Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 455 



Diosma ericifolia, Edwarflsm microphylla, Furcraj^a git(antea, Glaria- 

 Tu'rt? grandiflora, Illicium floridaniiin, Maiirandja Baiclaydna, O^lea eu- 

 ropea, Portulaca arhorea, Paliurus aculeatiis, Pistacia Terebinthus, 

 Plectranthus fruticosus, Pomaderris apetala, Rivinw humilis. 



Bij Andreio Dryhursch. Bouapartcrt /lincea, Corra^^i speciosa, BlseVm 

 ericoides, DracteNia teniiiiiaiis, jGrytlii ina Crista-galli, £upli6rbm splen- 

 deiis, Fieus elastica, Chiionm graiidiflora, Hieinaiithus pubescens, 1x6- 

 ra coecinea. Leiicadeiidroii argentea, Meiiziesi« alba, Pitt6s|)orurn vi- 

 ridiflorum, Then Bohea, viridis; Tillandsi« amoe^na, Roella ciliata, Fi- 

 burnuin toinentosa, ericas of various sorts, proteas of different kinds, 

 and a variety of roses. 



Mr. Diike, the proprietor of the garden formerly Mr. M'Mahon's, 

 contributed many fine plants. Mr. D'Arras, near the Rising Sun, also 

 furnished some beautiful exotics. D. Maupay, and D. M'Avoy, at the 

 Rising Sun, Germanstown road, and Robert Kilvington, gardener to 

 Wm. Lloyd, contributed largely from their gardens in fine bouquets. 

 Mrs. Hibbert, Thirteenth Street, near South, whose establishment is 

 well known to the ladies, has n)any fine plants, with a good collection 

 of dahlias. Mr. Heiskel, ne.ir Bristol, Messrs. A. S. Roberts, and S. 

 Cohen, of this citv, deserve thanks for furnishing ))lants. Mr. C's figs 

 were fine and large: the trees healthy; it beins the second crop this 

 season. The Society was much indelited to its fair friends for their im- 

 itations of flowers in wax and shells; Miss Gorges' shell-work exceed- 

 ing any thing ever exhibited, and does her the greatest honor to taste 

 and perseverance. The wax-work by Mrs. Shiba, Mrs. Ash, and S. 

 W. Horn, was beyond all praise. 



Fruit: The fruits in general were very good, much better than might 

 have been expected, considering the unpropitious season for the finer 

 kinds, such as irrapes, peaches, and the melon family; the grapes ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Beehler and Mr. Laws were of the best quality and per- 

 fectly ripe; these gentlemen deserve the greatest praise for their care in 

 bringins' the fruit to such perfection, and it is another evidence of what 

 can be done in the city in cultivating the grape; indeed the whole exhi- 

 bited were excellent, and the growers merit high approbation. 



Grapes, exhibited by Dr. J. T. Sharpless, were the w hite Frontignac, 

 the green and yellow Provence, and Chasselas of Fontainbleau. Mal- 

 aga, by Tobias Beehler, Marshal Street, were the finest of the kind 

 exhibited. By James Laws, the Fandanvert and Hanstretto were very 

 fine, more especially when we consider the season, being grown in the 

 garden. By J. H. Seal, the golden Chasselas; the Alexandria by H. 

 JBallinger, John Sergeant, Esq., Alexander Parker and A. Peters; the 

 Isabella by Alexander Parker and J. H. Seal; the Hampton Court by 

 Geor<re Laws, Wm. S. Hansel, P. Penn Gaskill, Peter Robbing and 

 Jos. S. Madeiry; the Powel by J. Sergeant, Esq.; the bland by do.; the 

 Catawba by Mr. Heisser; the Ellensboro' by David Allan and A. 

 Quic-ksale, Burlington, N. J.; the golden Chasselas, do.; the Miller by 

 J. Griffiths. All the above Avere raised without cover. 



Those by Nicholas Biddle, Es((., and Mr. Camac, were as fine as 

 could be produced, more particularly so when we consider that the vines 

 are only two years old, and growing in pots. Mr. B. has erected a very 

 extensive grapery, and in a year or two will be able to supply the mar- 

 ket with thousands of pounds of that luscious fruit. [We trust that this 

 expression is altogether gratuitous on the part of the committee who 

 drew up the report of the exhibition. We are unwilling to believe that 

 a gentleman of the known liberality of Mr. Biddle is about to enter into 

 comj)etition with the regular market gardener in growing grapes, or 

 any other fruit, for the market. Mr. Biddle is one of the greatest pat- 

 rons of gardening in this country, as the rich collection of plants which 



