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To William Webb, of Buffalo, for a fine display of choice roses, verbe- 

 nas, and other flowers, a Diploma. 



To Henry Morgan, Esq., of Aurora, for a beautiful floral ornament, com- 

 posed of choice flowers, and arranged with good taste, a Diploma. 



To Col. Hodges, of Buffalo, for a choice collection of roses, verbenas, 

 and other flowers, a Diploma. 



All of which is respectfully submitted, Herman Wendell, M. D., of Alba- 

 ny, William R. Randall, of Cortland, James Tracy, of Syracuse, Commit- 

 tee on Flowers. — Auburn, September 19th, 1846. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — The Eighteenth Annual Exhibition 

 of this society was held on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of September, and the 

 report of all the committees, making a pamphlet of upwards of thirty pages, 

 is before us. 



The report of the recording secretary is as follows : — 



The plants were shown on tables of like construction to the last autumnal 

 display ; the designs were placed in various positions through the saloon 

 with good effect, and consisted of fanciful temples, ornamental cottages, ar- 

 bors, pagoda, triumphal arch, centre tables, settees, urns, vases, and other 

 devices in increased numbers, in all of which there was a marked improve- 

 ment in design and embellishment, and received due encomiums from the 

 throng of discerning visiters which constantly graced the saloon. 



The arrangement of the display and the embellishment of the upper 

 grand saloon, in which were arrayed the fruits and vegetables, were entirely 

 different from those of former occasions, being in decidedly better taste, and 

 reflected great credit on the originator of the plan. The great number of 

 columns ranging from the galleries to the lofty ceiling, around the entire sa- 

 loon, were beautifully entwined with evergreen wreaths of laurel and spruce, 

 each wreath rising from the spruce-covered base in admirable taste ; fringing 

 the gallery, below the columns, were the wreaths of Lycopodium, and un- 

 der each pair of columns, on the first floor, were suspended circular wreaths, 

 thus flnishing the embellishment with effect. 



The tables, which were laden with the weight of delicious fruits, etc., 

 were constructed in the most admirable manner for displaying to the great- 

 est advantage this portion of the exhibition, and were disposed at equal dis- 

 tances from the sides of the saloon through the centre. The first in order 

 upon entering at the west end, was of circular form, twelve feet in diame- 

 ter, rising by five terraces to an attitude of nearly six feet, on which were 

 seen the splendid contributions of peaches, in baskets and glass dishes, the 

 top crowned with a very handsome stand of delicious foreign grapes, taste- 

 fully festooned. The table next in order was one hundred feet in length, 

 and eight feet in width, with prominent circular ends of twelve feet diame- 

 ter, rising by four grades on the south, and three on the north range, to the 

 height of six feet ; on the south were the various kinds of fruits, the pears, 

 nectarines, plums, quinces, figs, lemons, etc., interspersed in glass dishes ; 

 and suspended against a light ground at the topmost elevation, along the 

 entire length, were shown the great abundance of grapes, presenting this 

 luscious fruit in the best light ; on the north range were displayed great va- 



