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Agi'ippina. JVoisette. General Lamarque. This list also might be 

 extended, but I will just mention the splendid Rose La Reine, 



I must not forget to call attention to the large and splendid display 

 of Baskets, made up of the choicest flowers of the season, and evinc- 

 ing the most exquisite taste. There were some eight or ten of these 

 baskets, of very large size ; and in regard to arrangement, taste, and 

 general effect, I consider them as being far the most lovely objects in 

 the whole fair (the ladies alone excepted). It was not a display for 

 a day, but the baskets were made up anew repeatedly during the con- 

 tinuance of the fair, and really seemed more beautiful with each re- 

 newal. There were also several baskets of Wild Flowers, very striking 

 and beautiful, and not by any means to be overlooked, particularly in 

 an exhibition specially designed to encourage native productions. 

 It affords me pleasure to say that all these baskets were arranged by 

 the hands of a lady, the same who made sucha splendid display of 

 bouquets and ornamental designs. 



There were many olher things eminently worthy of being mentioned, 

 such as Passion Flowers, Pansies, Pinks, Phloxes, Verbenas, Heliotropesj 

 Ckrysanthemur)is, Salvias, Ahutilons, Meirosideros, and other beautiful 

 objects, which must be passed by without further notice. I can not, 

 however, help alluding to a splendid bloom of that rare and singular 

 plant, the Aristolochia Braziliensis, presented by Thomas Hogg, Esq., 

 of Yorkville. I must also mention several large and beautiful blooms 

 of the Cereus triangularis, from A. P. Cumings, Esq., of Williams- 

 burgh. 



[The awards made in the horticultural department, will be found 

 in the list of premiums.] 



I have thus taken a brief review of the horticultural department, 

 and attempted to give some idea, however imperfect, of its general 

 character. It is well to preserve a truthful record of the general 

 aspect of our Annual Fairs, in order to have some standard by which 

 to measure the progress we make from year to year. This practice, 

 so far as relates to the horticultural department, was first carried out 

 methodically by my esteemed friend and oredecessor, Thomas Bridge* 



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