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fine. From Geo. Nichols, Muscat of Alexandria and 3 other var. grapes. 

 From J. F. Allen, grapes in variety. From F. Marsh, Sops of Wine apples. 

 From J. Nugent, extra fine Improved blackberries. From G. Merriam, fine 

 Lawton blackberries. 



August i6. — Exhibited. Flowers: From F. Winship, E. Stone, Galvin 

 & Hogan, Mrs. M. A. Bird, T. L. Capen, Mrs. Holman, E. A. Story, W. J. 

 Underwood, T. Page, P. Barnes and others. 



From Messrs. Breck & Son, a fine collection of phloxes, and extra fine 

 balsams. From Hovey & Co. forty varieties of phloxes, many of them now 

 exhibited for the first time ; also, English heaths, from plants growing in 

 the open ground, which stood out last winter. From C. F. Jones, four fine 

 orchids, viz., Milton?a spectabilis, Cattleya Mossias, a Stanhopea and a 

 Cymbidium. 



AWARD OF PRFMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



Phloxes. — For the best, to Hovey & Co., $5, for the following var. 

 Gem, (Hovey's,) M. Rical, M. Hardy, Jaune Rouillard, Alba perfecta, 

 M. Randatler, Laurent de St. Cyr, Speciosa, Madame de Vatry, and 

 a new Striped seedling. 

 For the next best, to J. Breck & Son, $'4, for the following : — Admiral 

 de Leon, dec6ra, purpurea, Princess Marianne, Occulata, and Breck's 

 Mrs. Webster, America, rubra, Queen of the Whites, and one new 

 seedling. 

 For the third best, to J. Nugent, $3. 

 Gratuities. — To C. F. Jones, for orchids, $3. 

 To E. S. Rand, Jr., for Antirrhinums, .$2. 

 To Galvin & Hogan, P. Barnes, and E. S. Rand, Jr., $1 each. 

 Fruit : From Messrs. Burr, fine Red Astrachan apples. From Geo. L. 

 Baxter, apricots. From J. Eustis, Early Harvest apples. From F. Marsh, 

 Sops of Wine apples. From G. Davenport, Brinckle's Orange raspberries. 

 From G. B. Cutter, Improved and common blackberries and fine Williams 

 apples. From Richard Ward, a very handsome apple, without name, sup- 

 posed to be new. From G. Merriam, fine Lawton blackberries. From J. 

 F. Allen, grapes in variety. From E. S. Williams, Jersey prize melon. 

 From C. S. Holbrook, melons. From J. Nugent, Improved blackberries. 

 Evers & Bock, W. W. Wheildon, E. Stone, B. Harrington, and others, 

 apples, pears, &c. 



From Hovey & Co.. 14 varieties of Summer pears, as follows : — Blood- 

 good, Osband's Summer, Supreme de Quimper, Salviati, Summer St. Ger- 

 main, Passans du Portugal, Belle de Bruxelles, Tyson, Rostiezer, Windsor, 

 Skinless, Beurre Giffart, Duchesse de Berri, &c. From M. P. Wilder, 

 Beurr6 Giffart, Doyenne d'Et6, Zoar Beauty, Bloodgood, and Supreme 

 de Quimper, also. Red Astrachan apples. From H. Vandine, four va- 

 rieties of plums, Beurr6 Giffart pears, and Early Bough and Sops of Wine 

 apples. 



