
REPORT 
OF THE 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 
HELD IN 
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. 
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
THE ESSEX INSTITUTE, 
ON WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, Serr. 257TH anp 26rH, 
1850, 
To the President and Members of the Essex Institute : 
The Committee on Horticulture report that the annual exhibition of Fruits, 
Flowers, and Vegetables, for the year 1850, took place at the Town Hall in 
Salem, on Wednesday and Thursday, September 25th and 26th, in connexion 
with that of the Essex Agricultural Society, in conformity with previous ar- 
rangements to that effect. 
The hall was beautifully decorated, the committee being assisted in this por- 
tion of their duties by the refined taste of the ladies who so kindly volunteered 
their aid on this occasion. The large and elegant evergreen arbor opposite 
the entrance, formed a very conspicuous object, presenting a great variety of 
wild flowers tastefully grouped together ; and supported by two immense cornu- 
copie, pouring forth their abundant treasures—the one, of vegetable produc- 
tions, and the other of fruits in great variety. Over the centre door was a 
tablet containing the name of Pomona, surrounded with a rich border of fruits. 
The eastern door was surmounted with a similar tablet, containing the name 
of Ceres, with a chaste wreathing of grains and grasses; while FLorA oceu- 
pied a similar position over the western door, decked with a gorgeous array of 
flowers. Other decorations adorned the windows, and bouquets and vases of 
flowers in abundance were arranged on the tables, and around the hall. 
Among the curiosities that attracted much ‘attention, were pears from the 
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