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were sold at quotations; said to be a fine variety. The stock of apples 

 is very large, and but few sales effected; very little indeed is doing in 

 this fruit; prices at the south are uncommonly low. Of pears, there are 

 no fine eating kinds in the market. Cranberries remain the same. Or- 

 anges and lemons are lower; the stock is, however, very small; but sev- 

 eral large arrivals are daily expected. Sweet oranges are very scarce.. 

 Chestnuts are lower, and but little doing in the article. Walnuts are 

 lower; neary all the northern nuts are very poor, the early frosts having 

 severely injured them; southern ones are exceedingly fine. Yours, 

 Boston, Dec. '21st, 1835. M. T. 



Art. VI. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, January 2. — Exhibited. From M. P. Wilder, flowers of 

 the following camellias: — C. japonica anemoneflora alba. Chandler*, 

 and rosa miindi; the latter, the first flower of the kind exhibited before 

 the society. 



From Wm. Pratt, Jr. Esq., Oakley Place, an apple, the name lost: 

 supposed the Pomme Gris. From Wm. Kenrick, received from Dr. 

 S. P. Hildreth, Marietta, Ohio, an aj)ple, called the Lemon pippin, a 

 fruit medium size, oblong, conical; skin pale yellow; flavor excellent; 

 also the pound pear, a fine large specimen. From Cheever Newhall, 

 Beurre d'Areraherg pears. From E. Bartlett, Golden pippin apples; the 

 specimens perfect; also pippins, Lady apple and Fountain a])ples. 



January 13. — Exhibited. From M. H. Ruggles, Fall River, specimens 

 of two kinds of native pears; the original tree growing in Rhode Island. 

 Mr. Ruggles suggests that they should be named the Chase pear, and the 

 JVardpear. 



Received. A letter from B. Maund, Esq., of Broomsgrove, Eng- 

 land. A paper on the naturalization of plants from Mr. A. J. Downing, 

 New burgh, N. Y. 



January 16. — Exhibited. From R. Manning, Danvers Sweet, Ribston 

 pippin, Conway, Boxford, Ortley pippin, Pickman, Lyscom, and Bell- 

 flower, apples; also a good baking apple; Catillac, Gloux morceaux, 

 and Passe Colmar pears. From S. Downer, Bezi Vaet pears. From Dr. 

 O. Fiske, Worcester, Quince ap])les. From J. W. Foster, Portsmouth, 

 N. H. a seedling apple. From Rufus Kittredge, Portsmouth, N. H.,. 

 eight kinds of apples, names mostly unknown; some of very good qual- 

 ities; one marked No. 8, supposed Gardner's sweeting. 



January 23. — Exhibited. From M. P. W^ilder, flowers of twelve va- 

 rieties of camellias: — alba plena, anemoneflora alba, Chandlert, Au- 

 gusta, Charles Auguste, punctata, Rosst, variegata plena, papaveracea, 

 oxoniensis, rosa niundi, and imbricata. 



From S. Sweetser, flowers of Camellia japonica althaeseflora, fimbria- 

 ta and pulcherrima. From the Hon. T. Lyman, Jr. a variety of pear, 

 supposed the 'Echasserie. From C. Newhall, Wilkinson pears, and 

 two kinds of apples, names unknown. From Jos. Balch, an English 

 apple, the name unknown. 



