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American Flower Garden Directory, 2 



Prince's Treatise on the Vine, 1 



Prince's Poraological Manual, 2 



Prince's Manual of Roses, 2 



Farmer and Mechanic, - 6 



American Agriculturist, 5 



The Cultivator, 2 



Volumes of books, 123 



At the suggestion of a valuable agricultural friend, the Board of 

 Managers resolved that those gentlemen to whom awards were made 

 in the agricultural and horticultural department, might receive the 

 value thereof in money or any article of silver ware they might 

 select. 



The labors of the Premium Committee are extremely arduous. 

 Under their direction, the articles from 2,194 exhibitors are to be 

 classified and arranged in separate lists. Then competent and im- 

 partial judges are to be selected, and their assent to serve obtained. 

 From the judges so appointed, it will be perceived that 85 written 

 reports were returned to the committee: after which, every item in 

 these reports are to be deliberated upon and the awards determined. 

 All this has been promptly attended to, and it is a matter of con- 

 gratulation that among the numerous competitors, very little dissatis- 

 faction has been manifested. To those of our fellow-citizens who 

 have served as judges, we tender our most sincere thanks. 



The Finance Committee, under the direction of James Van Norden, 

 Esq., their chairman, have discharged the onerous duty confided to 

 them with zeal and much ability. We append the detailed report 

 and vouchers of the Finance Committee, and trust that these will be 

 kept open to the access of all persons interested, according to the 

 usual custom of the Institute. 



We are proud to believe that there is no diminution of confidence 

 among the discerning portion of our fellow-citizens, in regard to 

 the utility of the pursuits of the Institute. With them it has attained 

 a character and standing which cannot be easily shaken. It has 

 arrived at this, not through the instrumentality of any one man, but 

 by the united and long-continued labor of a few patriotic and public 

 spirited men, who have sought no reward save that which flows from 

 conscious purity of motive, in pressing to promote the general wel- 



