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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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I'UBLISIIKD BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (AfiRicui.TURAL Wabehoose.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



vol.. XVI. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1837. 



NO. 14. 



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ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OF THK 

 M.iSS.tCHUSETTS saORTICULiTURAl. SOCIETY. 



Report on Flowers. 



It lias again l)ecoine our duty to make a report 

 of the Annual Exliibition of Flowers, attlie rooms 

 of tlie Massachusetts Horticultural So( iety. The 

 contributors were numerous ; the contributions 

 were liberal; and many of the specimens of sur- 

 passing beauty. As a detailed report of the fruits, 

 and some general remarks of the flowers, have 

 already appeared in the report of Mr VVm. Ken- 

 rick, Chairman of the Committee on Fruits ; and 

 as it is under.-itooil a detailed report of the Plants 

 and Flowers will be given in the respective mag- 

 azines of .Mcsi<ra iJreck & Co., and the Messrs 

 Hovey,we shall report in general terms. 



The plants from the Hon. John Lowell of Rox- 

 bnry, in addition to two very splendid Orange 

 Trees, were in order, and were njuch admired. 



The Palms and other plants from 'he garden of 

 J. P. Cushing, Esq., of VVatertown, by Mr B. Hag- 

 gerston, added much to the general efl^ect of the 

 exhibition. Mr Haggerston also supplied the ta- 

 bles with rich vases and a profusion of cut flow- 

 ers wreaths, &c. 



From t'.ie Hon. T. II. Perkins of Brookline, by 

 his gardener, Mr W. H. Cowan, a splen<lid di.^splay 

 of cut flowers, arranged on stands with great taste. 

 Mr Cowan deserves our thanks for his very lilicr- 



al supply. 



The beautiful Acacias, and other plants, m nil 

 abont 70 specimens, from Fdarsliall P. Wilder, Esq. 

 of Dorchester, were in fine order. The fine and 

 delicate foliage of the Acacias was much admir- 

 ed. 



John Lemist, Esq. of Roxbury, decorated our 

 tables with some of his choice aiul rare plants. — 

 The Sago Palms, Heaths, &c., were in fine or- 

 der. 



John D. W. Williams, Esq. of Elm Hall, Rox- 

 burv sent some very choice specimens by his gar- 

 dener. The plants were not rnly rare, but they 

 were in a state of cultivation. The best speci- 

 mens of China Asters in the rooms were from Mr 



Willianis. 



J. C. Howard, Esq. Woodland, Brookbne, a 

 splendid plant ; Dahlias and other cut flowers, 

 bouquets, &c. 



B. V. French, Esq., from his garden at Bram- 

 tree, n large supply of cut flowers, evergreens, 



From the garden of Mr John Richardson, of 

 Dorchester, a variety of cut flowers. 



By Mr J. Towne of Boston, several extremely 

 fine specimens of choice and rare Heaths. 



Mr Sain'l Sweetser of Cainbrid-ge, some charm- 

 in" little flowers in pots. 



"rhe Messrs Winship, of Brighton, two wagon 

 loads of pot plants and cut flowers, some of them 



of great beauty. Mr Strong will please accept our 

 ilinnks for his kind attention, and for his liberal 

 supi)ly of evergreens. 



By Mr William Wales of Dorchester, 20 fine 

 specimens of greenhouse plants. We noticed par- 

 ticularly, a very fine H"nth,and a yellow tea rose ; 

 there were several other plants in Mr Wales' col- 

 lection, of great beauty. Also, a splendid bou- 

 quet. 



-Several fine jilants from the Messrs Hovey, — a 

 yellow tea rose of great beauty. 



From the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, by Mr 

 W. E. Carter, a large supply of plants, many of 

 them fine specimens. 



Mr Mason of Charlestown, a choice variety of 

 pot plants, some rare and fine. Also, a liberal 

 supply of cut flowers, and some handsome bou- 

 quets, &c. 



Mr D. IMurjihy of Roxbury, furnished upwards 

 of 20 choi<'e plants ; two splendid bouquets, and 

 some cut flowers. 



Dahlias. — The display of Dahlias was extreme- 

 ly fine, and greatly surpassed our expectations. — 

 To give a list of the names of all the varieties ex- 

 hibited, would exceed our limits ; we shall there- 

 fore confine ourselves to the names of a few in 

 the collection of the ])rincipal growers, viz : 



In the collection of M. P. Wilder, Esq., — 

 Conqueror of Europe, Dodd's Mary, Dodd's Mary 

 Queen of Scots, Mrs Broadwood, Elphinstone's 

 Purple Perfection, Lavinia, Bride of Aliydos, 

 King Otho, Stone's Yellow Perfection, Golden 

 Sovereign, Desdemona, Queen Elizabeth, Her- 

 mione. Sir Henry Fletcher, Lady Fordwich, Gem, 

 M'Kenzie's Contender, King of Beauties, IMarquis 

 of Northampton, Dongla.'^s' Glory, Dictator, Wid- 

 nall's Clin, Irwood's Ariel, Criterion, Jupiter, 

 Garnier's Princess Victoria, &c. 



In the collection of the .liessrs Hovey. — Prin- 

 cess Victoria, Marchioness of Tavistock, Mary 

 Queen of Scots, Mary, Conqueror of Europe, Ju- 

 liet, Sulphurea elegans, Mrs Broadwood, Elphin- 

 stone's Purple Perfection, Gem, Sir Henry Fletch- 

 er Heni'ione, Golden Sovereign, Rosa superha, 

 Red Rover, Stone's Yellow Perfection, Bride of 

 Abydos, King Otho, Ariel, Beauty of Dulwich, 

 Fisherton, Rival Star, Jupiter, Glory, .Mrs Wil- 

 kinson, Lady Fordwich, Exemplar, Croesus, &c. 



In the collection of Mr S. R. Johnson. — Brit- 

 ish Queen, Elphinstone Polyiihenius, Duchess of 

 Buccleugh, Augusta, Mrs Wilkinson, Rainbow, 

 Widnafi's Clio, Princess Victoria, (Garnier's ;) — 

 Douglass' Criterion, Metropolitan Perfection, 

 Brown's Desdemona, Gaines' Harlequin, Royal 

 Adelaide, Rosea Speciosa, Widnall's Perfection, 

 Smith's Napoleon, Lady Brougham, Newherg's 

 Duke of Bedford, Jupiter, Mountjoy's Burgundy, 

 Angelina, Lady Fordwich, Duchess of Bedford, 

 Countess of Barresford, Erecta. 



In the collection of Mr S. Sweetser. — Apollo, 

 Augusta, (Douglass';) Beauty of Shefiield, Bride 

 of Abydos, Beauty of Stow, Countess of Cork, 

 Countess of Live, pool. Criterion, (Douglass';)— 

 Desden.ona, (Brown's ;) Douglass's Glory, Grania, 



Jupiter, Golden Sovereign, Jackson Rival, Lady 

 Fordwich, Lnvinia, Metropolitan Caly|)so, Mrs 

 Wilkinson, Na|)oleon, (Smith's;) Othello, Pinda- 

 rius, Queen of Dahlias, Springfield Rival, Stone's 

 Yellow Peifijction, Lady of the Lake. 



In the collection of .^dr D. Maclntire. — Juliet, 

 Dodd's Mary, Mrs Broadwood, Mary Queen of 

 Hcots, Conqueror of Eiuope, Golden Sovereign, 

 Stone's Yellow Perfection, Red Rover, Star, Ris- 

 ing Sun, Vfuing Black Ajax, Exemplar, Marquis 

 of Northami)ton, Dictator, Bride of Abydos, An- 

 gelina, Douglass' Glory. 



There were also some very fine specimens of 

 the Dahlia, and splendid boutpiets, from Messrs 

 John A. Kenrick, J. Breck & Co., Howard, Car- 

 ter, Winship, W. Kenrick, Weld, Mason, Mnrphy, 

 Wilson and W alker. 



The ceh hrnteri Cohbett states that he was ask- . 

 ed, (and the question has often been put to our- 

 selves) what is the use of flowers ? Mr Cohbett 

 replied by asking another question. What is the 

 use of any thing.' We shall answer the inquiry 

 in the language of Miller: 



" Who would wish to live without flowers ? — 

 Where would the poet fly for his images of beau- 

 ty, if they were to perish forever.' Are they not 

 the emblems of loveliness and innocence — the 

 living types of all that is pleasing and graceful ? 

 We compare young lips to the rose ; and the white 

 brow to the radiant lily ; the winning eye gathers 

 its glow from the violet, and the sweet voice is 

 like a breeze kissing its way through the flowers 

 We hang delicate blossoms on the silken ringlets 

 of the young bride, and strew lier path with fra- 

 grant bells, when she leaves the church. We 

 place them around the marble of the dead in the 

 narrow coffin ; and they become symbols of our 

 affections; pleasures remembered, and hopes fa- 

 ded ; wishes flovsn, and scenes cherished the more 

 that they can never return. Still we look to the 

 far off" spring in other valleys ; to the eternal sum- 

 mer beyond the grave, when the flowers which 

 have faded shall again bloom in starry fields, 

 where no rude winter can intrude. They come 

 upon us in spring like the recollections of a dreain, 

 which hovered aboye us in sleep, peopled with 

 shadowy beauties, and juirple delights, fancy broi- 

 dered. Sweet flowers I that bring before our 

 eyes scenes of childhood ; faces remembered in 

 youth, when Love was a stranger to liimself ! — 

 The mossy hanks by the way side, where we so 

 often sat for hours drinking in the beauty of the 

 priuuoses with our eyes; tin; sheltered glen, dark- 

 ly green, filled with the perfume of violets that 

 shone in their intense blue, like another sky 

 spread upon the earth ; the laughter of merry voi- 

 ces ; the song ot the sweet maiden — the down- 

 cast eye, the spreading Idush, the kiss ashamed at 

 its own sound— are all brought back to the mem- 

 ory by a flower." 



For the Committee. 



S.^Ai'L WALKER, Chairman. 



[G^Look out for your corn crops. 



