176 PROCEEDINGS. 



From William Schiraming, gardener to J. P. Gushing, tvventyfive varieties of Pears^ 

 among thera, Gansell's Bergamot, Muscadine, Las Canas, St. Andre. Lawrence, Doyenne 

 Gris, St. Ghislaiu, Moyamensing, and Belle Lucrative ; Black Hamburg and other Grapes ; 

 Boston, While, and other Nectarines : Early Crawford and other Peaches. 



From F. & M. Burr, twenty varieties of Pears, among which were Henry IV., Heathcot, 

 Buffum, Harvard, Frederick of Wurtemburg, Van Mons Leon Leclerc, Bartlett, and Brown 

 Beurre. Also, thirteen varieties of Apples ; seven varieties of Plums, and five varieties of 

 Peaches. 



From H. Vandine, twenlyfour varieties of Pears, among which were Beurr6 d'Aremberg 

 Dix, Marie Louise, Lawrence, St. Ghislain, McLaughlin, Dunmore, Collins, Paradise of 

 Autumn, and Stevens's Genesee. Also, ten kinds of Plums, among Avhich were the 

 Ruling's Superb, Corses Admiral, and Coe's Golden Drop; two kinds of Apples. 



From S. Downer, Jr., eighteen varieties of Pears, among which were Napoleon, Van 

 Mons Leon Leclerc, Chaumontelle, Columbia, Andrews, White Doyenne, Urbaniste, 

 Le Cur6, Belle Lucrative, Duchess d'Angoulerae, Beurr6 Dial, Louise Bonne deJersey, 

 and Passe Colmar. 



From J. Breck, seven varieties of Grapes, viz. : Black Hamburg, Frankendale, White 

 Chasselas, White P'rontignan, Grizzly do.. Black Prince, De la Palestine, Also, thirteen 

 varieties of Pears. 



From J. F. Allen, eighteen varieties of Grapes, viz. : Black Hamburg, B. Hamburg 

 No. 16, Wilmot's B. Hamburg, Golden Chasselas, White Nice, Red Chasselas, White 

 Chasselas, Rose Chasselas, White Tokay, Bishop, Bowker, Josling's St. Albans, W^hite and 

 Grizzly Frontignan, De CandoUe, Reigne de Nice, Poiteau Noir, and Chasselas Bar sur 

 Aube. Also, seven varieties of Pears; Elruge Nectarines, and Lombard Plums, 



From W. C. Strong, eleven varieties of Grapes, viz. : Black Hamburg, Muscat of Alex- 

 andria, Lombardy, Black Muscat, Rose Chasselas, White do., White and Black Frontignan, 

 Syrian, White Nice, and Chasselas Musque ; Snow Peaches ; Golden and Roman Necta- 

 rines ; three varieties of Pears, and one large dish of assorted Fruit. 



From Cheever Newhall, ten varieties of Pears : Andrews, Heathcot, Belle Lucrative, 

 Dix, Fulton, Frederick of Wurtemburg, Urbaniste, &c. Also, six varieties of Apples; 

 Coe's Golden Drop, Purple Gage, and Drap d'Or Plums, and Old Mixon Peaches. 



From Messrs. Stone & Co., Newton, seven varieties of Pears, and eighteen varieties of 

 Apples, among which were Golden Russet, Pumpkin Sweet, Orange Sweeting, Garden 

 Sweet, aiid Hubbardston Nonesuch. 



From J. B. Moore, four varieties of Pears, and eight varieties of Apples, viz. : — Porter, 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch, Orange Sweet, Hawthorndean, Pomme Royal, Minister, Melvin 

 Sweet, and Fall Harvey. Also, Orange Quinces, and Seedling Peaches, 



From E. M. Richards, Bartlett, Gushing, and Colmar d'Aremberg Pears; twelve varieties 

 of Apples, among them Minister, Porter, Dyer, Fameuse, Lyscom, and Ortley. Also, 

 Peaches and Nectarines. 



From J. C. Pratt, eleven varieties of Pears, and seven varieties of Apples. 



From B. Wheeler, three varieties of Plums; White Doyenne Pears; Porter Apples, and 

 four varieties of Peaches. 



From A. D. Webber, Bartlett Pears; Rhode Island Greening Apples, and Beechwood, 

 Christiana, and Nutmeg Melons. 



From C. E. Grant, Black Hamburg, White and Grizzly Frontignan Grapes; four varieties 

 of Peaches ; Alpine Strawberries, and improved High-bush Blackberries. 



From Josiah Richardson, six varieties of Pears, among them were Flemish Beauty, Col- 

 mar d'Aremberg, and Beurr^ Diel. 



From Mrs. E. Wolcott, Roman Nectarines. 



From R. Choate, Peachs from a tree imported from Shanghai. 



