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Mr. Cope's gardener exhibited a table of fine esculents. 



Premiums awarded were by the Committee on Plants and Flowers. Plants 

 in Pots — For the best twelve to Thos. Fairley, foreman to Robert Buist ; 

 for the second best to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope ; for the third 

 best to Wm. Grassie, gardener to W. W. Keen. Plant in Pot — For the 

 best specimen, Gardneria Stanleyana, to John Pollock, gardener to F. Len- 

 nig. Indigenous Plants — For the best to Alex. Parker. Plants shown for 

 the first time — A premium of $3 for Hoya campanulata, to Wm. Grassie, 

 gardener to W. W„ Keen ; one of a dollar for Justicia hicolor and Gom- 

 phrena Hoveyii, to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope, and one dollar to 

 Thos. Fairley, foreman to R. Buist ; for a collection of Achimenes, Glox- 

 inias, and a Cyrtanthus. Bouquet design — For the. best to Isaac Collins, 

 gardener to General Patterson. Basket — For the best to Thos. Meehan ; 

 for the best of indigenous flowers to the same. 



Special premiums — Two dollars to James Bisset, gardener to Jas. Dundas, 

 for Cattleya Mossia, a fine specimen ; and $3 to Isaac Collins, gardener to 

 Gen. Patterson, for a large collection of plants, including a beautiful speci- 

 men of Plumeria rosea, Orchids, and other green and hot house plants. 



By the Fruit Committee — Grapes — For the best black variety, Black 

 Hamburg, to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope ; for the second best to 

 A. J. Smith, gardener at Eden Hall. For the best of a white variety — 

 White Frontignac to A. J. Smith ; for the second best, Golden Chasselas, to 

 Thos. Meehan. Apricots — For the best to Thos. Robins, for Moorpark ; for 

 the second best to Wm. V. Pettit, for the same kind. .Plums — For the best, 

 the Imperial Gage, to Isaac B. Baxter ; for the second best, Mirabelle, to 

 A. Parker. Figs— For the best to II. W. S. Cleveland, for St.- Michaels ; 

 for the second best to Wm. Johns. Gooseberries — For the best" ft) A. Bur- 

 nett, gardener to IT. Pratt McKean, for Roaring Lion ; for the' second best, 

 the large green, to Isaac B. Baxter. Apples— For the best, the I^arly Har- 

 vest, and for the second best, the Bough, to' John Perkins ; and special pre- 

 miums of $3 for very fine Peaches, and $2 for a seedling peach tree in fruit, 

 in a pot, to Thos. Meehan. 



By the Committee on Vegetables — Tomatoes^-F or the best naff peck to 

 James Jones ; for the second best to Wm. Johns. For the best display of 

 Vegetables, by a private gardener, to Thos. Meehan, gardener to C. Cope. 



Adjourned. Thomas P. James, Pec. Sec. 



