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The number of plants exhibited was very large. Mr. J. B. Smitli sent 

 upwards of 100 species and varieties of tlie Cacti, among which we 

 notice, as new, Echinocactus Breckenridge«n»5 and BuistjV/nKS, and Cc- 

 reus Smithmniw and Victoria, besides several otJiers ; General Patterson, 

 George Pepper and James Dundas, Col. Carr, Landretli and Fulton, Rob- 

 ert Buist, P. Mackenzie, Wm. JNorris, J. McArann, J. Sherwood, R. Kil- 

 vinslon, Peter Raabe, Alexander Parker, Mrs. Stott, and Ritchie and 

 Dick, each contributed a great number of pot plants ; Mr. Buist upwards 

 of 150, and P. Mackenzie upwards of 100. 



The following is the committee's report on dahlias and roses : — 

 Dahlias. — By George C. Thorburn, New York : A very fine collection, 

 containing among otiiers the fifty which obtained the first premium ; the 

 varieties were not reported. 



By William Carvill, gardener at Ilaverford College, Delaware county : 

 The fifty for which the next best premium was awarded, viz : Grandis, 

 Hero of Tippecanoe, Queen superba, ]\Iarshal Soult, Sunbury Hero, Na- 

 poleon, Widnall's Sylph, Dickinson's Rival Yellow, Criterion, Cleopatra, 

 Sulphurea elegans, Conqueror of Europe, Rosette, Elphinstone's Zeno, 

 Striata formosissima, Widnall's Conductor, Battle Rival, Duchess of 

 Richmond, Heiskill's Fanny, Peerless White, Striped Lady Fordwick, 

 Horticulturalist, Duke of Bedford, Suftblk Hero, Lord Morpeth, Reliance, 

 Ansell's Unique, Mrs. Wilson, Mary of Burgundy, Egyptian Prince, 

 Chandler's Conqueror, Clark's Julia, Mackenzie's Perfection, Daniel Web- 

 ster, Mrs. Rushton, Ne plus ultra, Middlesex, Lady Sands, Widnall's 

 Nimrod, Royal Standard, Beauty of Canonsbury, Elliott's Coronation, 

 Eagle's Queen Victoria, Rival Sussex, Bowling Green Rival, Picta mag- 

 nifica, Wilmer's Queen superba, Wilmer's President, Tarriant's Invinci- 

 ble and Juliet. Also, about fifty other good varieties. 



By Gerhard Schmitz : The varieties which obtained the premium for 

 the best twenty — the first twelve of which were seedlings by himself, 

 which he thus describes : No. 1, a bright yellow, tipped with rose, fine 

 shape and cupped petals ; 2, a dark crimson, finely cupped and showy 

 flower ; 3, a light crimson, cupped petals, large showy flower ; 4, a rosy 

 crimson, finely cupped, globular form, and very perfect, named Varieties ; 

 5, Mrs. Hibbert, light blush, finely cupped and perfect form ; G, Miss Per- 

 cival, white ; 7, Thomas C. Percival, dark crimson, cupped, very large 

 showy flower ; 8, Mary Ann, pure white with cupped petals ; 9, Miss Car- 

 pentier, mottled rose, very fine and always good ; 10, Yellow Victory, brim- 

 stone yellow, cupped petals, the best yellow out ; 11, Columbus, fine crim- 

 son, large showy flower ; 12, Beauty of PJiiladelphia, yellow tipped with 

 scarlet,°cupped, and always well filled and good shape. And Bates' 

 Striata formosissima. Squib's Fire Ball, Hancock's Hero of Tippecanoe, 

 Ansell's Unique, Sorrel's Essex Rival, Stanford's Madonna, Thomas 

 Clarkson, and Buist's Juno. 



By William Sinton, gardener to Gen. Patterson : The next best pre- 

 mium of twenty varieties, viz : Mackenzie's Rule-all, Mackenzie's Perfec- 

 tion, Ariel, Ne plus ultra. Napoleon, Thomas Clarkson, Washington, Dan- 

 iel Webster, Mrs. Rushton, Unique, Reliance, Hero of Tippecanoe, Miss 

 Percival, Suffolk Hero, Alman's Lord Byron, Middlesex Rival, Sylph, 

 KintTscote Rival, Quilled Perfection, and Marshal Soult. 



By General Patterson : The premium for the best ten varieties grown 

 by amateurs: Ariel, Washington, Mrs. Rushton, Middlesex Rival, Ne 



