HORTICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 187 
PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The regular stated meeting of this association was held on Tuesday 
evening, June 19th, at Concert Hall. The plants and flowers were of great 
beauty, and the display charming. 
The following premiums were awarded : — 
By the Committee on Plants and Flowers. — Grhxinias, eight plants, eight 
varieties — for the best, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnes- 
tock ; for-jthe second best, to Alexander Burnett, gardener to H. P. McKean. 
Fuc/isias, eight plants, eight varieties — for the best, to Thomas Robertson, 
gardener to B. A. Fahnestock ; for the second best, to Mark Hill, gardener 
to M. W. Baldwin ; for the third best, to John Pollock, gardener to James 
Dundas. Lilies, three plants — for the best, to Robert Buist. Carnation — 
for best American seedling, to H. A. Dreer. herbaceous Cut Mowers — 
for the best, to Thomas Meehan. Collection of twelve i^lcints — 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 J. J. Habermehl, 
gardener to John Lambert. Specimen Plant — for the best Medinilla mag- 
nifica, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnestock ; for the second 
best, the Rhyncospernum Jasminoides, to Robert Buist. I^eiv Plants — for 
Fuchsia Duchess of Lancaster, $2, to Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. 
Fahnestock. Table Pesign — for the second best, to A. L. Felton. Basket 
of Cut Flowers — for the best, to Jerome Graff, gardener to C. Cope ; for 
the second best, to J. J. Habermehl, gardener to John Lambert ; of indige- 
nous flowers, to Thomas Meehan. Bouquets — for the best, to H. A. Dreer ; 
for the second best, to Jerome Graff, gardener to C. Cope. Si^eeial Pre- 
miums — $3 to John Pollock, gardener to James Dundas, for Seedling 
Gloxinias ; |3 for Orchids, &c., to the same ; $1 for a collection of Stocks, 
to H. A. Dreer ; $1 for Seedling Verbenas, to the same ; ^2 for fine Roses, 
&c., to Robert Buist. The Committee noticed a very fine Seedling green- 
edged Petunia, grown by A. C. Pracht, of Baltimore. 
By the Committee on Fruits. — Strawberries, two quarts — for the best, to 
A. L. Felton; for the second best, to Robert Buist. Cherries, three 
pounds — for the best, to Samuel Cooper ; for the second best, to G. W. 
Earl. Currants — for the best white and the best red, to Isaac B. Baxter, 
special premium. Grrapes, pot culture — for three very fine bunches of Black 
Hamburg and Frankenthal, two dollars, to Wm. Thompson, gardener to J. 
Tucker ; for three bunches of Black Hamburg, &c., to Mark Hill, gardener 
