456 Exhibitions of Horticullural Societies. 



chael pears. Joel Bowker, Baldwin a|)])les; Bartlett and Chelms- 

 ford pears; peaches; Isahella and svveetwater grapes. 0. B. Lan- 

 der, of Daiivers, apples — Kilhain Hill, and Eppes's sweeting; pears 

 — brown Beurre, and Broca's Ber;iamot, \V. D. Pickman, pears — 

 Gore's Heathcot, Harvard, St. Michael, Andrews, Broca's Bergamot; 

 orange quinces. M. Pitman, russet pearmain apples; St. Michael 

 jjears. Geo. Lee, of West Cainiiridge, Ribstone pi|)pin api)les; 

 peaches. S. B. Ives, Baldwin and Gilliflower apples; long green, 

 |)Ound, Broca's Bergamot, and St. Michael pears. W. Ives, Ron- 

 ville and Seckel pears; peaches. John Gardner, of Danvers, Roi de 

 Wnrtemburg pears. J. Farnum, St. Michael pears. John Pickering, 

 pearmain apples. W. Sargent, Buftum pears. B. W. Stone, Stone's 

 seedling pears. R. Wheatland, apples. Mrs. J. D. Treadwell, 

 pear quinces; peaches. J. G. Sprague, Bartlett pears; orange 

 quinces. James Barr, St. Michael pears. Joseph Dalton, native 

 Isabella grapes. 



From N. Silsbee, Jr., apples; pears — Napoleon, Josephine, Seck- 

 el, Capiaumont, Rousselet de Rheims, Heathcor, Easter Beurre, 

 Bezi Montigny, Bartlett, Harvard, and bleeker's Meadow; grapes — 

 white Chasseias, black Hamburg, and Zinfindal. B. P. Chaiiiber- 

 lain, pears — Washington, Seckel, St. Michael, orange, Broca's Ber- 

 gamot, and Bartlett. J. B. Goodhue, apples — Baldwin, Roxbury 

 russet, Minister, golden russet, Eppes's sweeting, Kilham Hill, and 

 New York greening. E. Busweli, Ribstone pippin apples. J. Ber- 

 tram, Rousselet de Rheims and Glout Morceau pears. E. Burley, of 

 Beverly, Bartlett pears; early red rareripe. President, and Royal 

 George peaches. W. Hunt, Bartlett pears. Daniel Millet, Glory 

 apples. C. Hoffman, St. Michael and St. Ghislain pears; black 

 Hamburg grapes. G. Masury, of Beverly, orange quinces, first 

 and second crop. J. A. Goldthwaite, rock cantaloupe melons. R. 

 S. Rogers, Bartlett pears; black Hamburg, Tokay, and Chasseias 

 grapes. D. Harris, apples. Edward Putnam, Bartlett pears. A. 

 Lackey, Isabella grapes. J. W. Shannon, Lafayette peaches. J. 

 F. Allen, pears — Bartlett, Bonne Louise de Jersey, St. Michael, 

 Broca's Bergamot, Seckel; peaches — seedling clingstone. Noblesse, 

 Royal George clingstone; grapes — Black Hamburg, Black Prince, 

 svveetwater,'^Muscat of Alexandria, nectarine, golden; also, figs. 



Vegetables: — From J. A. Goldthwaite, white sugar beets; Cana- 

 da crookneck squash. C. B. Lander, of Danvers, white sugar beets. 

 J. C. Lee, pumpkins; Harrison squash; sugar beets; carrots; toma- 

 toes. C. F. Putnam, Harrison squash; sugar beets; Silesian and 

 orange carrots. T. Cruickshank, Chenango potatoes. 



The hall adjoining, which contains the Society's collection of Nat- 

 ural History, was also opened: here many visitors were seen to 

 pause for a while, to behold the varied forms of animated nature. A 

 living specimen of the Chelouia imbricata (shell tortoise of com- 

 merce,) attracted considerable notice. It was brought into this port 

 from the Fejee Islands, and was swimming about in a large tub, 

 nearly filled with sea water, its native element; also, several living 

 specimens of a curious and interesting species of toad (Scaphiopus 

 solitarius.) A location for the habitat of this species has recently 

 been discovered in Danvers: its habits are subterraneous; it digs for 



