446 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



Art. II. Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



The exhibitions for the year ha.\'mg all taken place, we present our 

 readers with the reports of such societies as we have received. It 

 gives us pleasure to state that these reports are longer than usual, 

 and embrace among the flowers and fruits, particularly the latter, 

 many varieties of very recent introduction, thus showing how rapidly 

 the newest fruits are disseminated over the country. 



The season has been propitious for both fruits and vegetables, 

 and the specimens have been large and of fine appearance: it will be 

 seen that vegetables are attracting more attention by our horticultu- 

 ral societies, and we feel gratified that this is the case — for if we are 

 deficient in any one thing, it is in adhering to the cultivation of many 

 of the older kinds of vei;etables when far superior ones can be pro- 

 duced, if cultivators will only procure the proper seed. A careful 

 notice of the reports below will convince all that greater efforts have 

 been made to get up the exhibitions than in any previous year. 



Essex County Natural History Society. — The horticultural 

 exhibitions at the Society's hall, during the present season, have been 

 well sustained. They are gradually diflfusing a more general taste 

 for the cultivation of beautiful flowers and delicious fruit throughout 

 our community; every revolving season bears testimony to this fact, 

 in the greater variety of fruits and flowers exhiliited, and the larger 

 number of contributors. Fourteen weekly exhibitions have been held 

 on Wednesday of the respective weeks, and the annual exhibition on 

 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Sept. 21, 22, and 23. Floweis 

 exhibited about nine hundred species or varieties — one hundred and 

 sixty natives of the fields and meadows — the others, the product of 

 the green-house or garden. Of these last, two hundred were dahlias, 

 one hundred and forty roses, sixty geraniums, fifteen paeonies, &c. Of* 

 three hundred and ten varieties of fruit, one hundred and twelve 

 were pears — seventy-two apples — thirty peaches — twenty-five cher- 

 ries — twenty plums — twelve strawberries — twelve gooseberries — ten 

 grapes — six melons — three currants — two raspberries; nectarines, ap- 

 ricots, figs, oranges, almonds, mulberries, one each. This variety of 

 fruits and flowers were contributed by one hundre<l and forty-eight 

 individuals — of whom one hundred and twenty-nine were residents of 

 this city, and the remaining nineteen of the adjacent towns, with the 

 exception of two or three from more distant parts of the State. 



We subjoin a list of the exhibitions, contributors, &c. 



Wednesday, June 8, 1842. — Flowers: From Mrs. J. D. Tread well, 

 bouquets of pseonies, iris, tulips. Sic. J. C. Lee, Glycine sinensis, 

 Cytisus Laburnum, .;3ristpl6chiasii)ho, -Sednm, carnations, &c. J. S. 

 Cabot, paeonies, nine varieties, viz: Banksice, /japaveracea, rosea, 

 rosea odorata, carnea, (Moiitan,) rosea, paradoxica fimbriata, &.C.; 

 roses — Harrison and William IV.; iiemerocallis, pansies, lupinus, 

 &,c. W. F. Gardner, Peeonia carnea, &.c., dwarf rocket larkspur, 

 stocks, geraniums, &c. W. P. Richardson, bouquets of paeonies, 

 roses, geraniums, &.c. F. Putnam, Alstroemerza tricolor, Peeoma, 

 BankseVe, /)apaveracea, rosea odorata; geraniums, Hill's Champion, 



