Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-17
TeRnessee horticultural soeIety-Re-
pert of COMMITTEES ON Flowers.

ANtp .. fdt, DID,, fresldent, O3ieers an
Members Of the Tennessee Horticultural s.
elety-GEETLEMEE: We, your committe
and friends, desire respectfully 10 submi
the following report on the floral exhib
ton held 10 the Masonic Hall, in this city
on the 18th and 10th of May.
The display we exhibited on this occE
sion We regard as one ofnO ordinary merit
aud which would haEs-done great cred
TO q society Of older standing than ours
and while it is the first exhibition of
young society, it must be regarded az
happy omen of the future glory Of on
body, and as a gratifying pledge Of th'
benefit II will confer on the Horticultural
interests Of our State.
As sight, display oftaste and beauty
the exhibition was in every degree salts
factory, and as proof Of the development
Of the internal resources of our country
the following list OF plants exhibited, anC
awards attached, will, we believe, be takeI
TO show that Tennessee may hope to be er,
long second TO none ia matter of horticul
| ture. 4&f
The following were the contributors t.
the beautiful display: IS
Owen Sharkey, gardener, Tennessee In
sane Asylum. za5
henry Gray, gardener, Belmont garden
Rev Phillip s Fall, Nashville.
z L Nichol, Esq, Nashville. ss
Mrs DR. BlackmaD, Nashville.
= McGrady, Esq, Nashville.
Mrs + H French, Nashville
+ H French, Esq, Nashville.
f Truett and Sons, florists Nashville
Leon Geny, Esq, Nashville.
VIM. HEAVIER, florist, Nashville.
Thomas Garland, florist, Nashville.
The following is list of the plants ex-
hibited, showing also the premiums award
ed by your committee We have awarded
them as instructed, in first, second and
third classes, giving also, where circum-
stances seemed to require it, fourth rank,
a certificate Of merit. The judgments have
been made with the full sanction of each
member of the committee, and while we
cannot profess to be perfect judges, yet, we
feel that we have performed our duty in an
impartial and conscientious manner, and
to the best of our ability with the informa-
hon we have acquired.
Number of plants exhibited six hundred
and seventy-six.
Calceolaria-Thirty varieties, o Shark
ey, first premium twenty varieties, p L
Michel second premium two varieties, F
H French, certificate.
Fuehsia-Nineteen varieties, IL Gray,
premium; fourteen varieties, o Sharkey,
second premium; sixteen varieties, I Cart
land, third premium, E Trustt certificate
RobHsta, Mrs Blackman, third premium
Mrs French, Seeding, p s Fall, first pre-
MUM Mrs Marshall, w Haven, first pre-
MUM; four varieties, l. Geny certificate.
Gesneria Splendens-O Sharkey, first
premium.
Caffea Arabica-O sharkey, first premi-
UNI. sF
Tecoma Jasminoides-O Sharkey, first
premium.
Euphorbia Splendens--O Sharkey, first
premium; II Gray, second premium, F
II French, certificate.
Lantana-Nine varieties, o Sharkey,
first premium.
Your committee would call attention
especially to this beautiful collection of
tree-like Lantanas, which for perfection of
shape, foliage and cleanliness, are without
rival in the exhibition.
4@Ahehl0 w AACoNCA
Lantsna Mutabilis-T Garland, certi6-
cate; McGrady, no award.
Geranium, double Zonal-O Sharkey,
first premium; six Zonales, o Sharkey,
first premium; Giganteum, P S Fall, first
premium; twenty-one varieties, II Gray,
first premium eight varieties (Ivy Leaf,
etc. P L Nichol, first premium Zonales,
bicolor, ETC., E Truett second premium I;
Golden Pheasant, 7 Garland, second pre-
MUM ten varieties, O Sharkey, second
premium; white Powered, L Garland,
second premium Lady Plymouth, I Cart
land, third premium; scarlet, L Geny, GER
tifate.
Pelargonium-Eight seedlings, F H
French, first premium; twenty-iOur varie-
ties, II Gray, first premium Carrie Fall,
Seeding, p S Fall, second premium nine
teen varieties, o Sharkey, second premium !;
three ZOnale, new varieties, w Heavier,
first premium varieties, Z Truett, third
premium. .
Ambition Vexillarium-H Gray, first
premium Venoss, H Gray, first premium J;
-, l. Geny, second premium.
Rosa-V Varieties, McGrady, second pre-
MUM Hermosa, J. Geny, third premium.
Thirty-six double varieties, T
Garland two first premiums.
The only way in which your committee
can express their appreciation of this su-
perb collection has besn awarding double
premium, the only one they have seen fit
to bestow.
Petunia-Thirteen double and single va
rieties, II Gray first premium.
IA nra4afk .oannd
MUM; do. McGrady, second l do. O
Sharky, no award.
Mesembryanthem Crystallinum, three
varieties-T Garland, first premium.
Picea Finsapo--P Fall, first premium !;
do. arbores, two specimens, T Garland,
second premium.
Lycopodium, eight varielies-H Gray,
second premium do. erectum, do. cesum,
T Garland, third premium.
Yucca variegata, two specimens, Horti-
cultural Gardens, first premium; do two
specimens, L Garland, second premium.
Begonia foliage and blooming twenty
varieties-H Gray first premium; do ff
teen varieties, o Shsrkey, second premi-
UNI do thirteen varieties, F II French,
second premium do lucida, two speci-
mens, T Garland, third premium dopar-
rifolia, two specimens, third premium; do
varieties, McGrady certificate, p l. Nichol,
certificate.
CentauPea tOmentusa Il. Garland +,
third premium do gymnocarpa, w II Hea-
yer certificate.
Bouvardia Leiantha-T Garland, sec
ond premium.
Verbena, nineteen varieties McGrady,
first premium; do twenty varieties, seed
lings, 0 Sharkey second premium.
EGhino-cactus-E Gruett, FIRST premium.
Bouvardia Hendersoni-P l. Nichol, first
premium.
Wellingtonia gigantea-P s Fall, first
premium.
Phoenix dactyllifers, seedling-P s Fall,
first premium.
Amaryllis elegans-P s Fall, no award !;
Do, Jousoni, T Garland, no award.
Osmanihus ilicifolius-Wm HEAVIER, first
premium.
Lychnis yiscaria, two specimens, doubled
VIM HEAVIER, first premium.
Coleus ersehaffelti, two specimens-0
Shsrkey, FIRST premium; do. two specimens,
II Gray, second premium; do. four speci-
mems, w HEAVIER, third premium; do +
II French, certificate; do. Truett, eertih-
cate.