454 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



and are bestowing great attention to the cultivation of flowers, par- 

 ticularly of the dahlia, or to the growth of choice and delicious 

 fruits. 



Ten weekly exhibitions have been held on Wednesday of the re- 

 spective weeks, and the annual on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep- 

 tenil)er 14th and 15th. The hail was also opened on the evening of 

 the 14th of July, for a display of two of those favorite flowers of 

 midnight, silence, and darkness, "the night-blooming cereus," from 

 the green-house of Mr. F. Putnam. About eight hundred species 

 and varieties of plants have been exhibited in flower; one hundred 

 and fifty were natives of our woods and meadows — the others the 

 product of the green-house and of the garden. Of these last, one 

 hundred and twenty were roses, one hundred and twenty dahlias, 

 sixty geraniums, &c., SiC. Of two hundred and thirty-three varieties 

 of fruit, one hundred and twenty-two were pears, twenty-eight ap- 

 ples. 



This variety of fruits and flowers were contributed by one hun- 

 dred and twelve individuals, all of whom, with the excej)tion of 

 eight, were residents of this city. 



We subjoin a list of the exhil)itions, contributors, &c. 



W ednesday , June \Qth, 1841. Flowers: — From Miss E. L. Pick- 

 man, Pfcoin'a VVhittle/j, Lupinus polyphyllus, lilies, &c. Miss M. 

 J. Howard, geraniums, pinks, preonies, &,c. J. Goldthwaite, geran- 

 iums, viz., Tam O'Shanter, Gen. Washington, &c., also a fine vari- 

 ety of seedlings of his own raising. F, Putnam, pa?onies, viz., 

 Pottsu, ReevesJi, Richardson^", &c.; Cereus Ackermannzj and spe- 

 ciosiis; geraniums, upwards of fifty varieties, as Commemoration, 

 Beauty of Ware, Gem, Conqueror; Lilium eximium (in pot, fine;) 

 roses. Noisette de Bourbon, Perpetual white moss, Harrison's yel- 

 low, &c.; also bouquets. John C Lee, fine carnation pinks (several 

 varieties;) bouquets of verbena, petunia, ])hlox, &c. John Lewis 

 Russell, roses, red moss, purple Noisette, &c., also bouquets of 

 pinks, pajonies, &c. William P. Richardson, bouquets of roses, 

 columbines, pinks, lilies, &c. F. Lamson, Calla rethiopica; also 

 bouquets of roses, geraniums, &c. A. Nichols, Danvers, native 

 plants, several species, as Arethusa bulbosa, Cypripedium acaiile. 



Fruits: — From J. F. Allen, strawberries, Keen's Seedling and 

 early Virginia. Globes containing living specimens of several native 

 fishes, viz., Perea flavescens, Pomotis vulgaris, Gasterosteus apeltes, 

 Gasterosteus pungitius, were presented by A. Nichols and H. VVheat- 

 land. 



IVednesday, June 'HSd. — Flowers: From Mrs. J. D. Tread well, 

 bouquets of iilies, digitalis, roses, &c. Mrs. James Upton, a large 

 bouquet, containing many varieties of sweet William; also roses, 

 piid\s, digitalis, &,c. Mrs. L. Bowditch, bnuquels, JNIiss M. J. 

 Howard and F. Lamson, roses, pinks, geraniums, &c. K. H. Der- 

 by, Passiflora coMulea and princeps. Cactus speciosissinius, Hoya 

 carnosa (in pot,) magnolia, acacia, nympha\a, pansies, &.c. \\'illiam 

 F. Gnrtbier, Pivbnia ReevesM and fragrans; roses, King of Prussia, 

 and oilier varieties; lilies, stocks, &.c. Jos. S. Cabot, roses, Mobac, 

 Achilles, illount Vesuvius, Bcaute ethereal, Belle Liloiso, Harrison's 

 yellow, Cu[)id, L'Obscurite, La Bcaute Eblouissant, Crick's rose, 



