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THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



To John Gordon, for Grand Sachem, . 

 To Josiah Stickney, for 20-ounce Pippin, 

 'J'o A. W. Withington, for St. Lawrence, 

 To Benjamin Bliss, for Porter, . 

 To Peter Lawson, for collections, 

 To Thomas Page, for the same, 

 To A. W. Stetson, for the same, 

 To C. S. Holbrook, for the same. 

 To Cheever Newhall, for the same. 

 To John A. Kenrick, for the same, 

 To James Eustis, for the same. 

 To Evers & Bock, for the same, 

 To E. Winslow, for the same, . 

 To Eben Wight, for the same. 

 To Josiah Newhall, for the same. 

 To Thos. Waterman, for Breck grape. 

 To J. Cass, for Isabella, 

 To S. B. Cutter, for the same, . 

 Pears. — To George Southard, for Louise Bonne, 

 To Samuel Downer, for fine specimens. 

 To Samuel Walker, for collections. 

 To J. S. Cabot, for the same, . 

 To J. S. Sleeper, for the same. 

 To Josiah Lovett, for the same. 

 To Winship & Co., for the same, 

 To William Bacon, for fine specimens, 

 To Henry Vandine, for collections. 

 To Robert Manning, for the same. 



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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS, 



AWARDIPfG PREMIUMS FOR THE TEAR. 



The Committee on Gardens respectfully Report that they have attended 

 to the duty assigned to them by examining all the Grounds to which they 

 were invited agreeably to the rules of the Society. 



Owing to the extreme drought, during the summer, every place visited by 

 your Committee appeared more or less to disadvantage — but still they can- 

 not very well over-rate the high state of cultivation and general fine ap- 

 pearance of the Grounds and Graperies of Nahum Stetson, Esq., of Bridge- 

 water. The premises of Mr. Stetson including the buildings contains about 

 two acres, in which the Committee found 108 grape vines, of the choicest 

 varieties, in the grape-houses ; 207 standard and dwarf pear trees ; 33 

 peach trees ; 14 cherry trees ; also some plum, apricot and nectarine trees, 

 to which may be added a choice collection of all the small fruits, and a good 

 collection of flowering shrubs, roses, herbaceous plants, &c. The great quan- 

 tity of water on the premises, brought a considerable distance by the power 

 of an hydraulic ram, enables Mr. Stetson to give such a liberal supply of 

 water to every part that it is almost impossible for his Garden to suf- 

 fer materially from drought. The vines, trees, plants, indeed every thing on 



