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Thursday, Sept. lltli and 12th, 1844. On examinino; tlie following re- 

 port, we tind that the whole number of contributors are 117, of which 2 

 are residents of South Reading, 1 of Marblehead, 2 of Lynn, 6 of Bev- 

 erly, 9 of Danvcrs, and the remaining 97 of our city. The number of 

 varieties of fruit exhibited are 42(1. Of these, 188 pears, 116 apples, 

 42 plums, 43 peaches, 17 grapes, 12 melons, 2 tigs, 2 nectarines, 2 quinces, 

 1 nuts, 1 strawberries. The number of the varieties of flowers cannot be 

 so exactly ascertained, but it is estimated to be about 400. Of these, 200 

 are dahlias, 100 roses, 75 other garden and greenhouse plants, and 25 na- 

 tives of our fields, woods and meadows. 



Fjlo WERS. — Oliver Thayer, bouquets of asters, stocks, dahlias, larkspurs, 

 &c. Thorp Fislier, dahlias : Oakley's Surprise, Essex Triumph, Mrs. Per- 

 cival, Widnall's Q,ueen, Marshal Soult, Pickwick, Unique, Essex Rival, 

 Ne PlusjUltra, &c. ; also bouquets of asters, larkspurs, &c. W. P. Richard- 

 son, bouquets of dahlias, larkspurs, asters, gladiolus, coreopsis, marigolds, 

 petunias, verbenas, &c. W. Wallis, bouquets of dahlias. B. H. Silsbee, 

 dahlias: Widnall's Queen, Pickwick, Marshal Soult, Charles XII ; also, 

 bouquets of gladiolus, stocks, verbenas, asters, &c. Mrs. J. D. Tread- 

 well, Camellia japonica rubra plena, Hamerocallis alba, dahlias, asters, 

 nasturtium, &c. Joseph Glidden, bouquets of dahlias. Benjamin Crea- 

 mer, dahlias, several varieties, German quilled asters, stocks, marigolds, 

 &LC. J. F. Allen, bouquets of roses, geraniums, dahlias, &c. George 

 Driver, dahlias, about 50 varieties, viz. r'^Widnall's Queen, Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Pickwick, Charles XII, Mrs. Percival, Wheeler's Maria, Middlesex Rival, 

 Primrose, Crichton, &c. ; also bouquets. 



W. F. Gardner, dahlias : Gaine's Primrose, Pickwick, Lady Bathurst, 

 Charles XII, Premier, Gen. Washington, Rienzi, Mrs. Johnstone, Unique, 

 &c.; also bouquets. Henry K. Oliver, dahlias: Lady St. Maur, Rose 

 Superior, Yellow Victory, Essex Triumph, Catleugh's Eclipse, Girling's 

 Prince of Wales, Miss Percival, &c. ; also balsamines. James Upton, 

 dahlias: Admiral Stooford, Yellow Victory, Madame de Schaunenfield, 

 Dowager Lady Cooper, Mary Ann, Miss Percival, Dodd's Prince of 

 Wales, Beauty of Bedford, Phoenix, &c. John W. Downing, dahlias : 

 Mrs. Shelley, Sir Robert Sale, Ne Plus Ultra, Widnall's Queen, Maid of 

 Bath, Mary Ann, &c. George Masury, of Beverly, dahlias: Oakley's 

 Surprise, Widnall's Queen, T. C. Percival, Primrose, Maid of Bath, Pick- 

 wick, Ne Plus Ultra, &c. ; also bouquets. Daniel Lord, dahlias : Charles 

 XII, Fireball, Striata, Ne Plus Ultra, Widnall's Queen, &lc. James 

 Green, dahlias : Lady Washington, Conqueror of Europe, Princess Victo- 

 ria, Striata, &c. 



H. F. King, dahlias : Marshal Soult, Mackenzie's Perfection, Ansel's 

 Unique, Princess Victoria, Lady Bathurst, Bridesmaid, Suffolk Hero, 

 Argo, &c. ; also bouquets of verbenas, heliotrope and asters. F. Putnam, 

 dahlias: Lady St. Maur, Brasg's Antagonist, Oakley's Surprise, Admiral 

 Stopford, Sir Robert Sale, Mrs. Shelley, &c. ; roses : about 70 varieties 

 of Noisettes, Bourbons and Perpetuals, viz. : Prince de Galles, Aubernon, 

 Prince Albert, Comte d'Eu, Solfatare, Queen. Enfante d'Ajaccio, Compte 

 de Paris, Baron Prevost, &c. ; Passiflora Loudon?', alata and Kermesina, 

 T. Ropes, Jr., danlius: Lady St. Maur, Bragg's Antagonist, Henry Clay. 

 Caleb Cope, Horace Binney, Mrs. Hibbert's, Mrs. Percival, Ne Plus Ul- 

 tra, Princess Royal, T. C. Percival, Pickwick, &c. John C. Lee, dahlias : 

 Marshal Soult, Rienzi, Striata, Charles XII, &.c. ; roses, several varieties 

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