250 auditorial JVbtes. 



Charles Diclcens — Deep pink ; very brilliant. 



Sir Charles Napier — Large bushy form ; pink and white. 



Delicatissimmn — White, with slight blush. 



Mrs. John Waterer — Petals, deep pink at the edge, and shading lighter to the 

 center. 



Azurewn — Petals, purple edge ; delicately shaded inward. 



There were exhibited quite a number of large plants of Azalea — excellent speci- 

 mens — trained in tree or pyramid form, mostly of scarlet color. 



Among the fine specimens of other plants contributed to the exhibition, the foUow- 

 iuf were noteworthy : 



CocdS coronata — Fifteen feet high ; by H. H. Hunnewell. 



Latania Borhonica — Two very fine plants; by S. li. Payson. 



Dicksonia antartica — By William Gray, jr. 



Phcnix dactylifera — By S. II. Payson. 



Chamaerops excelsa — Eight feet ; by H. H. Hunnewell. 



Arancaria excelsa — By I. Sargent, Esq. 



Areca lutescens — By II. H. Hunnewell. 



Seaforthia elegans — Twenty feet high ; by S. R. Payson. 



Seaforthia elegans — Fifteen feet high ; by H. H. Hunnewell. 



Aralia pidchra ; Geonoma pumila ; Cyathea dealbata ; Pritchardia Ga?idichaudii — 

 Rare and fine specimens. 



The Mnrtha Grape, 



The demand for white grapes has raised the question whether the Martha is in all 

 respects satisfactory, and whether it has any serious faults. This could not hereto- 

 fore be settled, owing to the limited practical experience of growers. Yet its faults 

 are beginning to develop — perhaps they may be only local, and not general. lu 

 answer to an inquiry addressed by us, a few weeks since, to E. R. Spauldiug, Cedar 

 Creek, N. J., respecting the success of the Martha with him, he writes : 



" The Martha is a strong, hardy-growing grape ; fruits freely ; carries its foliage 

 through in almost the same conditions of health as the Concord. It has one serious 

 fault (I have fruited it but two years) : the fruit rots badly about the time it gets 

 ripe, and will rot in a few days after being picked. I have but a few vines. If they 

 rot as usual this season, I shall not plant any more." 



Who has had any experience of similar character ? Will the friends and enemies 

 of the Martha please respond ? 



Doivning's CotUige Residences, 



Everything bearing the name of Downing, both Andrew J. and his brother 

 Charles, is welcomed by the public with interest. It is with pleasure, then, that we 

 read the announcement of the issue of a new and revised edition of A. J. Downing's 

 famous architectural publication, under the superintendence of Geo. E. Harney as 

 editor. Mr. Harney has been familiar to the public for a number of years as an 

 architect, and his taste and designs have always been pleasing. No one could have 

 revised Mr. Downing's volume with so considerate regard for Mr. Downing's tastes 

 as has now been done. The literary matter of the older volume has been little 

 changed, except in the matter of estimates of cost of building; but the typographical 

 execution of the volume is much superior. Large quarto pages, with broad margin 

 and heavy tinted paper, add greatly to the embellishment of the new edition. Fully 

 fifty new pages are added, containing a dozen or moi*e new designs of cottages and 

 villas, by Mr. Harney ; while a few pages are supplemented by Henry W. Sargent 

 and Charles Downing, containing revised lists of trees, shrubs and plants, and the 

 most recent and best selected fruits, with some account of the newer styles of gar- 

 dens. The entire volume is a most tasteful example in book making, and is of the 

 highest credit to the publishers, John Wiley & Son, New York city. 



