156 PROCEEDINGS. 



Camellias. — For the best twelve varieties of cut flowers, with foliage, to Hovey & Co., S8 00 

 Chinese Primrose. — For the best six plants, in not less than four varieties, in pots, 



to Hovey & Co., 3 00 



Greenhouse Azaleas. — For the best six varieties, in pots, to Hovey & Co., - 6 00 



For the 2d best to Hovey & Co., 4 00 



Flowering Shrubs. — For the best display during the season, to Winship &, Co., 5 00 



For the 2d best, to J. Kenrick, 4 00 



For the 3d best, to J. Breck & Co., 3 00 



GRATUITIES. 



To Azel Bowditch, for Forced Hyacinths, the Silver Medal, - - - - S5 00 



To T. Needham, for Ceropegia elegans, the Silver Medal, 5 00 



To J. Tidd, for Seedling Cactus, 2 00 



To J. Breck & Co., for Iris Susiana, the Silver Medal, 5 00 



To George Johnson, for Seedling Yellow Rose, the Silver Medal, ... 5 00 



To T. Owens, for Orchids, the Silver Medal, 5 00 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES AT THE WEEKLY EXHIBITIONS. 



To Winship & Co., for Bouquets, Cut Flowers, &c., at weekly shows, - - $17 00 



To Hovey & Co., for the same, 1100 



To J. Breck & Co., for the same, 24 00 



To A . Bowditch, for the same, -11 00 



To H. Grundel, for the same, 8 00 



To Miss Russell, for the same, 14 00 



To J. Nugent, for the same, 16 00 



To Parker Barnes, for the same, 19 00 



To L. Davenport, for the same, 11 00 



To Miss Kenrick, for the same, 11 00 



To John Hovey, for the same, 10 00 



To E. Burns, for the same, 7 00 



To W. Kenrick, for the same, 2 00 



To W. E. Carter, for the same, 3 00 



To J. A. Kenrick, for the same, 3 00 



To Mrs. E. A. Story, for the same, 2 00 



To Miss Barnes, for the same, 100 



To T. Needham, for the same, 100 



To E. Winslow, for the same, -- 100 



To J. VV. Brown, for the same, - 100 



For the Committee. 



D. HAGGERSTON, Chairman. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FRUITS, AWARDING PREMIUMS 



FOR 1850. 



The Committee cannot but congratulate the Society on the favorable results, in relation 

 to that branch of horticultural science with which they are connected, that have thus 

 far attended its operations, and of an evidently continued approximation towards the 

 attainment of some of the objects for which it was instituted, as manifested by a greater 

 superiority, from year to year, in the fruits exhibited, thereby showing a more scientific 

 and improved cultivation; by the greater number of varieties from year to year jilaced 

 upon its tables, thus proving the success of efforts, either by collecting the seedlings 

 scattered through our own country, or by importing from Europe its choicest kinds, to 

 obtain for the use of its members and the public, all the varieties of every species of fruit 



