350 THE FLORIST AND 



Design for table Ornament, to Pentland & Bro. 



2d best " " to E. Foulk. 



Best Basket, E. Foulk. 



2d best " S. Feast & Sons. 



3d best " Mrs. A. Pentland, discretionary to Mrs. Baker. 

 1. Bouquets for Yase, best pair, Mr. Fuss. 



" 2d best pair, E. Foulk, discretionary to Mrs. Town, 

 for Bouquets of Grasses. 



Best Design for room, S. Feast & Sons. 



2d best " " Pentland & Bro. 



3d best " " Mr. Fuss.^ 



A number of premiums were awarded for Native and Foreign Grapes, 

 Apples, Peacbes, Pears and Melons ; and for Vegetables, for which wo 

 have not room. 



PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



September 19, 1854, the Stated Meeting of the Society, was held in 

 Sansom Street Hall, this evening. 



Dr. William D. Brinckle, Vice President in the chair. 



On motion, ordered that the chairman of the special committee appointed 

 to conduct the Horticultural department of the State Fair, be authorized to 

 purchase the table coverings, at the close of the Fair. 



On motion, resolved, that no member of either of the standing com- 

 mittees for awarding premiums shall be considered qualified to act, from 

 whose collections objects for competition are presented, at either the annual 

 or monthly exhibitions of the society. 



Resolved, that the Secretary is hereby directed to append to the name of 

 every private gardener that of his employer also, in all cases where the 

 former shall appear on the records of the proceedings of the society. 



John Churchman was elected a member of the society. 



Objects shown. — By William Johns — several dishes of Grapes. By John 

 P. Aertsen — a basket of Figs. 



October 17. — The stated meeting of the society was held, in the Sansom 

 Street Hall, this evening. 



Dr. William D. Brinckle, V. P., in the chair. 



The following were the premiums awarded : 



Pears. — For the best collection of ten varieties, to Isaac B. Baxter. 



