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tion ; to E. W. Bull, for Concord grapes ; to C. B. Shaw, for 

 extra fine specimens of grapes ; to J. A. Stetson, for fine 

 specimens of apples ; to Ilovey & Co., for fine specimens of 

 B. Langelier pears ; to C. S. Holbrook, for fine specimens of 

 peaches ; a silver medal each. 

 To Levi Jennings, Jr., for Isabella grapes ; to John Gordon, for 

 Beurre Diel pears ; to J. S. Sleeper, for Dix pears ; to S. E. 

 Chubbuck, for St. Michael pears; a bjonze medal each. 

 To Samuel Walker, forUrbaniste pears ; Appleton bronze medal. 

 To E. C. Tracy, for Isabella grapes ; to A. Thompson, for Del- 

 aware grapes ; a silver medal each. 

 The premiums at the Annual Exhibition have been reported in our last 

 volume (XXI.), page 492. 



The preliminary remarks of the Chairman not being ready, will appear 

 in our February Number. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS, 



AWARDING PREMIUMS DURING THE YEAR. 



On the 22d day of June the Committee on Gardens visited the estab- 

 lishment of Mr. Joseph Breck, situated in the town of Brighton, a few 

 miles from the city of Boston. 



Mr. Breck is well known to horticulturists, as the author of an excellent 

 treatise on the Cultivation of Flowers, and as the proprietor of one of the 

 leading seed stores in Boston. Much was expected from his acknowledged 

 skill, taste and perseverance, and the Committee pay him but a proper and 

 deserved compliment in expressing the gratification that rewarded their 

 examination. 



The garden of Mr. Breck contains (including the buildings) two and 

 three quarters acres, very irregular in shape. His original purchase, four 

 years since, consisted of a lot of about one acre ; on it were all the build- 

 in o-s, green-house, graperies, &c., as they now stand. Two years subse- 

 quently he purchased an adjoining lot of one and three quarters acres, 

 then in grass ; upon which were about thirty apple trees, some of them 

 quite large, and all in a bearing state with good fruit, but in very bad con- 

 dition. There were also seven or eight fine Mazzard cherry trees, and 

 gome plums. The apple trees have been greatly improved by pruning, 

 scraping, &c., insomuch that the apples are nearly twice as large as they 

 formerly were ; yielding last year thirty barrels of fine fruit. The Maz- 

 zards have been budded and grafted ; and now have fine heads of choice 

 varieties of cherries. 



The lot last purchased was bounded for more than thirty rods by an old 

 fashioned stone wall; this has been used for under-drains and foundations 

 for the walks ; these walks are five feet wide, and have been made with 

 stones, coal ashes and gravel, and are at all times dry and comfortable. 

 The edgings are mostly of Box, there being about five hundred yards of 

 this plant. A portion of the grass plats have been graded, and fanciful 



