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to be anticipated that we may at once come into possession of a good large 

 Potato with a perfectly sound constitution — a result which we need not say 

 would be cheaply purchased with any amount of trouble or expense. — Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Jane 20, 1854. — The stated meeting was held as usual this evening: the 

 President in the chair. 



The premiums were awarded as follows : 



Gloxinias — ten plants, for the best, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to 

 B. A. Fahnestock ; for the second best, to Alexander Burnett, gardener to 

 H. Pratt McKean. Fuchsias — eight plants, for the best, to Thomas Robert- 

 son ; for the second best, to Alexander Burnett ; for the third best, to John 

 Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. Collection of twelve plants — for the 

 best, to Robert Buist ; for the second best, to Thomas Robertson ; for the 

 third best, to John Pollock. Specimen plant — for the best, to Robert Buist ; 

 for the second best, to John Pollock. Neiv plants shown for the first 

 time — a premium of three dollars to Robert Buist, for Orchids, and a fine 

 plant of Kalosanthes Phoeenix ; and one of two dollars to James Kent, for 

 G-reen and Hothouse Plants. Baskets — for the best, to Jerome Graff, 

 gardener to C. Cope ; for the second best, to Robert Kilvington ; of indige- 

 nous flowers, for the best, to Meehan & Saunders. Bouquets — one pair, for 

 the best, to Jerome Graff; for the second best, to James Kent. And 

 special premiums — two dollars to John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas; 

 three dollars to the same, for a general display of plants ; two dollars to 

 James Kent, for a display of plants ; two dollars to H. A. Dreer, for fine 

 seedling Verbenas and Chinese Pinks. The Committee called particular 

 attention to a very fine seedling Petunia and a good Pelargonium, grown by 

 John Gray. 



Grapes — three bunches, for the best, of a black variety, to John Pollock, 

 gardener to James Dundas; for the second best, to Jerome Graff, gardener 

 to C. Cope; for the best of a white variety, to the same; for the second best, 

 to John Pollock. Strawberries — two quarts, for the best, to James M. Tage ; 

 for the second best, to A. L. Felten. Cherries — three pounds, for the best, 

 to Isaac B. Baxter. Currants — two quarts, for the best red, to A. L. Fel- 

 ten ; for the best white, to Isaac B. Baxter. Special Premiums — one dol- 

 lar to A. L. Felten, for a dish of fine Black Mulberries, and of two dollars 



