HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL, 21 



PENNSYLVANIA HOTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The stated meeting of this Society was held on the 21st of December, 

 Gen. Patterson, President, in the chair. Owing to the severity of the 

 weather the display was meagre, yet interesting. Mr. Cope's gardener 

 brought a collection of twelve plants, a specimen plant, a beautiful basket of 

 cut flowers, bearing in its centre the 152d flower of the Victoria from the 

 original plant, a bouquet and a display of Vegetables. 



Peter Mackenzie exhibited his most beautiful seedling Camellia in flow- 

 er, "Jenny Lind," the finest ever shown before the Society. 



H. W. S. Cleveland, four bunches of Grapes, the Black Hamburg and 

 Muscat of Alexandria, in a fine state of preservation, which had been hang- 

 ing on the vines since the first of September. 



Isaac B. Baxter presented Pears — 20 of Passe Colmar, 10 St. Germain, 

 and 4 Beurre d'Aremberg varieties. Thomas Meghran, gardener to Mr. 

 Stewart, Torresdale, had a fine table of Vegetables. 



Premiums were awarded as follows : 



By the Committee on Plants and Flowers — collection of plants in pots for 

 the best ; specimen plant, for the best ; design of cut flowers for the best ; 

 basket of cut flowers, for the best, to Thomas Meehan, gardener to C. Cope. 

 The Committee call particular attention to a beautiful seedling Camellia of 

 Mr. Mackenzie, not shown for the first time, but exhibited as one of the best, 

 American seedlings ever presented. 



By the Committee on Fruits — for the best ten specimens of Pears, Passe 

 Colmar, and for the second best, St. Germain, to Isaac B. Baxter. The 

 Committee notice some fine Muscat of Alexandria, and Black Hamburg 

 Grapes, in a fine state of preservation, which had been hanging on the vines 

 since the first of September, and were grown by H. W. S. Cleveland. 



By the Committee on Vegetables — for the best display by an amateur 

 gardener, to Thomas Meghran, gardener to Mr. Stewart, Torresdale; for the 

 second best, to Thomas Meehan, gardener to Caleb Cope. 



The Committee on Fruits submitted a very interesting ad interim report 

 upon the objects brought to their notice since the last meeting. 



AD INTERIM FRUIT REPORT. 



Philadelphia, Bee. 20, 1853. 

 To the President of the Penna. Hort. Society. 



The fruit committee respectfully report, that since the November meeting 

 of the society, the following fruits have been received by them. 



From Mrs. J. R. Latimer — Pears for their name, grown by Dr. Charles 

 Kuhn, of this city. These were unusually fine specimens of the Uchasserie. 



