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ing of more extensive circulation. Tiiese the association will endeavor 

 toljrini^ into notice and distribute, as well as encourage the further in- 

 troduction of all celebrated and valuable foreign varieties, suitable for 

 our soils. 



" By the comparative exhibitions of the varions fruits and plants, pro- 

 duced upon so extended a ran^e of country, new facts will be elicited 

 respecting their growth and culture, which will undouijtedly contribute 

 much to the promotion of scientific and practical horticulture." 



Art. VI. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



We have been favored with the following report of the first monthly 

 exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, with a promise 

 that the future ones shall be forwarded to us. We are happy in thus being 

 able to lay before our readers, the proceedings of our horticultural 

 neighbors of Philadelphia, at an early moment. The rejiort is drawn 

 up by Mr. Watson, the Secretary, with great care, and he details every 

 article of importance. When the great Horticultural Society of the 

 Valley of the Hudson is established, some notice of which will be found 

 in the present number, we hope to be able to give the regular reports 

 •of the exhibitions of that Society also. In doing so, the progress of 

 horticulture both in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, will be kept 

 constantly before our readers. We acknowledge our indebtedness both 

 To Mr. AVatson for the report, and to Messrs. Mackenzie &, Buchanan, 

 for their promptness in forwarding it. — Ed. 



The monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was 

 held on the evening of the 15th of May, the President in the chair. The 

 Committee on Plants and Flowers awarded the premium to Robert Kil- 

 vington, gardener to Mr. Lloyd, for the six best auriculas exhibited at 

 the Society's intermediate meeting of the 2d of May. There were two 

 competitors. 



The Committee on Vegetables awarded the premium to Mr. Chal- 

 mers, senior gardener to Mrs. Stot, Turner's Lane, for the three best 

 bunches of asparagus; they also awarded him an honorary premium for 

 some very sujierior sea kale; likewise an honorary premium to Henry 

 Rasche, gardener to Mr. Borie, for some very fine beans, called early 

 six weeks, exhibited at the Society's intermediate meeting of the 'id of 

 May. 



The Committee on Plants and Flowers awarded the premium this 

 evening for the best display of plrmts in pots to Mr. Chalmers, senior 

 gardener to Mrs. Stot, Turner's Lane, who exhibited Cereus speciosus, 

 [Epiphyllum speciosum] Lrbra coccinea, Begonm insignis, B. parvifl6- 

 ra, B. argyrostigma, Toren« scabra, Hoya carnosa, Ferbena Tweedie- 

 dna, Ardisia crenulata, Peliaiia nyctaginiflora, Fuchsz'a gracilis, F. mi- 

 crophylla, F. tubiflora, Gloxinm rOtila, 3iimulus Wlipeleri7,^ M. vari- 

 egata, Calceolaria comprcssa, C. tricolor, C. sannjuinea, i'>iica «ndro- 

 mcdiflora, Schizanthus pinnatus, .Senccio elegans all)a, Swainsonirt ga- 

 legafolia, Cameih'« myrtifolia, Cistus pur[)iirea, DianelU c-.erQlea, Ta/- 

 Ibla purpurea, Metrosideros lanceolata; Pelargonium Queen of Scots, 

 ne [)!us ultra, De Vere, capitatum; yellow noisette rose, monthly cab- 

 bage, and a fine double stock. He likewise exhibited vegetables, viz. 



