463 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



John Monegan, beautiful clusters Tokay grapes, Isabella grapes, 

 splendid cut flowers, bouquets, &c. Edward Monegan, tuberose in 

 flower, cut flowers. Elihu Ives, grapes and pine-apple melon, delicious. 

 G. Totten, Jonah pears, very large and fair, Isabella grapes. Mr. 

 Breed, of Norwich, a plate of very beautiful white grapes. Philos 

 Blake, Catawba grapes. B. Hamblin, Isabella grapes and flowering 

 plants. Atwater Treat, very fine Isabella grapes. E. Hotchkiss, of 

 Westville, a very large orange pear. S. Dayton, fine pippins and Sibe- 

 rian crab apples, cut flowers, &c. J. M. Prescott, beautiful clusters of 

 apples, geranium and sun flowers. F. Franklin, watermelon and Bland 

 grapes, very large and fine. Jas. King, watermelon. 



A. S. Monson, Isabella, Bland, and Catavvba grapes, pippin and fall 

 russet apples, a beautiful collection of plants in pots, cut flowers and 

 dahlias. Wm. Mansfield, Jr. exhibited beautiful geraniums and other 

 plants, bouquets, dahlias, &c. Mr. J. Maltby, a quantity of very fine 

 damsons, for sale. R. Bradley, cotton plant, and a fine singing mocking 

 bird, Mr. French, citron melons. Mr. Camp, a fine collection of 

 flowering plants. L. Craney, two splendid bouquets of feather flowers. 

 S. Rowland, two fine fig trees. A. Fisher, a large and choice collection 

 of green-house plants. S. Dayton, spread eagle, curiously wrought with 

 flowers of globe amaranthus, everlasting, and gold immortal. L. Dick- 

 erman, fig and orange trees. J. Nickolson, a dish of very large white 

 and purple grapes. 



R. Nott, fine peaches, and green ginger root. AVm. K. Townsend, 

 E. Haven, very large fall pippins. S. W. Knevels, a fine oleander. 

 R. Northrop, side-saddle plant. S. Merwin, one plant. J. Durrie, one 

 plant. J. D. Smith, fine geraniums. Morris Tyler, very large gerani- 

 ums. Elias Gilbert, fine plants and cut flowers. Charles Fagan, beau- 

 tiful balsamines, mignonette, bouquets, &,c. T. Hills, a large quantity 

 of beautiful cut flowers. M, Cogan, very fine white and purple grapes. 



The glass bee palace, a neat parlor ornament exhibited by Benedict 

 Crofut, attracted much attention. India rubber table covers, life pre- 

 servers, handkerchiefs, &c., beautifully manufactured by Mr. Goodyear, 

 were exhibited by Ralph B. Steele. Specimens of sewing silk, from 

 the manufactory of Messrs. Law & Co., of Hamden, were exhibited, 

 equalling in fineness, gloss and strength, the best fabrics of Italy. Raw 

 silk was exhibited by (Dharles Du Bouchet, together with a fan curious- 

 ly wrought by the worms. The collection of beautiful and rare stuflTed 

 birds, loaned by Doct. Fontaine, were much admired. The pretriiums 

 will be paid at the store of Dr. Peters in Chapel street. Those not 

 called for in one month will be considered as relinquished for the bene- 

 fit of the Society, 



Vegetables : — The Society state that they are much indebted to the fol- 

 lowing individuals for their liberal contributions of vegetables, which 

 greatly promoted the interest of this part of the exhibition. They are 

 as follows: — 



Butler Sackett — yellow pumpkins and squashes, C. K. Shipman — 

 cabbages, beets, three cocoanut squashes, five pumpkins, and other 

 vegetables. B. Hamblin — beans, peppers, &.c. G. Totten — several 

 squashes of excellent quality. Leverett Ailing — five pumpkins, various 

 kinds. Augustus Bagley — a large supply of vegetables, including car- 

 rots. Turnips of several kinds, peppers, cauliflowers, cabbages, and 

 six different kinds of seed corn. S. D. Pardee — very fine turnip beets. 

 Ammi Baldwin — ruta bagas of enormous size, beets, cabbages, &-c. A. 

 C. Babcock — a beautiful French pepper plant. 



F. Franklin — a great variety of vegetables, beets, cabbages, turnips, 

 tomatoes, celery, squashes, pumpkins, beans, potatoes, &.c. Charles 

 Fagen — white egg-plants, tomatoes, cocoanut, Valparaiso, and other 



