ; Iris pumila and cristata ; Pan- 

 sies in variety; Pajonia tenuifolia and hybrida; Primula polyanthus and vera; White 

 Swan and other early double Tulips ; Cro\\^l Imperial, double and single red, yellow, &c. ; 

 Cynoglossum omphaloides ; Fumaria formosa, and other hardy herbaceous and bulbous 

 flowering plants. Also, double and single Peach blossoms, Crab Apple, Pear, and other 

 Fruit Flowers. These were introduced not only for their beauty, but also to show the 

 extreme lateness of the season in comparison with the last. On the 5th of May, 1846, the 

 Apple trees were in full bloom, now the buds are only beginning to show their color. The 



