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Hall & Spiel, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, plough iron ; bronze medal 

 and diploma. 



E. A. Tampton, Worcester, Massachusetts, wood machine ; bronze 

 medal and diploma. 



J. Redstone, Indianapolis, Indiana, shingle machine ; bronze medal 

 and diploma. 



AVm. D. Windle & Co., New York, domestic utensils ; bronze medal 

 and diploma. 



H. G. Hotchkiss, Lyons, New York, essential oils ; bronze medal and 

 diploma. 



Hall & Parshall, Lyons, New York, essential oils ; bronze medal and 

 diploma. 



B. P. Johnson, Secretary N. Y. N. S. A. S., Albany, New York, seeds ; 

 medal and diploma. 



Sylvanus R. Ward, New York, anthracite coal ; medal and diploma. 



Geo. Campbell, Vermont, turnip-cutter ; medal and diploma. 



R. M. Rhodes, Baltimore, Maryland, turnip-cutter ; medal and diploma. 



Duryea, New York, maizena ; bronze medal and diploma. 



J. Johnson & Co., New York, washing machine ; bronze medal and 

 diploma. 



During my stay in Hamburg, I took an opportunity to visit 

 the celebrated nurseries of the Booths, at Flotbeck, a few miles 

 below the city, in Holstein. Holstein, in fact, begins at the 

 gates of Hamburg. Altona, one of its largest and most flourish- 

 ing towns, is, to some extent, a rival of its more pretending 

 neighbor, from which it is scarcely a mile removed. The road 

 through Altona to Flotbeck lies along the high left bank of the 

 river, here lined with gardens, orchards, groves, and pretty 

 villas with their parterres of flowers, all displaying taste and 

 luxury. The majestic river is studded with green islands ; the 

 low and level country of Hanover lies opposite and gives a 

 widely-extended view. 



These nurseries are among the most noted in Europe. They 

 are so arranged as to unite the practical with the ornamental, 

 that is, the ornamental trees are arranged in lawns to show 

 how they will appear in a gentleman's park, while specimens of 

 them are for sale in the nursery. The collection of plants of 

 all sorts and varieties is immense. Long ranges of greenhouses 

 were filled with flowers and tender plants. An endless stream 

 of visitors kept coming and going, the number no doubt greatly 



