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these seedlings are Duke of York, Orlando, Marchioness of Ormond, Cleo- 

 patra, Arethusa, Beeswing, Marc Antony, and the tipped seedling of Mr. 

 Girling. 



Though somewhat disappointed in the exhibition not being as extensive 

 as we expected, and Avitli a less number of fine blooms than we had sup- 

 posed would have been shown, yet we were pleased at being present. 

 The mode of showing dahlias, which we have given in a previous volume, 

 (IV. p. 281,) is different from that adopted by our own Horticultural So- 

 cieties. The flowers are there shown in stands of six, twelve, eighteen, 

 twenty-four or more blooms ; these stands are made of a single board, 

 with holes at proper distances, (about four inches,) through which the 

 stems of the dahlias are inserted into phials of water, and the blooms lie 

 quite flat upon the board. To us this had a set and stiS" appearance, not 

 so pleasing as our plan of showing in bottles in stands ; the back petals 

 of the flower are often flattened, and the hemispheral form of the bloom 

 we thought to be injured; the plan, however, is well adapted to the car- 

 riage of the flowers, as they are often brought one or two hundred miles. 



At four o'clock the exhibitors, amateurs and judges sat down to a din- 

 ner, at which Mr. Glenny, the editor of the Gardtner's Gazdte, presided. 

 The dahlia and dahlia shows were discussed, and the occasion appeared 

 to be one of much good feeling. Ed. 



Art. II. Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies, 



Owing to our absence abroad, we had not the gratification of witnessing^ 

 the very fine exhibitions which have taken place in Boston, Salem and 

 New York. The Report of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has 

 already been given ; that of the Essex County Natural History Society 

 will be found below ; but that of the American Institute Ave have not yet 

 seen in print. They were, we believe, all remarkably fine, particularly in 

 the specimens of fruit, which probably were never seen in so great quan- 

 tity, or so large and beautiful. The Cincinnati Horticultural Society had 

 a fine exhibition, af which we annex a short account. 



We congratulate our friends upon the rapid spread of Horticultural 

 Associations, of M-hich these reports are the evidence, especially in the 

 West, where there is such a field for improvement. 



Essex Codntt Natural History Society's Exhibitions. — Weekly 

 exhibitions of fruits and flowers have been held, on Wednesdays, at the 

 Hall of the Essex County Natural History Society, from May to Septem- 

 ber, inclusive ; they have been well sustained, and manifest an increased 

 taste for tbe cultivation of choice flowers and delicious fruits in our city 

 and immediate vicinity. 



Annexed is a brief abstract of the principal varieties of flowers and 

 fruits exhibited ; the names of the contributors, and a particular enumera- 

 tion of the varieties are omitted, as the insertion would occupy too much 

 space in the pages of your valuable Magazine. 



