HORTICULTURAL. REPOSITORY. 



ciety who are entitled to premiums for articles exhibit- 

 ed this season, 1827. 



VEGETABLES. 



Best early Cucumbers. 

 " Cauliflowers. 

 " early Peas. 

 " Lettuce. 

 " early Lima Beans. 

 " Knight's Marrow Peas. 



Dr. Hosaek, 

 William Fairbairn 

 Alexander Smith, 

 William Curr, 

 Charles Oakley, 

 Michael Floy, 



" Celery. 



" Sea Kail. 



" early Cabbage. 



" Melons. 



" Blood Beets. 



" Endive. 



" Savoy Cabbage. 



" Carrots. 



" Brocoli. 



Fine sample of Peas. 



" Drumhead Cabbage. 



FRUIT. 



Best Cherries. 



" Strawberries. 



" Gooseberries. 



" Apricots. 



" Peaches. 



" Pears. 



" Plums. 



" Nectarines. 



" Grapes. 



FLOWERS. 



Best Polyanthus. 

 " Auriculas. 

 " Hyacinths. 

 " Tulips. 

 " Pinks. 

 " Carnations. 



John Roberts, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 Israel Dean, 

 William Wilson, 

 William Fairbairn, 

 George Still, 

 Michael Floy, 

 George Still, 

 William Wilson, 

 James Adams, 

 Engle Fick, 



Alexander Smith, 

 Francis Cooper, 

 William Neale, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 Charles Oakley, 

 Alexander Smith, 

 Peter Aymar, 

 Peter L. Vandervoort, 

 Alexander Smith, 



William Wilson, 

 Thomas Hogg, 

 G. Thorburn & Son, 

 Thomas Kinnersly, 

 William Large, 

 William Phelan, 



To Messrs. A. Parmentier, Thomas Kinnersly, 

 William Phelan, Daniel Kenny, William Wilson, Mi- 

 chael Floy, Alexander Smith, Thomas Hogg, William 

 Large, Dennis H. Doyle, Robert Dyson, William Bis- 

 Wee, Noah Wetmore, Supevintendant of the New-York 

 Hospital, and some other members, the Society is 

 also much indebted for their exhibitions of a great vari- 

 ety of flowers, fruit, and vegetables. The Society is 

 much indebted to Com. Isaac Hull, for valuable varie- 

 ties of Beans, &c., presented on his return last spring, 

 from the Pacific Ocean ; and to Mr. Isaac Dennison 

 of Albany, and Mr. Richards of Newark, for the choice 

 collection and very liberal supply of Plums and Green 

 Gages presented at their late anniversary dinner. It is 

 also worthy of remark, that melon seeds, 26 year's old, 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Hoffman, and received 

 by him from the late Mr. Seton, were planted and bore 

 fruit : some of which so raised were presented to the 

 Society, by Mr. Peter Aymffr. 



Cucumbers, 

 Peas, 



The Society offer premiums for the following arfo 

 cles, for the year 1S28 : 



FLOWERS. 



Polyanthus, Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks, Tulips, 

 Hyacinths. The days of exhibition to be fixed by the 

 Inspecting Committee. 



VEGETABLES. 



Best pair, earliest forced. 

 " 1 quart, last Tuesday iui 

 May. 



Cabbage, "■ 4 heads, do. do. 



Potatoes, " halfpeck, do. do. 



Beets, " 6 roots, second Tues- 



day in June. 



Carrots, ' " 6 roots, do. do. 



Celery, " 6 plants, last Tuesday 



in July. 



Lima Beans, (earliest,) " 2 quarts in pods. 



Lettuce, " 4 heads, the season. 



Cauliflowers, " 2 heads, do. 



Knight's Marrow Peas, " halfpeck, do. 



Cape Brocoli, " 4 heads, do. 



Savoys, " 4 heads, do. 



Endive, " 4 heads, dp. 



Beets, (late,) " 6 roots. 



Carrots, (late,) " 6 roots. 



Sea Kail. " 



Peaches, 



Plums, 



Pears, 



Nectarines, 



Apricots, 



Grapes, 



Strawberries, 



Muskmelons, 



Gooseberries, 



FRUIT. 



Best dozen, 

 do. do. 

 do. do. 

 do. half dozen, 

 do. dozen, 

 do. 2 bunches, 

 do. quart, 

 do. 

 do. dozen. 



The day for exhibition, to be fixed by the Inspecting 

 Committee, and published. 



Discretionary premiums will be awarded for flowers, 

 vegetables, or fruit, presented by members, or others, 

 when rare and of excellent sorts. 



Doct. Guetano Lanuza, at the anniversary dinner, 

 proffered through his friend Doct. Pascalis, to the So- 

 ciety, a premium, in value the sum of $50, for the best 

 fruit or vegetable production, that may be designated 

 by the Society, and produced at the next anniversary. 

 Notice will be given to the members of what the same 

 shall consist. 



By order of the Society, 



William Burtsell, Recording Secrelar/]. 



New- York, December 25th, 1S27. 



— ■•>»£ ^ fi«H« — 



Pepper. — There are no fewer than 41 kinds of pep- 

 per. A Batavian naturalist of the name of Blume, has' 

 written adescription of tbem, accompanied with plates* 



