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The Herbarium had received valuable additions of plants 

 from Katahdin, Me., by Rev. A. P. Chute : also of many- 

 species from Vermont by Rev. John L. Russell. Of these 

 latter, a large number were rarer lichenes of the limestone 

 formations on Lake Champlain. 



The Report on Horticulture says, that there have been 

 no indications of a decrease of interest in this department. 

 On the contrary, we may confidently hope, that the efforts 

 put forth, during the last ten years, for the more general 

 diffusion of a taste for the cultivation of Fruits and 

 Flowers may not have been, without a marked and bene- 

 ficial effect, upon the community. The Horticultural 

 exhibitions were continued during the season, commencing 

 on the third week in June, at which time the splendid dis- 

 play of the Queen of flowers, the Rose, of itself constitutes 

 a most attractive object of interest and delight. There 

 were two exhibitions in the month of June, three in 

 August, and three in September, including the Annual 

 exhibition of the 24th and 25th of the last named month. 

 The rooms of the Institute were graced with an abundant 

 and magnificent show of flowers, from the garden, the 

 forest, the field, and the meadow, as well as from the 

 conservatory and greenhouse. The earlier fruits, espec- 

 ially the smaller sorts, such as cherries, strawberries, 

 raspberries were well represented and were of a superior 

 quality. Eleven hundred dishes filled with the fruits of 

 the season were displayed at the Annual exhibition, and 

 these interspersed with Dahlias, Asters and other Autum- 

 nal flowers, constituted an almost unequalled Horticult- 

 ural show. 



The following are additions to the Library, viz: News- 

 papers, 151 vols. Foho books 7, quarto 10, octavo or 

 lesser fold 34L Pamphlets 5679. By these additions 

 the Institute has been enabled to complete very nearly the 

 files of the Annual or other Reports of several of the 

 literary, scientific, educational, missionary, charitable, and 

 other societies; the Catalogues and other pubhcations 

 of our Colleges, especially those of New England ; also 

 files of our local newspapers, &c. 



Exhibited, Ribes sanguinea, Corydalis aurea, Zanthor- 

 hiza apiifolia, Vaccinium vitis-ida3a, Asarum canadense, he, 

 &c,, by Samuel P. Fowler. Mr. F. is a zealous cultivator 

 of our hardy native plants, and the above specimens 

 exhibited his skill in a favorable manner. 



