6 TRANSACTIONS, <fcc. 



give more full and valuable inforniation. He stated the number of 

 Contributors and Entries in the two last years, as follows : 



Contributers. Entries. 



In 1853. in 1854. 



Apples, - - 56 107 



Pears, - - - 97 81 



reaches, Grapes, Plums, ) og - , 



Quinces, &c., J 



Flowers & Floral Designs, 33 29 



Vegetables, - . 37 28 



308 319 1379 2152 



SUMMER EXHIBITION. 



The President spoke of the Free Weekly Exhibitions in the Hall 

 of the Society, which had been continued during the summer, with 

 diminished success, in regard to the extent of the collections and the 

 attendance of visitors, though the specimens offered were always val- 

 uable and interesting, and in the earlier part of the Summer the 

 attendance was numerous, and the collections large. This partial fail- 

 ure was imputed to several causes, among which, the more promi- 

 nent, was the discouragement arising from the dryness of the season, 

 and the effect of changing the day of exhibition from Saturday to 

 'Wednesday, in consequence of repeated suggestions that the last 

 named day would be more acceptable, especially to the ladies. 



LIBRARY. 



The President read a Report from C. Harris, Esq., the Librarian 

 of the Society, in which it appeared that the Library contains two 

 hundred and forty bound volumes, among which are some of the most 

 beautiful and valuable works on Horticulture, Rural Architecture, 

 and kindred subjects. Mention was made of a complete set of 



Hovey's Magazine, 



The Horticulturist, by Downing, 



Transactions of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society, 10 vols., 



Mrs. Loudon's Ladies' Flmver Garden, 5 vols. 4to., colored Plates, 



Loudon's Arboretum, 8 vols., and other Horticultural Works, 7 vols., 



Edwards's Botanical Register, 10 vols., colored Plates, 



Hooker's Exotic Flora, 3 vols., l^ates, 



Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, 7 vols. -Ito*, 



Annals of Horticulture, 5 vols., royal 8vo*, 



