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From William Kenrick, by Miss Russell, three Bouquets. 



From James Nugent, Dahlias and Bouquets. 



From Hovey & Co., nine Bouquets, of various forms, including one flat double-faced 

 Hand Bouquet ; Pot Plants ; Lilium lancifolium album, speciosum and punctatum. These 

 Lilies are of surpassing beauty ; IVIessrs. H. have been very successful in blooming them. 

 The first was a very large and thrifty plant, having no less than six stalks and twentyfour 

 flowers and buds, while the single bloom on the last named, was pre-eminently deserving 

 the epithet, perfect. The Pot Plants exhibited by these gentlemen were, indeed, all very 

 fine, and many of them entirely new. Among them were three species of Achimenes — 

 picta, grandiflora and patens ; Nuttallia grandiflora ; Fuchsia Nymph, and Platycodon 

 grandiflorum. Also, ten varieties of Carnations and Picotees, about eighty blooms. 



From William Mellar, two Bouquets and a great variety of Cut Flowers, Dahlias, &c. 



From John L. Gardner, by 'J. Thomas, eight Pot Plants — Achimenes, Thunbergia, and 

 Gardenia florida. Also, a singular orchidaceous plant, Dendrobium spec, with flowers of 

 a pale straw color. 



From Samuel R. Johnson, fine Pmks. 



From Parker Barnes, Seedling Pinks, Gladiolus Gandavensis, &c. 



From Azell Bowditch, six Bouquets, and Pot Plants. 



From D. C. Chapman, Cambridgeport, fine China Pinks, well arranged. 



From Col. T. H. Perkins, by William Quant, one fine Double Bouquet, for large vase. 



From William B. Richards, Dahlias, vars. Caleb Cope, Vivid, &c. 



From Hugh Eraser, of Charleston, S. C, by J. Tucker, a sheaf of Rice, of the present 

 year's crop, in fine condition, the heads large, the kernels well matured, which attracted 

 much attention. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



On Bouquets and Pot Plants. — For the best six Hand Bouquets, two dollars, to Hovey 

 & Co. For the second best do., one dollar, to Azell Bowditch. For six do., a gratuity of 

 one dollar to James Nugent. 



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

 best do., one dollar, to Hovey & Co. 



For the best large oval Bouquet, two dollars, to William Quant. For the second best do., 

 one dollar, to Hovey & Co. 



For the best six Pot Plants, two dollars, to John Thomas, and a gratuity of five dollars to 

 Hovey & Co. 



Carnations and Picotees. — For the best ten, first premium, of five dollars, to Hovey & 

 Co. For the second best do., four dollars, to Samuel R. Johnson. 



For the best display, three dollars, to Hovey & Co., and for fine Seedlings, a gratuity of 

 two dollars to Parker Barnes. 



Double Hollyhocks. — For the best display, a premium of two dollars, to the Messrs. 

 Winship. 



For the Committee, W. B. RICHARDS. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 

 The Cherries exhibited to-day — Cherries ! the very name calls us back half a cenlury- 

 to boyhood — to the charming poetry of Shenstone : 



" See I Cherries here, ere Cherries yet abound, 



Scattering like blooming maid, their glances round," — 

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