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Currants — for the best and finest flavored variety, to James 
Wilson, of Albany, for beautiful specimens of Knight's Sweet 
Red — a rich and favorite new currant, having much less acidity 
than any other variety, $2. For the second best and finest 
flavored, to Dr. Herman Wendell, for very large and beautiful 
specimens of the White Dutch, $1. 
Gooseberries — For the best and finest flavored variety, to Henry 
Vail, for very large and beautiful specimens of the White Eagle, a 
rich, sweet and delicious variety, $2. For the second best with 
same requirements, to Henry Vail, for very finely grown speci- 
mens of the Edwards Jolly Tar — a rich variety and very little 
inferior to the above, $1. 
Raspberries — For the best and finest flavored variety, to Henry 
VaiK for beautiful specimens of the new Red Antwerp, a large, 
firm, rich and delicious variety, $2. For the second best, with 
same requirements, to Volkert P. Douw, for very fine grown 
specimens of the favorite old Red Antwerp, $ 1. 
Plants and Flowers. 
The committee on green house plants and flowers reports that 
there was exhibited by Louis Menand of Watervliet, twelve plants 
in pots, beautifully grown and showing in their culture evidences 
of Mr. Menand's well-known skill. Two varieties of Carnations 
and Crassula Coccinnia, and the following cut flowers, viz: — 
Gloxinias, Candida Maxima, Coccinnia and Speciosa; Roses, 
JVoisette, Fellenburgh; Bourbons, Hermosa, Madam Desprez and 
Marshall Villars; Hyb Perpet, Gloire deGuerin; Tea, Flavescens; 
China, Arch Duke Charles, also Hlox Onosmasflora. 
By Dr. Herman Wendell — Thirty-four varieties of large and 
beautiful Seedling Pansies; Phloxes, Auguste, Anias Chauvier, 
Fleur de Marie, Picta Van Houtii, Rosea Superbissima,Norfolkii, 
Grato, Charles, and Alcarda; Dahlias, Sylph, Oddity, Madame 
Chauvier, Lees Bloomsbury Striata Formasissiura, and Mrs. Rush- 
ton. Three varieties of Carnations, and a variety of other flowers, 
as Eucharidium Grandiflora, NemophilaDiscoides, Viscaria Occu- 
lata, Fidelia Graciferra, Calliopsis Drummondii, Silene, Shafti, 
Phlox Drummondii, several varieties of Spireas, &-c., &c. 
By Wm. Buswell of Troy — Fourteen varieties of Carnations 
and Picotees; Roses, Sovenier de Malmaison and Queen of the 
Prairies, Verbenas Pansies, Heliotropeums, and a very fine plant 
of Fuchsia Brookmanii in a pot. 
By Joel Rathbone, of Kenwood — Roses, La Reine, Solfaterre, 
Prince Albert, Doctor Marx and Queen of the Prairies. Nine 
varieties of Verbenas, ten varieties of Pansies, seven varieties of 
Pinks, Euphorbia Splendens, Spireas, Pelargoniums, Salvia Splen- 
dens, Plumbagos, Gladiolas Pzittacinus Copea, Scandens &c. 
