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this Downing's Seedling; the Purple Gage seems to be identical with 

 the Reine Claude Violet of the Fom. Mag., and the Flushing Gage the 

 same as the Imperial. From E. Vose, Red Juneating, Shropshirevine, 

 and Lady Haley's Nonsuch apples; Green Gage, Imperial or White 

 Gage, and Corse's Nota Bene plums. From &. Downer, Williams's 

 Favorite, and River apples, also the Yellow or Amber Siberian, large 

 Siberian, and small Siberian crab apples; an unknown variety of pear. 

 From Judge Jackson, Brookline, Black Hamburgh Grapes. From E. 

 Cruft, Boston, Bolmar Washington plums. From J. Balch, Black 

 Prince, French purple, and Blanquette grapes, all fine specimens. From 

 R. Manning, Drap d'Or, Orleans, and Precoce de Tours plums, and 

 Bloodgood pears. From S. Pond, White Gage, Duane's Purple, and 

 Corse's Nota Bene plums; also Skinless pears. From E. M. Richards, 

 Catherine peai's. From J. Leonard, Taunton, English Red Cheek ap- 

 ples. From C. Cowing, Williams's Favorite apples. From S. Phipps, 

 a variety of plum, the name unknown. From Capt. W. Clapp, Dor- 

 chester, Clapp pears. 



The quarterly meeting of the Society was held to-day. A committee 

 of arrangements was chosen to prepare for an exhibition by the Society. 



Read. A letter from E. T. Andrews, Esq. of Dorchester, accompa- 

 nied with the present of a volume to the library, 



Sept. lOth. — Exhibited. From S. Walker, Lobelia cardinalis, Salvia 

 fiilgens, phloxes, China astei's, larkspurs, marygolds, and dahlias, vizi- 

 Beauty of Cambridge, Lady Foi'dwich, atropurpurea. Lord Liverpool, 

 Miss Pelham, &c.; also, two specimens of Mr. Richardson's seedlings. 

 From the Botanic Garden, by Mr. Carter, Gentiiina saponaria, Draco- 

 cephalum virginianum, jRosa bracteata, and a variety of dahlias, viz : — 

 Queen of dahlias, .>2nemonefl6ra striata, King of the Whites, Widnall's 

 Phyllis, Douglas's Augusta, &c. From S. R. Johnson, dahlias of seve- 

 ral kinds, among which were, Lady Fordwich, Cedo NuUi,! Mrs. Wil- 

 kinson, Guido, Angelina, Harris's Fulminans, and Duchess of Bedford. 



From S. Sweetser, a variety of dahlias, including Lady Campbell, 

 Laura, Maid of the Mill, Granta, Priestley's Enchantress, Othello, 

 Enchanter, Perfection, &c. From Hovey & Co., a large number of 

 dahlias, viz: — Hermione, Widnall's Venus, Black Prince, Emperor, 

 Coronet and King of dahlias, Metropolitan Calypso, Widnall's Clio 

 and Paris, Village Maid, Douglas's Criterion, Rising Sun, Sulphurea 

 excelsa. Queen of the Yellows, Negro Boy, Queen Bess, &c.; also, 

 scarlet zinnias, double asters, MUdia elegans, and several kinds of 

 phloxes. 



Fruits: — From S. E. Coues, Portsmouth, presented by Hovey & Co., 

 seedling apples; a very excellent variety, and deserving of a name. 

 From R. Manning, Dearborn's Seedling pear, and a kind the name 

 unknown; also, Brevoort's Purple Washington, Bolmar's Washington, 

 Grosse Reine Claude, Byfield and Prince's Imperial Gage plums: the 

 Byfield is a very productive variety, and a pretty looking fruit. From 

 S. Pond, Magnum Bonum, Green Gage, Smith's Orleans, Duane's 

 Purple, Prince's Imperial Gage and Seedling (?) plums. From E. 

 Vose, Bolmar's Washington plums ; also. Lady Haley's Nonsuch 

 apple. From E. M. Richards, Early Sweeting, Gilliflower, Curtis's 

 Early Striped, Lady Haley's Nonsuch, Porter, Benoni, Wait's Early, 

 Red and Green Sweeting, Shropshirevine, Red Juneating, Early Har- 

 vest, Early Bough, and the Summer Pearmain apples, and tAVO sorts 

 without names: the Summer Pearmain is a fine fruit; also, pears, the 

 names unknown. From E, Crufts, Bolmar's Washington plum. From 

 S. R. Johnson, White Gage, Prince's Imperial Gage, and Bolmar's 

 Washington plum. 



September nth. — Exhibited. From S. Sweetser, Gloxinia maculJita, 



