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ry to the Board of Trustees of the Polytechnic College of the State of 

 Pennsylvania, Walnut Street, above Sixth, Philadelphia. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The stated meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday evening, July 

 19th, in the Chinese Saloon, Gen. Patterson, president, in the chair. The 

 exhibitions of plants was unexpectedly large for midsummer ; each collec- 

 tion contained some possessing interest, which it might be well to notice. — 

 Among those brought by the President's gardener, were a fine large plant 

 of Plumeria rosea, which the General sent home from Mexico, and has now 

 flowered for the first time. Tabernoemontana coronaria, in fine flower. — 

 CAumnea Sjhiediana, and a number of air plants. Among Robert Buist's 

 were new plants, and shown on this occasion for the first time — Cyrtanthus 

 magnijicus, Ly caste tetragona, Achimenes Margaretta, Fuchsias Orion, Gem 

 of the season ; Alpha and resplendens, and Gloxinia Victoria Ilegina. 

 F. Lennig's g.irdener,exhibited two very fine plants — Gardenia Stanley ana, 

 in full flower, and Plumeria rosea. Caleb Cope's had three new species, 

 exhibited foT the first time — Justicia bicolor, P romoenoea stapeloides, an or- 

 chid, and Hovey's globe amaranthus, a fine specimen of Clerodendron 

 Koempferii, Allamanda nereifolia, $c. W. W. Keen's contained a new 

 plant, Hoya campanulata, very pretty, and seen for the first time — Lophos- 

 permam Header so nii, Fuchsias, kc. James Dundas' gardener presented 

 handsome Fuchsias, Gloxinias, and a most beautiful air plant, the Cattleya 

 Mossia. The fruit table was laden with tempting specimen's of peaches, 

 very large — called Admirable, and a seeedling tree in fruit, growing in a 

 14 inch pot, also grapes of varieties, Black Hamburg, St. Peter's, White 

 Frontignac, Tokay, and Purple Damask, from Mr. Cope's grounds. From 

 Eden Hall, were Black Hamburg and White Muscat grapes. Very large 

 and luscious Moorpark Apricots, by Thomas Robins, Wm. Y. Pettit and 

 Wm. Johns. H. Pratt McKean, large fine gooseberries, called Cook's White 

 Eagle, and Farrow's Roaring Lion. Isaac B. Baxter had seedling Apricots, 

 Plums, the Royal Hative and Jefferson ; and 3 kinds of gooseberries. Mr. 

 Buist, Breda Apricot; Pear3, Bloodgood, Windsor, Madeline, English and 

 French Jargonelle; Currants, Black grape, Black Naples and late black 

 kinds. Alex. Parker seedling Apricots. II. W. S. Cleveland, St. Michael 

 Fig3, a choice dark variety, Wm. Johns, green Figs, and Johm Perkins, 

 seven varieties of apples. 



