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On the present occasion, the whole success was 

 due, chie%, to the indefatigable chairman of the 

 Committee of Arrangements Mr. J. E. Mitchell, 

 Messrs. James Ritchie, Robert Scott, H. B. Blan- 

 chard, W. L. Schaffer, Robert Kilvington, who 

 alone acted out of thirty-eight committee-men, 

 Mr. Newberry Smith a volunteer, a committee of 

 ladies under Miss Percival, and the excellent hard- 

 working Secretary, A. W. Harrison ; to these, the 

 Chairman of the Exhibition wishes to return his 

 thanks for their active support. The Philadelphia 

 gardeners and nurserymen behaved well. Some of 

 them had magnificent collections. 



Of Nurserymen, particularly, R. Buist, P. Mac- 

 kenzie, H. A. Dreer, L. C. Bauman, Mahlon 

 Moon, (Moriisville, ) David Fergusson, W. Parry, 

 (Cinnaminson,) F. F. Merceron, (Catawissa,) W. 

 Southwood, Franklin Davis & Co., (Richmond, Va.) 

 E. Satterthwaite, Pennock & Bro., Geo. Williams, 

 John Dick, D. R. King, R. Raabe, B. L. Ryder, 

 (Franldin, Pa.,) D. S. Heffron, CUtica, N. Y.)had 

 articles on exhibition, and D. Landreth & Son, and 

 Maupay & Hacker represented the seedsmen. In 

 addition to these, there were one hundred and fifUj 

 horticulturists who made entries, hailing from South 

 Carolina and Virginia to New York State. • 



The great effort of the Pennsylvania Society is to 

 be cosmopolitan rather than local, — something as 

 the London Gardeners^ Chronicle, referring to this 

 Society, recently expressed it — the analogue of the 

 English Royal Horticultural Society — the beginning 

 under the new auspices is a very fair one. 



Our limits will not permit us to give a full report 

 of the many meritorious exhibitors, and articles 

 which swallowed up some six hundred dollars in 

 premiums. We can only give such items as we 

 thing may interest our readers in all parts of the 

 world. 



The best 12 Plai ts, awarded to Mr. W. Joyce, 

 gardeiicr to Mrs. M. W. Baldwin, were equal to 

 jinything ever seen before the Society. As an in- 

 dex of the ^kind of plants popular for specimen 

 growing, we give the full list. Allamanda cathar 

 tica, Croton pictum, Euphorbia splendens, Stygma- 

 phyllon ciliatum, Plumbago capensis, Jasminum 

 grandiflorum, Dipladenia crassinoda, Cycas revolu- 

 ta, Hibiscus sinensis, Beaumontia, Baumgartneria 

 and Cissus discolor. 



Best collection of 12 to a nurseryman or amateur, 

 was Robert Buist's Medinella Sieboldii, M. magni- 

 fica, Cyanophyllum magniiicum, Campylobotrys re- 

 fulgens, Maranta Porteana, M. zebrina and Nepen- 

 thes distillatoria, Pandamus utilis, Allocasia metal- 

 lica, Cissus Amazonica, and some Caladiums. 



Collections of 6 plants to W,Bevis, gardener to 

 Dr. Camac, was the highest premium awarded, but 

 the list of kinds was not handed in. 



The best 12 Ornamental Foliage plants was 

 awarded to W. Joyce, gardener to Mrs. Baldwin. 

 Best speciuien ornamental foliage plant to Joseph 

 Bevis, gardener to Dr. Camac. Wm. Joyce had 



the best collection of Ornamental Foliage plants, 



the best variegated foliage specimen plant was 

 awarded to Jos. Bevis. 



The collection to wliich the best ]2 Ferns was 

 awarded handed in no list, we therefore give the 2d 

 best by Mr. W. Joyce, gardener to M. W. Baldwin: 

 Adiantum formosum, A. assimile, A. trapeziforme, 

 Davallia Canariensis, Gynmogramma dialbata, G. 

 chrysophyl]a,G. tartarica, G. sulphurea, G. argyrea, 

 Pteris tricolor, Cretica alba lineata, Argyrea. ^ 



Mark Reeves, gardener to General Robert Patter- 

 son, had the best 12 Cakdiums : Jos. Beavis, best 

 6 Marantas ; R. Buist, best 6 Dracaenas ; Joseph 

 Beavis, best 6 Lycopodiums ; Gebhart Huster, gar- 

 dener to J. B. Heyl, best G Fuchsias. 



In Cut Flowers, Gebhard Schmidt had the high- 

 est premium f )r Da I . lias. Tliey were all numbered 

 seedlings. Mr. Drecr's second premium were 

 named, but no li.>-t handed to the Secretary. H.A. 

 Dreerhad the 1st preujium collection of Cut Flow- 

 ers, and Tliomas Meehan for Zonale Geraniums. 

 H. A. Dreer, best Gladiolus and best Verbenas. 



A very large amount of Premiums for meritori- 

 ous articles not provided for in the Schedule, were 

 awarded ; amongst others, to W. Young, gardener 

 to Stephen Morris, for a beautiful collection of Or. 

 chidoea in bloom, which was a rare sight to the vis- 

 itors. 



Daniel Dunlap, gardener to Mr. Starr, exhibited 

 a fine collection of Plants. Mahlon Moon's Ever- 

 greens, was probably equal in variety to any collec- 

 tion in the Union. Robert Buist's ^collection of 

 New Plants had many admirers. They were J^Ia 

 ranta Vanderbeckii, Bigronia argyrea, Ficus Coop, 

 eri, Draccsna Cooperi, Herodium spicatum, Bam- 

 busa variegata, Aucuba magnifica, Rhodea japonica, 

 Dieffenbachia grandis, D. Baraquinii, EuryalatifoHa 

 varegata, Caladium porphyropliylla. 



The Fruit department made a very good display. 

 Of Foreign Grapes, the best six varieties was 

 awarded to J. E. Mitchell, Esq , of Chestnut HilL 

 Best 3 bunches Black Hamburg to S. Greasly, gar- 

 dener to D. S. Brown, Esq. The best 3 of any 

 other dark (Victori.i,) to the gardener to B. 

 B. J. Leedom, Esq. Best Muscats, (Alexandria), 

 to W. Fowler, gardener to John Hopkins, Esq.^ 

 Baltimore. Best of any other white variety, (Gold- 



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