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Bouquets, &c. — To Messrs. "Winsliip, A. Bowditch, and J. Hovey, 

 $ 1 each. 



Basket of Flowers. — To Miss Russell, $ 1. 



Fruit: From 0. Johnson, five kinds of plums, including some fire speci- 

 mens of the Green Gage ; also, Rostiezer, Williams's Bon Chretien and 

 Vallee Franche pears, and figs. From Hovey & Co., six kinds of grapes. 

 From T. Needham, five kinds of grapes. From A. Bowditch, Black Ham- 

 burgh grapes. From H. W. S. Cleaveland, Burlington, N. J., Mountain 

 Sprout melon. From VV. C. Strong, nine kinds of grapes, nectarines and 

 plums. From H. Vandine, eight varieties of plums. From J. Washburn, 

 Watson, Muscadine, and five other kinds of pears. From Jacob Deane, a 

 large collection of apples, several of them seedlings, above twenty kinds in 

 all; among the number, the Spice Sweet, Williams, Sops of Wine, &c. 



The committee tasted the Watson pear, and found it to possess a fine 

 " bergamotte flavor." 



Sept. 8th. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



The Vice Presidents of the Society were appointed a committee of recep- 

 tion to wait upon such delegates as may be present at the Annual Exhi- 

 bition. 



Adjourned one week to Sept. 15th. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : The premiums on asters were awarded to-day, 

 and there was a fine display of these showy autumnal flowers from the in- 

 dividuals who took the prizes, as w'ell as other cultivators. There was also 

 a fine exhibition of dahlias. Mr. Carter had some very fine seedling phloxes. 



Dahlias, asters, cut flowers, &c. from M. P. Wilder, J. G. Swan, Breck 

 & Co., J. Nugent, A. Bowditch, P. Barnes, W. Kenrick, Miss Barnes, L. 

 Spear, Messrs. Winship, L. Davenport, D. Pierce, £. Burns, J. Hovey, 

 J. Quant, W. Carter, A. Bowditch, Hovey & Co., J. A. Kenrick, W. 

 Kilham, and others. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



German Asters. — To Hovey & Co., for the best display, $4. 



To Jas. Nugent, for the second, $ 3. 



To L. Spear, for the third best, $2. 

 Cut Flowers, &c. — To M. P. Wilder, L. Davenport, T. Needham, 



P. Barnes, D. Pierce, Breck & Co., and E. Burns, $ 1 each. 

 Bouquets, &c. — To Miss Barnes, Messrs. Winship, J. Nugent, A. 



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



John Quant, $ 1 each. 

 Vegetables : From F. A. Davis, fine Lima beans, very large. 

 Sept. \5lh. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day — the 

 President in the chair. 



It was voted, that the guests who may be present at the Annual Exhibi- 

 tion be entertained at the table of the committee of arrangements. 

 Adjourned one week to Sept. 22d. 



Exhibited. — Fruit : Although notice was previously given that the Hall 

 would be closed on the Saturday previous to the Annual Exhibition, several 



