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It was voted that, hereafter, the Society sliall not loan any part of its 

 furniture, glass ware, baskets, &-c. 



Adjourned one week to September 28. 



September 28. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the chair. 



No business of importance was transacted, and the meeting was dissolved. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : The exliibition of Dahlias for premiums took place 

 to-day, and some very fine flowers were put up. The competitors were not 

 so numerous as we had expected, nor the flowers so good, as a whole, as we 

 had anticipated from the cool moist summer. Very few of the fine new 

 sorts were shown ; the principal were Mad. Zahler, Queen of the East, 

 Buflfalo Girl, and Florence Dombey, in the collection of Messrs. Hovey, and 

 Mr. Seldon in the stand of Mr. Spear. We give tlie names of the flowers 

 in the various stands. 



The principal exhibitors were Messrs. Hovey & Co., P. Barnes, J. W. 

 Brown, Gen. H. K. Oliver, Jas. Nugent, J. Gordon, L. Davenport, S. 

 Sweetser, Isaac Spear, C. A. Hewens, J. Hovey, A. Bowditch and others. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



Dahlias. — In divisions and classes as follows : — 



DIVISION A. 



Premier Prize. — To P. Barnes, for the best twelve dissimilar flowers, the 

 Society's silver medal, $5 : — for Toison d'Or, Miss Vyse, Beeswing, 

 Andromeda, Antagonist, Miss Blackmore, Great Mogul, Louis Philippe, 

 Mr. Seldon, Arethusa, Lady Sale. 



Specimen Bloom. — To J. Gordon, for Mr. Seldon, $3. 



Specimen Blooms of Various Colors. — Best Yellow, to C. A. Hewens, 

 for Cleopatra ; Rose, to J. Nugent, for Lady Cooper ; Tipped, to Hovey 

 & Co., for Miss Vyse ; Red, to Hovey & Co., for Beeswing ; Scarlet, to 

 Hovey & Co., for Boule de Feu : Buff, to Hovey & Co., for Toison 

 d'Or ; Dark, to Hovey &- Co., for Admiral Stopford ; Crimson, to J. 

 Hovey, for Marshal Soult ; Maroon, to I. Spear, for Arethusa ; IfTiite, 

 to P. Barnes, for Antagonist ; Orange, to I. Spear, for Latour I'Au- 

 vergne. 



DIVISION B. 



Class I. — For the best twenty-four dissimilar blooms, to Hovey & Co., 

 $7, for Marquis of Aylesbury, Beeswing, Minn, Pickwick, Mad. Wachy, 

 Cleopatra, Florence Dombey, Miss Blackmore, Baron Frettan, Buffalo 

 Girl, Viscount Resegneur, Henry Clay, Hamlet, Imbricata, Queen of 

 the French, Remembrancer, Mad. Zahicr, Lady of the Lake, Miss 

 Vyse, Arethusa, Gem (Oakley's), Argo, Mrs. Shaw Le Fevre, and Essex 

 Triumph. 

 For the second best, to P. Barnes, $5. (No names received.) 

 Class II. — For the best eighteen dissimilar blooms, to Hovey & Co., $6, for 

 Toison d'Or, Miss Vyse, Beeswing, Gem, Marquis of Aylesbury, 

 Mimosa, Baron Frettan, Mad. Wachy, Viscount Resegneur, Miss 

 Halleck, Buflfalo Girl, Mad. Zahler, Hamlet, Pickwick, Minn, Princess 

 Radzville, Hertha, and Queen of the French. 



