458 Exhibitions of 



" The President, General Towson, before distributing the premiums, 

 delivered a neut and appropriate address on the occasion. The Re- 

 ports of the Committee of Arraniiements, descriptive of the former 

 Exhibition, and of the several Standing Committees, were then read by 

 Mr. Barnard (second Vice President), and Messrs. Gnnnell and Smith. 

 The ]Memiums consisted of handsomely-wrought silver vases, cups, 

 dishes, knives, medals, &c., executed to order, by Messrs. S. and V. 

 Masi, Williams, &c.. of Washington, and Mr. Villard, of Georgetown, 

 and were presented, with appropriate remarks, to the persons to whom 

 they had been i)reviously awarded by the society. A silver cup of the 

 value often dollars was presented to Mr. J. A. Smith, for the beautiful 

 and excellent s])ecimens of fruits and vegetables exhibited by him to the 

 Council from time to time, and at the Annual Exhibitions of the so- 

 ciety. Mr. Barnard declined receiving the premium awarded to hiu), 

 and presented a silver cream-and-sugar ladle, of double the value, as a 

 premium for the best two quarts of strawberries or raspberries which 

 should be exhibited by market-gardeners at the next Annual Exhibition 

 in 1336. After the premiums had been distributed. Dr. Jones, the 

 lecturer on Horticultural Chemistry, of the society, made some interest- 

 ing and appropriate remarks on the valuable properties of the liquid 

 caoutchouc, a specimen of which he exhibited. Some delicious speci- 

 mens of the pumpkin, prepared by a culinary pi'ocess for the occasion, 

 were presented by Mrs. Hall and Mr. Barnnrd and Mr. Smith, of which 

 the company were invited to j)artake, and all seemed to admit that this 

 vegetable, thus prepared, was as delightful to the ])alate as it was nu- 

 tritious to the body. The whole Exhil)ition, which lasted about four 

 hours, wa<, in no ordinary degree, gratifying and interesting, and fur- 

 nished satisfactory evidence of the great and obvious im|)rovements 

 which had been made in the various products of the garden, by the ope- 

 ration of the society, in affording encouragement to those who devote 

 their leisure or exertions to the salutary and useful pursuits of Horti- 

 culture." (National Intelligencer, Nov. 12, 1836.) 



Mr. J. Pierce exhibited cabbages weighing twenty pounds. Mr. 

 Hickey, savoys weighing eight pounds and three quarters, and long 

 blood beets weighing ten pounds. Mr. Hoppe, cauliflowers weighing 

 seven pounds. Mr. Ouseley, cabbages weighing eighteen and a half 

 pounds. Col. Taylor, one weighing twenty pounds. Mr. Douglas, Jr. 

 extra specimens of cabbages, the largest weighing thirty-one and a 

 half pounds. Mr. Crimmins exhibited fine celery. Mrs. Whitney a 

 large pumpkin weighing ninety-nine pounds. Mr. J. A. Smith exhibit- 

 ed fine cabbages, cauliflowers, green peas, celery, Valparaiso, and crook- 

 neck squashes, and several kinds of turnips. 



The prizes for the best fruits and vegetables exhibited between the 

 first and second annual meetings, were awarded as follows: — Fruits: 

 Mrs. Joseph Gales for various fruits. Mrs. Seaton for various fruits. 

 Mrs. M. Smith for lemons. Miss Bingham for strawberries and cher- 

 ries. Mr. J. Agsr for apples. Mr. Cammack for gooseberries. R. 

 S. Coxe various fruits. Robert Dick for various fruits. A. liindsay 

 for grapes. J. Ouseley for hautbois strawberries. Joshua Pierce for 

 green-house fruits. W. Redien for various fruits. J. A. Smith for 

 various and numerous specimens. A. Suter for best oranges. 



Vegetables: To Dr. Baj'ne, for various articles. Jesse Brown, for 

 best and earliest celery. H. F. Camp, for various articles. Wm. 

 Cammack, for finest cucumbers, asparajius, brocoli, and early cabbages. 

 M, Crimmins, for various frame productions and large celery. John 

 Douglas, for the finest cabbages. Joseph Gales, T. Grimes, H.V.Grimes, 

 and William Hickey, for various articles. E. Hoppe, for forced vegeta- 



