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iTrom Augustus Aspiawall, Roses, in great variety. 



From William Meller, a great variety of Dahlias, viz. : Marchioness of Ormond, Madame 

 Chauviere, Eveque de Bayeux, Thompson's Vivid, Caleb Cope, Primrose, Countess of 

 Liverpool, Columbine, Judy, Madame Villabois, Fairy Queen, Dowager Lady Cooper, &c. 

 Also, two large Bouquets ; Moss and other Roses ; Verbenas ; Delphiniums ; Perpetual 

 Pinks, and other Cut Flowers. 



From John L. Gardner, by J. Thomas, seven pots of Thunbergia, three varieties, orange, 

 buff and white — well grown and beautiful ; one large Design and Bouquet, and one round 

 Bouquet. 



From James L. L. F. Warren, six Pot Plants, vie. : Tamus Elephantipes, (elephant's 

 foot,) a curious plant; Gardenia radicans ; Anigozanthus coccineus ; Sollya heterophylla ; 

 IVIammillaria sp., and Echinocaclus sp. ; the last with a beautiful, tubular, blush-pink 

 flower. Also, six flat Hand "Bouquets, and one round do. ; Prairie Roses ; white Water 

 Lilies, and Cut Flowers, in great variety. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., very fine Picotee and Carnation Pinks, among which were 

 the following, viz. : Duke of Newcastle, Princess Victoria, Lady Peel, Lady Campbell, 

 Chillwall Beauty, Meteor, Victoria, and some new Seedlings. Also, ten kinds of Prairie 

 Roses, viz. : Queen of the Prairie, Perpetual Pink, Superba, Eva Corinne, Anne Maria, 

 Miss Gunnell, Pride of Washington, Pallida, Jane, and Triumphant. Also, two large flat 

 Bouquets, two beautiful double-faced flat Hand do., and two round Hand do. One plant of 

 Achimenes patens, a new variety. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



For the best six Hand Bouquets, a premium to Azell Bowditch, of two dollars ; for the 

 second best do., to J. L. L. F. Warren, one dollar. 



For the best pair of Mantel Bouquets, to Messrs. Winship, two dollars. 



To John Thomas, for a Design, two dollars. 



For the best round Pyramidal Bouquet, a premium to Messrs. Hovey, of two dollars ; for 

 the second best do. do., to John Thomas, of one dollar. 



GRATUITIES. 



To John Thomas, for seven plants of Thunbergia, two dollars. 



To 0. H. Mather, by Thomas Needham, for a plant of Buddlea Lindleyana, one dollar. 



To J. L. L. F. Warren, for a Cactus in bloom, one dollar. 



For the Committee, JOSEPH BRECK, Chairman. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



By the President, Marshall P. Wilder, Black Eagle, (juicy and rich,) and White Bigar- 

 reau Cherries. 



By Olis Johnson, Bigarreau Couleur de Chair, White Bigarreau, Sparhawk's Honey, 

 (sweet and delicate flavor,) and Black Tartarian Cherries. Coolidge's Favorite Peaches, 

 beautifully colored. British Queen, Princess Alice Maude and Prince Albert Strawberries. 



By Josiah Richardson, Black Tartarian Cherries ; Strawberries— Hovey 's Seedling, 

 Deptford Pine, Prince Albert, Richardson's Seedling, numbers two and five — which fully 

 sustained the opinion expressed of them in the report made last week. 



By Parker Barnes, White Bigarreau Cherries. 



By John Fisk Allen, Figs, and seven varieties of Grapes. 



By Frederick W. Macondry, Coolidge's Favorite Peaches, richly colored. 



By Josiah Lovett, Prolific Hautbois, (peculiarly agreeable flavor,) and Hovey's Seedling 

 Strawberries. 



