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Rogers, Moncah birds from Calcutta. W. P. Richardson, Hylodes Pick- 

 eringii ; Bufo tentiginotus, the land toad of the southern States, found in 

 Danvers, rare ; Salamaiidra fasciata, or Banded Salamander, from Saugus. 

 Wm. Archer, gold fish. E. E. Chever, bream, common perch and 

 shiner. A hive, containing the bees engaged in their usual avocations, 

 from the apiary of Henry K. Oliver, was placed at one of the southern 

 windows of the hall, so that the bees had a free ingress and egress, and 

 enabled the visiters to witness their industrious habits in the formation of 

 the cells, &ic.— W., Salem, Nov. 1843. 



Sixteenth Annual Fair of the American Institute — Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition. — We have not sufficient space to enumerate all the 

 articles shown at this exhibition, and therefore present the reports of 

 the committees awarding premiums. We were present at the show, and 

 were gratified at the very perceptible improvement over the exhibition of 

 the preceding year. The contributions were more numerous, and several 

 of them were among the cultivators of fruits near Boston. The President 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Col. Perkins, J. F.Allen, S. 

 Walker, Mr. Warren, and others, were among the number. The great 

 number and superior specimens of Isabella grapes, pleased us much ; we 

 could wish that more encouragement was given by the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, to the growth and improvement of our native kinds. 



Flowers : — William Kent, Brooklyn, L. I., for superior dahlias, includ- 

 ing some extra fine American seedlings, gold medal. George C. Thor- 

 burn, 15 John street, N. Y., for a rich display of dahlias, gold medal. 

 Daniel Boll, Bloomingdale, N. Y., for a fine assortment of dahlias, includ- 

 ing some fine American seedlings, silver medal. Thomas Hogg & Sons, 

 79th street, N. Y., for a good assortment of dahlias, Mrs. Loudon's Flower 

 Garden. William R. Prince, Flushing, L. I. for numerous varieties of 

 dahlias, Downing's Rural Architecture. Thomas Addis Emmet, Mount 

 Vernon, N. Y., — T. Cremmins, gardener, — for a superior display of dah- 

 lias, Downing's Cottage Architecture. William Phelan & Sons, 5th 

 street, N. Y., for a fine display of dahlias, Hovey's Magazine. William 

 Reid, 34th street and 4th avenue, N. Y., for an excellent assortment of 

 dahlias, Bridgeman's Gardener's Assistant. William Laird, 17th street, 

 N. Y., for an ornamental frame, decorated with flowers, Hovey's Mag. 

 James L. L. F. Warren, Brighton, Mass., for a beautiful bouquet of flow- 

 ers, silver medal. 



Mrs. Jeremiah Brown, Brooklyn, L. I., for a beautiful vase of flowers, 

 Mrs. Loudon's Flow. Gard. J. B. Mantel, 46th street, N. Y., for an or- 

 namental frame, decorated with flowers, American Flower Garden Direc- 

 tory. Daniel Boll, Bloomingdale, N. Y., for numerous varieties of the 

 rose, and other rare flowers, Mrs. Loudon's Flow. Gard. Samuel M. 

 Cox, Bloomingdale road, N. Y., for a beautiful stand of flowers, Amer. 

 Flow. Gard. Direc. William Beekman, 110 Ninth street, N. Y., for a 

 fine supply of dahlias, Hovey's Mag. Isaac Buchanan, 29th street, N. 

 Y., for two vases of rare floweis, one vol. of American Agriculturist. To 

 Alfred Bridgeman, J. Boyce, A. P. Cummings, William Davison, J. Et- 

 tringham, William V. Leggett, Mrs. McFarlane, George Maine, William 

 Ross, Samuel Ruth, Grant Thornburn, Jr., L. Van Wyck, Edward White, 

 and John W. Wood, for supplies of flowers for ornamenting the horticul- 

 tural room, to each a copy of the Report of the American Institute, on the 

 subject of agriculture. 



