152 THE FLORIST AND 
to C Cope, and premiums of one dollar eacli to John Pollock, gardener to 
James Dundas, to Robert Buist, and Wm. Thompson, gardener to John 
Tucker: Table design, for the best to C. O'Brien gardener to D. R. King ; 
Bashet, for the best to Mark Hill, gardener to M. W. Baldwin ; for the 
second best to J. J. Habermehl, gardener to John Lambert ; Bouquets, for 
the best pair, to the same ; for the second best to Jerome Graff, gardener to 
C. Cope ; Special premiums, two dollars to Peter Raabe for a vase of Hya- 
cinths ; three dollars to Charles Miller for Calceolorias, Stocks and other 
plants, and one dollar each for collections of plants to Isaac Collins, gar- 
dener to General Patterson ; to Jerome Graff, gardener to C. Cope, and to 
John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas. The Committee notice a beauti- 
ful seedling Camellia of a cherry red color, and a beautiful monthly bloom- 
ing carnation, shown by John Sherwood. 
By the Committee on vegetables — Cucumbers, for the best two to Wm. 
Thompson, gardener to John Tucker. 
Bhubarb,^-£or the best twelve specimens to John McLaughlin, and a spe- 
cial premium of four dollars to Mark Hill, gardener to M. W. Baldwin, for 
a collection of Cauliflowers, Cucumbers, Radishes, and Lettuce ; very fine 
for the season. 
The Committee of Publication reported that an estimate of collating the 
transactions could not be formed. 
A letter from L. E. Berkman, on behalf of Alexander Bivort, in reply to 
the compliment of his election to a corresponding membership, was read. 
The Secretary announced that he was authorized by John Fisk Allen, 
the author of the superb work on the "Victoria regia," to present the soci- 
ety with a copy ; and on motion, a tender of the thanks of the Society were 
ordered for this appropriate gift. 
The Committee on Publication was instructed and authorized to prepare 
the transactions of the Society from the commencement, and print 100 
copies. 
The following resolutions were submitted by Mr. Buist, and unanimously 
adopted by the Society. 
Resolved, That this Society has learned with the deepest sorrow, the 
death of Thomas Hancock, who departed this life (from an attack of pneu- 
monia) at his residence near Burlington, New Jersey, on the 21st ult., in 
the 54th year of his age. 
Resolved, That in acknowledging the sudden bereavement with which 
this Society has been visited, it also expresses its keen appreciation of the 
severe loss the various institutions with which the deceased was connected 
