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ons, fine ; Elruge and Golden nectarines, very fine ; Vanguard, Noblesse, 

 and late Heath peaches, beautiful specimens. 



From E. E. Bradsha^v, \Va>hiiifjt<in, Imperial Gage, and Bradshaw 

 plums, beautiful specimens ; also seedling peaches, handsome, and of fair 

 quality. From F. W. Macondry, Duane's Purple, Prune Plum, and 

 Green Gage plums ; Black Hamburgh grapes. From J. Stickney, 

 Early Crawford peaches. From A. D. Williams, Andrews, Wil- 

 liams's Bon Chretien, Dearborn's Seedling, Julienne, and Beurr6 d'Am- 

 alis pears ; Golden Pippin and Ram's Horn apples. From Josiah Lovett 

 2d, Diamond plums. From James H. Watts, Rochester, N. Y., Kensing- 

 ton rareripe (?) peaches. From Moses B. Seward, Rochester, N. Y., 

 Hawley apple, a new, large, and exceedingly fine autumn apple. From 

 O. H. Mathers, by T. Needham, Chnsselas, Frankindale, {!) White Fron- 

 tignan. Black Hamburgh, and Chasselas Musque grapes, fine. From 

 J. L. L. F. Warren, Belle et Bonne, Napoleon, Dearborn's Seedling, and 

 Julienne pears ; Green and White Gage, Duane's Purple, Diamond, and 

 other plums; Grand Sachem, and Porter apples. From Elisha Park, Mo- 

 rello cherries. From Eben Wight, Julienne, A'alle Franche, Williams's 

 Bon Chretien pears ; Orange Sweeting and Pumpkin Sweeting (?) apples. 

 From Lewis Slack, Westboro', Garden Royal apple, a very fine fruit. 

 From A Dexter, Williams's Bon Chretien and other pears. From H. A. 

 Dyer, Brooklyn, Conn., Mexico, Sugar Sweeting, and Golden Orange ap- 

 ples. From Galen Merriam, Jacques, Cooledge's Favorite, and Hastings's 

 peaches. From Henry Rice, the Bruce apple, a native fruit, handsome, 

 and of fine quality. From S. Downer, Jr., Groc Roi Louis pears. From 

 A. Bowditch, Black Hamburgh and Chasselas grapes. From J. J. Stimp- 

 son. Providence, Julienne pears. 



From the President of the Society, Knight's Seedling pears, a Rhode 

 Island variety, of superior quality, large and handsome. 



Vegetables. — From Azell Bowditch, Dwarf Russian beans, and Lima 

 beans. From A. D. Williams, Canada and Marrow squash. Sweet corn. 

 From P. Barnes, Couv6 Tronchuda. From S. Walker, Snake cucumber. 



NINETF.ENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



The Annual Exhibition was held at the Society's Hall, in School Street, 

 on Wedneslay, Thursday, and Friday, September 22d, 23d, and 24th. 



In consequence of the backward, season, the late period at which the ex- 

 hibition took place wa5 highly favorable to exhibitors, whose specimens of 

 fruits and Hov\ ers, especially the former, had but just attained a good growth. 

 A wet and cool summer had brought forward the dahlias, and they were 

 seen in much greater profusion than at either of the last two annual exhibi- 

 tions. Of other flowers, the show was rather meagre ; the roses were quite 

 destroyed by the deluge of rain of the week preceding the show, and flow- 

 ers of most kinds were so much damaged as to render it difllcult to make a 

 good selection. The bouquets were not numerous, nor, with few excep- 

 tions, very remarkable for beauty, and the display of plants in pots was of 

 the most meagre description. Indeed, we hope, for the credit of the Soci- 



