370 Exhibitiojis of the 



by the Hon. J. S. Cabot, of Salem. Mr. Lovett's specimens weie very 

 fine, particularly his Flemish Beauty. Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited 

 Van Mons Leon le Clerc, Dunmore, Vicompte de Spoilberg, &c. The two 

 largest collections of apples were from Mr. Deane and Mr. French. Mr. 

 Allen's grapes were very handsome, but the finest shown were the Muscat 

 of Alexandria, from Mr. Quant, and Wilmot's new Black Hamburgh, from 

 Messrs. Hovey & Co., the berries of which were perfectly black, and as 

 large as plums. Mr. Russell, gardener to Horace Gray, Esq., exhibited 

 some excellent grapes. The best display of peaches was by John Hill, 

 who sent two dishes of the Lemon Rareripe, but which appear to be Craw- 

 ford's Late Melacaton. 



Many other fine fruits might be particularized had we space. 



The vegetables, we regret to say, were less numerous than in previous 

 years : liberal premiums were offered, but from some cause there does not 

 appear to have been scarcely any competition for the prizes. The egg- 

 plants and Drumhead cabbages were the only articles of note. 



The weather, during the days of the exhibition, was remarkably fine, 

 and a larger number of visitors thronged the room than on either of the 

 three or four preceding years. 



Plants. — From the President o'f the Society, four fine fuchsias, the 

 names of which we did not ascertain, two pots of Achimenes pedunculata, 

 one of A. longiflora, and one of Gesner« zebrina, with its singularly beau- 

 tiful velvety leaves, banded with dark green. From Messrs. Hovey & 

 Co., six large fuchsias, from three to four feet high, viz. : Defiance, Chau- 

 vi^ru, Majestica, Eppsii, Oxoni^nsis, and Pride of Peckham, one pan of 

 Achimenes pedunculata, one of A. longiflora, one of A. grandiflora, a superb 

 specimen of the very rare Lisianthus Russelhcmws, with four of its large 

 deep blue flowers fully expanded, and the brilliant Gladiolus gandav^nsis. 

 From J. A. Lowell, two plants of Eugem'« sp. each 12 feet high, Doryan- 

 thes exc^lsa, Ardisia serrulata, nine feet, and two lauristinuses six to seven 

 feet high. From W. E. Carter, forty pot plants, among which were Me- 

 laleucas, DracEB^na fragrans, Cereus senilis, Amarylh's Belladonna, Glox- 

 inia alba, rubra, &c., four plants of Achimenes longiflora, A. grandiflora, 

 Salvia splendens, iZedychium Gardnerumz/m, &c. &c. From W. Meller, 

 Achimenes longiflora, Eugenia myrtifdlia, &c. From Messrs. Winships, 

 orange trees in fruit, Agapanthus umbellatus in bloom, and other plants. 



Designs. — This was an entirely new feature in the present year's exhi- 

 bition ; but they added greatly to the interest of the show, especially in the 

 absence of dahlias and good specimen plants. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., a Chinese Temple, six feet wide at the 

 base, and upwards of eighteen feet high, made three stories high, and ter- 

 minated with a pyramid of flowers. It was constructed of moss, of sev- 

 eral colors, evergreens, and various flowers, principally asters. It was 

 made and completed in less than two days. 



From D. Ilaggerston, a Floral Temple, seven.feet wide, and fifteen high, 

 in the Grecian style : it consisted of a hexangular base, with six columns, 



