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may be slaughtered. Sometimes, on the coast, 

 a load of worthless fish may be obtained. Far- 

 mers are little aware what an amount of rich 

 liquid manure may be obtained at a very 

 trifling cost. Although not one myself, I 

 know, from the effects produced at various 

 times on a small scale in my garden, that 

 animal matter in solution with lime, is an 

 active and powerful manure; and what in- 

 duced me to think it might be a preventive 

 to the fly was, that I had observed, however 

 stale and foetid, animal life cannot exist in it. 



Premiums of Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



The Committee on fruits, beg leave to report that 

 they are agreeably disappointed in the quality as well 

 as quantity of delicious fruit, exhibited at this four- 

 teenth annua! display of the Horticultural Society. 

 After the most patient and delicate attention to their 

 various duties, they award premiums as follows: 



NATIVE GRAPES. 



Best Isabella, to John M. Ogden. 



Second-best Isabella, to Thomas Savery. 



Best Bland, or Powell, to Townsend Hilliard. 



Second-best Bland, or Powell, to do. 



Best Catawba, to William Sinton, gardener to Gen. 

 Patterson. 



Second-best Catawba, to C. S. Hunt. 



Best Elsinborough, of another variety, to Mrs. B. 

 Browning, Camden, N. J. 



FOREIGN GRAPES, OPEN AIR. 



Best Black, or Red Hamburg, to Edwin Middle-ton. 

 Best Hansterello, to Gebhard Harris. 

 Best Golden Chasselas, to Townsend Hilliard. 

 Best Malaga, or Portugal, to James Laws. 

 Best of another variety, to Townsend Hilliard. 



BEST FOREIGN, UNDER GLASS, WITHOUT 

 ARTIFICIAL HEAT. 



Best White Syrian, to A. Pascoe, eardener to Nicho- 

 las Biddle. 



Best Black Hamburg, to Robert Egee, gardener to 

 Joseph Cowperthwait. 



RAISED UNDER GLASS, BY HEAT. 



Best St. Peter's White Muscat of Alexandria, Frank- 

 erithal, Constantia of Zante, and Plack Hamburg, to 

 William H. Carse, gardener to Nathan Dunn, N. J. 



Best White Syrian and others, to Edward Noyes, 

 gardener to R. S. Field, Princeton, N. J. 



Best peaches, not less than one peck, to Jacob Rey- 

 bold, Delaware. 



Second-best peaches, to John Satterthwait. 



Best two dozen, to John Reybold. 



Best bushel, (Tippecanoe,) to George Thomas, N. L. 



Second-best do. contributor unknown. 



Best Seckle pears, one peck, to Benjamin B. Shuster, 

 New Jersey. 



Best Butter pears, one peck, to W. Chalmers, Jr., 

 gardener to George Pepper. 



Best apples, one peck, contributor unknown. 



Second-best apples, one peck, to George B. Deacon, 

 Burlington, N. J. 



Best apples, one bushel, to W. E. Rogers. 



Three best watermelons, to J. J. Hatch, Camden. 



Three second-best do. to Thomas Mullen, gardener to 

 Miss Gratz. 



Best quinces, half peck, to Judge Wilkins, Camden, 

 New Jersey. 



The Committee on vegetables, have awarded the fol- 

 lowing premiums: 



Best potatoes, one bushel, to William Parry, of N. J. 



Best Sweet potatoes, one bushel, to William Brown, 

 of New Jersey. 



Best onions, four dozen, to John Riley, gardener of 

 the Insane hospital. 



Best cabbage, six heads, Richard S. Field, Princeton, 

 New Jersey. 



Second-best cabbage, six heads, to Albinus L. Felton. 



Best Red cabbage, six heads, to George B. Roessler. 



Best carrots, two dozen, to Albinus L. Felton. 



Best lettuce, six heads, to Anthony Felton. 



Best endive, six dozen, to Jacob Engleman. 



Best salsify, two dozen, to Anthony Felton. 



The Committee also awarded the following honorary 

 premiums : 



For two fine Valparaiso squashes, and one fine mam- 

 moth pumpkin, to David Comfort. 



For very fine egg plants, to Jacob Engleman. 



For the best display of vegetables, to Anthony Fel- 

 ton. 



For a fine display of vegetables, to Albinus L. Felton. 



For the next fine display of vegetables, to J. Engle- 

 man. 



For the best honey, to Jeremiah Comfort, of Mont- 

 gomery county, Pa. 



For the second-best honey, W. W. Keen, No. 106, 

 south Third street. 



For the next best honey, J. Laumaster, Burlington, 

 New Jersey. 



The Committee on flowers, awarded as follows: 



For the best fifty varieties of dahlias, to Mr. George 

 C. Thorburn, New York. 



For the second-best fifty varieties of dahlias, to Wm. 

 Carvill, Haverford college. 



For the best twenty varieties of dahlias, to Gerhard 

 Schmitz. 



For the second-best twenty varieties of dahlias, to 

 William Sinton, gardener to General Patterson. 



For the best American Seedling parti-coloured dah- 

 lias, to Gerhard Schmitz. 



For the best American Seedling self-coloured dahlias 

 to Robert Kilvington, Lemon Hill. 



For the best ten varieties of dahlias, grown by ama- 

 teurs, to General R. Patterson. 



For the second best ten varieties of dahlias, grown 

 by amateurs, to Gerhard Schmitz. 



For the best and most appropriate design, formed o( 

 cut Mowers, to Samuel Maupay, a triumphal arch. 



For the second-best and most appropriate design, to 

 Joseph Cook, gardener to William Norris, Esq., a very 

 beautiful grotto. 



For next best and most appropriate design, to Peter 

 Fleming, gardener to W. R. Hanson, Esq., a very hand- 

 some urn, composed of flowers. 



For the best pair of festoons, to William Chalmers, 

 Sr.. gardener to Mrs. Stott. 



For the second-best pair of festoons, to Mrs. Archi- 

 bald Henderson. 



For the best bouquet, to Edward Smith. Camden. 



For the second-best bouquet, to Daniel Maupay. 



HONORARY PREMIUMS. 



To Archibald Henderson, gardener to Wharton Chan- 

 cellor. Esq., $* for lart;e fancy design. 



To H. & A. Uber, $7 for a design of a temple. 



To John Gait, gardener to Samuel W. Gumbos, Esq., 

 $5 for a very beautiful flower urn. 



To N. J. Jennings, Cedar Grove, $5 for a design of a 

 grotto. 



To James Pentland, .«5 for a design of a spire. 



To John Sherwood, $i for a handsome design of cut 

 flowers. 



To R. Henry, gardener to W. E. Rogers, Esq., $i for 

 a fanciful design. 



To Mrs. General Patterson, Miss Gratz and Robert 

 Kilvington, S3 each, for a beautiful basket bouquet. 



