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presented its edge to the sod. The peculiarity of the machine described by 

 Dr. Kennedy, did not consist so much in that it made a trench, as that it 

 laid the tiles evenly immediately following the plough, and closed in the soil 

 over them. 



Mr. Landreth was pleased to hear the amount of agricultural machinery 

 at the World's Fair, and coincided in the opinion that the subject of agri- 

 cultural machines had not received sufficient attention and encouragement. 

 He resumed the debate on the reaper and mower, and was followed by 

 Messrs. Harrison, Willits, Newton, George R. Engle, Gustavus Engle, 

 Sheridan and others. The discussion, although highly animated and enter- 

 taining, is, for reasons formerly given, not reported. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The tent on the Common, devoted to the annual display of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, has been visited by a large number of our 

 citizens and strangers. The display was magnificent. The following is the 

 list of prizes and gratuities awarded by the Society : — 



PRIZES. 



Apples — For the best 30 varieties, of 12 specimens each, the Lyman 

 plate, valued at $30, to Messrs. Burr, Hingham ; for the second best, 120 

 B. Y. French, Braintree ; for the third best, 110, Joseph Lovett, Beverly ; 

 for the best 12 varieties of 12 specimens each, the Society's plate, valued 

 $20, B. V. French, Braintree ; for the second best, $15, J. B. Moore, 

 Concord ; for the third best, $12, Messrs. Burr, Hingham ; for the fourth 

 be3t, §8, John Gordon, Brighton ; for the best dish of apples, 12 specimens 

 of one variety, $6, James Guild, Roxbury ; for the second best, $5, Francis 

 Marsh, Dedham ; for the third best, $4, John Gilbert, Hillsboro' N. H. ; 

 for the fourth best, $3, B. V. French, Braintree. 



Pears — For the best 30 varieties of 12 specimens each, the Lyman plate, 

 valued at $30, to M. P. Wilder, Dorchester; for the second best, $10, 

 Hovey & Co., Cambridge ; for the third best, $10, Joseph Stickney, Water- 

 town; for the best 12 varieties of 12 specimens each, the Lyman plate, 

 valued at $20, Josiah Stickney, Watertown ; for the second best, $15, 

 Josiah Richardson, Cambridge ; for the third best, $12, W. R. Austin, 

 Dorchester ; for the fourth best, $8, J. A. Stetson, Quincy ; for the best 

 dish of pears, 12 specimens of one variety, $6, Nahum Stetson, Bridge- 



