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The exhibition of grapes was very fine ; they were from the fol- 

 lowing persons : 



Messrs. S. F. B. Morse, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Francis Morris, Throg's Neck, N. Y. 



Wra. C. Wilson, New York city. 



Isaac Merritt, Hart's village, Dutchess county, N. Y. 



Clias. Downing, Newburgh, N. Y. 



B. H. Mace, 



Henry Steele, Jersey Oity, N. J. 

 Mr. Jas. Wiggins, Weehawken, N. J., exhibited several dwarf 

 trees, of the peach, plum and nectarine, in full bearing, which were 

 greatly admired. 



The Floral Department was represented by 



Messrs. Isaac Buchanan, Astoria, L. I. 

 Wm. Baker, New York City. 

 A. B. Clark, " 



Wm. A. Burgess, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 A. G. Burgess, East N. Y., L. I. : 



Chas. S. Pell, New York City. 

 Wm. H. Mitchell, Harlem, N. Y. ' . 



Peter Henderson, Jersey City, N. J. 

 Wm. Davison, Brooklyn, L. I. 

 A. C. Chamberlain, Brooklyn, L. I. 

 David Chirke, New York City. 

 S. F. B. Morse, Poughkeepsie. 

 Benjamin Wood, Manhasset, L. I. 

 Jas. E. Cavenach, Brooklyn, L. I. 

 Thos. Cavenach, u a 



During the summer the Chairman of the Horticultural Committee, 

 Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter, wrote to Mr. Andre Leroy, of Anglers, 

 France, asking him to exhibit some of the best varieties of fruit 

 grown in that country. Mr. Leroy heartily responded to the 

 invitation, and forwarded a very superb collection of fruit, to 

 which a prominent position was given. This exhibition attracted 

 unusual attention among Horticulturists, as the collection contained' 

 a great number of specimens not before seen in this country. 



The Premium Committee, of which Mr. George Timpson was 

 Chairman, discharged the duty with the strictest impartiality, cohi- 

 petent judges were appointed, and upon whose reports the premiums 

 were awarded, they were announced on the afternoon of Friday,, 

 the 26th of September, by Dr. John B. Rich, who had been ap- 

 pointed for this purpose. From the small number of complaints 

 made, it is presumed that the awards were satisfactory to the exhi- 

 bitors. They were as follows : 



