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and Yellow Egg plums. St. Ghislain pears from S. Pond. From J. Deane, 

 Mansfield, a largo display of apples, some of them very fine but mostly 

 without name : seven of the number were seedlings, some of them appeared 

 good. Among the older sorts were the Spice Sweet, Wine apple, Hey 

 Boy, Sops of Wine, Tender Sweet, Superb Sweet and Boyden Sweet ; 

 also large and early Clingstone peaches, seedlings. 



September 13th, lith and I5th. — The Fifteenth Annual exhibition of the 

 Society took place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 13th, 14th, 

 and loth September, at the Society's room, in Tremont Row. 



It was the expectation of the Society to hold their Annual exhibition 

 the present year, in a larger and more commodious room than that occu- 

 pied by them ; but under the hope of occupying new premises before the 

 return of another season, which would afford ample room, it was pro- 

 posed to hold the exhibition at the usual place. 



The decorations of the room were not on so extensive a scale as in 

 previous years ; fewer pot plants were exhibited, and there Avas not such 

 a profusion of wreaths and evergreens. The limited room, however, pre- 

 vented such a general distribution of the plants : the yearly increase in 

 the quantity of fruits being so great, as now to require a large space to 

 display them to advantage. 



The dahlias, which have generally been such conspicuous objects at 

 the annual exhibitions, were this season almost an entire failure, and the 

 place which they have usually filled, was occupied with German asters 

 and other flowers. The asters were indeed the finest objects of the ex- 

 hibition, and but for the numerous blooms which were shown, there would 

 have been a rather meagre display of flowers. 



As in seasons past, the contributions from the garden of J. P. Gushing, 

 Esq., of Watertown, were conspicuous, and formed attractive features of 

 the exhibition ; the beautiful fan-palm (Cliamse'rops humilis), and the date- 

 palm (Phoenix rfactylifera), the former with its broad wavy leaves, were 

 noble objects. The new and elegant Achimenes longiflora, from the pub- 

 lic garden, together with the Gloxin/a rubra, though not large, were among 

 the most attractive plants, and bore close inspection: with them were ex- 

 hibited several plants, grown under the care of Mr. Teschemacher, and 

 showing the effect o^ gnano and charcoal applied to plants; one camellia, 

 only 18 months from the seed, treated with a small portion of guano, had 

 grown to the height of 15 inches. The President of the Society displayed 

 two fine fuchsias. Gem and Meteor, both well grown and in good bloom. 

 Mr. Carter, of the Botanic Garden, exhibited a variety of plants ; among 

 them a Bignom'a grandiflora, about 15 inches high, in a pot, with one 

 flower expanded and very ornamental ; also a plant, in fine bloom of Achi- 

 menes longiflora. Messrs. Winship, J. L. L. F. Warren and Meller, also 

 sent a variety of greenhouse plants. 



Among the cut flowers, the dahlias and asters stood prominent. The 

 asters from Messrs. Hovey & Co., were unusually large and double. 

 Messrs. Hovey & Co. also exhibited upwards of one hundred and fitly 

 blooms, of about fifty varieties of Bourbon, Bengal, Tea and Noisette roses. 

 Some specimens among them, such as Bougere, Bon Silene, Miranda, 

 Gama, Hermosa, Princess Maria, Triumph of Luxemburg, Romeo, &c., 

 very splendid. Some fine specimens of phloxes, were shown from the 

 President; one in particular, called picta, a delicate blush with a rosy 

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