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p ears — for the best 10 specimens, St. Germain, to F. Guoin. Apples — 

 for the best ten Newtown Pippin, to T. Meghran ; and a special premium of 

 §2 for a dish of Hovey's Seedling Strawberries, and another of $1 for two 

 varieties of Figs to Thos, Meehan. Cucumbers — for the best brace, Cauli- 

 flowers for the best 3 heads, and Rhubarb for the best 12 stalks to Thomas 

 Meghran. Sea Kale — for the best, and for the 2d best Rhubarb, to Thos. 

 Meehan. 



Display — For the best by a private gardener, to T. Meghran ; for the 2d 

 best to T. Meehan. 



The committee notice and call the attention of the Society to a specimen 

 of Hemp manufactured from the fibre of the Okra plant, which appears to 

 possess remarkable strength and fineness of texture. It was shown by Ths. 

 Dunlap. The usual ad interim report was submitted, describing a number 

 of fine varieties of Apples. T. P. James, Bee. Sec. 



MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The first monthly exhibition of the Society, for the present year was held 

 on the 4th inst., in the hall of the Maryland Institute; on this occasion there 

 was a fine, although not a large display of plants and flowers. Mr. O. 

 Kemp, gardener to Miss Tiffany, sent a showy collection of Cinerarias, 

 chiefly seedlings, also a collection of Pansies, superior to anything hereto- 

 fore exhibited before the society, the flowers above average size, of good 

 shape and substance ; it was quite refreshing to observe the result of skil- 

 ful culture as applied to this beautiful tribe of plants. 



A collection of the same by Mr. C. Campbell, gr. to Dr. Edmondson, were 

 little inferior to the above and contributed much to the floral display. A 

 flowering plant of the beautiful Acacia pubescens, and well grown plants of 

 Centradenia rosea, Gesnera oblongata, Begonia fuchsiodes, &c, were shown 

 in this collection; with Radishes, Mushrooms, and Lettuce, several heads of 

 a new lettuce raised by Dr. Edmondson from seed, received especial notice, 

 as being of a superior character for the table. 



Messrs. S. Feast & Sons, contributed an extensive assortment of plants ; 

 in their collection several magnificent roses were conspicuous, especially 

 Cloth of gold, Caroline de Sansal, Geant des Battailles, Victorine de Aus- 

 terlitz, and Souvenir de laMalmaison; Camellias, Sarah Frost, Hempsteadii, 

 and the Baltimore seedlings, Kurtz's Defiance, Feast's Perfection, Mary 

 Troup, and Jenny Feast, well flowered specimens of Geraniums, Azaleas 

 Verbenas, Petunias and Pelargoniums. A novelty which attracted much 



