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Hovey & Co. exhibited a variety of roses, viz : — Tea, Lady Warren- 

 der, Comte de Paris, Aurora ; Bengal, Triumphant, Roi des Cramoises, 

 and Augustin Hersant ; Bourbon, Bouquet of Flora ; Noisette, Ne Plus 

 Ultra, and Comtesse de Grillon ; Hybrid China, Lansezeur ; Boursavlt, 

 new Crimson, or Amadis ; also bouquets. From J. A. Kenriek, Magnolia 

 macrophylla, a fine specimen, peonies of several kinds, azaleas, &c. 

 From W. Kenriek, roses, pasonies of several kinds, including Pottsw 

 and Whittle;'?, fraxinella, and baskets and bouquets of flowers. From S. 

 R. Johnson, beautiful specimens of the Austrian red and yellow or copper 

 rose and yellow Harrison. From Mr. Warren, Seedling picotees, three 

 dahlias, and pansies. From S. Sweetser, a large plant of Noisette Jaune 

 Desprez rose, and Cereus speciosissimus in bloom. 



Fruits : From the President, several boxes, and a branch of the tree, 

 of the Bigarreau de Mai cherry, a new variety, remarkably early. From 

 J. F. Allen, fine Black Hamburgh, Ferral, and Chasselas Bar Sur Aube 

 grapes, very large and handsome Royal George clingstone peaches. Gold- 

 en nectarines, and black St. Michael figs. From Mrs. Howard, Black 

 Hamburgh, Miller Burgundy and Sweet Water grapes, the first very fine, 

 and well colored. From Mr. Warren, fine early Virginia strawberries. 



Vegetables: From Mrs. Howard, early pears. From John Hill, W. 

 Cambridge, early pears. 



Mr. H. W. Button exhibited two frames of cotton cloth, prepared with 

 Whitney's water-proof com.position, an article which has lately been 

 brought into notice in England, and said to be an admirable substitute for 

 glass for covering frames, melons, &c. It appears to answer a very 

 good purpose. 



June I5th. — Exhibited. Flowers: From the President of the Society, 

 several beautiful varieties of roses, among which Roi de France, Brilliante, 

 Fabert carnea, Belle Marie, Paul Perras, and several mosses were the 

 most prominent ; also Whittle^?, Humei and fragrans paeonies. From 

 W. Meller, Seedling pelargoniums (some of them fine), yellow tea roses, 

 pinks, verbenas, pceonies of several kinds, bouquets, &c. From S. R. 

 Johnson, fine specimens of Jaune Desprez and Lamarque roses ; also yel- 

 low Harrison, several kinds of hardy roses, paeonies, &c. From P. 

 Barnes, bouquets. From Messrs. Winship, red fraxinella, Douglas's 

 honeysuckle, spiraeas, paeonies of several kinds, and a fine variety of pe- 

 rennial flowers, bouquets, &c. 



Hovey & Co. exhibited upwards of thirty varieties of fine pelargoniums, 

 among which were King John, Bridegroom, Roseum elegans, Arabella, 

 Priory Queen, Britannia, Sylph, Matilda, Portia, Masterpiece, and several 

 seedlings; twenty varieties of verbenas, including Fine Blue, Gazelle, 

 Bedfordii, delicatissima. Bridesmaid, stellata, &c. : also fifty named va- 

 rieties of roses, — the thirty finest specimens, which were awarded the 

 premium, being as follows: — Hybrid-China, Ne Plus Ultra, Moyenna, 

 La Touterelle, Reine des Belgique, Columbienne, Violet de Belgie, Mad- 

 ame Plantier, Mrs. Rivers, Lansezeur, George IV., Pompone bicolor 

 d'Audigne de la blanchaire,Parighot, Holmes's Mandarin, and Richelieu ; 

 H. Bourbon, Capitaine Sissolet, Brilliante, Henri Barbet, and Las Cases; 

 l^rencA, A spasie. Amiable Queen, Belle de Fontenay, and Champion; 

 Alba, Felicite Parmenticr, Venus, Belle Clementine ; Damask, Madame 

 Hardy, La Fiancee, and Painted ; Hybrid Perpetual, Lady Fordwish. 

 From J. T. Buckingham, a fine specimen of Cypripedium spectabile 



