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Unique, Beauty of West Ridinp, Hedlev's Perfection, CiilIio|ie, Hor- 

 ticiiltiiralist, Beauty of Dulwicli, Oxford Rival, Coronation, Stone's 

 yellow Perfection;" asters, srhnlioliis, &.c. J. Goldthwaite, dahlias, 

 about fifteen varieties, Suffolk Hero, ("Conqueror, Rising Sun, Sir 

 Henry Fletcher, Salamander, Diana, W. F. Gardner, dahlias, Mrs, 

 Ru.shton, Nafjoleon, Risiu"; Sun; also boui]uets. G, D. Piii|)i)en, 

 dahlias, Helen of Troy, Paragon, Mrs. Wilkinson, Premier; bou- 

 quets. J. H. Phi[>pen, dahlias. Beauty of the North, Siiiil'^iry Hero, 

 Lord Ashburton, Salamander. Mrs. 13. U|)ton, dahlias, Mrs. Rush- 

 ton, Queen of Yellows. H. K Oliver, dahlias, many vari<nies, Vir- 

 pn Queen, Ansell's Unique, Suffolk Hero, Ovid, Canute, Charles 

 XII., Colossus, Marshal Soult. J. Upton, dahlias, Princess Victoria, 

 Rubra pleno, Stc; Gladiolus natalensis, H. Wheatland, dahlia.*, 

 Rienzi, Warminster Rival, Rosa superba, Isabella, Mrs. Ru>l)ton; 

 also bouquets. VV. P. Richardson, dahlias, Striata forniosissima, 

 Beauty of Bedford, Lavinia; al^o bouquets. Miss R. L. Pickman, 

 Miss E. C. Mack, Miss E. Prince, bouquets of dahlias, asters, 

 larkspurs, &c. Miss Hobart, double quilled asters. H. F. King, 

 dahlias, Mrs, Rushton, Na[)oleou, v^ic; also sjladiolus and bouquets. 

 James Cruickshanks, dahlias, and bouquets of verbenas, asters, &.c. 

 Jos, Pulsifer, O. Thayer, Mrs. R. Putnam, dahlias and bouquets, 

 John Lewis Russell, of Chelmsford, dahlias, several kinds; j('hun- 

 hemia alata aurantiaca; seedling petunias, ("hinese pinks, &.c. T. 

 Ropes, Jr., dahlias, fifteen varieties, Striata formosissima, Siil|)hurea 

 elegans, Mrs, Rushton, Salamander, &c.; bouquets. G. Driver and 

 E. Buswell, dahlias, twenty-five varieties. Black Hawk, Striata lor- 

 inosissima, Salamander, C(Mmtess of Liverjiool, Rising Sun, &.e.; 

 bouquets- J. S, Cabot, Lychnis Bunge««rr, dahlias, phloxt^s and her- 

 baceous plants. W asliiu<fton Very, .^ctreVi allia, (native in fruit.) 



Pot Plants: — P^rotn K. H. Derliy, Vallbla purpurea, Begon/mubra, 

 JViliwe amcricana, Gloxin/a maculata, Cassia tora, &.C.; orange tree 

 and orange myrtle in fruit. J. F. Allen, Plumbago cocrCdea, and 

 several other varieties of irreen-house plants. Mrs. L, Bowditch, 

 sj)Otted leaved japouica. \V. P. Richaidson, .,'iielea Jlzedurack ; J. 

 Goldthwaite, Fuchsia g!ol>6sa. G. Driver, Araucaria excelsa, or 

 Norfolk Island Pine, of :rreat beauty. John Prince, Jr., cypress 

 from Cuba, beautiful. H. K. Oliver, tuberose. E. P. Dodge, Elfin 

 Glen, cotton plant of South Carolina, in fiovver. John Lewis Rus- 

 sel, Chelmsford, Acacia lopautha, from seed boiled ten minutes! 



Fruits : — From E. H. Derby, a])ples, four varieties; pears; also 

 peaches grown on walls. Royal George clingstone, very fine speci- 

 mens, W. P. Richardson, pears, Broca's Bergatnot, Washington, 

 brown Bein-re, St. Michael, Rousselet de Rheims, orange and sum- 

 mer Bon Chretien; appU's, Ribstone |jiiq)in, and tsvo varieties, names 

 nnknown; Spanish filbert; pt^aclu-.*, white Melacaton, and a cling- 

 stone unknoun; grapes, white Chasselas. J. B. Osgood, jiears, 

 Blneker's Meadow, Napoleon, Seck<M (very laruje,) Wilkinson, Cof- 

 fin's Virgalieu; apples, Osgood's Favorite, E. Buswell, apples. Rib- 

 stone pippin, Killiam Hill, Good Minister. G. Masury, of Beverly, 

 Williams's Bon Chretien, or Barllett pears; orange quinces. Mrs. 

 A. Dunlap, !5on Chretien d'ete pears. 



From B, Balch, apjjles, very large, resembling the Monstrous pij)- 



