THE 



SOUTHERN PLANTS 



Devoted to Agriculture^ Horticulture, and the Household Arts, 



Agriculture is the nursing mother of the Arts. 

 — Xenoplion. 



Tillage and Pasturage are the two breasts of 

 the State. — Sully. 



FKANK. G. RUFFIN, Editor. 



F. G. RUFFIN & N. AUGUST, Prop'rs. 



Vol. XVI. 



RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER, 1856. 



No. 9. 



FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



VA. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICERS FOR 1856. 



President, 

 PHILIP ST. GEORGE COCKE. 



Vice Presidents, 

 Edmund Ruffin-, Sr., Hanover, 

 Lewis E. Harvie, Amelia, 

 WiLLOUGHBY Newton, Westmorcland, 

 Thomas L. Preston, Washington, 

 John R. Edmunds, Halifax, 

 Wm. M. Tate, Augusta, 

 George W. Summers, Kanawha. 



Other Members of the Executive Committee. 



William Boulware, King & Queen, 



William G. Overton, Hanover, 



William H. Richardson, Henrico, 



Richard Irby, Nottoway, 



B. Johnson Barbour, Orange, 



R. H. Dulant, Loudoun, 



Hugh M. Nelson, Clarke, 



Wm. M. Radford, Botetourt, 



William G. Crenshaw, Richmond, 



Frank G. Ruffin, Chesterfield. 



Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Chas. B. Williams. 



Chief Marshal, 

 CAPT. CHAS. DIMMOCK. 



Aids, 



WM. S. WOOD, Richmond, 

 THOS. T. MUNFORD, Powhatan, 

 W. H. RICHARDSON, jr., Richmond. 

 Chief of Police, 

 EDWARD S. GAY. 



assistant marshals. 



Superintendent of Grounds, 

 E. G. EGGELING. 

 Horses, 

 JNO. II. MACKENZIE. 



Cattle Department, 

 FRANK BELL. 



Sheep, 



THEOD. N. DAVISSON. 



Swine, 

 DANIEL P. HOWLE. 



Poultry, 

 BYRD CHAMBERLAYNE. 



Implement Department, 

 THOMAS DODAMEAD, 

 ABSALOM BLACKBURN. 



Domestic Manufactures, 

 JOHN F. WREN. 



Household Manufactures, 

 R. A. WILLIAMS, 



Vegetable Department, 



A. S. STORRS. 



• Dairy Department, 

 J. C. BURTON. 



Floral Department, 

 R, J. MORRISON. 



Ploughing Match, 

 Dr. JOHN F. SINTON. 

 Miscellaneous Department, 



JOHN T. REDD, 

 Forage Master, 



B. W. T ALLEY. 



