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Jcremiali Van Winkle, North Bergen, 16 stalks of Egyptian corn. 



R. L. Pell, Pelham, 1 bushel of rye. 1 do of wheat, 1 do of buck- 

 wheat, 1 do of oals, 1 barrel of superexcellent flour, 



H, C. Beal & Co. No. 20 Soulh-st., 1 barrel and one half barrel 

 superfine flour 



James Mr. Hoyt & Son, 17 Washington-st., 2 barrels of superior 

 flour 



Productions of the Dairy. 



H. Burrcll & Co., 15 Front-street, 1 extra large cheese. 



Robert L. Case & Co. 101 Front St., 5 boxes of cheese. 



B. V. R. Corwin, 639 Broadway, 2 boxes of cheese. 



Samuel M. Ensign, South Farms, Connecticut, 4 Cheshire cream 

 cheeses. 



J. L. Hommedieu, 189 Washington St., 2 pails of butter. 



John W. Thompson, Goshen, 4 pails of butler. 



Rufus Rockefeller, 152 Prince-st., 1 pail of butter. 



Jolin Wilcox, Goshen, Orange county. N. Y. 2 half tubs of but- 

 ter. 



Hops. 



Gurden Avery, Walerville, Oneida Co., 1 bale of hops. 

 Samuel White, Madison Co., 1 bale of hops. 

 Wm. B. & A. Miller, 59 Chrystie-sl., 1 box of hops, grown by J. 

 Leland. 



J. Harvey, 59 Chrystie-st , 1 box of hops, grown by E. Boswell. 

 Uriah Leland, Morrisville, Madison Co., 1 bale of hops. 

 Bradford Walker, Ontario Co, a sample of hops on pasteboard. 

 Charles D. Palmer, Waterville, Oneida Co., 1 bale of hops. 



In conclusiou, your Chairman would respectfully remark, that dis- 

 satisfaction has been expressed by competitors in the Mechanical 

 Arts, relative to the Premiums awarded for the promotion of Floricul- 

 ture ; — a darling pursuit of the virtuous and enlightened from " time 

 immemorial." We hope to prove that these censures have not jus- 

 tice for their foundation, and to convince the unprejudiced, that more 

 honor than profit has been the portion of those who have contributed 

 so largely to the chief attraction of the Fair. Have not our Florists, 

 by their inimitable displays of "x\ature's choicest gems," attracted to 

 t e Horlicultural Room, thousands of " virtuous wives and beautiful 

 daughters," — the pride and glory of our Commonwealth ? This they 

 deem a disiinguisiied honor, and a pleasing evidence of that pure 

 and refined taste which elevates and so well befits the female charac- 

 ter. A few words as to the profit. Since the commencement of the 

 Fair, on the 6lh instant, upward of 30,000 Dahlia blooms have been 



