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Fruit: The display was better than usual at this season of the year, 

 and attracted a numerous company of visiters. The plums, which are 

 uncommonly fine and abundant this year, were exhibited in great variety, 

 and the specimens were generally excellent. The curculio has not at- 

 tacked the fruit in this vicinity so much this season as usual, and the trees 

 are bending under their weight of fruit. J. S. Sleeper exhibited Smitii's 

 Orleans, Duane's Purple, and Prince's Imperial Gage plums ; James Whi- 

 ton, Moor Park apricots ; Isaac White, Washington plums ; O. Pierce, 

 very fine apples ; Francis L. Capen, Williams's apples ; P. Barnes, good 

 Wasliington plums; Samuel Walker, Washington, Duane's Purple, and 

 Bingham ? plinns, and Jargonelle of the French pears. S. R. Johnson 

 exhibited fine Green Gage and Bolmar's Washington plums; the latter 

 were very superior specimens and very large. 



From Milton Earl, Worcester, specimens of the Nectarine and Prince's 

 Imperial Gage plums ; B. V. French, fine specimens of the Devonshire 

 Quarrenden apple. Washington and other varieties of plums from S. 

 Pond. Washington and Pond's seedling plums from James Nugent. 

 Josiah Lovett exhibited very large and beautiful Sweet Bough and Red 

 Astrachan apples ; also, some of his fine large seedling currants. From 

 John A. Kenrick, good Washington plums. Washington and Duane's 

 Purple, from Wm. F. Harnden. Washington and Prince's Imperial Gage, 

 by S. A. Walker. Mr. Warren exhibited Petit Blanquet and Jargonelle 

 of the French pears, River apples, Washington plums, and fine Black 

 Hamburgh grapes. From E. E. Bradshaw, handsome specimens of Red 

 Queen and Washington plums ; also. Moor Park apricots, fine. A va- 

 riety of plums was exhibited by H. Vandine. Rambeau Franc apples 

 and Rareripe peaches from F. R. Bigelow. 



Auirust 24th. — Exhibited. Flowers : From Hovey & Co., ten varieties 

 of Double German Stocks, Dracocephalum Americanum, ? Commelina 

 coelestis, German asters, &c. Parker Barnes exhibited dahlias, gladiolus 

 of sorts, zinnias. Thunberg/«, and other cut flowers. A fine variety of 

 verbenas, from Capt. Macondry. Bouquets from Messrs. Winship, John 

 Hovey, S. A. Walker, and Miss Sumner. From H. W. Dutton, a large 

 variety of dahlias, among which a number of flowers of Oakley's Surprise 

 were very conspicuous. Edward Allen exhibited some new varieties of 

 dahlias, — Lady Autrobus, deep rose color; Ploughboy, rosy purple ; Lady 

 St. Maur, white, tinged with pale rose ; Hero of Stonehenge, Mulberry, 

 and Essex Triumph, were first rate specimens. William Kenrick con- 

 tributed very large and beautiful bouquets; S.R.Johnson, half-hardy 

 roses ; John Arnold, Jr., Chinese and other roses ; J. L. L. F. Warren, 

 bouquets and dahlias ; S. A. Walker, dahlias and ten bouquets ; James 

 Nugent, fine dahlias; Joseph Breck & Co., twenty-five varieties of ver- 

 benas, balsams, asters, fine dahlias, roses, phloxes, &.c. ; Alexander Mc- 

 Lennan, a collection of dahlias. A very fine specimen of Rocliea fal- 

 cata, from an amateur. 



Fruits : From Capt. Lovett, fine Washington and Long Blue plums, 

 Benoni apples, Cabot, Jargonelle of the English, Passans du Portugal 

 and Sugar of Hoyerswerde pears. From C. Newhall, Bingham plums. 

 From S. Phipps, Green Gage, Washington, Duane's Purple, Yellow Egg 

 and Prince's Imperial plums. From Geo. Johnson, Washington plums. 

 John Arnold, fine Black Hamburgh grapes. J. F. Allen, uncommonly 

 large and fine Elruge nectarines. N. Coolidge, Sweetwater grapes. 



