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Fruits : From E. M. Richards, ten varieties of summer apples, viz. — 

 Early Spice, Sopsavine, Webb apple, Benoni, Summer Rose, Red Junea- 

 ting-, Sugarloaf Pippin, Red Astrachan, Early Bough, and River. From 

 Parker Barnes, Jargonelle pears. I'rom L. P. Grosvenor, fine Williams's 

 Favorite apples. From Wm. Mackintosh, Williams's Favorite and Sop- 

 savine apples, Sugartop and Jargonelle pears. From H. W. Button, 

 apricots. From W. Hewins, specimens of the Nectarine plum. Aaron 



D. Williams exhibited apricots, three varieties of plums, and six varieties 

 of apples. From S. Pond, three varieties of plums. Joseph Ballister, 

 River apples. From J. F. Allen, very large and well colored Black 

 Hamburgh grapes ; also. White Chasselas grapes, peaches, melons. Jar- 

 gonelle and August Muscat pears. From Otis Johnson, Red Astrachan 

 and Early Bough apples, excellent specimens. From John A. Kcnrick, 

 Royal de Tours plums and River apples. From S. & G. Hyde, apples — 

 Williams's Favorite, Summer Gilliflower, Red Calville, Wart's Early, 

 Seek no Further, and Flanders Pippin; and Mrs. Gisbourne and Bol- 

 mar's Washington plums. From J. Macomber, Early Bough and Sopsa- 

 vine apples. From W. G. Lewis, fine Moor Park apricots. From Wm. 

 Thomas, Washington and Italian Damask plums, and apricots. From 

 J. L. Sleeper, apricots and Drapd'Or plums. From J. S. Cabot, Fondante 

 d'Ete and Jargonelle pears. From W. Richardson, fine peaches and 

 nectarines raised under glass. From Mr. Warren, River and Curtis 

 striped apples, Washington plums, and two boxes fine raspberries. From 

 H. Vandine, Early Black,? Washington, Yellow Gage, and Uuane's Pur- 

 ple plums. Dr. J. C. Warren sent specimens of plums, called by him, the 

 " Louis Philippe ;" is no doubt the Nectarine. The specimens were very 

 handsome. 



August 17th. — Exhibited. Flowers: From Miss Sumner, bouquets. 

 Mr. Warren exhibited a variety of dahlias, verbenas, gladiolus, and other 

 cut flowers. From John Hovey, dahlias and bouquets. From Parker 

 Barnes, several varieties of gladiolus, dahlias, and other cut flowers; also, 

 Tigridia conchiflora. Samuel A. Walker sent twelve large bouquets, 

 besides dahlias, asters, balsams, &lc. Samuel Sweetser exhibited Fuch- 

 sia, Buist's splendens, six varieties of Tea roses, and dahlias. From 

 H. W. Dutton, a fine display of dahlias. From S. R. Johnson, immense 

 clusters of Madame Desprez and other fine roses. From J. M. Earle, 

 Worcester, a fine seedling phlox and dahlias. William Kenrick sent for 

 exhibition a fine plant of Achimenes longiflora, covered with its large 

 beautiful blue flowers ; — we should think this plant was well adapted for 

 parlor cultivation in summer, requiring only a plenty of heat and moisture, 

 and will continue in flower two or three months. Mr. Kenrick also ex- 

 hibited a fine variety of Altheas, Noisette, Bengal, and otlier perpetual 

 roses, baskets of flowers, &c. From Joseph Breck & Co., phloxes, ve- 

 ronicas, German asters, fine double balsams, Schizanthus Grahamii, very 

 handsome, Iporaopsis elegans, and a great variety of annuals. 



From Hovey & Co., nine varieties of Double German Ten Weeks 

 Stocks, Gladiolus floribiindus, bouquets of roses and other cut flowers. 

 From John Arnold, a great number of varieties of Chinese roses. Wm. 



E. Carter exhibited as follows — Magnolm tripetela cordata and obovata 

 purpurea, Silene stellata. Lobelia syphilitica canadensis and canadensis 

 alba, Clematis viorna, Geranium pratense flore pleno, Potentilla Hop- 

 woodm?ia. Campanula carpatica. Coreopsis senifolia, Mandevillia Melit- 

 tis Melissophy'llum, dahlias and bouquets. 



