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not to be found in many private establishments in Europe. Those of J, B. 

 Smith's are mostly tropical plants, requiring great judgment and care to cul- 

 tivate them, and, by their fine healthy condition, establishing the skill and 

 science of their proprietor. 



Mr. Pejiper is one of the oldest amateurs in the country; and his good taste 

 is evinced in his selection of plants, and exertions in procuring rare exotics. 



Mr. Buisfs Garden, in Twelfth Street, near Lombard Street, is well known 

 for its neatness and the excellence of its plants. Mr. Buist has introduced 

 some of the rarest and most interesting plants. His collection of those from the 

 Cape and New Holland equals any in the country : his dahlias are of the most 

 select kinds, and of great variety ; and he has raised a few seedlings which 

 surpass any that have come from England. 



Colonel Robert Can- is the present proprietor of Bartram's Botanic Garden, 

 the oldest in the country. His plants are good, and of various celebrated 

 kinds, his establishment being better known in Europe than any other, from 

 the great quantity of native seeds he exports. 



The Garden and Nurseries of Mr. Thomas Landreth, on Federal Street 

 (late D. and C. Landreth), are well known as of the oldest in the United 

 States. .His collection of plants and trees may be ranked among the most 

 select. The seed department of this ancient concern, so justly celebrated for 

 the freshness and purity of its products, is now conducted by D. Landreth and 

 Co. Seed grounds are on Fifth Street, below Federal. Warehouse, 63. 

 Chestnut Street. 



Mr. John M'Arran^s GardenjW est Market Street, is well known. His col- 

 lection is good, both from the age and great growth of his plants. His Cycas 

 revoliita, or sago palm, is upwards of a hundred years old ; being the plant 

 formerly in the possession of the late Wm. Hamilton, Esq., of the Woodlands. 

 Mr. M'Arran has the merit of establishing the first public garden in Phila- 

 delphia. His green-house, in winter, refreshes the visiter by its contrast to the 

 dreariness without. 



Mr. ParJcer''s Establishment in Prime Street is well known from its neatness 

 and good collection of plants. He deserves great credit, being one of those 

 self-taught men who had to encounter great difficulties in the pursuit of know- 

 ledge. His perseverance has been rewarded by the attainment of scientific 

 skill, and by the acquisition of a large collection of plants and shrubs. 



Mr. John Sherwood's Establishment at Laurel Hill, is one lately commenced ; 

 and, from the fine specimens of plants exhibited, bids fair to do well. Many of 

 his plants are rare, and well worthy a place in any collection. 



Mr, A. Dryburgh, Race Street, by Schuylkill Fourth Street, has many fine 

 plants, especially those of New Holland. His roses and dahlias are numerous 

 and of the choicest kinds. 



Mr. Duke, the proprietor of the garden, formerly Mr. M'Mahon's, con- 

 tributed many fine plants. 



Mr. D' Arras, near the Rising Sun, also furnished some beautiful exotics. 



D. Mawpay andZ). M'Avoy, at the Rising Sun, Germantown Road; and 

 Robert Kilvington, gardener to Wm. Lloyd ; contributed largely from their 

 gardens in fine bouquets. 



Mrs. Hibbert, Thirteenth Street, near South, whose establishment is well 

 known to the ladies, has many fine plants, with a good collection of dahlias. 



Mr. Heiskel, near Bristol, Messrs. A. S. Roberts, and S. Cohen, of this city; 

 deserve thanks for furnishing plants. Mr. Cohen's figs were fine and large, 

 the trees healthy ; it being the second crop this season. The Society was 

 much indebted to its fair friends for their imitations of flowers in wax and 

 shells ; Miss George^ s shell-work exceeding anything ever exhibited, and does 

 the greatest honour to her taste and perseverance. The wax-work by Mrs. 

 Shiba, Mrs. Ash, and *S'. W. Horn, was beyond all praise. 



Fruit. The fruits in general were very good, much better than might iiave 

 been expected, considering the unpropitious season for the finer kinds, sucii 

 as grapes, peaches, and the melon family. The grapes exhibited by Mr. Beehler 



