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room previous to the opening of the hall ; and we note 

 the exhibition on the 2d of May, by T. G. Whytal, of 

 the pretty Deutzia gracilis, which, though introduced 

 three or four years earlier, was not reported as exhib- 

 ited before. At the opening of the hall on the 16th 

 of May, a collection of eight- fuchsias from H. H. Hun- 

 newell were by far the finest ever exhibited ; some of 

 the plants being over five feet high, and perfect masses 

 of bloom. Joseph Breck & Co. and Hovey & Co. 

 continued to introduce and originate new phloxes, each 

 exhibiting a hundred or more kinds at once. The Ver- 

 saillaise currant was first shown July 18 by W. C. 

 Strong. The Lawtoii blackberry was exhibited and care- 

 fully tested in comparison with the Dorchester (as the 

 Improved High Bush was now called), the opinion being 

 unanimously in favor of the latter. At the exhibition 

 of September 5, the main attraction was a dish of 

 Shanghai peaches, from N. Stetson, raised from a stone 

 received from Shanghai. The peaches weighed twelve 

 ounces each, and measured eleven inches in circum- 

 ference. Although the plum crop generally was a 

 failure, Henry Vandine exhibited, on the 12th of Sep- 

 tember, a collection of twenty varieties. October 31, 

 about a hundred varieties of apples and pears were 

 exhibited from Dr. Pfeiffer of Bremen. 



The annual exhibition was again held in Music Hall, 

 from the 23d to the 25th of September. The general 

 arrangements of the hall were similar to those of pre- 

 vious years ; but, agreeably to the recommendation of 

 the last committee, all decorations around the walls were 

 dispensed with, the hall being deemed sufficiently beau- 

 tiful in itself; and the interest of the exhibition was 

 allowed to depend wholly on the merits of the produc- 



