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did variety of Verbenas, Calceolarias, Petunia, Letospeira, &c, &c, exhib- 

 ited by Mrs. Eliza Kessler, and Mr. Michael Hauser. It cannot be expected 

 that all the plants (of which there were so many fine specimens,) should be 

 noticed individually; and it is probable, that during the examination in the 

 crowded Hall, the names of some of the numerous contributors have been 

 omitted unintentionally. We would therefore merely state that Mrs. John 

 Kutz, Mrs. J. "Arnold, Mrs. H. Nagle, (a beautifal Passion vine, &c.) Mrs. 

 R. F. Brown, (among other fine plants a rare variegated Calceolaria, and a 

 California Goldiana,) Mrs. Albright, Mrs. F. S. Bickley, Mrs. John Henry, 

 Mrs. Oakeley, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. M. Miller, Mrs. Beckhardt, J. Gorgas, 

 Mrs. Sell, Mrs. Foecht, Mrs. Rhoads, Mrs. Edes, Mrs. McKeever, Mrs. Mc- 

 Donald, Mrs. Siegel, D* Rhein, Peter Homan, (an Agave Americana, 21 

 years old,) Mrs. Dickenson, Mrs. Weitzel, Mrs. Mary Davis, Mrs. Kessler, 

 Mr. Hauser, and perhaps others, presented for exhibition a very handsome 

 and large variety of green-house pot flowers, among which may be enumer- 

 ated white, red, and variegated Oleanders, Pomegranates, Verbenas, Petu- 

 neae, Creeping Cereus, Aloes, Cactus of very many varieties, Pinks, Calce^ 

 olarias, Hydrangeas, Fuchsise of many kinds. Also, a number of very rare 

 plants, unlabeled, together with a general assortment of flowers now in 

 bloom, all of them of a very superior character, as might be ^supposed from 

 the names of the contributors. 



The Committee regret that the rule requiring the plants to be labeled, was 

 not more generally observed ; the neglect thereof diminishing somewhat the 

 gratification of the visitors. AYith the wish that the next floral exhibition 

 may be held somewhat earlier in the season, and that each one will surpass 

 in beauty, excellence, and variety, its preceding one, we close our report. 



Your Committee on Indigenous Plants, regard with lively pleasure the 

 increasing interest taken in our county in the study of the "amiable sci- 

 ence" Botany. They understand that there would have been a stronger 

 competition for the premiums offered by your society, had not the intense 

 heat and dryness of the previous week materially marred our flora. 



The first premium we consider fully due to Mr. Charles A. Deininger, 

 whose beautiful and tastefully arranged vase of rare native flowers, elicited 

 a general expression of admiration. ^It contained 20 species, representing 

 18 genera. 



Your Committee sincerely regret their inability to award your second pre- 

 mium to Miss E. B. Griscom, for her vase of "Never Sink" flowers, arranged 

 with so much neatness and taste. They were deposited too late to come 

 within the rules of the exhibition. 



The Committee to whom was delegated the delicate task to decide the 



