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some very handsome specimens, but as they were not numbered I am una- 

 ble to send any particulars. The grapes were not ripe, and quite unfit for 

 exhibition. The pines were exhibited growing, and had nothing whatever 

 remarkable about them. Among the pears one, Triomphe de Hasselt, was 

 particularly conspicuous, from its enormous size and shape ; it must have 

 been at least six inches long, color brownish green, and bell-shaped ; I only 

 saw it exhibited by one person, M. Vandievoet. Among the vegetables 

 were some very large collections ; that of M. Simonis, of Liege, contained 

 more than three hundred and twenty different varieties ; in it were seven 

 varieties of beet, fifteen of carrots, nine of celery, eight of endive, forty- 

 seven of cabbages and broccoli, fifty three of Haricot beans, twenty-four of 

 lettuce, thirteen of turnips, nine of onions, thirty-two of peas, eight of 

 radish, eight of tomatoes, &c. That of M. Galoppin consisted of one 

 hundred different kinds of beans and peas. Mr. Vanderschriek had some 

 very large cabbages, pumpkins, vegetable marrows, haricots, lettuces, and 

 turnips ; but in the collection of M. Rampelbergh, were some most beauti- 

 ful specimens of broccoli, cabbages, carrots, endive, beans, cucumbers, and 

 pumpkins; better it would have been difficult to meet with. Potatoes oc- 

 cupied a considerable space in the exhibition. The society had offered one 

 gold, two silver gilt, and two silver medals, for the best collections and for 

 seedlings, and certainly there was no lack of competitors. As might be 

 expected among so many collections some were very even and good, and 

 others mediocre. There might be seen varieties that had been cultivated in 

 every kind of soil, and with all sorts of manure ; in one place was the pro- 

 duce of sets received from South America, in another from the south of 

 Europe, and in another from the most northern climates. In some collec- 

 tions it was indicated that they had been raised from diseased tubers ; in 

 others that sound tubers had been planted in land which had for the two 

 previous seasons entirely failed ; in fact, it was evident that a grand experi- 

 ment had been tried to avert the danger of a national calamity. Several 

 of the collections contained from twenty to seventy varieties, among which 

 were numerous specimens of early white and red Kidney, early white and 

 red round. Ash-leaved Kidney, early and late Irish Shropshire red, Shaw's 

 red Antwerp, blue Saxony, Grosse Monstreuse de Mons, Rouge de Landen, 

 long blue Dutch, spotted red and white Ghent, Rohan, Rose Mousson, early 

 and late Champion, blue Saint Helena, Rouge de Vosges, Come de Vache, 

 red Scotch, white and red Havannah, Howard, Nine Weeks, Ovale de 

 Growland, Langue de Boeuf, late American red, and many others. M. 

 Rops, of Namur, sent a fine large collection of one hundred varieties, and 

 eight tubers of each. These were all nearly of the same size. M. Lorio, 

 of Liege, had a small collection, but very good ; but that of M. Defays- 

 Dumonceau was the most remarkable, containing nearly one hundred and 

 fifty kinds, in capital order. The exhibitors of seedlings were numerous : 

 among the best appeared those of M. Lemercier, M. Defays, M. Jacobs, 

 M. Couvent, M. Vancelst, (about sixty different kinds, and most of them 

 very fine,) M. Julin, M. Demelin, M. Ouwerx, M. D'Hollonder, M. Peers, 

 (upwards of fifty varieties, and the pedigree of each given,) M. Reul, M. 

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