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tori and Pitmaston varieties ; and the Shanghai Peach, believed to be ex- 

 hibited for the first time in America, from the conservatories of C. Cope. 

 Three bunches of the White Sweet Water Grapes, from Eden Hall. A rick 

 display on nine dishes of Cherries, from Mrs. J. B. Smith, consisting of tie 

 Royal native, Bigarreau Cocaret, Burr's Seedling, Gobet, Belle Magnifique, 

 Royal, Montmorency, Griotte and Mayduke. Isaac B. Baxter had the 

 Gros native, Guigne noir, Blackheart and Mayduke Cherries, a dish of the 

 Col. Wilder Raspberry. Gooseberries 32 to the pound, White and Red 

 Currants. J. F. Knorr, four .kinds of Currants of the best sorts. J. M. 

 Page, a dish of Moyamensing Strawberry. Wm. Hobson, the Early Rich- 

 mond and Black Tartarian Cherries. Dr. Brinckle, Raspberries, viz: the 

 Mrs. Ingersoll, Mrs. Wilder, Gen. Patterson, Longworth, Emily and No. 

 35 H. Dr. J. K. Mitchell, seedling Raspberries. R. Cornelius' gardener, 

 Hovey's Seedling Strawberries. 



The two large tables of Vegetables were furnished from the gardens of 

 C. Co£e and R. Cornelius ; much credit is due to their gardeners for such 

 fine esculents presented. James Ridings exhibited a very interesting case 

 6f pestiferous insects collected by him this season, which attracted attention ; 

 it contained Borers of the Maple tree, the Linden, the Apple and Quince, 

 the Cherry and Locust, the Ash, the Locust, the Cherry and Ash, the 

 Peach, the Currant and Gooseberry and the Squash. 



Premiums awarded on the occasion Were : 



By the Committee on Plants and Flowers, viz: Gloxinias — For the best 

 six to James Bisset, gardener to James Dundas ; for the second best to John 

 Bell, W. P. Fuchsias — For the best six to A. Burnett, gardener to II . 

 Pratt McKean. Plants in Pots — For the best twelve to Thomas Fairley, 

 foreman to R. Buist ; for the second best to Wm. Grassie, gardener to W. 

 W. Keen ; for the third best to John Bell. Plant in a Pot — For the best 

 grown specimen Gardenia Stanley ana, to John Pollock, gardener to F. 

 Lennig. Plants shown for the first time — A premium of $5 to Thomas 

 Fairley, foreman to R. Buist, for fine plants in bloom of Medinilla mag- 

 nifica and Tecoma jasminoides rosea; a premium of three dollars to John 

 Bell for Delphinium llendersonii, six very beautiful Gloxinias and two 

 Achimenes ; a premium of two dollars to John Pollock, gardener to F. 

 Lennig, for Clerodendron Bethinianum audi Medinilla Sieboldii ; a premium 

 of one dollar to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope, for Eranthemum 

 Semperflorens and Siphocamphylas nitidis. 



Bouquet Designs — For the best to Thos. Meehan ; for the second best to 

 Thos. Meghran, gardener to R. Cornelius. Basket of cut flowers — For the 

 best to the same; for the second best to Robert Kilvington ; for the best 

 of Indigenous flowers to Thos. Meehan ; for the best hand bouquet to John 

 Bell ; and a special premium of one dollar to Thos. Meehan for a box of 

 Carnation flowers. The Committee notice as deserving special attention, a 



