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colors — one of the best assortments shown this season. Joseph 

 Tailby showed Cattleya Mossice, a beautiful free flowering species, 

 about one foot in height, blooming from March to August. 



June 8. 



F. B. Ha^^es exhibited very beautiful varieties of Rhododendrons 

 and hard}' shrubs, and George P^ Davenport, Cyprijiediiim speo- 

 tahile and Hudsonia tomentosa. 



ROSE SHOW. 



June 19. 



This proved much better than was anticipated from the uncom- 

 monly cool weather preceding it, which retarded the roses, and 

 tended to mar their loveliness. President William Gray, Jr., J. B. 

 Moore, John C. Chaffin, J. 8. Richards, M. D. Spauldiug, and 

 E. W. AVood were the principal exhibitors. The first prize for the 

 best twelve varieties was awarded to John C. Chaffin for 

 Baron de Bonstettiu, Louis Van Houtte, 



Baronne de Rothschild, Mad. Charles Crapelet, 



Captain Christy, Mad. Victor Verdier, 



Charles Lefebvre, M'lle. Eugenie Verdier, 



Countess of Oxford, Mous. Boncenne, 



fitienne Levet, Paul Neron. 



Mr. Chaffin was the only contributor who furnished a list of 

 his roses to the Committee. 



President Gray was the only competitor for the premium on 

 varieties sent out since 1875. Moss Roses were not as good as 

 those of previous years. Very fine Marechal Niel came from 

 several contributors, M. D. Spauldiug taking the first prize. 

 There was no competition for the prizes for Gloxinias. 

 F. L. Ames exhibited six plants from his superb collection of 

 Orchids, as follows : Dendrobium McCartMce, Brassia verrucosa^ 

 Cypripedium caudatum, Cypripedium Dommianuvi, Cyprijyedimn 

 nioeum, and Thunia Bensonioe. The most noticeable of these was 

 Cypripedium caudattim. The long, pendant, linear, wavy tails 

 into which the petals are developed, and from which the specific 

 name is derived, are very extraordinary. They are about eighteen 



