HERBACEOUS PLANTS.-For the best display through the season, the Society's silver medal, to J. Breck & Co., $5.

For the second best, Parker Barnes, $4.
For the third best, Messrs. Winship, $3.

ANNUALS.-For the best display through the season, the Society's silver medal, to J. Breck & Co., $5.

For the second best, to Parker Barnes, $4.
For the third best, to A. Bowditch, $3.

SHRUBBY PLANTS.-For the best display through the season, the first prize to Messrs. Winship, $5.

For the second best, to John A. Kenrick, $4.

For the third best, to William Kenrick, $3.

RHODODENDRONS.-For the best display of the season, the first prize, to Hovey & Co., $3.

The second, not awarded.

Exhibited.-FRUIT: From F. Tudor, Esq., from his garden at Nahant, pears-Louise Bonne of Jersey, superior; Beurré Goubault, very fine; Duchesse d'Angouleme, and Chaumontelle, superior; Brown Beurre, fair and very fine. The specimens of the Louise Bonne, twelve in number, were the most splendid we ever saw, being enormously large, very fair, and well colored. The following note accompanied the fruit :

Louise Bonne of Jersey, of Nahant growth.-This fruit is the largest in the basket, measures a fraction short of 10 inches,-weight, a fraction less than 133 oz.

The whole circumference of 10 fruits in this basket is 8 feet 11 inches,weight of the same, 7 lbs. 43 oz. They are the ten best fruits of a dwarf tree, producing, in all, 95 fruits, stimulated with rain water, to which is to be attributed the size of the fruit in a dry summer. All the other fruits were large, and many of them injured by being blown off by the storm of the 7th October.

From A. W. Haven, Flemish Beauty pears, very large. From Joseph Bennet, Colmar d'Aremberg pears. From O. Johnson, White Doyenne and Urbaniste pears; quinces, superior; apples. From J. F. Allen, Golden nectarines; St. Michael figs; Black Hamburgh, very fine, Rose Chasselas, White Frontignan, and Golden Chasselas grapes, very fine. From C. E. Grant, Isabella grapes, 6 dishes, well colored, well ripened, and sweet, superior. From T. Needham, Black Frankendale, Black Hamburgh, White Frontignan, Muscat of Alexandria, and Syrian grapes, all very fine. From F. King, Coe's Golden Drop plums, superior.

From Hovey & Co., Semiana plums; Diana grapes; Knight's Monarch very fine, Excellentissima, Belle Epine Dumas, Hull, Forelle, Duc de Bordeaux pears. The Diana grapes were tasted by the committee, who make the following remark:-"Bears abundantly, and certain to ripen. This grape is, in the opinion of the committee, the best suited to out-door culture in New England of any they have tested." From J. Bliss, Baldwin, Ribston Pippin apples, and three other sorts,-one of them a very large, handsome apple, of fine quality. From J. Washburn, Pear quinces;

also Seedling apple quinces, very fine. From B. H. Dewing, quinces, very fine. From W. Bacon, quinces, very large. Apples, from Elisha Tower; seedling raised by J. F. Fay, Northboro', a good sized, handsome red apple, of very good quality.

Oct. 20th.-Exhibited.-FRUITS: From the President of the Society, Swan's Orange and Monarch pears. From J. F. Allen, three varieties of grapes, Golden nectarines, and fine Urbaniste and White Doyenné pears. From Jos. Stickney, Beurré Diel, Brown Beurré, and Van Mons Leon le Clerc pears. From John Washburn, Swan's Orange pears, and fine quinces. Isabella grapes, from J. Richardson. From E. Cleaves, Salem, a basket of very fine Beurré Bosc pears. From H. Vandine, fine Marie Louise pears. Splendid specimens of White Doyenné pears from H. Plympton, Boston,-these were as perfect as could be produced; also, Isabella grapes. From B. D. Emerson, Black Hamburgh grapes. From Jas. Munroe, Urbaniste pears. From A. Bowditch, White Doyenné and Monarch pears. From W. Sargent, fine Buffum pears. Fruit of the Osage Orange, from W. Kenrick. From Jos. Bird, White Doyenné pears.

Oct. 27th.-Exhibited.-FRUITS: From W. C. Strong, four kinds of grapes, all fine. From B. D. Emerson, Black Hamburgh grapes, very superb berries, but not highly colored. From W. W. Merrill, Boston, White Doyenné pears, very fine. From A. W. Haven, very fine Flemish Beauty, Seckel, and Napoleon pears. From J. S. Cabot, Waterloo and Colmar du Lot pears. From C. E. Grant, Isabella, very fine, and Black Hamburgh grapes, open culture.

From O. Johnson, a basket of very fine Duchesse d'Angouleme pears. From A. W. Stetson, Isabella and Catawba grapes. From Hovey & Co., Diana grapes and Excellentissima pears. From J. Lovett, Vicompte de Spoelberch pears, and Drap d'Or and Seedling apples. From S. Leeds, Duchesse d'Angouleme and Passe Colmar pears, the last a very large speciFrom M. H. Simpson, two apples without name, one of them a fine sweet apple. Pears without name, from S. Downer, Jr., Geo. Wilson, and T. J. Vinton. Grapes from Geo. Walsh and H. Vandine.

men.

The committee pronounced the Diana grapes well ripened and fine." Excellentissima pear, fine: Vicompte de Spoelberch pear, fine; Drap d'Or apple, very fine.

AWARD OF PREMIUMS ON FRUITS.

FOREIGN GRAPES, (after July 1.)-For the best specimens, (Black Hamburgh,) to B. D. Emerson, $ 10.

For the second best, (Muscat of Alexandria,) to Hovey & Co., $7. NATIVE GRAPES.-For the best specimens, (Diana,) to Hovey & Co., $ 5. For the second best, (Isabella,) to C. E. Grant, $3.

NECTARINES. For the best twelve specimens, to J. F. Allen, $6.
For the second best, to W. D. Strong, $4.

PEACHES, (open culture.)-For the best twelve specimens, to G. Merriam, $6.

PLUMS. For the best specimens, (Green Gage,) to O. Johnson, $6. For the second best, (Coe's Golden Drop,) to E. King, $3.

ART. V. Answers to Correspondents.

BEST GRAPES FOR A COLD VINERY. M. C. Johnson.-The best grapes for your house, which will contain twenty four vines, as you say you do not wish for a great variety, are the following :

Black Hamburgh, 8 vines; Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's No. 16, 2; Black Hamburgh, Wilmot's, 2; Black Prince, 2; White Frontignan, 2 ; Grizzly Frontignan, 2; Chasselas of Fontainbleau, 2; White Nice, 2; Muscat of Alexandria, 2.

The St. Alban's grape can be had.

BEST FIG UNDER GLASS. M. C. Johnson.-We think the Black fig of St. Michael's one of the best for this purpose. This we have seen tried and it does well. Others may do as well,-the Brown Turkey, Black Ischia, and White Marseilles, are all excellent kinds.

TWELVE FINE ROSES FOR WINTER BLOOMING. A lover of Roses.Twelve fine sorts, for this purpose, are the following:-Tea, Soffrano, Bougere, Elize Sauvage; China, Cramoise superieure, Fabvier; Noisette, Solfitaire, Lamarque; Perpetual, La Reine, Comtesse Duchatel; Bourton, Hermosa, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Paul Joseph. These twelve would give a good variety and abundant bloom.

APRICOTS UNDER GLASS. M. C. Johnson.-The apricots you wish to plant along the centre of a span-roofed vinery, as espaliers would do probably as well as other fruit trees, and a very good crop might be obtained, if well managed. Success will depend something upon the management of the vines; they should not be allowed to shade too much. Plum trees trained in this way, in the vinery of Mr. Strong, of Brighton, produce a fair crop of handsome fruit.

TWELVE BEST DAHLIAS OF 1849. An Amateur.-The exhibitions of the year have just closed, and if you wish to select your roots now, the following will give you a fine collection for a small one :-Miss Vyse, Louis Philippe, Mont Blanc, Yellow Standard, Toison d'or, Boule de Feu; Fancy, Madam Wachy, Mrs. Shaw Le Fevre, Mimosa, Emperor de Maroc, Sunbeam, Rainbow.

ART. VI. Obituary.

DEATH OF REV. HENRY COLMAN.-The death of Mr. Colman took place at Islington, near London, on the 17th of August last, after a brief illness of only a week or two, at the age of 65 years. The event has already been generally announced, and we record his decease that we may have the opportuuity to speak of his valuable services in the cause of agricultural and rural improvement.

Mr. Colman has, for the last fifteen years, devoted his attention to the interests of agriculture. He was educated for the ministry, and discharged the duties of his profession in Salem, where he was settled over the Essex Street Church for several years. But his love for agricultural pursuits induced him to resign his ministerial labors, and he removed to Deerfield,

Mass., where he occupied a large farm, and became a constant contributor to the few agricultural papers then published.

In 1838 he was appointed, by Gov. Everett, agricultural commissioner for the State of Massachusetts, and devoted his attention to the duties of the office until it was abolished in 1842, completing, in that period, three reports, extending to more than 1,000 pages. During the latter part of this time he also assisted as editor of the New England Farmer. In 1842 he visited Western New York, and made arrangements to take charge of the New Genessee Farmer, which duty he discharged for a year or more, when he made arrangements for his European agricultural tour.

Mr. Colman's Agricultural Reports, as well as the several numbers which comprise his two volumes of European Agriculture, have all been reviewed in our pages, and it is unnecessary for us to say how greatly they have contributed to the advancement of agricultural science throughout the country. His last "Familiar Letters" we have not had the leisure to read. In his death, agriculture loses one of its most devoted friends.

HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA

FOR NOVEMBER.

FRUIT DEPARTMENT.

Grape Vines, in the greenhouse, or vinery, will now have lost their leaves, and the wood will be ripening rapidly. Continue to air the house freely in all good weather. In cold houses, where the crop yet remains on the vines, the houses should be kept cool and dry, giving air liberally in fine weather, and closing up rather early. Vines in pots should not be exposed to frost unless the wood is well ripened. Hardy grapes in the open air may now be pruned, as about all the wood worth retaining for next year's bearing will be ripe. All that is green should be cut away, and, where necessary, the ripe wood shortened back.

Strawberry beds should be protected with a light covering of coarse strawy manure or leaves.

Raspberry plantations should be protected in like manner, or by earthing over the canes.

Peach trees in pots should be wintered in a warm shed or cool cellar, where the earth will not freeze sufficiently to endanger the breaking of the pots.

Fig trees, in pots, should be protected in a similar place to that recommended for peach trees. Under the stage of a greenhouse is a very good place.

Fruit trees, of all kinds, may be more safely transplanted now than at any season of the year. Protect newly planted ones, as well as those already established, with a wheelbarrow of good manure, (or compost, if no manure,) to each tree. Seedling pears, plums, quinces, &c., should also be protected with a thin covering of manure.

Cherry, pear, apple, quince, and other fruit tree seeds, may be planted this month, selecting a good soil in a situation not too moist.

FLOWER DEPARTMENT.

Dahlias, if not already taken up, should be looked after before severe frost. If there is not leisure to attend to it immediately, the roots should be slightly earthed over. Take up in dry weather, and place the roots away from all danger of frost.

Pelargoniums should now be repotted and kept in the coolest part of the greenhouse.

Camellias should be put in order for the winter by carefully washing the leaves, top-dressing the pots, and neatly staking up the plants. Water liberally and syringe in good weather. Seeds may be planted now.

Lilies of all the hardy kinds should be planted during the month.
Gladioluses should be taken up before hard frost.

Irias, Spararis, and other Cape bulbs, should now be planted. Carnations and picotees should be put into frames and protected in severe weather.

Tulip and hyacinth planting should be completed this month.

Pæonies, of all kinds, may be safely transplanted this month.

Verbenas for early blooming should now be shifted into larger pots. Cuttings for a succession may now be put in.

Roses of some hardy kinds will need protection. The Bourbons, Hardy perpetuals, and Noisettes, if standing in a dry subsoil, with a few inches of covering, will stand the winter well. Some of the mosses flower better by bending down the tops and throwing over a slight covering of coarse manure. Prairie roses in very cold situations do better to peg the strong shoots down to the soil, so that they may be covered by the snows of winter. All the kinds are not equally hardy.

Chinese primroses may now be shifted again into larger pots.

Herbaceous plants may yet be removed with safety. Before severe frost, they should have a little covering of leaves or decayed manure thrown over them.

Oxalises may yet be potted for a succession.

Erythrina crista galli should now be taken up and wintered in the cellar or greenhouse, out of danger of frost.

Pansies, in beds, should have a covering of very old manure or leaf mould.

Double Helianthuses should be taken up and wintered in the cellar. Cyclamens may now be shifted into larger pots, if they require it. Half-hardy plants, in pots, may be successfully wintered in frames, where many of them do better than in the greenhouse.

Napolitan violets may yet be set out in frames, if not already done. Greenhouse plants, of all kinds, will now require attention. The pots should be washed clean, the soil top-dressed and all kinds of insects destroyed. Nothing adds so much to the attractiveness of a collection of plants as cleanliness.