332 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Vegetables: From J. Lovett, Victoria Giant rhubarb, forty-one inches 

 long ; — twelve stocks weighing 21^ pounds : also four new seedlings ; — all 

 look well. From O. N. Towne, cauliflowers. From G. C. Crowninshield, 

 by J. Quant, Prince Albert peas. 



Jvne 23d. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



A letter was read from S. Moulson, of Rochester, N. Y., accompanied 

 with Northern Spy apples. 



Adjourned one week to June 30th. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the Society, moss and 

 other roses, and cut flowers in variety. From J. P. Gushing, Esq., a fine 

 display of double German stocks. From J. S. Cabot, twelve fine varieties 

 of pa?onie?, including sulphurea, Buyck?'?', &c. From Ilovey & Co., twelve 

 varieties of pasonies, among which were festiva, striata anemoneflora, Heri- 

 cartjcina, &c. ; also ten kinds of moss roses, including fine specimens of 

 Princess Adelaide, prairie rose Mrs. Hovey, and others ; hardy roses in va- 

 riety, and a cut flower of the new and superb C^reus crenatus. From M. 

 P. Wilder, twenty-two varieties of pseonies, among which were sulphurea, 

 Buyckn, festiva, &c. ; also moss and other roses. Roses and cut flowers 

 from Breck & Co., P. Barnes, W. E. Carter, Messrs. Winship, A. Bow- 

 ditch, and others. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 



PEONIES. — For the best twelve flowers, to M. P. Wilder, S5. 

 For the second best, to J. S. Cabot, $4. 

 For the best display, to Breck & Co., $3. 



Fruits : From J. P. Gushing, Esq., by G. Evers, grapes — Black Ham- 

 burgh, Syrian, Grizzly Frontignan, White Frontignan. From J. W. Fos- 

 ter, strawberries — Virginia, and WiJley Seedling. From J.Richardson, 

 strawberries — Richardson's Early, Boston Pine, Cambridge. From A. 

 Bowditch, strawberries — Hovey's Seedling. From T. Needham, grapes — 

 Chasselas Musque, Red Chasselas, fine. White Frontignan, Black Ham- 

 burgh, very fine, Chasselas Fontainebleau, Wilmot's Black Hamburgh, 

 extra fine, very large. From Hovey & Co., strawberries — Aberdeen Bee- 

 hive, and Boston Pine; grapes — Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's Hamburgh, 

 No. 16, Red Chasselas, and Golden Chasselas. From Samuel Moulson, 

 Rochester, N. Y., apple, Northern Spy, in good state of preservation, fine 

 specimens. 



Fruits tested. — Richardson's Early strawberry sustains the reputation it 

 has heretofore borne. Seedling strawberry, from the President of the Soci- 

 ety, bears a resemblance to Richardson's Early, somewhat less acid, regular 

 in form. 



Semi-annual Exhibition of the Society, June 25th, 2C)th, and 21th. — The 

 first semi-annual exhibition of the Society took place on Monday, Tues- 

 day, and Wednesday, the 25th, 26th, and 27th, having been postponed 

 from tde 20th, on account of the lateness of the season. The show was 

 much better than was anticipated ; the weather had been exceedingly hot 

 and dry the week previous, and many plants had begun to feel the efl^ects 



