582 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR DAHLIAS. 



Premier Prize. — For the best 12 blooms, to Gen. H. K. Oliver, Law- 

 rence, for Miss Caroline, Mr. Seklon, Madame Zahler, Queen of the 

 Whites, Mrs, Hansard, Unanimity, Amazon, Picotee, Admiral Stopford, 

 Gem of the Grove, Josh. Longstreth, and Geo. Glenny, $8. 



Specimen Bloom. — For the best, to Gen. H. K. Oliver, for Miss Caro- 

 line, $3. 



Various Colors. — Best scarlet, to Ilovey & Co., for Le Phare ; best 

 yellow, to Hovey & Co., for King of Yellows ; best crimson, to Hovey & 

 Co., for Omer Pacha ; best purple, to Hovey & Co., for Model ; best fancy, 

 to Hovey & Co., for Triumph de Roubaix, $1 eacTi. Best rose, to J. Nu- 

 gent, for Josh. Longstreth, $1. Best buff, to Gen. Oliver, for Geo. Glenny ; 

 best tipped, to Gen. Oliver, for Princess Charlotte ; best dark, to Gen. Oli- 

 ver, for Summit of Perfection ; each $1. 



Best Twenty-four Dissimilar Blooms. — To Gen. Oliver, for Gem 

 of the Grove, Picotee, Admiral, Mrs. Hansard, Unanimity, Mad. Zahler) 

 Miss Caroline, Miss Vyse, Grandissima, Princess Alice, Josh. Longstreth, 

 Reine des Fleurs, Sir R. Whittington, Miss Wentworth, Richard Cobden, 

 Fame, Mrs. Mathews, Mont Blanc, Summit of Perfection, Cleopatra, Geo. 

 Glenny, Arethusa, and Princess Charlotte, $7. 



For the second best, to P. Barnes, $5. 



Best Eighteen Dissimilar Blooms. — To Hovey & Co., for Abb^ 

 von Renynghe, Cote d'Or, Victoire, Invincible, King of Yellows, Le Phare, 

 Omer Pacha, Prince Napoleon, Bossuet, Triumph de Solomon Rothschild, 

 Charivari, Imperatrice Eugenie, Triumph de Roubaix, Abbe Tassard, Gem 

 of the Grove, Richard Cobden, Jonas, and Argus, $6. 



For the second best, to P. Barnes, ^4. 



Satunlmj, Oct. 6, 1855. — The annual meeting of the Society was held 

 to-day — the President in the chair. Officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected as follows : — 



President — Joseph S. Cabot. 



Vice Presidents — Benjamin V. French, Cheever Newhall, Edward M, 

 Richards, Josiah Stickney. 



Treasurer — William R. Austin. 



Corresponding Secretary — Eben. Wight. 



Recording Secretary — W. C. Strong. 



Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology — John Lewis Russell. 



Professor of Entomology — T. W. Harris, M. D. 



Projessor of Horticultural Chemistiy — E. N. Horsford. 

 Standing Comaiittees. 



On Fruits — Eben. Wight, Chairman: W. R. Austin, Joseph Breck, C. 

 M. Hovey, W. C. Strong, F. L. Winship, Henry Bradlee. 



On Flowers— Fearing Burr, Jr., Chairman : Alex. McLellan, E. A. Story, 

 Azell Bowditch, Thomas Page, A. C. Bowditch, E. S. Rand, Jr. 



On Vegetables — D. T. Curtis, Chairman: J. F. C. Hyde, Bowen Harring- 

 ton, J. B. Moore, Francis Marsh. 



