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been manured, while the show on the other was comparatively indifferent. 
The whole field had, up to the time of plowing, been subjected to the same 
tillage. It had been in wheat last year, but the crop was so light that he 
decided to manure anew and sow again. This was not the first instance 
in which he had observed the difference in early and late plowng before 
Wheat. 
The Chair added his testimony in favor of early cultivation and sowing. 
Dr. Elwyn regretted that we were so prone to censure nature for our 
losses, when our own hands were at fault. He had recently returned from 
his farm, in Chester County, and wherever he had observed good farming, 
he had found the Wheat looking very well. The farmers in that county 
cultivated thoroughly and manured freely. 
Mr. A. S. Roberts had found the Wheat in Chester, Lancaster and 
Dauphin looking fair. The drilled fields looked the best. In the western 
country an unusual quantity of Wheat had been sown. 
S. Gr. Fisher, Esq., proposed "the winter feeding of stock" for discussion 
at next meeting. 
Adjourned. 
PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The stated meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday evening March 
20th, 1855, in Concert Hall. 
Robert Cornelius, Vice President, in the chair. 
The following premiums were awarded. By the Committee on Plants and 
Flowers. Azalea, specimen plant, for the best, to Robert Buist. Azaleas, 
six plants, for the best, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnestock. 
Collection of twelve plants, for the best, to Robert Buist ; for the second 
best, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnestock. Collection of 
six plants, for the best, to John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. 
Specimen plant, for the best, to Robert Buist ; for the second best, to John 
Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. Hew plants, shown for the first time, 
three dollars, to R. Buist, for Siphocampylos, Azaleas, and particularly 
Berberis trifoliata. Basket, for the best, to Mark Hill, gardener to M. W. 
Baldwin ; for the second best, to Jerome Graeff, gardener to C. Cope. 
Boquets, for the best pair, to J. J. Hubermehl, gardener to John Lambert ; 
