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can be gratified with the inspection of the flowers at a reasonable 

 rate, the i,'reater will be the desire to possess a collection of the 

 bulbs. — Ed. 



Jlnnual meeting of the Burlington Lyceum. — The annual meeting 

 of the Lyceum was held in the Hall of the Society, at Burlington, on 

 the 1st of May, and an address was delivered before the meeting by 

 our correspondent, R. S. Field, Esq., of Princeton, N. J. Mr. 

 Field takes a great interest in flowers and fruits, and is withal a good 

 botanist: he also has one of the finest collections of plants in the 

 state. The following are the oflicers for the ensuing year: — 



Right Rev. George W. Doane, President; Rev. Cortland Van 

 Rensellaer, \st Vice President; William R. Allen, Esq., 2rf Vice 

 President; Thomas Milnor, Esq., 8d Vice President; George Gas- 

 kill, Treasurer; Thomas Hancock, Corresponding Secretary; Jo- 

 seph W. Griffith, Recording Secretary; Samuel R. Wetherill, Chas. 

 Ellis, M. D., Charles Athorton, Thomas Button, William I. Allin- 

 son, Curators; Joseph Askew, Amor W. Archer, William W. King, 

 Archibald W. Burns, William McKee, Jr., Managers. 



Our correspondent at Burlington has furnished us with the follow- 

 ing account of the plants and flowers which were exhibited: — 



Knowing that you are fond of hearing of these exhibitions, I here- 

 with send you the names of the contributors, together with the names 

 of the plants exhibited by each. It was nothing like a regular exhi- 

 bition; there were only a few plants, merely to ornament the room, 

 it being our annual meeting. 



From William McKee, Jr., i?hododendron arboreum superbum, 

 Schizanthus sp., Ejiiphyllum Jenkinsonii, Ardisia crenulata, Me- 

 sembryanthemum cristyliza, roses, pelargoniums, heliotropiums, two 

 fine seedling verbenas, and fine pansies. From William W. King, 

 Fuchsm coccinea. Convolvulus minor, and roses. 



From Amelia Smith, Cineraria sp., and Lachenalj'a sp. From 

 Miss Susan Miller, Corydalis sp., fine. From Miss Caroline Wat- 

 son, camellias, sp. Landrethi and sasdnqua rosea, Pvsbnia Moutan 

 arborea, Pittosporum variegata, pelargoniums and lachenalias. 



From Right Rev. G. W. Doane, Jasminum Ivitea, Azalea indica 

 alba and phoenicea, Metrosideros sp., fine blanched rhubarb, and 

 radishes. From Charles Kinsey, Esq., i?6sa Banksta Ivitea, fine. 

 From Mrs. Susan V. Bradford, Coronilla glauca, yellow oxalis, roses, 

 and lachenalias. From Joseph Askew, blanched rhubarb. From 

 Samuel R. Wetherill; Fiicca sp., Jl^loe sp. 



From Thomas Hancock, iVepenthes distillatoria, Piper nigrum in 

 flower, Laurus cinnamomum, and Cumphora, Pimenta vulgaris, Ru- 

 Vingia sp. Acacia sp., Casuarina stricta, Ficus elastica. Azalea phcE- 

 nicea, Thea viridis, lllicium anisatum, Rochea falcata, Mesembry- 

 anthemum cristiliza, Epiphyllum Boydsn, O'lea europea, and roses. 

 T. Hancock, Burlington, N. J., May, 1841, 



Destruction of a portion of the green-house ofM. P. Wilder, Esq. — 

 It is with much regret that we inform our readers that Mr. Wilder'g 

 green-house was partially destroyed by fire, on the morning of the 

 10th of April, together with a large portion of the plants, particular- 

 ly the finest varieties of the camellia, which were placed in that part 

 of the house where the fire originated. No cause can be assigned 



