46Q Exhibilions of Horticultural Societies. 



The following are the awards of the committee: — 



On the greatest quantity and variety of flowers: — 1st. To L. Me- 

 nard, VVatervliet. Sid. To Prof. J. W. Jackson, Schenectady. Sd. 

 To A. P. Heartt, Troy. 



For the best floral ornament: — 1st. To Alexander Walsh, Lan- 

 6in?l)ijrsh. 2d. To S. E. Warren, Troy. 



For the best twenty-five varieties of dahlias: — 1st. To A. J. Down- 

 ing, Newburgh. 2d. To S. E. Warren, Troy. Sd. To Prof. J. W. 

 Jackson, Schenectady. 



To E. Whitfield, Albany, for several beautiful floral paintings, in 

 water colors and y)eiicillings — a discretionary premium. 



George C. Thorburn, New York, contributed twenty-five varieties 

 of superb dahlias, too late to com])ete for preiriium. 



E. Holbrook, Hyde Park, contributed some pretty seedling dah- 

 lias. Owing to an error in labelling, they were not inspected by the 

 committee. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



Fruit. — Of ap[)les, several fine collections were exhibited. A part 

 only were correctly and distinctly labelled; confusion and repetition 

 in names sometimes occurred, and in one instance, a fine and exten- 

 sive collection contained the same fruit under three distinct names. 

 The committee particularly observed the following: — 



An extensive collection of apples, from Elwanger & Barry, nur- 

 serymen, Mt. Hope, near Rochester, containing some excellent and 

 desirable varieties; a large collection from Hall Colby, of Greece, 

 Monroe county, presented by M. B. Bateham, some of them fine and 

 but little known, of which the committee regret they are unable to 

 furnish a list; and a fine collection frotn Gen. R. Harmon, of Wheat- 

 land, Monroe county. There were also presented by A. P. Heartt, 

 of Troy, the following varieties: — fall pippin, Pound sweeting, Eso- 

 pus Spitzemburg, Rhode Island greening, King sweeting, American 

 golden pippin, Baldwin, sweet russet, Jersey sweet. Lady sweet, and 

 several others. By A. J. Downing & Co., Newburgh, the following 

 varieties: — Beauty of Kent, Blenheim pippin, Bedfordshire Found- 

 ling, Baldwin, Benoni, Cornish Aromatic, Canfield, De St. Julian, 

 Domine, Downton pippin, English golden pippin, English Nonpa- 

 reil, English russet, Federal pearmain. Flushing Spitzemburg, Grand 

 Sachem, Greenwich, Holland pippin, Kirk's Lord Nelson, Lemon 

 pippin, Lucombe's seedling, Porter, Roe's sweet, Ross's Nonpareil, 

 Ribstone pi|)pin, red Bellflower, scarlet pearmain, summer sweet 

 Paradise. Schoonmaker, Watson's Dumpling, winter spice. Worms- 

 ley pippin, Wine, Royal Calville, yellow Bellflower, Zaiik, Adams's 

 pearmain, Williams's favorite, with several other well known and 

 excellent varieties. By Wrri. P. Buel, Albany :— Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, striped pippin, Astrachan, Hoary Morring, Kerry pi|)pin, 

 Pumpkin sweeting, Drap d'Or, fall pippin, Cheeseboro' russet, Ger- 

 man black, Harrison, black apple, Jonathan, Swan's Egg, Winesap, 

 golden pippin. Surprise, Newark pippin, Newtown pippin, Newtown 

 Spitzemburg, Esopus Spitzemburg, Bahlwin, Downton pippin, and 

 many others. By E. Holbrook, Hyde Park, handsome seedling aj>- 

 ples. Several varieties by B. Pollock, Watervliet. Very large spe- 

 cimens of mammoth pippin, by Isaac Lovejoy, Greenbush. Several 

 varieties from A, T, Van Slyck, Coxsackie. Six varieties from Bar- 



