The Annual Exhibition was held on the 24th, 25th and 26th of September, and was, in many respects, one of the most successful held for many years. Particular interest attached to it, on account of its being the first annual one held in the new hall, and the result was looked forward to as a test of the success of the idea. The Society is not blessed with many active, working members, though with a very large list of subscribers and well-wishers. The only wonder is that with so few persons to interest themselves personally, so good an exhibition could be gotten up.

" On the present occasion, the whole success was due, chiefly, to the indefatigable chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, Mr. J. E. Mitchell, Messrs. James Ritchie, Robert Scott, H. B. B!an-chard, W. L. Schaffer, Robert Kilvington, who alone acted out of thirty-eight committee-men, Mr. Newberry Smith, a volunteer, a committee of ladies under Miss Percival, and the excellent hard-working Secretary, A. W. Harrison. The Philadelphia gardeners and nurserymen behaved well. Some of them had magnificent collections.

"The great effort, of the Pennsylvania Society is to be cosmopolitan rather than local, - something as the London Gardeners' Chronicle, referring to this Society, recently expressed it - the analogue of the English Royal Horticultural Society - the beginning under the new auspices is a very fair one.

"Our limits will not permit us to give a full report of the many meritorious exhibitors, and articles which swallowed up some six hundred dollars in premiums. We can only give such items as we think may interest our readers in all parts of the world.

" One of the most interesting facts learned was that the new hall keeps things in good order. The fruit and flowers, after three days' exhibition, came out nearly as fresh as they entered".

Then followed a list of the collections, premiums, and those to-whom they were awarded (which we do not reprint here, as being too long for space or general interest), and a description of the Exhibition itself.

In March No , 188l, appeared the following: