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circumference of ten feet. Pumpkins weighing over two hundred 

 pounds, and of ten feet rotundity. Squashes of nearly the same mag- 

 nitude. Beets twenty inches round and two feet in length. Sweet 

 potatoes, in girth a foot, and in length eighteen inches. Corn from 

 fourteen to eighteen inches longj some ears of the fourteen row kind 

 containing about 700 grains, and weighing nearly a pound, with 

 abundant practical proofs of what can be effected by skilful culture,, 

 as will appear in the catalogue subjoined, of all the most important 

 articles entered for competition on this gratifying occasion. 



FLOWERS. 



Peter B. Mead, William S. Carpenter, Richard Field, and Aaron^ 

 Arnold, Judges. 



G. C. Thorburn, Astoria, L. I., for several fine varieties of dahlias, 

 renewed during the Fair. A silver cup;, and for 24 varieties of choice 

 dahlias, exhibited October the 11th, a copy of Brown's Trees of 

 America. 



Dunlap & Thompson, 635 Broadway, for a display of splendid 

 dahlias, frequently renewed the first two weeks of the Fair. A sil- 

 ver medal; and for the best twenty-four varieties of dahlias, exhibit- 

 ed October the 11th, a silver medaL 



L. Prevost, Astoria, L I , for an assortment of dahlias, renewed 

 during the Fair. The Farmer's Library and Monthly Journal of Ag- 

 riculture; and for twenty-four blooms of seedling dahlias, exhibited 

 on the 11th of October, Brown's Trees of America. 



Geihard Schmitz, Philadelphia, for the best 24 seedling dahlias, 

 exhibited October the 11th. A silver medal. 



Charles Moore, 9Sth street. Third Avenue, for fine specimens of 

 dahlias, frequently renewed. Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture; for 

 several varieties of cut flowers, tastefully arranged in flower stands 

 of rustic work, and frequently renewed, Downing's Horticulturist; 

 and for the best 24 varieties of roses, exhibited October 11th, a sil- 

 ver medal. 



Matheo Donadi, 44th street, Bloomingdale road, for several choice 

 varieties of dahlias. Downing's Horticulturist; for several rare varie- 

 ties of cut flowers, frequently renewed, Downing's Landscape Gar- 

 dening; and for 24 fine varieties of roses, exhibited the 11th of 

 October, Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society. 



J. B. Lenoir, 45th street, Bloomingdale road, for several fine varie- 

 ties of cut flowers, frequently renewed. Prince's Manual of Roses; 

 and for 24 choice varieties of roses, exhibited October 11th, Brown's 

 Trees of America. 



