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vegetable kingdom, — of this continent, than is usually looked for in what 

 was so lately the backwoods of our country. 



The floral department, although it was more full than either of the 

 others, might have been extended very considerably, if it had been judged 

 expedient." 



Flowers : The principal exhibitors of plants and flowers, were the 

 President, Mr. Ernst ; S. S. Jackson, who exhibited about 30 plants ; Jacob 

 Hoffner, who displayed the large number of 150 plants, some of them rare ; 

 William Heaver, about 28 plants ; H. Brachman, 28 plants, and N. Long- 

 worth, about 40 plants, &c. 



Fruits : The department of fruits was by no means as well represented 

 as that of flowers, but it might have appeared to much greater advantage 

 if our fruit cultivators could be brought to the belief that it would be proper 

 for them to exhibit the best they have, even if they have no hopes of hav- 

 ing premiums awarded to it. The causes of an extraordinary deficiency of 

 fruits are referred to in the report of the Council. 



R. Buchanan exhibited 23 varieties of apples, 2 of pears, and 5 of 

 grapes, including a White Catawba. Dr. Petticolas, 27 varieties of apples. 

 M. S. Wade, 12 varieties of apples. F. B. Williams, 8 varieties of ap- 

 ples. J. F. Warder, 20 baskets of peaches, mostly seedlings. N. Long- 

 worth, 10 varieties of grapes, raised under glass, among them the Victoria; 

 also, 8 varieties of native grapes. 



The display of vegetables was large and excellent. — {Report.) 



Art. V. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, Nov. 3d. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held 

 to-day, — the President in the chair. 



The Chairman of Flower Committee reported the list of premiums 

 awarded during the year. [This will appear in our January number.] 



Mr. Haggerston submitted a vote, recommending an alteration in the 

 rules and regulations of the exhibitions, so as to exclude all but members 

 from competing for premiums ; also, that no member shall be entitled to a 

 gratuity on plants, fruits, &c., unless oflered in competition for the respec- 

 tive premiums, as advertised by the Society, and the gratuity shall in no 

 case exceed the lowest premium ; also, that the 17th rule be amended by 

 striking out all after the first clause. 



The whole was submitted to the committee appointed at the last meeting. 



A committee of three was appointed to correspond with the leading hor- 

 ticultural societies of the country in regard to an arrangement of the time for 

 holding the annual exhibitions of 1850, so as to be convenient and advan- 

 tageous to the members, and C. M. Hovey, the Treasurer, and the Record- 

 ing Secretary, were appointed the committee. 



The Committee on Exchanges with M. Vattemare, reported that they 



