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ent counties bordering' on the Lake, be appointed by this Convention, to 

 make the necessary arrangements, and issue a call for a Convention, to be 

 held at such time and place as they may think proper, — for the purpose of 

 organizing a Horticultural Society for the Valley of Lake Champlain. 



The following named gentlemen were then unanimously appointed such 

 Committee : Jonathan Battey, Keeseville ; Hon. Henry Ross, Essex ; Hon. 

 John H. Boyd, Whitehall ; Prof. E. S. Carr, Castleton ; Albert Chapman, 

 Middleburj' ; Chauncy Goodrich, Burlington ; Jasper Curtis, St. Albans ; 

 A. J. Moses, Champlain ; Stephen Macomber, Grand Isle. The Convention 

 then adjourned. — Ed. 



CiKciiX^JATi Horticultural Societt's Annual Exhibition. — From 

 tlie reports of this exhibition, which reach us through the Cincinnati papers, 

 it was remarkably successful, and the display of flowers, rare plants and 

 fruits, exceeded by far any previous exhibition of the Society. Gentlemen 

 from the East, who had attended the shows of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, hesitated not to pronounce tlie Exhibition superior to anything they 

 had ever witnessed. The Gazette says : 



The ornamental handiwork presented an agreeable and attractive feature 

 of the Horticultural rooms. Great labor and pains have been bestowed in 

 arranging tlie most fantastic combinations of all the varieties of beautiful 

 flowers. We are not aware to whom this credit is due, but the individual in 

 question may entertain the pleasing reflection that this exhibition of inge- 

 nuity and taste has not been unrewarded by the appreciating throng which 

 has visited this delightful place of resort. 



We do not feel at liberty to omit this opportunity of paying a tribute to 

 the taste of Miss Rebecca Orange and Mr. R. Davis, who added much to 

 the attractions of these rooms by their tasteful and elegant plans of cottages 

 and gardens, in which were arranged pools of water, shells, flowers, and 

 many other well conceived accompaniments. 



At tlie close of the exhibition the articles displayed were sold at auction, 

 yielding tlie handsome sum of six hundred dollars. The admission fees 

 amounted to one thousand, thus making the entire receipts sixteen hundred 

 dollars. The official report has not come to hand ; if it reaches us in season 

 we shall notice it in our next. — Ed. 



Art. ni, Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. 



Annual Exhibition for 1850. — September 18. In accordance with the 

 programme for meetings for 1850, the Society met at the Agricultural Hall, 

 on Wednesday tlie 18th instant, V. P. Douw, Esq., its President, in the 

 chair. This being the annual autumnal exhibition, the rooms were kept 

 open for public inspection during Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 

 were visited by large numbers of ladies and gentlemen of the city and its 

 vicinity. The display was rich and very interesting, surpassing any which 

 have preceded it in the extent of new varieties of fruits, flowers and vegeta- 



