236 Exhibitions of the 



Fruits : Superior peaches, black Hamburg and sweetwater grapes, 

 from J. F. Allen. One cucumber from J. Bumstead. Two cucumbers 

 from Jas. Nugent, Brookline. Two fine cucumbers from S. Needham, 

 Brighton. 



May 31. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. 



The committee appointed for the purpose prepared the following relative 

 to the exhibitions and admission to the Hall. 



The Hall will be opened at 12 o'clock M., and closed at 2 o'clock, P. M. 



The exhibitions will be weekly, as heretofore, and the Annual Exhibi- 

 tion will take place in September next. 



Members^ tichcts, admitting a gentleman and two ladies, may be had on 

 application to the Treasurer, at his office, under the Hall. 



Season tickets, admitting a gentleman and two ladies, to all the Soci- 

 ety's Exhibitions during the year, price two dollars. 



Single tickets, one admission, 12^ cents ; or a package containing twelve 

 tickets, price one dollar. 



Contributors arc requested to deliver all articles for exhibition, at the en- 

 trance on Chapman Place, previous to 11 o'clock, A. M. on the days of ex- 

 hibition ; said contributions to remain under direction of the Committees, 

 until 2 o'clock, P. M., when they will be delivered to the owners, or their 

 order. 



Adjourned one week, to June 7th. 



Exhibited : The first public exhibition took place in the new Hall to-day, 

 and notwithstanding the recent arrangements, it was filled with a select 

 company, both ladies and gentlemen, whose object was to see the flowers, 

 rather than merely to fill up the room. The exhibition was exceedingly beau- 

 tiful, and included many rare and new things. Our reports hereafter will 

 only contain the names of the new and more choice articles, either of flow- 

 ers or fruits, as we find that to name the whole, would occupy quite too 

 much space, and be in a great degree a repetition from one week to the 

 other. This arrangement will, we hope, make the reports more interesting 

 to every reader. 



The President exhibited one hundred blooms of tree pseonies, in fifteen 

 varieties, the handsomest of which were Grand Due de Bade, alba plenis- 

 sima (very large and pale blush), lilacina major, and Le Soliel; the others 

 new ones, were incarnata plena, Heldw plenissima, Cassoretti globosa, stel- 

 lata atropurpurea, pl^na interius purpureus, atroriibens, Waln^rw, &c. 

 Also Fuchsias elegans superb, Moneyp6nnn excelsa, and tricolor, and Erica, 

 ventricosa superba and tri-color. A magnificent bloom of Crinum amabile 

 from J. P. Gushing, Esq. From Col. Perkins, by Mr. Quant, two fine 

 plants of Fuchsm StanwelhoTJa and Venus Victrix ; a superb specimen of 

 Foster's Matilda pelargonium, and an immense bouquet. 



The following new plants were from the collection of Messrs. Hovey & 

 Co. : — Achimenes picta, with three of its brilliant flowers expanded; Glad- 

 iolus insignis, with large scarlet flowers, each petal having a deep shade of 



