522 Massachnsetts Horticultural Society. 



From W. Knabb, Oley Township, "Berks County, fine specimens of the 

 Yost and Yacht or Jagd apples, described in our ad interim report for De- 

 cember, 1852; both "very good" in quality, and worthy of being widely 

 disseminated. 



From C. B. Lines, of New Haven, JfTiite's Seedling, a native pear of Con- 

 necticut. Size medium, round-obovate ; greenish yellow, sometimes rus- 

 seted ; stem rather long and slender, inserted somewhat obliquely into a 

 small, fleshy excrescence ; calyx open, segments short, set in a rather shal- 

 low basin ; flesh of fine texture, buttery, juicy ; pleasant flavor ; quality 

 " very good.^'* 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Dahlia Show. — The Flower Committee having appointed the days of 

 the annual exhibition as the time for awarding the prizes, the display was 

 made on the 21st, 22d, and 23d of September, and the following is the list 

 of awards, with the names of all the winning flowers, necessarily omitted 

 in our last : — 



PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR DAHLIAS. 



Specimen Bloom. — For the best, to J. Hyde &- Son, for Admiral, $3. 



Various Colors. — Best Tipped, to F. & M. Burr, for Star, $1. Best 

 Scarlet, J. Hyde & Son, for Gen. Fauchier, $1. Best Striped, to J. 

 Hyde & Son, for La Rosiere, $1. Best Red, to A. Bowditch, for 

 Joshua Longstreth, $1. Best Blush, to J. Hyde & Son, for Zoe, $1. 

 Best Scarlet, to J. Nugent, for La Tour L'Auvergne. Best Maroon 

 Tipped, to J. Nugent, for Roi de Pontelle, $1. Best Dark Tipped, 

 to J. Hyde & Son, for Roi de Pontelle, $1. 



Twentt-four Dissimilar Blooms. — For the best, to Messrs. Hovey, 

 $7, for Magnificent, Nepaulese Chief, Triumphant, El Dorado, Bar- 

 maid, Mrs. C. Bacon, Laura Livingston, Admiral, Doug. Jerrold, 

 Triumph de Lannoy, Mrs. Herbert, Morning Star, Comte de Me- 

 rode, Aurora, Coquette de Peck, Mr. Seldon, La Jeanette, Star, Cle- 

 opatra, Leda, Sir C. Napier, Model, Lilliput Von Beyrout, Caractacus. 

 For the second best, to P. Barnes, $5, for Summit of Perfection, George 

 Glenny, Mount Blanc, Beauty of Sussex, Box, Black Prince, Rich- 

 ard Cobden, Fame, Marshal Soult, Beauty of Hastings, La Tour 

 L'Auvergne, Magnificent, Beauty of Cambridge, Mrs. Hansard, Buf- 

 falo Girl, Privateer, Queen of the East, Admiral, Miss Vyse, Joshua 

 Longstreth, Arethusa, Miss Blackmore, Picotee, Unique. 



Eighteen Dissimilar Blooms. — For the best, to J. Hyde & Son, $6, 

 for Abbe Tassart, Gen. Fauchier, Beeswing, Zoe, Madame Zahler, 

 Unique, Cleopatra, Rainbow, Duchess of St. Albans, Fame, Essex 

 Champion, Beauty of Hastings, Summit of Perfection, King of the 



