456 Exhibitions of Horticullural Societies. 



he has ah-eady made will bear good evidence. He has, too, one of the 

 most extensive irraperies in the Union. But that he has erected them 

 with the view of j)mducing fruit/or sale, is what we arc sure never en- 

 tered his mind. The committee, therefore, do great injustice to Mr. 

 Biddic in saying, that it is his intention to supply the market with 

 "thousands of pounds" of gra))es.] — Cond. He who introduces 

 any scientific discovery, mechanical invention, or useful improvement 

 for the benefit of mankind, deserves far higher praise than the blood- 

 stained hero who figures in the page of history. Mr. Camachas cautrht 

 the enthusiasm, and is building a large grapery; the public is indebted 

 much to such men for their liberality, as they never can be remunerated 

 for their expense. 



The pears were excellent and large, giving another proof of what can 

 be done if only care and a little more labor were bestowed by our far- 

 mers in their cultivation. The melons by Messrs. Jos. J. and Geo. J. 

 Hatch, of N. J., and Jos. E. Scott, of Burlington, N. J., were very su- 

 perior in size and flavor, and the Messrs. H. are entitled to all praise 

 for the uniform excellence of their yearly display. Nutmeg melons by 

 Mr. Riley, gardener to Pierce Butler, Esq., were very large. 



Apples, by H. Hatch, Mr. Ralston, A Lippincott, N. J., A. D'Arras, 

 Horace Binney, Esq.; the pound pip])insof J. Busby, N. J., were very 

 large. Quinces, by Jacob Copia. Plums, by A. Parker. Peaches, 

 extra fine, from Mr. B. Bullock's garden, North Third Street, Joseph 

 E. Scott, Burlington, N. J., Mr. Alberger, Horace Binney, Esq., Reeves 

 & Ridgeway, (Delaware,) John Sergeant, Esq., and J. B. Smith. 

 Seckei pears, from H. Biimey, Esq., Samuel P. Wetherill, Burlington, 

 N. J., A. D'Arras, and Mrs. Hibbert. Butter pears, ])y H. Ballinger, 

 Anthony Felton, and A. Parker. Doyenne pear, by J. B. Smith, Esq. 



Vegetables : The vegetables generally merited the highest approba- 

 tion, more especially those exhibited by Mr. Anthony Felton, showing 

 the great care, perseverance, industry, besides great expense, before 

 they could be brought to such perfection; never was there a finer dis- 

 play of vegetables. 



EsTg plants, by Edwin A. Stevens, Bordentown, Thomas Hancock, 

 Burlington, N. J.; the above were very large; R. Ralston, of Mount 

 Peace, Anthony Felton, Wm. Camac, Esq., and Thomas Heiskel. 

 Cabbage, by D. Maupay; Wm. Norris, Turner's Lane, Jacob Amor, 

 N. J., and Anthony Felton. Manuel wurtzel, by J. C. Jones and Cas- 

 per W. Morris, Magnolia farm. Sugar beet, by Pierce Butler and P. 

 C. Wetherill. Beets, by Wm. Norrjs, Turner's Lane, and A. Felton. 

 Two very large ropes of very superior onions, raised from seed by Mr. 

 E. Kelly, gardener at the United States' Naval Asylum, under the su- 

 perintendence of Captain James Cooper, and also very fine by J. Bea- 

 dle, gardener to Mr, Norris. Parsnips by Thomas Snyder, very fine. 

 Some fine peas, by Abigail Pool, near Burlington, N. J. The following 

 were deposited by Anthony Felton, and were of the very best quality, 

 viz. chard, tomatoes of every variety, squashes, the Egyptian, the^Mal- 

 tese, the China, and the South Sea, brocoli, lettuce, Lima beans, car- 

 rots, parsnips, potatoes, celery, radishes of every kind, curled kale, 

 peas, turnips, peppers of various kinds, and endive. There was some 

 very superior celery by Francis Briell, N. J. Dahlias by Andrew Dry- 

 burgh, Robert Buist, Wm. B. Wood, S. Cooper, Horace Binney, Esq., 

 J. B. Smith, Esq., T, Landreth, A. Parker, Mr. T. Heiskel, D. Mau- 

 pay, Samuel Reeves, Salem, N. J., and some very choice kinds from 

 George C. Thorburn, N. Y. 



Of the above numerous gardens in and around the city, we may well 

 be proud, and the country is materially benefitted by the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, in exciting such laudable emulation among our 



