This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The stated meeting of this Society occurred on Tuesday Evening, July 15, E. W. Keyser, Vice-President, in the chair. Premiums awarded on this occasion were as follows: -
Petunias - tor the best display, and the second best display, to J. J. Habcrmehl, gr. to J. Lambert. Collection of twelve Plants - for the best, to Chas. Sutherland, gr. to John Anspach; for the second best, to Thos. Robertson, gr. to B. A. Fahnestock. Collection of six Plants - for the best to Mark Hill, gr. to H. W. Baldwin. Specimen Plant--for the best, to Chas. Sutherland, for Oleraendrum fallax; for the second best, to John Pollock, gr. to James Dundas, for Adamta versicolor. Table design for the best, to H. A. Drear. Baskets - for the best, to J. J. Habermehi; for the second test, to Mark Hill. Bouquets for the best pair, to J. J. Habermehl; for the second bast, to H. A. Dreer. A special premium for a fine collection of doable Hollyhocks, from Thos. Richardson, New York.
Grapes - for the best grown in pots, to Richard Mathews, gr. to Jos. 8. Lovering; for the best three bunches of a black variety, to James Bonner, gr. to G. P. Vox; for the second best, to Chas. Sutherland, gr. to J. Anspach; for the best of a white variety, to James Bonner; for the second best, to John Reilly, gr. at Insane Asylum. Apricots - (or the best twelve to John McLaughlin, gr. to Isaac B. Baxter. . Pears - for the best, to the same. Gooseberries - for the best, to the same; for the second best, to Wm. Grassle, gr. to John Tucker. Raspberries - for the best and for the second best, to the same. Special Premiums - one dollar each for Red Currants and for Black Currants, to Wm. Grassie, and for White Currants, to A. L. Felten. Also, for a fine display of various fruits, a premium of three dollars to A. L. Felten.
Tomatoes - for the best, to James Jones, gr. at the Girard College; for the second best, to Wm. Grassie; for the best display by a market gardener, to A: L. Felten. A special premium of one dollar, to James Miller, gr. to R. Cornelius, for four fine specimens of the Lord Sherbourne Cucumber.
Begonia Prestoniensis, Cuphea platyeentra. Tinea rosea, V. oculata, Hydrangea hortensis, H. japonica, Rondeletia speeiosa, Taberna montana coronaria, Nerim-.bergia grandiflora, Fuchsia Fair Rosamond, Clerodendrum Kaempheri, and C. fallax.
Clerodendrum Kempheri, C. squamatum, Fuchsia Macbeth. F. Mad. Sontag, Medi-nllla magnifies, M. urophylla, Achimenes venusta, A. grandlflora, A. Boothii, Gloxinia rubra, G. imperialls, and Hydrangea hortensis.
Cuphea platyceutra, Nerimbergia gracilis, Torrenla Asiatica, Clerodendrum Devonl-anum, Begonia semperflorene, B. nitida, Vinea alba, V. rosea, Isoleria Dicaisneana, Adamla versicolor, Justicia bicolor, Fuchsia Darling, and F. Sidonea.
Pentas carnea, Ixora coccinea, Fuchsia Mad. Sontag, F. Kerril, Allamanda nereifolia, and Musendra froadosa. New. - Petinca superba.
Two extensive displays of Petunias, comprising seventy pots.
A Cereus grandiflorus.
Some forty cut flowers of Double Hollyhocks.
By J. J. Habermehl. - A flue basket and a pair of bouquets.
By Mark Hill. - A basket.
By H. A. Dreer. - A pair of hand bouquets.
By R. Kilvlngton. - A bouquet.
From J. S. Loverlng's. - Ninepots of Grape-vines in full bearing.
From John Tucker's. - A very large Pineapple in a pot. Raspberries, two kinds, and Black Currants.
From John Anspach. - Grapes - three bunches Black Frankenthal and three white Frontiguac.
From C. P. Fox's. - Grapes - three bunches of each, a black and white variety.
From the Insane Asylum. - Grapes - white and black varieties.
From Isaac B. Baxter. - Apricots - twelve Baxter's seedling. Pears - moulebouche. Gooseberries - three kinds. Wilder and Red Seedling Raspberries, and Black Currants.
From A. L. Felten. - Raspberries - Antwerp and early blue. Gooseberries - three varieties. Large Black, White, and Red Currants. Early harvest Pears. Mulberries and Cherries.
By James Jones, Girard College. - Tomatoes.
From John Tucker's. - Tomatoes.
From R. Cornelius's. - Four fine Cucumbers.
By M. S. Wiokersham. - Specimens of the Chick Pea - Cicer arlettnum.
 
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