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reserved for pasture, which allotted to meadow, &c., &c. — thus prcventin'>' 

 over-working of the laud, or any deviation from what has been ascertained 

 to be the best system of agriculture. The result is, that these lands arc 

 among the best cultivated lands in all this well-cultivated region, and 

 uniformly yield as heavy crops as any other in this prolific valley. 



The rents, as I learn from " old settlers," are as follows: For the best 

 wheat lands, eight bushels of wheat per acre ; for other wheat lands, from 

 five to seven bushels ; and for lands used for meadows, spring crops, etc., 

 from S3 to $4 per acre ; and the land is eagerly sought for at these prices. 



TiiK regular Exhibition of the New- York Horticultural Society took 

 place on the 2Gth of September. The Exhibition was in every respect 

 the best ever given in the city. In the flower room, which was under 

 the charge of Mr. Thomas Hogg, the well-known florist, a fine band of 

 music added a pleasing feature to the entertaining exhibition. The 

 following account of its proceedings we quote from the New- York 

 Tribune. 



THE FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 



Commencing at the entrance on the left, the visitors were shown three 

 beautiful .stands of flowers, having attached to them pendant baskets filled 

 with floral beauties. They were all of exquisite design. The desio-ners 

 were Miss De Grauw of Brooklyn, 3Ir. Wm. Fitzpatrick and Mr. W. C. 

 Wilson of New- York. On the end of the same table was exhibited a 

 large cornucopia, at the end of Avhieli was lying a profusion of fruits, 

 flowers and grains, arranged in beautiful taste. A fine collection of 

 green-hou.se plants was exhibited by Mr. Alexander Muir, gardener of 

 Mr. R. L. Stuart of New- York. A rare collection was also exhibited by 

 the gardener of Mrs. Holbrook — among which was a rare plant known as 

 the feristcria data, a plant from Panama, which is regarded superstitiously 

 by the natives. The collection of Mr. Hogg, too, was large, varied and 

 rare. Among others, he exhibited a new species of the holly, from Japan, 

 called ilex cornuta. The competition for bouquet premiums was very 

 great. Eight baskets, ten pairs of hand, and three parlor bouquets, 

 arranged in faultless taste, were exhibited. Mr. Wm. Cranston, gardener 

 to Mr. E. L. Stevens of Hoboken, exhibited some fine green-house plants. 

 Among the varieties were a fine specimen of maranta zebrina, and two 

 specimens of the palm — the sago palm and the conipha umhraculifera. 

 Other fine specimens of hot-house plants were exhibited by 3Ir. J. W. 

 Wood of Washington Heights, and Mr. George Saul, gardener of Shepard 

 Knapp. Among Mr. Saul's contributions was a fine and large orange tree. 



The display of dahlias was large, varied and fine. The varieties 

 embraced almost every color, .shade and size. Among the exhibitors 

 were George C. Thornton of Newark, Mateo Donadi of Astoria, James 

 Weir of Bay Ridge, Long Island, B. G. Burgess of Glen Cove, H. A. 

 Graafi' & Son of Brooklyn, Alexander Muir of New- York, Joseph Taylor 

 of New- York and A. liichardson of Fordham. 



