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with over 150 flowers, Phalsenopsis Brymerianum 

 P. Stuartiana, Cattleya Amethystoglossa, Dendro- 

 bium Brymerianum; several magnificent plants 

 of Odontoglossum Alexandras and Pescatorei. One 

 of the latter bearing sixty flowers on one spike. 

 Dendrobium Wardianiim album, besides several 

 huge plants of the type, Odontoglossum triumphans^ 

 with an unequalled spike of bloom, and many 

 others of rare quality and large size. H. H. 

 Hunnewell exhibited a plant of Coelogyne cristata, 

 Chatsworth van, 3 feet across and a sheet of flow- 

 ers. Phalasnopsis Schilleriana, several extra good 

 varieties of this being shown, one plant with about 

 75 flowers open. Cymbidium Lowi, Odontoglossum 

 Insleayi, Calanthe Turneri ; a fine plant of Dendro- 

 bium Wardianum, Sophronites grandiflora, besides 

 numbers of others. David Allan, gardener to R. M. 

 Pratt, exhibited about a dozen grand plants of 

 Dendrobium Wardianum, most of them bearing 

 from forty to sixty flowers. He also displayed a 

 plant of Dendrobium Ainsworthii, well bloom- 

 ed, and one of the finest plants of Cypripedium 

 insigne ever put on exhibition. It was about 4 

 feet across. All of the Orchids were interspersed 

 with Ferns, brilliant Anthuriums constituting a dis- 

 play rarely witnessed. A gratifying feature of the 

 exhibition was the award of the Society's silver 

 medal to F. L. Harris, gardener to H. H. Hunne- 

 well, David Allan, and W. A. Robinson, gardener 

 to F. L. Ames, for skilful culture of Orchids. The 

 Botanic garden at Cambridge, through W. A. 

 Manda, its gardener, exhibited forced herbaceous 

 plants including Lilium tenuifolium. Primula Cor- 

 tusoides, Trillium grandiflorum and Doronicum 

 Caucasicum, the latter very bright, and showy. 

 Jackson Dawson of the Arnold Arboretum showed 

 fine and well-bloomed plants of Hybrid Perpetual 

 Roses on the Japanese stock and an interesting 

 collection of hardy Primulas and Polyanthus in 

 pots, besides forced Kalmia latifolia. John B. 

 Moore took the first prize for 24 cut blooms of 

 Hybrid Perpetual Roses, which were even finer 

 than his magnificent June flowers, which for three 

 years have taken the challenge vase. A magnifi- 

 cent bloom of White Baroness took the first prize 

 for single bloom. This promises to be a finer 

 rose than the Merveille de Lyon. 



The Pansies in pots and also cut blooms from 

 Denys Zirngeibel attracted much attention, the 

 strain beiflg one of the best in the country. Cut 

 Carnations were handsomely shown, J. A. Foster 

 having a fine lot including seedlings shown natur- 

 ally with their foliage. Tea Roses and Hybrid 

 perpetual Roses were staged in great profusion. 



Delay & Meade taking a number of prizes for ten- 

 der varieties. The major portion of the prizes for 

 for Hyacinths were taken by C. M. Hovey, 

 C. H. Hovey & Co., and John L. Gardner. The 

 latter represented by that veteran, C. M. Atkinson, 

 took first prize for 12 with the following — La Tour 

 d' Avergne, Laurens Koster, Princess Dagmar, 

 Obelisque, Sir John Lawrence, Snowball, Charles 

 Dickens, Alba Maxima, Argus, L' incomparable, 

 La Grandosse, Czar Peter. The first prize for six 

 Hyacinths was first awarded to E. L. Beard who 

 was subsequently disqualified on account of dupli- 

 cates, and then awarded to C. M. Hovey. The 

 best single spike was Czar Peter shown by C. H. 

 Hovey & Co. The first prize for the best display 

 of hardy Narcissi was given to E. L. Beard, and the 

 three prizes for best general display of spring bulbs 

 went respectively to C. M. Hovey, C. H. Hovey & 

 Co., and E. L. Beard. Last but not least were the 

 Azaleas where the veteran Marshall P. Wilder and 

 Arthur W. Blake, a new contributor, divided the 

 honors, Mr. Wilder filling a platform with fine large 

 old specimens, and Mr. Blake contributing a collec- 

 tion of young plants of the newest varieties, among 

 which La Flambeau was of most intense color. 

 Had it not been for the intense cold the display in 

 this class would have been grand. Mr. Moore ex- 

 hibited a plant of the new hybrid perpetual Rose — 

 Col. Felix Breton. This is the darkest Rose ever 

 shown of good habit, promising well for freedom 

 of bloom and very fragrant. It was awarded a 

 certificate of merit. These exhibitions have grown 

 so, both as to the number of visitors and exhibitors, 

 that the society finds its facilities severely taxed. 

 An indication of this may be noted from the fact 

 that more people visited the spring exhibition this 

 year, than during the entire five years previous to 

 1883, with exception of the year when the Pomo- 

 logical Society held its ression here. 



FLORAL NOTES FROM THE NEW OR- 

 LEANS EXHIBITION. 



BY M. H. LESTER. 



In the Horticultural Department at the Exhibi- 

 tion, I notice Cattleya citrina in bloom. It is not 

 near as much grown as it deserves to be. Its 

 golden yellow flowers are veey graceful and beau- 

 tiful. Also Lycaste aurantiaca with several Onci- 

 diums, Epidendrums, and Odontoglossums. 



A good deal of attention seems to be attracted 

 to a plant in the Jamaica Exhibit, Cyphomandra 

 betacea, or tree Tomato. From the appearance 

 of the plant I do not think it will ever be available 

 for any part of this State. It may be useful in 



