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by Messrs. Hovey, the most magnificent of pears. Capt. Macondry'sWash- 

 ingtons were perfectly beautiful. But by far the finest display, showing, 

 certainly, the highest cultivation, was twelve dishes of pears by Mr. Crooker, 

 containing Van Mons Leon le Clerc, of remarkable size and beauty. Many 

 other collections were deserving of notice, but our room will not admit us 

 to enumerate all we could wish. 



The grapes, however, cannot be passed by. Every year, the culture of 

 this fruit has greatly improved, and the truly magnificent spec m^ns exhib- 

 ited leave little to be desired in the way of better. Mr. Needham was the 

 successful competitor for the prize ; and his Cannon Hall Muscats, though 

 not near ripe, were truly noble berries and bunches. Mr. Allen, tis usual, 

 had the most extensive collection, all very good, and the Hamburghs well 

 colored, but the berries and bunches small. Messrs. Hovey & Co. had 

 the Wilmoi's Black Hamburgh, jet black, with very large berries, and also 

 some superb Grizzly Frontignans and Hamburghs. Mr. Donald, Mr. 

 Young, and Mr. Towne had also finely grown grapes, with berries of good 

 size and well colored, though not quite black. 



The vegetables were few and excellent, the most attractive exhibition 

 being thirty-five varieties of potatoes, fifteen of them seedlings, by Mr. S. 

 W. Cole. The Committee, in commendation of Mr. Cole's zeal to bring 

 together this valuable collection, awarded him, very justly, a gratuity often 

 dollars. We shall probably give some account of them at a future time. 



Plants. — From the President of the Society, several camellias, acacias, 

 Achimenes longiflora, and other plants. From Messrs. Hovey & Co., six 

 large plants of Achimenes rosea. Fuchsia fiilgens, Acantha and Nymph, 

 Gloxinia Cartoni, G^snera zebrina, &c. From Mrs. Pratt, by A. McLen- 

 nan, twelve fine coxcombs of large si^e, Hedychium Gardnerzanwwi, and 

 other plants. From J. L. L. F. Warren, a collection of Cacti, containing 

 nineteen plants, embracing, among others, C^reus crucigera, and Wild- 

 iana, Echinocactus scopa, and mamulosus, and eleven species and varieties 

 of Mammillaria ; also two plants of Achimenes grandiflora. 



Designs. — From W. Quant, a moss vase and pedestal, eight feet high, 

 of very chaste construction, covered with moss, ornamented with amaranths, 

 and filled with flowers. From J. Thomas, a monumental design, about 

 eight feet high, rather heavy in form, but neatly wrought in moss, and pro- 

 fusely ornamented with bouquets of flowers. From Messrs. Hovey & Co., 

 a large flat design, four feet by six, representing mosaic work, inlaid with 

 asters, amaranths, rudbeckias, and zinnias. From T. Needham, a grotto 

 design, highly finished with moss. From Jas. McNeil, gardener to J. D. 

 W. Williams, a chaste and very pretty design, a Floral Bower with a basin 

 in the centre, containing gold fish, and a fnuntain at play. From S. A. 

 Walker, a motto, about fourteen feet long, " Welcome, friends, ognin," 

 — the groundwork moss, and the letters in amaranths. This was suspend- 

 ed by wreaths of amaranths and other flowers, held in the beak of an eagle, 

 with a star attached. From Master Rosamond Walker, a duck, feathered 

 with amaranths and immortal flowers. From Isaac Rich, a very neat ara- 

 besque design of mosaic work wrought with amaranths and other flowers. 



