382 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



^conitam variegatura, Yucca filamentosa, &c. Frond J. Breck & Co., forty 

 varieties of fine hollyhocks, several of phloxes, and other flowers. From 

 P. Barnes, fine specimens of the Mountjoy Prairie rose, from plants dis- 

 tributed among the members two years ago ; a desirable and pretty late 

 flowering kind ; also other flowers. Cut flowers, bouquets, &c., from M. 

 P. Wilder, Messrs. Winship, Miss Barnes, J. Nugent, J. T. Buckingham, 

 A. Bowditch, J. Hovey, J. G. Swan, Miss Russell, Miss Kenrick, and 

 others. 



GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



To A. Bowditch, M. P. Wilder, P. Barnes, Breck & Co., J. Nu- 

 gent, J. Hovey, Messrs. Winship, J. G. Swan, Miss Barnes, Miss 

 Kenrick, and Miss Russell, for cut flowers, bouquets, &c., $1 each. 



FauiT : From O. Johnson, Zinfindal, and Black Hamburgh grapes, very 

 fine, also Muscat of Alexandria ; Franconia raspberries and White Dutch 

 currants, both fine. From J. F. Allen, White Nice and Poiteau Noir 

 grapes, also Violet Muscat (?) grapes, and nectarines. Currants, from A. 

 D. Williams and A. D. Weld. From George Wilson, fine Victoria and 

 White Dutch currants. From M. P. Wilder, Cherry currants, and Late 

 Duke cherries. From J. Hovey and Jos. Lovett, fine gooseberries. From 

 Hovey & Co., very large and fine Victoria currants; also White Dutch, 

 and fine Victoria, and Wilmot's Black Hamburgh No. 16 grapes. From 

 W. C. Strong, five varieties of grapes, and Peach plums. From James 

 Nugent, Black Hamburgh grapes. From S. Dike, Seedling Mazzard 

 cherries. 



From R. S. Colt, Esq., Patterson, N. J., Muscat of Alexandria, Cam- 

 bridge Botanic Garden, and Seedling grapes; the latter a hybrid between 

 the Black Hamburgh and Cambridge Botanic Garden grape ; both were 

 injured by transportation, but the committee thought favorably of the seed- 

 ling. From Capt. Lovett, Seedling gooseberries, which produce well. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS ON FRUITS. 



Strawberries. — For the best specimens, to Josiah Richardson, for the 

 Boston Pine, $6. 

 For the second best, to O. Johnson, for Hovey's Seedling, $4. 

 For the third best, to Hovey & Co., for the Boston Pine, $3. 

 Cherries. — For the best specimen, to G. Walsh, for a seedling, (?) $C. 



For the second best, to O. Johnson, for the Black Tartarian, $4. 

 Gooseberries. — For the best specimens, to J. Hovey, $5. 



For the second best, to Jos. Lovett, $3. 

 Grapes. — For the best specimens, before July 1, to T. Needham, $ 10. 



For the second best, to J. F. Allen, S7. 

 Peaches. — For the best specimens, before the second Saturday in July, 

 to J. F. Allen, $G. 

 For the second best, to O. Johnson, $4. 

 Vegetables. — From G. S. & A. Parker, fine potatoes. From A. D. 

 Williams, beets, carrots, corn, cabbages, and potatoes. From J. Crosby, 

 tomatoes, and cabbages. 



