Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. 379 
Floral Designs, Bouquets, &c. 
The committee reported that D. Thomas Vail, of Mount Ida, 
exhibited one splendid large round Bouquet for centre table vase, 
arranged with exquisite taste, and composed of choice Roses, 
Pelargoniums, Pansies, Fuchsias, Verbenas, Heliotropeums, &c., 
to which the committee awarded the premium of $'2. 
One beautiful flat-hand Bouquet, composed of choice flowers. 
One round-hand Bouquet, composed of rare flowers beautifully ar- 
ranged; and one beautiful basket Bouquet, composed of choice 
Roses, Pansies, Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, &c., arranged with good 
taste. 
By Louis Menand, of Watervliet, a very beautiful flat-hand 
Bouquet, composed of Gloxinia Coccinea, Phlox Van Houtii, Phlox 
Anosmoeflora, Euphorbia Splt-ndens, Erica Bowiana, Hoya Car- 
nosa, Russelia Johnsonii, Gardenias, Campanula Persici.folia, Gla- 
diolus Formasissimum, Roses in several varieties, &c. Also, a 
beautifully arranged round-hand Bouquet, composed of about the 
same varieties of flowers. • 
By Wm. Buswell, of Troy, a flat-hand Bouquet, composed of 
Spireas, Campanulas, Iberis, Delphinums, &c. 
By Mrs. Charles H. Merritt, a beautifully arranged vase of choice 
cut Roses, Pelargoniums, Heliotropes, Verbenas, Pansies, &c. 
By Dr. Herman Wendell, an exquisitely arranged basket Bou- 
quet, composed of a large number of choice rose-buds. Pelargo- 
niums, Pansies, Heliotropeums, &c., to which the premium was 
awarded of $2. 
A round centre table Bouquet, arranged in good taste, and com- 
posed of choice Roses, Spireas, Salvias, Verbenas, Carnations, 
Pelargoniums, &c. 
By Wm. Newcomb, a flat Bouquet for mantle vase, composed 
of choice flowers, and arranged with good taste, to which the com- 
mittee awarded the premium of $2. 
By Joel Rathbone, of Kenwood, two round centre table Bou- 
quets, composed of choice Roses, Pinks, Fuchsias, Spireas, &c. 
By James W^ilson, of Albany, a beautiful flat-hand Bouquet, 
composed of cljoice flowers, as Hoya Carnosa, Gardenias, Calco- 
larias, Neriums; Roses — Ophire, Le Pactiolis, Solfaterre, Achi- 
menes Picta, Fuchsias, Gloxineas, Crassula Coccinea; Verbenas, 
Eclipse, Polki, Roseum, Feasts White, &c., and arranged with 
taste and skill, to which the committee awarded the premium 
of$l, 
Also, a very beautiful round-hand Bouquet, composed of about 
the same varieties of flowers, and exquisitely arranged, to whJth 
the committee awarded the premium of $1. 
