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produce~over five hundred clusters. On the back wall are peach trees, 

 mostly in bearing: this house has no artificial heat." — Yours, M., July 

 20, 1838. 



Art. IV. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, September 1st, 1838. — Exhibited. Flowers: From Hov- 

 ey & Co., a fine specimen of Buist's, Mrs. Rushton, dahlia. From S. 

 Walker, dahlias, viz: Jackson's Rival yellow, King of dahlias, Dennisii, 

 Duchess of Buccleugh, Perfection, Lady Ann; also, Tigridia conchiflo- 

 ra, convolvuluses, &.C., and bouquets. Large bouquets, including dahlias, 

 from Dr. Howard. Bouquets from J. Hovey, Messrs. Winship, Hovey 

 & Co., and Wm. E. Carter. 



Fruits: White Chasselas, and black Hamburgh .'' grapes, from J.Tidd. 

 Plums from S. Pond, viz: green gage, Washington, Corse's Field Mar- 

 shall, Bingham, Smith's Orleans, and white gage. From S. Walker, 

 Avhite gage, and Bolmar's Washington plums. River apples and native 

 pears, from J. Gardner, Dorchester. Julienne pears, (exceedingly large) 

 from J. De Wolf, Brighton. Bolmar Washington, (superb) and white 

 gage plums, from S. R. Johnson. From Dr. Howard, redbergamot, and 

 Catherine pears, and Miller Burgundy, white Chasselas, and black Ham- 

 burgh grapes. Persian, Minorca, and cantaloupe melons, from the Pres- 

 ident of the Society; (these were very fine.) From J. Wiggin, Ports- 

 mouth, N. H., apples, the name unknown. Summer pippin apples, from 

 J. B. Barstovv, Hanover. Apples from Manchester, Virginia. From 

 R. Manning, summer Franc Real, Dearborn's seedling, red Juneating, 

 Hazel or Hessel pears; and nonsuch, (English,) white Astracan, and 

 Putnam's Harvey apples; also, Dana, red Canada, and Byfield plums. 



Vegetables: Tomatoes, from J. L. L. F. Warren. From Hon. .J. 

 Lowell, Cuba tomatoes, a new variety, and unknown here. With the 

 specimens, Mr. Lowell comnnmicated the following note: — 



I send you the tomato of Cuba, which are much ])referred by the 

 Spaniards, to those we raise. Indeed, for a preserve for the dessert, they 

 are much more beautiful. I was fearful they would not rijjen in our 

 climate; but I found they were eight days earlier than our own, raised 

 near them in the open ground. They are abundant bearers. 



Distributed — Cuba tomatoes, for seed, from the Hon. J. Lowell. 



September 8th. — Exhibited. Flowers: From Dr. Howard, dahlias, 

 viz: Cedo Nulli, Ophelia, Desdemona, Prince George of Cumberland, 

 Dennissii, and Smith's })urple; also a fine bouquet and asters. From 

 S. Walker, dahlias, viz: Dennissii, Desdemona, Perfection, Rival Yel- 

 low, Cleopatra, and Calypso; also, asters, pansies, and fine bouquets. 

 From Hovey & Co., dahlias, as follows: — Juliet, Middlesex Rival, 

 Brown's Beauty, Conqueror of Europe, and Mrs. Rushton; also, bou- 

 quets. From M. P. Wilder, Fowler's Queen Victoria dahlia. Bouqueta 

 from T. Mason, Messrs. Winship, and W. Kenrick. 



Fruit: From R. Manning, Passans de Portugal, Hooper's Bilboa, 

 Chair a dame, Vallee Franche, Julienne, Summer rose (of Coxe,) and 

 sweet pears (from France;) also, red and green sweet apples, and red 

 apricot, and Huling's superb plums. Seedling plums from T. Mason; 



