430 Obituary. 



Washington plums. From E. M. Richards, two fine Christiana melons. 

 From Geo. Newhall, one of the same. From Warren G. Rayner, Salem, 

 fine Rosfiezer pears. From M. H. Simpson, Saxonville, Washington 

 plums. Grapes, of several kinds, from W. C. Strong, T. Needham, A. 

 Bowditch, and Jas. Nugent. Barllett pears, from a graft of last year, by 

 W. Curtis. From H. Amandine, Jefferson, Yellow Gage, and Orleans 

 plums. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED ON FRUITS. 



CoRRANTs. — To Messrs. Hovey &. Co., for the best specimens, (Victo- 

 ria,) S5. 



To Geo. Wilson, for the second best, (White Dutch,) S3. 

 Melons. — To Geo. Newhall, for the best, (Christiana,) $5. 



To E. M. Richards, for the second best, (Christiana,) $3. 

 Raspberries. — To J. Lovett, for the best specimens, (Knevet's Giant, )§5. 



To Jos. Richardson, for the second best, (Franconia,) S3. 

 Blackberries. — For the best, to G. Merriam, $5. 



For the second best, to O. C. Grant, $3. 

 Summer Apples. — To John Hovey, for the best specimens, (Early Har- 

 vest,) $6. 



To 0. Johnson, for the second best, (Bough,) $4. 

 No summer pears worthy of premium. 



Art. V, Obituary. 



Death of Hon. Elias Phinney. — We regret to announce the death of 

 this distinguished agriculturist and friend of horticultural improvement, 

 which took place at his residence in Lexington, Mass., on the 24th of July, 

 at the age of seventy years. Mr. Phinney was one of the most scientific 

 and practical cultivators in New England. His farm was an object of 

 great attraction, and was visited by gentlemen interested in agriculture 

 from all parts of the country. By his enterprise and industry, his estate, 

 naturally hard and rather sterile, was transformed into fertile pastures, 

 arable fields and t'ruitful orchards. Mr. Phinney also did much to improve 

 the breed of dairy cows, and the Massachusetts Agricultural Society 

 placed the valuable stock, imported by them, under his care. Notwith- 

 standing his arduous duties as clerk of the courts of Middlesex for many 

 years, he found the leisure to attend to the labors of his farm, every de- 

 partment of which was superintended by himself. In his death, the agri- 

 cultural interest has sustained a severe loss. 



Died, at his residence in Lansinburgh, N. Y., on the 4th of August, 

 Alexander Walsh, Esq., in the 67th year of his age. Mr. Walsh was 

 an eminent merchant of Western New York, and a devoted friend of horti- 

 culture and agriculture. 



