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GENESEE FARMER. 



Oct. 



Notes on the Horticultural Department of the 

 State Fair at Buffalo. 



The place set apart for the exhibition of Hor- 

 ticultural products was designated, as usual, 

 " Floral Hall" — an immense tent we should 

 think at least 150 feet in diameter. Its interior 

 arrangement was admirably adapted to gratify 

 the spectators, and at the same time show ever}' 

 thing safely and to the best advantage. Around 

 the entire tent, on the outer circumference, was a 

 range of shelves or staging for the fruit ; then a 

 walk some 12 feet wide, next a range of tables 

 for vegetables, and in the center a chaste and 

 beautiful temple of evergreens, ornamented with 

 statuary, and surrounded by the flower stands 

 and ornaments. The aspect, on entering, was 

 highly imposing, and elicited from the multi- 

 tude continual exclamations of surprise and ad- 

 miration. It wanted but the accompaniment of 

 music to complete its similarity, in a certain 

 degree, to one of the splendid fetes of the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society in the Chiswick Gar- 

 den ; and we would beg to suggest the employ- 

 ment of it on future occasions of this kind. 



Dr. Thompson, of Aurora, Professor Cop- 

 pock, and the Ladies of the Buffalo Horticultural 

 Society, who superintended the construction, 

 arrangement and embellishment of this splendid 

 "Floral Hall," deserve the highest credit. We 

 cannot refrain from remarking, here, that the 

 ladies of Buffalo never fail to do their duty on 

 such occasions. They manifest a real practical 

 devotion to Flora. Their presence in the Hall 

 during the exhibition, and their kind And corteous 

 attention to strangers, gave additional charms to 

 the beautiful floral scene around them, and con- 

 veyed many delightful and lasting impressions. 



Among the Floral contributions of Buffalo, 

 that of Mr. V/m. Wert?, of Prospect Hill, was 

 prominent. He had two large stands of pot 

 plants, many of them quite rare, and all in fine 

 condition. We noticed some fine orange trees, 

 large specimens of Fuchsias, in bloom, a good 

 plant of Stephanotus florabundus, and a fine 

 specimen of Rondoletia speciosa in bloom. He 

 had also fine collections of Roses and Dahlias 

 tastefully shown in baskets of moss, and a Floral 

 ornament representing in form a candelabrum. 

 The main stalk (8 or 10 feet high) and branches 

 were covered with green, and on the tops of the 

 stalk and each of the branches was fixed a 

 bouquet. It attracted some attention, but in our 

 opinion was not worth the cost of making. 



B. HoDGK, F^sq., of the lUiflalo Nursery, contributed 50 

 varieties of Roses anil 45 of Dahlias in tasteful moss bas- 

 kets. Also, miscellanecus fruits. 



A. Bryant & Sons, of the Erie Co. Nursery, had an 

 elegant stand composed of baskets of Dahlias, Verbenas, 

 Asters, Sec, and a pyramid of misccllaneoua flowers. 



Mr. E. Tyler, a design, a floral tablet, composed of As- 

 ters, Verbenas, &c., in moss. 



Among the Ladies' contributiorjs we saw beautiful bou- 

 quets of various sixes and most elegant forms, from Mrs 



Coe, Miss Stone, Mrs. S. F. Pratt, Mrs. L. Eaton, Miss 

 Bryant and Miss Hodge, of Biiflalo ; Mrs. Vandeventer, of 

 Cold Spring : Mrs. E. T. T. Martin, of Auburn ; and from 

 Miss L. J. Whitney, of Rochester, a fine collection of Ver- 

 benas, Dahlias, &,c., elegantly arranged. 



l:]llvvanger, Barry & Rovve, of Rochester, presented a 

 large collection of Phloxes, Dahlias, Pansies, Verbenas, 

 Petunias, Roses, Asters, 10 week stocks, and other flowers 

 —shown singly in vials, besides 4 beautiful hand bouquets. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 

 Thls department fell far short of our expec- 

 tations, both in quantity and quality. The Hor- 

 ticultural Societies of Cleveland, Detroit and 

 Montreal presented large and fine collections, 

 filling up one entire side of the tent ; but the 

 New York Slate collections were far from what 

 they ought to have been. The best fruit grow* 

 ing eount>cs in the State — Monroe, Livingston, 

 Ontario, Wayne, Seneca, &c. — were repre- 

 sented by some half dozen meagre collections* 

 Those who expected to see on that occasion 

 the fine fruits of Western New York, were 

 greatly disappointed. This was owing to the 

 fact that nearly all the early summer fruits were 

 gone, and the winter fruits were too green to 

 show. Those who had a few autumn fruits in 

 season, did not consider them of sufficient im- 

 portance to show them : two weeks later there 

 would have been an immense display of fruit. 

 As it was, however, we must say that, in point 

 of quality, the exhibitition, as a whole, was in- 

 ferior to the Annual Fall Exhitions of our Hor- 

 ticultural Society, confined to a narrow circle 

 around the city of Rochester. 



Foreign CotUrilmtions. — The Cleveland Horticultural 

 Society exhibited 79 varieties of apples, 73 of pears, 22 of 

 peaches, 6 of plums, ',] of grapes, 4 of quinces, 3 of necta- 

 rines, 2 of almonds, and 1 of medlars, and paintings of 

 several new varieties of cherries from Mr. Case. The con- 

 tributors were Messrs. Mcintosh «fc Co., Nurserymen ; 

 Messrs. Morse & Houghton, Nurserymen ; Messrs. Gen, 

 Hoadley, J. M. Woolsey, T. P. Handy, Sara. Gillet, A. E. 

 Crittenden, Wm. Case, M. Lindley, H. H. Coit, VV. West, 

 S. Gallup, M. Hecox, Mrs. W. Smyth, Judge F. Wliit' 

 llesey, J. H. Gorliam, and I.«aac Brayton. A fine collection 

 of fruits was also exhibited by Messrs. F. R. Elliott & Co., 

 nurserymen of Cleveland. 



The Detroit Horticultural Society, represented by J. C. 

 Holmes, of Detroit, and Messrs. Hastings & Hubbard, of 

 Troy, Mich., made a large and beautiful display of fruits. 



The Montreal Horticulturnl Society, represented by Mr. 

 Hays, and Mr. Sheppard, a large collection of fine apples, 

 including several said to be sub varieties of the I''ameuse. 

 The specimens were rcniarkably clear colored and beatiful. 



James Dougail, Esq., of Amherslburg, C. W., presented 

 a beautiful collection of fruits consisting in part of 32 va^ 

 rioties of apples, 7 of plums, 3 of nectarines, (including 

 the Large I'-arly Violet,) a rare first rate variety, 5 varieties 

 of grapes, 8 of peaches, including the Early flialden, an 

 excellent new seedling variety produced by Mf. Dougail, 

 pronounced by the Pomological Convention to be first rate. 



Col. Thos. H. Perkins, of Boston, a vase of beautiful 

 peaches, nectarines and grapes, from his conservatory. 



H. M. Peck, Richluid, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, 7 

 varieties of large and handsome apples. 



New Ynric State Cnnir/'hu/iova.—L. Fay, Portland. Chau- 

 tauque County, an ov'.ensive orchardist. CG varieties ol 

 apples, includina several seedlings, 6 Varieties of peaches, 

 1.5 of pears, and 3 of quinces. Also, fruit of the Sloe and 

 Shepherdia. 



B. Hodge, nurseryman of Buffalo, 67 varieties of apples, 

 31 of Pears, 4 of grapes, 4 of peaches, and 2 of quinces. 



A. Bryant & Sons, nurserymen. Buffalo. C2 varieties of 

 apples, 30 of pears, 4 of grapes and 3 of quinces. 



Professor W. R. Coppock, of Buflalo, exhibited a large 



