EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society took place on Saturday, September 24th, and the place 

 selected for the day and the occasion was the Artists' Gallery in 

 Summer Street. The exhibition of Fruits and Flowers, &c., 

 considering^ the many new and rare varieties and splendid speci- 

 mens, which were this day shewn, fully sustained the character 

 which it has continued to acquire daring the former years. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Fruits were sent for the exhibition by the following gentlemen. 



By Mr Cowan, from the conservatory of Col. Perkins, in 

 Brookline, beautiful specimens of Broomfield Nectarines, Mur- 

 ray's do. ; Peaches, Noblesse and New Royal George ; Grapes, 

 Black Hamburg, St Peters, Frankendale, Black Frontignac, 

 Grizly Frontignac, White Syrian or Hamburg, White Chasselas, 

 White Muscat of Alexandria, all remarkably fine and beautiful. 



By Jacob Tidd of Roxbury, Grizly Tokay, a bunch weighing 



1 pound and 5 ounces, and four clusters of Black Hamburg 

 which respectively weighed 2 pounds 1 ounce, 1 pound 15 oun- 

 ces, 1 pound 13 ounces, and 1 pound 10 ounces. Also one very 

 extraordinary bunch of Regner de Nice grapes Avhich weighed 

 6 pounds 5 ounces, and 5 others which weighed respectively 

 4 pounds 13 ounces, 3 pounds 7 ounces, 2 pounds 8 ounces, and 



2 pounds. 



By Mr Haggerston, from Belmont and the splendid conservatory 

 of J. P. Cushing, Esq., some very extraordinary specimens of 

 Williams' Bon Chretien and a large basket of various kinds of 



