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twelve baskets of Catawba, Isabella and Cape grapes ; five baskets of the 

 Newton pippin, Canfield, Priestly, Bellflower and Seedling apples ; and 

 ten bouquets of dahlias, balsams, &c. Rev. C. Elliott exhibited the Par- 

 son Heath pear. Miss Emily Ernst occupied a table of splendid bouquets 

 of dahlias and various autumnal flowers, with a harp of evergreens, all 

 neatly arranged, and creditable to the Spring Garden Nursery, from which 

 liberal contributions of cut flowers were made, both days ; — there were, 

 besides, nine varieties of pears, six of apples, and several baskets of 

 peaches and grapes from the same Nursery. Mr. Philip Grandin, of 

 Grandview, exhibited seven baskets of grapes, four of large peaches, two 

 of pears, and one of the genuine soft-shelled Almond of Commerce. From 

 Miss Ann M. Newton, a basket of very fine well ripened Isabella grapes. 

 Mrs. S. C. Parkhurst exhibited two plants of the Mandarin orange, filled 

 with fruit. Mr. John Myers made a handsome show of mammoth speci- 

 mens of vegetables, including a cabbage weighing seventeen pounds ; the 

 French sugar beet, and the mammoth pumpkin, weighing nearly one hun- 

 dred pounds. From Mr. Wm. Lewis, of Lewiston, a basket of very large 

 Orange quinces. 



Mr. Jacob HofFner had on exhibition, as usual, a large collection of pot- 

 ted plants and cut flowers, both rare and beautiful — among which we no- 

 ticed four splendid specimens of the popular new plant, the Achimines 

 longiflora, Fuchsza fiilgens, the East India ginger of Commerce, Echeverta 

 gibbosa, /asminum Sdmbac, Cereus s6nihs, StapehVz hirsuta, Manettia 

 cordifolia, Russ611ia _;uncea, Hsemanthus coccineus, Tecoma pentaphylla, 

 Begonza discolor. Primula cortusoides, Melocactus, (or Turk's cap,) 

 twenty-seven varieties of splendid dahlias, thirteen do. of Chinese roses, 

 with petunias, verbenas, balsams, salvias, vincas, in varieties, and cut 

 flowers in great profusion. Mr. Schnetz also made the same liberal offer 

 of any plants from his Green House, and a large number were selected by 

 the committee — among which we noticed a tub of the Sago Palm, which 

 is known to be one hundred and twenty-one years old, and which was 

 exhibited at the show of the Philadelphia Horticultural Society last year ; 

 also large plants of the Aloe, Magnohc! grandiflora, Mespilus japonica, 

 India Rubber tree, &c., and a profusion of cut flowers, dahlias, &c. 



New York State Agricultural Society. — HorticuHural Depart- 

 ment. — The cattle show and fair of the New York State Agricultural 

 Society, was held in Rochester, on the 18th, 19th, and 20th of October 

 last. The occasion was a proud one for western New York, and not less 

 than 15 or 20,000 persons are supposed to have been present. On the 

 E^fternoon of the 21st, an oration was delivered by Dr. Beekman, of Co- 

 lumbia Co., and in the evening the dinner took place at Stanwix Hall. 

 The Hon. Daniel Webster, Mr. Van Buren, Gov. Seward, and several 

 other distinguished gentlemen were present ; and after the removal of the 

 cloth, they offered many interesting remarks in answer to the sentiments 

 which called them up. 



The horticultural department of the Society is said to have been much 

 more attractive than last season. The show of fruits was large, and the 

 number of varieties exhibited by Mr. Thomas and others, more extensive 

 than any previous year. Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester, sent 

 a fine collection of plants and flowers. The variety of vegetables was also 

 large, and the specimens remarkably good. The following is the report 

 of the committees : — 



