462 Exkiiitieiu of Horticultural Societies. 



Craflrahaaks p reoMted aa obelisk, covered with dahlias, 

 wliich made a fine appearance. 



Bouquets from J. C. Lee. W. P. Richardson, F. LamsoB, and H. 



^VbeflllaDd. 



The fruit vras §ood, sfMne of the speciroeos rerr fine. 



From Mrs. ClMircluU, Loo* green pears. Mrs. G. Cboate, toma- 

 to fies. J- C Lee, pears, Bon Louis d'Arranche, Lodire, Easter 

 Beurre, Bezi Vaei, Bearre Bronze; peacbe?: grapes, while and pur- 

 ple Cbasselas, Mack Hamburg. E. Emmerion, piears, Beurre Diel, 

 Gioui Moroeaa, Prineeas d'Orange, St. Michael. Henry IV., Sur- 

 passe Vir^ouloBBB, Secfcel, Capsbeaf, Prince's St. Germain; pear 

 quince. N. Sil^iee. Jr., pears, Heatbcot, Bfzi Frontignac. Joseph- 

 ine, Beurre Diel; Bmmfield nectarines. J. Upion, Isabella grapes. 

 J. Famum, Jr.. St. Michael pears. R. Brookhouse, Jr., water- 

 melons. D. Kimball, apples. W. Steams, pears, Long green, 

 Good Christian, Rousselei de Rbeims, St. Germaine, St. Michael, 

 winter Nelis. Napoleon, Endicott, Chaumonielle, brown Beurre; 

 Lemon clingstone peaches; damsons. George Choate, St. Michael 

 pears- 



Tfaecirid and bleak winds of autumn, the fall of the leaf, the har- 

 vi^stiav the matured fruits and yellow com, tell us that the season is 

 fast drawing to a close, and that nature is about to enter into that 

 rest, from which, at the approach of sprin?, she will awaken with 

 renewed and iovigorated life. With these iodicatioBs our exhibitions 

 dose, oolj, hawerer, for a season, and we trust tluiX wliea tbe 5elils 

 are agaia hedecked w ith their mantle of ^reeo, rfaequered A\ith tbe 

 opeaii^ flaireis, onr halls will be re o pe n ed, and that the same spirit 

 vrfaick animated as tbe past season mill continue to incite us to ne«r 

 and increased exertions. — Ti'. 



Exhibition of the Americas Ixstitfte, New Toar. — The 

 tiriraeeatk aanaal exbitiition of the American Institute was opened on 

 tke tSdt Oeuriier, at Niblu's Garden; there was au exhibition of hor- 

 tiealtaFal and floricoltaral products. The exhibition was very well 

 gwt up, nader the arrangement of our correspondent, Mr. Dunlap, 

 who has asBociated himself with Mr. Ni!>lo in the management of 

 tbe gSLrdfiUt tbere was an excellent display of flouers and fruibs. 

 Mr. Daalap has kindiy furni^^hed us with the following award of 

 premjaois which were offered for the occasion. 



htowert: — John B- Mantelle, Forty-sixth Street, for the be?t bou- 

 quet, a silver medal. Alfred Bridgman, Broadway, for tbe second 

 ttest ttouquet, a diploma. Niblo k. Dunlap, 376 Broadway, for the 

 l>est twelve self-coltreJ dahlias, a coi)y of Downing's Rural Archi- 

 tecture. John Briel], Hari^imus, N. J., for the second l>est twelve 

 self-colored dahlias, a diploma, Niblo k. Dunlap, 576 Broadway, 

 for the best tweh-e various colored dahlias, a silver medal. John 

 Briell, Harsimus, N. J., for tbe second best colored dahlias, a di- 

 ploma. William Kent, Brooklyn, for the best six self-colored dah- 

 lias, a silver medal. Moses Van Beuren, Brooklyn, for the second 

 best self-colored dahlia? — For tbe best six various coloreil dahlias, a 

 silver medal- Thomas Hogg, Twenty-second Street and Broadway, 

 S\tT fifi^ -three vaxieties of the cactus. 



