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AWARD OF PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



Asters. — For the best thirty flowers, 10 van, to Evers & Bock, $5. 

 For the next best, to Hovey & Co., $-4. 

 For the next best, to Jas. Nugent, ^3. 

 For the next best, to A. Bowditch & Son, $2. 

 Gratuities. — To W. C. Strong, Jona. French, Jr., Galvin &. Hogan, 

 Wm. Blake, E. S. Rand, Jr., J. Breck & Son, and Messrs. Burr, for 

 asters, .f 1 each. 

 To W. J. Underwood $2 for stocks, and J. Nugent $1 for the same. 

 Fruit: From L. Spaulding, Bartlett pears. From M. Leavett, grapes. 

 From C. E. Grant, Green Gage plums and Coolidge's Favorite peaches. 

 From T. Clapp, Gravenstein apples, extra fine. From E. Wight, Graven- 

 stein apples and Doyenne Boussock pears. From Jas. Eustis, Burr, Mai- 

 den's Blush, Porter and Gravenstein apples. From T. Hastings, Diamond 

 plums. From B. Harrington, Bartlett pears and a var. of peaches. From 

 G. Nelson, Bartlett pears and four var. peaches. From F. Dana, Beurr6 

 d'Amalis pears. From F. Marsh, Bartlett pears. From J. W. Baldwin, 

 figs. From Gen. Joseph Newhall, fine figs. From J. V. Wellington, three 

 var. peaches. From Galvin &, Hogan, Andrews, Doyenn6 Boussock, Belle 

 Lucrative and Bartlett pears, peaches and plums. 



From Hovey & Co., Boston and Duchess de Berri pears. From E. C. 

 Holmes, East Bridgewater, native grapes. From N. Stetson, Noblesse and 

 Shanghae Chrystan peaches ; the latter very large, beautiful and excellent : 

 whether an imported variety or a seedling we are uninformed. From S. 

 Merriam, pears and Improved blackberries. From H. Vandine, 19 var. 

 plums, four var. apples, and eight of pears. From J. S. Sleeper, handsome 

 specimens of St. Ghislain, Harvard and Beurr6 d'Amalis pears ; also, three 

 var. apples. 



The Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Society was held 

 at the Music Hall, Boston, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 

 Sept. 16, 17, 18 and 19. The hall was decorated in a similar manner to 

 that of the year previous, but in better style, and with a greater profusion 

 of evergreens and flowers. The ceiling was festooned with streamers of 

 various colors, and the columns were prettily wreathed. The arrangement 

 of the tables was the same, and the plants were arranged on the stage 

 upon the platform, in the rear of tlie designs, which occupied a prominent 

 position in front. On the panels of the galleries were the names of emi- 

 nent botanists, horticulturists, pomologists, and patrons of the Society. 

 The Germania Band discoursed eloquent music both day and evening, and 

 a ple£Lsanter promenade could scarcely be conceived than the rounds of the 

 hall, amid beautiful flowers and fine fruits. The display of plants in pots, 

 though not large, was an improvement on last year. Some of the speci- 

 mens were superb. The Heaths of Mrs. Pratt, and the Achimenes of 

 Hovey & Co., could not well be surpassed. A JVymphae^a caerulea, from 

 E. S. Rand, Jr., and a bloom of Victoria from J. F. Allen, were attractive 

 objects. The Designs, though good, were scarcely up to the standard of 



