PROCEEDINGS. 59 



EXHIBITIONS. 



SaturdaYj September 4, 1847. 

 EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, President of the Society, a great variety of fine Phloxes, 

 viz. : — Pottsii, Blanc de Neuilly, Marianne, Bourboniensis, Speciosa, Nymphea alba, 

 Vincaflora, Rosea alba, Cromwell, Standard of Perfection, Richardson's dark Red, Rosa 

 superba, Auguste, Candidissima nova, Speciosissima, &c. ; Dahlias — Captivation, La Polka, 

 Marchioness of Cornwallis, Princess Radziville, Arethusa, La tour d'Auvergne, Mimosa, 

 Mrs. Anderson, Cheltenham Queen, and others ; Japan Lilies, grown in open ground ; 

 Roses, and other Cut Flowers. 



From 0. H. Mather, by Thomas Needham, a variety of Green-House Roses ; Verbenas ; 

 Dahlias ; Double Balsams ; French and African Marigolds ; variety of Phloxes ; Double 

 Helianthus ; Lantana, and other Cut Flowers, in great variety. 



From John Robinson, Roxbury, Dahlias ; Verbenas ; Asters ; Nemophila grandifiora ; 

 Petmiias, &c. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren, six Hand and two large Mantel Bouquets ; Dahlias, and Cut 

 Flowers, in great variety. 



From Hovey & Co., six round Hand Bouquets ; one round Table Bouquet ; a quantity of 

 Dahlias ; nine Pot Plants, viz. : — one Achimenes grandiflora, one A. pendunculata, three 

 A. rosea, one A. longifiora, one Jasmine, (Maid of Orleans,) one Schubertia graveolens, 

 and one Veronica speciosa. 



From Joseph Breck & Co., Dahlias; Phloxes; Verbenas; Roses; Petunias; Argemone 

 Mexicana; Delphiniums ; Antirrhinum, in great variety ; Lavateras, and other Cut Flowers. 



From Azell Bowditch, six Hand Bouquets, and a Bouquet composed of Amaranths. 



From James Nugent, six Hand and two Mantel Bouquets. 



From John Parker, fine Dahlias. 



From John Hovey, six Bouquets ; Dahlias, &c. 



From Lewis Davenport, Milton, fine Roses. 



From William B. Richards, fine Dahlias. 



From Samuel R. Johnson, Dahlias ; Phloxes ; Balsams, and other Cut Flowers. 



From Messrs. Winship, a great variety of Cut Flowers, filling one of the circular 

 stands. 



From William Kenrick, by Miss Russell, a Basket of Flowers, Bouquets, &c. 



From John Richardson, Roxbury, Cut Flowers, in variety. 



From Parker Barnes, Dahlias ; Roses ; Phloxes ; Achimenes ; Verbenas ; Lilies ; Sweet 

 Peas; Chrysanthemums; Centaureas, &c. Also, forty Dahlias, among them Marquis of 

 Aylesbury, La Polka, and Marchioness of Cornwallis, (good.) 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS ON BOUQUETS. 

 John Thomas, John Quant, and Francis Thieler, Judges. For the best six Hand 

 Bouquets, first premium, two dollars, to Azell Bowditch. 



For the second best do., second premium, one dollar, to James Nugent. 

 For the best pair of Mantel Bouquets, first premium, two dollars, to J. L. L, F. Warren. 

 For the second best do., second premium, one dollar, to James Nugent. 

 The Committee award the first premium, two dollars, on Pot Plants, to Hovey & Co., 

 and recommend a gratuity of one dollar to Miss Russell, for a Basket of Flowers. 



For the Committee, JOSEPH BRECK, Chairman. 



