•30 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Esq., of Watertown, sent some fine plants of the Lemon and Orange, and 

 many otlitrs, among vvliicli was the Laurus nubilis, a fine specimen. J, 

 Lemist. Esq., of Roxl)my, contributed, among otliers, some fine plants of the 

 Agave americanu and A. americana var. variegata, and Cycas revoluta, (Sa- 

 go Pahn). 



J. T. Wheelwright, Esq. and Mr. Charles Senior sent numerous plants, as 

 fi-llovvs: — Egg-plants, China Asters, Rhododendrons, Camellias, Myrtles^ 

 Cactuses, etc. William E. Payne, Esq., Waltliam, some fine Orange and 

 Lemon trees. Some beautifid plants of the Variegated Holly, (Ilex varie- 

 gata) Justicia [)icta and (-itrus aiu'antiiim, var. variegata, from William Pratt, 

 Esq. Watertovvn. Agave americana, from N. Davenport, Milton. Sotne 

 fine plants from the choice collection of J. P. Bradlee, Esq., Boston, con.sist- 

 ingof Camellias, Rhododendrons, Myrtles, Pittosporus, etc. A magnificent 

 plant of the Fiscus elastica, (India-rubber tree) nearly ten feet in height, from 

 S. Appleton, Esq., Boston. A fine Broad-leaved Myrtle, in full bloom, (a 

 most beautiful sight!) from T. Dowse, Esq., Cambridgeport. From Samuel 

 Sweetser, Esq., Cambridgeport, some fine plants, among which were Ilex 

 variegata, Diosma alba. Ericas, Myrtles, etc. 



Mr. Sweetser presented a most superb specimen of the rare Gladiolus na- 

 talensis (called by some psittacinus). This plant is of late introduction into 

 this country, never flowering here (about Boston) till this season. It was 

 pictured in the Botanical Register, (London, ta. 1442) for October, 1831, and 

 is there described as follows: — "Stem from three to four feet high, well fm- 

 nished with leaves, and terminated by a spike, a foot in length, of large 

 blossoms, yellow spotted, striped, and marginated with scarlet. Tlie colors 

 are indeed splendid beyond any thing thai can be expressed, except by the 

 most elaborate miniature painting." The specimen above mentioned, as 

 Well as one exhibited at the Society's room by Messrs.Winship, and one which 

 We had the pleasure of seeing at the country residence of T. Lee, Esq. Brook- 

 line, surpassed even this most seemingly exaggerated description. The plant 

 exhibited by Mr. Sweetser, was exceedingly strong, having four s|)ikes in full 

 bloom at once. It is quite easy of cultivation, and is propagated very 

 readily. 



A fine large plant of Hydrangea hortensis, from I. Livermore, Esq., Cam- 

 bridgeport. Messrs. Hovey, Cambridgeport, plants of Fuclisia, Gomphrena, 

 Maurandia, etc. A Black Hamburgh Grape-vine, growing in a pot, and bear- 

 ,'ing twenty fine clusters of grapes, weighing nearly half a pound each. This 

 vine was but eighteen months from a cutting, and may be considered a re- 

 markable crop from so young a plant. The experiment shows what can be 

 done in pot culture ; and to what further success it may be carried, remains 

 to be discovered by repeated trials. 



The plants from the Botanic Garden added much to the intere.«t of the ex- 

 hibition. Among many very rare, were the Astraptea Walllchii, Ilakea 

 saligna, Pourretia spinosa, Coftaea arabica (Coffee tree), Vallota jnupuroa 

 (formerly Amaryllis purpurea), Melastoma, Jambusa, Naiidina, Eucah ptus, 

 Ardisia, Banksia, Melaleuca, Leucadeiidron arg6ntea (silver tree), Fuchsia 

 Thomsitnia, etc. The Vallota was splendidly in bloom; the Banksia, with 

 its brush-like spike of flowers, attracted much observation; the Silver tree 

 was beautiful, but too small a plant to be observed, as it should be, among so 

 numerous a collection. M. P. Wilder, Esq., of Dorchester, contributed some 

 magnificent s|)ecimens of the Camellia (double white), Jambosa vulgaris, and 

 Acacia lophanta, the latter of which, with its graceful foliage, towering above 

 other plants, had an admirable ap|)earance. Mr. Wihhr also sent a fine Or- 

 ange tree, an Agave, Echium, Ilex, Cycas revoluta, Acuba, Arum, etc. 



From J. W. Boot, Esq. Plumbago, Begonia, and a Pancratium, (very 

 beautifid). From Charles Taylor, Esq., Dorchester, Acacia, Gardenia, Cas- 

 sia, Orange trees, etc. From Madame Eustis, some fine Orange and Lemon 

 .<trees, and other plants. A Yucca gloriosa, which, with its rigid spiny leaves 



