434 Exhibitions of the 



countenances, and the smiles of your approbation, our emulation and enter- 

 prise would languish and decline ; and we rejoice with gratitude in the 

 beautiful and glorious results that have flowed from your efforts in the culti- 

 vation of the mental fruits ; in training intellectual plants for honor and use- 

 fulness here, and for a habitation in the celestial fields; where may you be 

 rewarded with a crown of never fading flowers, a harvest of immortal fruit." 



Saturday, Sept. 27, 1845. — An adjourned meeting of the society was 

 held to-day — the President in the chair. 



A letter was read from the ^ . Y . Institute, inviting a delegation from the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Mr. Appleton's letter was read by the President, and it was voted that 

 the Finance committee invest the donation of $ 1000, as they shall deem ex- 

 pedient. The President was authorized to answer Mr. Appleton's letter. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to the Committee of Arrange- 

 ments and other committees, and gentlemen, who assisted in the preparation 

 of the annual Exhibition and Festival. 



Meeting dissolved. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : A great variety of fine Dallias were exhibited by 

 the President, Messrs. Hovey &jCo., J. Breck & Co., Mr. Warren, Messrs. 

 Winship, W. B. Richards, J. Hovey, S. Walker, W. Meller, T. Mason, 

 S. A. Walker and others. Fine roses and verbenas from Messrs. 

 Hovey & Co. 



The exhibition of Dahlias took place to-day, for premium, but owing to the 

 dry and unpropitious season, the flowers were very inferior, and but a por- 

 tion of the prizes were competed for. The following is the award of the 

 judges :— 



Division A. 

 Premium Prize. 



No prize awarded. 



Specimen Bloom. 



A premium of $ 4 to Edward Allen, for Standard of Perfection. 

 Division B. 

 Class T. 

 For the best eighteen dissimilar blooms, a premium of $8 to Jas. Nugent. 

 For the second best, no premium was awarded. 



Class H. 

 For the best twelve dissimilar blooms, a premium of $5 to Jas. Nugent. 

 For the second best, a premium of $ 3 to Tho's Mason. 



Class HI. 

 For the best six dissimilar blooms, a premium of $ 3 to Hovey & Co. 

 For the second best, a premium of $ 2 to John Hovey. 

 Messrs. H. W. Dutton, Jos. Breck and Wm. Meller, Judges. 

 Division C. 

 Class I. 

 No premium awarded. 



Class H. 

 For the best twelve dissimilar blooms, a premium of $ 5 to W. Meller. 

 For the second best, a premium of $ 3 to S. A. Walker. 



