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u^, Messrs. Pentland & Bro. Greenmount Gardens, sent a rich display™ 

 Cy of cut Verbenas, including many superior seedlings raised from their 

 / select stock; thirty varieties of Roses, too numerous to detail. Gar- 

 denia radicans^ the loadstone of the olfactory nerves ; Hoya carnosa, 

 pyramidal and hand bouquets. 



Mr. O. Kemp, gardener to Miss Tiffany, sent a collection of well- 

 grown Fuchsias ; we noted Epsii^ Kecurva, Hero, Dr. Jephson, Fla- 

 vescf,ns, Conqueror, Mag^ifica, Gay Lad, &c.j also, an extensive va- 

 riety of seedling Petunias and Verbenas, many of them novelties 

 worthy of attention, notwithstanding the many excellent kinds already 

 in existence. Mr. Winans sent collections of new varieties of Fu- 

 chsias and Geraniums, well-bloomed specimens. 



The following named gentlemen were appointed delegates to the 

 Pomological Congress, to be held in Philadelphia 13th of Sept. 1852: 

 S. Feast, Sr., E. Kurtz, Wm. Corse, Wm.C. Wilson, Nich. Popplien. 



W. Saunders, Cor. Sec. 



THE CHESTER CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Held its exhibition for July on Saturday last. The day was un- 

 favorable. Messrs. Morris & Co. exhibited greenhouse plants, and 

 obtained the first premium. A. Marshall & Co. also had a fine dis- 

 play. Cut flowers were exhibited by J. M. Bennett and obtained a 

 prize; and from Morris & Co. a design for centre table. The late pe- 

 riod at which we received the report, renders it impossible to make it 

 as full as we would desire, 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



The seventh stated meeting for 1852, was held at the Lower Sa- 

 loon, Chinese Museum, on Tuesday, July 20th. The display of ve- 

 getables was unusually fine with a fair proportion of fruits. Plants 

 and flowers were extensive in assortment, with many well cultivated 

 specimens. General Patterson favored the society with his presence 

 and permitted his gardener, Isaac Collins to deposit a collection of 

 plants; but no list being furnished us, we cannot enumerate them. 

 We noticed the old and well known Combretum, Hydrangea, Fuch- 

 sias, Torenia. #c, Sfc. — 1st premium awarded. Jas. Bisset, Jr., 

 gardener to Jas. Dundas, Esq., deposited a fine collection consisting 

 of some fine Orchids as Cattleya crispa ? Stanhopea grandiflora var : 

 supposed not to be correctly named. Stigmapkyllum ciliatum, Cler- 

 odendrum Japonicn, Hydrangea Japonica, H. hortensis, Gloxinia ru- 

 \ bra, G. albo-sanguinea, G. speciosa, Aekimenes patens, 6 Fuchsias, / 

 *k Snow Drop, Flavescens, Corallina, Chauvierii, Expartera, Gigantea, ft 

 fe and other plants — the second premium was awarded him. (*\ 



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