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these were small, but a tolerably good fruit. From William T. Eus- 

 tis, Brighton, fine Grosse mi^nonne peaches. Ninety kinds of seedling 

 peaches, taken from ninety different trees, from Otis Pettee, Newton. 

 Specimens of the beurre d'amalis pear, from M. P. Wilder. Fine large 

 rareripe peaches and French apples, from Mrs. T. Bigelow, Medford. 

 From the President of the Society, Julienne, Dearborn's seediins, and 

 Gushing pears. Pears unnamed, from S. Phipps, Roxbury. Prince's 

 Harvest apples, from E. Sparhawk, Brighton. Peaches and black 

 Hamburgh grapes, from B. D. Whitney, Esq., Cambridge. From Dr. 

 Howard, red Bergamot and red Catherine pears; also, black Hamburgh, 

 white Chasselas, and Miller Burgundy graj)es. Hawthorndean ap- 

 ples, from S. Davis, Newton. Two large clusters of black Hamburgh 

 grapes, from O. Johnson, Lynn, Early sweet bow apples, from J. A, 

 Kenrick. Black Hamburgh jfi'apes, from A. Mitchell, Nantucket. 

 Early sweet bow apples, and Roi de Wurtemburgh, and old Catherine 

 pears, from J. M. Ives, Salem. Black Hamburgh and white Chasselas 

 grapes, from J. Tidd. Native grapes, from Mr. Davis, Newton. From 

 S. R. Johnson, white gage, greengage, and Bolmar Washington plums, 

 (all fine.) 



Sept. loth. — Exhibited. Flowers: From S. Walker, dahlias, viz: 

 Jackson's Rival Yellow, Urania, .'' Glory, Desdemona, Lord Liver- 

 pool, Belladonna, King of dahlias. Calypso, Dennisii, Napoleon and 

 Mrs. Broad wood; also, fine bouquets. From AVilliam E. Carter, the 

 following dahlias: — Beauty of Camberwell, Duke of Bedford, Harding's 

 Bride, Augusta, Dennis's Beauty, Calypso, Globe, Roke's dwarf scar- 

 let, &c. From Dr. Howard, dahlias, viz: Desdemona, Lady Ford- 

 wich, picta formosissima, Dennisii, Augusta, Cedo Nulli, Ophelia, 

 Beauty of Cambridge, alba purpurata. Royal William, and Prince 

 George of Cumberland, &c.; also, large bouquets of dahlias, asters, 

 &c. From S. Sweetser, Brown's Quilled Perfection, dahlia, and a 

 bouquet. Large double sun-flower, from S. Phipps. Bouquets from 

 T. Mason, Hovey & Co., Messrs. Winship, and J. Hovey. 



Fruits: From Hon. J. Lowell, beurre Spence, beurre Crappaud and 

 bergamotte Paysans pears, accompanied with a note, which will be 

 found in another page. From S. Downer, Dix, Gushing, Urbaniste, 

 and Roi de Wurtemburgh pears; also, Miller's Burgundy grapes, (open 

 air cultivation.) and Porter apples. From the President of the Socie- 

 ty, Duchess d'Angouleme and Julienne pears, and summer pearinain 

 apples, and seedling peaches. Beauty of Brussels pears, from John 

 Richardson. Andrews, Julienne, Fulton and beurre Diel pears, from 

 S. Sweetser. Red rareripe and new Royal George peaches, from S. 

 Phipps. Isabella, Sweetwater, (open air,) and Miller Burgundy gra[)es, 

 early violet nectarines, and Maiden's Blush apples, from Dr. Howard. 

 Williams's Bon Chretien pears, from Mrs. T. Bigelow. Bon Chretien 

 pears, from Dr. Harris. Spice sweeting apples, from J. De Wolf. 

 American Nonpareil apples, (so called, but not true,) from J. Warren, 

 Weston. From T. Mason, Elruge, Bromfield, Brugnou nectarines. 

 Williams's Bon Chretien pears, from D. Parks. From S. Pond, white 

 gage, Duane's purple. Smith's Orleans, and Corse's Field Marshal 

 plums. Small plums, raised from seeds brought from beyond the Rocky 

 Mountains, from Messrs. Winship. White sweetwater grapes, from 

 Mrs. Sarah Jones. 



The Ninth Ajinual Festival of the Society took place on Wednes- 

 day, Thursday and Friday, the iOth, 20th and 21st of September, at the 

 Society's room. The arrangements were nearly the same as last sea- 

 son, and the whole was got up under the superintendence of the spe- 

 cial committee of decoration, of which Mr. Walker was chairman, and 

 which duty he performed with great credit to himself. 



