Horticultural Exhibition. 



Vol. VIII. 



by a collection of facts by means of the 

 coming exhibition and convention 1 



We invoke the aid of those far reaching, 

 penetrating, disinterested minds, with true 

 American hearts warm in their country's 

 welfare, who can appreciate the benefits of 

 associations like the American Institute, 

 employing its whole means to invigorate 

 industry, quicken invention, and impart ac- 

 tivity :ind fire to genius, spreading its peace- 

 ful, genial influences far and wide, to make 

 man better, and multiply and diversify his 

 comforts. Every village, district and neigh- 

 bourhood, and almost every family, should 

 furnish some contribution, and be themselves 

 welcome participators in this great annual 

 national jubilee. 



Dated at the Repository of the American 

 Institute, New York, July 4th, 1843. 



James Tallmadge, Preset. 

 Adoniram Chandler, ^ 

 William Inglis, > V, Presets. 



Shepherd Knapp, ) 

 Edward T. Backhouse, Trea'r. 

 GuRDON J. Leeds, Rec. Sec'ry. 

 T. B. Wakeham, Cor. Sec'ry. 



Trustees. 



Horticultural Exhibition. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultdral Society will 

 hold its fifteenth exhibition in the lower saloon of the 

 Philadelphia Museum, corner of Ninth and George 

 Streets, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 20th, 

 21st, and 22nd of September, inst. 



The committee charged with the preparatory ar- 

 rangements, solicit contributions in plants, fruits, 

 fimoers, or culinary vegetables ; and specimens of either, 

 of a quality meriting distinction, will be thankfully 

 received and publicly acknowledged. When trans- 

 mitted from a distance, by public conveyance, the So- 

 ciety will cheerfully defray the cost of transportation. 

 They maybe addressed to Messrs. Landreth&Munns, 

 at their Seed Warehouse, No. 65 Chesnut street. 



Premiums for the following fruits, &c., to be com- 

 peted for, on that occasion, will be awarded at 2 

 o'clock, P. M., on the first day (20th,) of the E.xhibi- 

 tion, viz: — 



FOR NATIVE GRAPES. 



For the best Isabella, not less than si.x bunches, $3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best liland or Powell, do. do. 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best Catawba, do. do. 3 



'• " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best Elsinborough, do. do. 3 



" " next best do. do. do, 2 

 ♦' " best of another variety, not less than six 



bunches, 3 



FOREIGN GRAPES, RAISED IN THE OPEN AIR. 



For the best Black or Red Hamburgh, four bunches, $5 

 " " Hansteretto, do. 5 



" " Black Constantia, do. 5 



For the best Chasselas, four bunches, 

 " " White Gascoigne, do. 



" " do. Frontignac, do. 



" " St. Peter's, do. 



" " of another variety, do. 



$5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



FOREIGN GRAPES, RAISED UNDER GLASS, 

 WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL HEAT. 



For the best, not less than four bunches, $5 



" " next best, do. do. 3 



FOREIGN GRAPES, RAISED UNDER GLASS, 

 WITH ARTIFICIAL HEAT. 



For the best, not less than four bunches, $5 



" " next best, do. do. 3 



For the best peaches, not less than one peck, 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best do. do. two dozen, 2 



" " best do. do. one bushel, 10 



" " next best do. do. do. 5 



" " best Seckel pears, not less than one peck. 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best Butter do. do. do. 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best Barllett pears, not less than half a peck, 3 



" " best pears, of another variety, not less than 



one peck, . 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best and most numerous named varieties of 



pears, 5 



•' " next best do. do. do. 3 



" " best apples, not less than one peck, 2 



" " next best do. do. do. 1 



" " best do. do. one bushel, 3 



" " next best do. not less than one peck, 2 



" " best and most numerous named varieties of 



apples, 5 



" " next best do. do do. 3 



" " best quinces, not less than half a peck, 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best nectarines, not less than one dozen, 3 



" " best plums, not less than two dozen, 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best water melons, not less than three in 



number, 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best nutmeg melons, or variety thereof, not 



less than three in number, 2 



" " best potatoes, not less than one bushel, 2 



" " next best do. do. do. 1 



" " best sweet potatoes, do. 2 



" " best onions, not less than four dozen, 2 



" " best cabbage, not less than six heads, 3 



" " next best do. do. do. 2 



" " best Red cabbage, do. do. 3 



" " best carrots, garden culture, two dozen, 2 



" " best lettuce, not less than six heads, 2 



" " next best do. do. do. 1 



" " best endive, blanched, do. 2 



" " best salsify, not less than two dozen, 2 



" " best display of honey, 3 



" next best do. do. 2 



" " best fifty named varieties of dahlias, 5 



'■ " next best fifty named varieties of dahlias, 3 

 " " best twenty named varieties of dahlias, 3 



" " next best twenty named varieties of dahlias, 2 

 " " best American seedling parti-coloured dahlia, 3 

 " " best American seedling self-coloured dahlia, 3 

 " " best ten named varieties of dahlias, grown 



by amateurs, 3 



" " next best ten named varieties of dahlias, 



grown by amateurs, 2 



" best dahlia, grown by amateurs, 2 



" " best and most appropriate design, formed of 



cut flowers, &c. 20 



" " next best do. do. do. do. 15 



" " " " do. do. do. do. 10 



" " best pair of wreaths, for festooning, 10 



" " next best pair of wreaths, for do. 5 



" " best bouquet, 5 



" " next best bouquet, 3 



