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prize. Among others that I noticed as fine were specimens of St. Vincent do 

 Paul, Belle de Septembre, Belle de Fouquet, Grand Soleil, Buerrc Superfin, 

 Buerre Hardy, Doyenne Jamain, Prince Albert, Lieut. Portevin, Nouvelle Fulvie 

 Marie Jallais, Fondante du Bois or Flemish Beauty, Buerre Merode, and Buerre 

 Lucon. The largest pears that I observed were of the. Belle Angevine variety. 

 The specimens of Beurre Diel, Duchesse, Marie Louise, Clairgeau, and De 

 Tongres, although good, were hardly equal to some that I had before seen in 

 the United States ; while those of the American varieties — the Swan's Orange 

 and Seckcl — were mucli inferior to some of each that I had before seen. Among 

 the principal contributors of fruit were the following, whose names are well known 

 to American cultivators, — M. Andre Leroy of Angus, who showed five hundred 

 and sixty varieties of apples and pears, principally of pears ; MM. Jamin and 

 Durant of Bourg le Reine, and AL Duprey Jamain of Paris, who both had large 

 collections of fine specimens. One exhibiter from Belgium showed four hundred 

 and sixty-eight varieties of pears, including sixty-four different seedlings of his 

 own raising, a single specimen of each variety. 



But the part of this exhibition that struck me with most surprise was the 

 show of apples, that much exceeded any thing of the kind that I had supposed 

 possible in Europe. They were here exhibited in large quantity and very great 

 variety: the specimens were generally very fine, and well grown ; many very large, 

 smooth, fair, and of great beauty. I have before seen large and fine collections 

 of apples exhibited in America ; but I have never seen a show of them, that for 

 the number of varieties, and the beauty and excellence of the specimens, would 

 compare with this. As I am not fond of apples, and but seldom eat them, I am 

 not, perhaps, fitted to judge of the quality of this fruit as grown in France ; but, 

 so far as I have tasted them, it appears to me that apples grown in France 

 compare very favorably with those generally raised in Massachusetts. 



Upon the tables were some plums of Coe's Golden Drop, and of a few other 

 late varieties ; and a few dishes of very large, and, in appearance, very magnificent 

 peaches. It was too late in the season for a large display of these fruits. 



The show of flowers was composed of plants in pots, and of cut-flowers : 

 among the latter, the most noticeable were roses, gladioli, double zinnias, petunias, 

 and dahlias. Of the plants in pots I can say but little. I made but little exam- 

 mation of them. There was a large quantity, although but few were in flower; 

 and I can now only recollect some air-plants, whose flowers, from their singular 

 forms or their delicate hues and marking, attracted attention. 



There was a great display of cut roses, arranged in long rows : these were 

 of all colors, although red from light pink to dark crimson was the prevailing 

 hue. As I walked down the long file, I noticed many that were large, of fine 

 form, and very double. I particularly noticed a large double yellow rose, marked 

 Marshal Neil, that was very conspicuous ; besides many fine blooms that were 

 very beautiful, but which I cannot now designate by their names. 



There was a large show of petunias of different colors ; besides those of one 

 color, many that were variegated. Some of the kinds exhibited were entirely 

 new. 



The double zinnias were very remarkable. They were of different colors. 



