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and backward. The reports of the exhibition indicate 

 the injurious effect on the gardens. The most noticea- 

 ble display was on the 30th of June, when " the exhi- 

 bition of flowers was very fine, and the variety such as 

 had rarely or never been witnessed in the vicinity." 

 There were at least a hundred and fifty varieties of 

 roses in the various bouquets. At the anniversary 

 " the display of fruits and flowers in the dining hall 

 was much superior to what could have been anticipated 

 from a season so inauspicious to their production. It 

 seemed that neither cold nor cholera could check the 

 course of cultivation, nor prevent the display of that 

 dominion of mind over matter which modifies and mod- 

 erates the untoward eccentricities of the elements, and 

 gives the vegetable productions of every climate to sea- 

 sons and soils apparently very unfit for their develop- 

 ment." The address was by the professor of entomology, 

 Dr. Thaddeus William Harris, and the subject was 

 the Relations subsisting between Insects and Plants. 

 It was longer, and contained more information of prac- 

 tical value to cultivators, than any other address ever 

 delivered before the Society, being a summary such as 

 had never previously been published of all that was 

 then known in regard to insects injurious to vegetation 

 here, and the best means of preventing their ravages, 

 by the most accurate and thorough student of the sub- 

 ject which the country then possessed. 



At the exhibition on the 15th of June, 1833, "the 

 display of flowers was equal, if not superior, to any 

 previous exhibition at the same season. The Messrs. 

 Winship alone contributed a hundred and thirty-two 

 varieties of roses, besides a large collection of other 

 flowers. July 13 thirteen varieties of currants were 



