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this growing taste, more especially for the wild plants of our fields and 

 pastures ; and we trust that we shall oftener see them mingled in with 

 the foreign plants, in the borders of the gardens of every true lover of 

 Flora. 



At half past three o'clock in the afternoon, an address was delivered 

 before the Society, by Prof. J. L. Russell. The subject was Natural 

 History in its various branches. We wish we could follow Mr. Russell 

 through his highly eloquent and interesting address, and enlarge upon 

 some of the most important points ; but our limits will not allow of 

 this. The Society will undoulitedly publish the address, and, should we 

 be fiivored with a copy, it will give us much pleasm-e to lay some ex- 

 tracts before our readers. 



Manjland Horticultural Societij. — The anniversary meeting of this 

 Society was held at Baltimore on the 21st of June, 1836. Officers were 

 chosen for the ensuing year, and premiums announced for articles ex- 

 hibited from June, 1835, to June, 1836. The following is the report of 

 the various Committees :-:- 



Vegetables — To W. McBurney, for the best cauliflowers ; to James 

 Stranoch, for forced lettuce ; to Thomas Dixon, for open ground let- 

 tuce -, to Richard Valentine, for open ground rhubarb ; to Thomas 

 French, for be-ts ; to Caleb Whittemore, for cape brocoli ; to Thomas 

 Kehoe, for celery ; to William Feast, for egg plants ; to Thomas Dixon, 

 for tomatoes ; to Peter Coombs, for salsify ; to James Maidlow, for 

 pickling cucumbers ; to Thomas Dixon, for Lima beans ; to Peter 

 Nantz, for crooked neck squash ; to William McBurney, for early 

 York cabbages ; to Edmund Kean, for early potatoes ; to Thomas 

 Kehoe, for mushrooms ; to F. E. McHenry, for onions from seed ; 

 to Edmund Kean, for asparagus, the amateur premium ; to John 

 Feast, for his new variety of cucumber, called the " superb Long 

 Green," a specimen of which measured two feet seven mches, a dis- 

 cretionary premium. 



Fruits — To Sanuiel Feast, Jr., for the best strawberries ; to Richard 

 Valentine, for gooseberries ; to Caleb Whittemore, for ras])berries ; to 

 Richard Valentine, for grapes ; to Mrs. Forney, for plums ; to Wesley 

 Hancock, for early apples ; to H. V. Somerville, for early peaches ; to 

 Mrs. H. Birkhead, for a])ricots ; to Robert Gihuor, Sen., for figs ; to 

 Henry Thompson, for cantaloupes ; to Henry Moore, for pears ; to 

 Peter Coombs, a discretionary premium for his late pears ; to Miss E. 

 Schroeder, a discretionary premium for her fine Spanish chesnuts ; to 

 Gen. T. M. Forman, a discretionary premium for his late cherry. 



Floioers — For the best collection of the Camelliffl japonica, including 

 the greatest number of kinds and finest bloom, to Samuel Feast ; for 

 the best seedling Camelh'rt japonica, to Zebulon Waters ; for collection 

 of dahlias, to John Feast ; for seedling dahlias, to Gideon B. Smith ; 

 for azaleas, to Edward Kurtz ; for amaryllisses, to Edward Kurtz ; for 

 collection of pelargoniums, to J. Feast ; for seedling pelargoniums, to 

 Z. Waters ; for China roses in open ground, to S. Feast ; for chrysan- 

 themums, to Mrs. Geo. H. Keerl ; for carnations, including seedlings, 

 to Z. Waters ; for tulips, to Thomas Edmondson ; for hyacinths, to 

 Mrs. B. L Cohen ; for ])rimula polyanthuses, to Sanuiel Feast ; for 

 collection of succulents in bloom, to the Gardener of St. Mary's Col- 

 lege ; for collection of herbaceous plants, to Jno. Feast ; for the finest 

 and rarest exotic, the amateur premium, to Samuel Feast ; a discretion- 

 ary premium to William Wilson, for his fine seedling dahlia, the Hunt- 

 ingdon. 



Upwards of two hundred dollars were given away in premiums. 



{Farmer and Gardener.) 



