154 TEE FLORIST AND 
Roses, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Cinerarias were out in great beauty and perfec- 
tion. Whoever compared these creations of Nature with those gaudy shop- 
window imitations of flowers, could see full well how wretched are even the 
best devices of art. Wax and wire done up ever so fancifully could avail 
nothing here — absolutely nothing. 
Interesting and instructive addresses were delivered before the Society on 
Thursday evening, by the President and the Rev. Dr. Vinton. 
We are glad to learn that the efforts of the Society to establish a Botani- 
cal Garden are so successful. The bill passed the assembly on Thursday. 
Messrs. Hunt, Langley, and Kent, have mads an appropriation of land for 
this purpose, comprising about 16 acres, and valued at $25,000. Mr. Hunt 
gives $50,000 towards the endowment, from whom the Institution is to be 
named the Hunt Botanical Garden. The whole amount of stock is to be 
$150,000, of which more than $100,000 is already subscribed. The shares 
are $25 each. 
Below are the Premiums awarded, which give an outline of the articles 
exhibited, and from the judgment and care exercised by the committees, 
furnish a pretty safe criterian of relative merit. 
Collections. — For the best dissimilar collection of hot and greenhouse 
specimen plants, not less than 12, $12, George Hamlyn, gardener to W. 
C. Langley, Esq., Bay Ridge; for the second best $10, Martin Collopy, 
gardener to J. H. Prentice, Gowanus ; for the largest and best collection, 
comprising new and rare plants, not less than 20, $12, J. E. Rauch, Gow- 
anus ; for the best two specimens of ornamental or variegated-leafed speci- 
mens, $7, Martin Collopy, Astoria. 
SotJiouse Plants. — For the best four specimens, $3, Alexander Gordon, 
gardener to Edwin Hoyt ; for the second best, $6, M. Collopy ; for the 
best single specimen, $3, J. Weir, Bay Ridge ; for the second best, $2, 
Thomas Templeton, gardener to Alfred Large, Brooklyn. 
Grreenhouse Plants. — For the best four specimens, $3, A. Gordon ; for 
the second best, $6, M. Collopy ; for the best single specimen, $3, A. Gor- 
don ; for the second best, $2, Colman, gardner to Cummings. 
Pelargoniums. — For the best six specimens, $8, George Hamlyn; for 
the second best, $5, George Hamlyn ; for the best four specimens of fancy 
varieties, $5, George Hamlyn ; for the second best, $3, A. Gordon ; for 
the best four specimens of scarlet varieties $3, D. Murphy, gardener to J. 
S. T. Stranahan ; for the second best, $2, D. Murphy, gardener to J. S. 
T. Stranahan. 
Azaleas. — For the best four specimens, $8, Alexander Fraser, gardener 
to Dennis Perkins ; for second best, $6 ; S. Hamlyn ; for the best single speci- 
men, $3, I. Templeton ; for the second best, $2, J. W. De Grauw. 
Poses. — For the best twelve varieties of Bourbon, Tea, Noisette &c., $3, 
J. E. Rauch ; for the second best, $6, James Weir ; for the best six vari- 
eties, $5, James Weir. 
