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varieties now cultivated in tiie ])]:iee of liie old Wood. A few Clieiries were 

 broiif;lit in tiii.s week. Green Gooseberries and Cnrrants, the former abundant, 

 are seliiiij,' at quotations. Pine A|)|)les are plenty, several thousand having 

 arrived sinee our last, and of jjood (juality. Oranj^es have advanced consid- 

 erably ; and few remain in first hands. Lemons have, also, advanced a 

 shade; some new arrivals are exjiected. 



Boston, June -lOtli, 18'35. M. T. 



Art. V. Massadniseits Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, May 23r/. — Exhibited. — A bouquet of flowers— Iris, Primroses, 

 Tulips, Roses, Hyacinths and Carnations, from Mr. Wm. Davis, Roximry j 

 Douitle Eschscholtzia, from M. P. Wilder, Esq. ; Pyrus japonica, Tulips, 

 Geraniums, Roses, Pyrethreum parthcnium. Antirrhinum majus, &c., from 

 T. 3Iason, Charlestown. 



From Messrs. Hovey — Fine speeimens of Hyacinth, Tropjeolum majus 

 atro-sanguineum, Double Aimual Chrysanthemums, and seetiling Polyantljus. 



May 30lh. — Exhibited. — Lychnis flos jovis, Cynoglossum pictum, Valeriana 

 (sp.) Allyssum saxatile, Saxifraga granulata, Dodecaiheon gigantea, Phloxes, 

 Tulips and named seedling Violas or Pansies, from S. Walker. Cereus 

 speciosus, (a plant with upwards of fifty flowers expanded,) and Tulips, from 

 the Hon. John Lowell. Double flowering Apples, from E. M. Richard.s. 

 Tulips from L. Josselyn, Esq. Tidips and Anemones, from T. Mason. Fine 

 named Tulips, from Messrs. Hovey. 



Asparagus from S. Pond ; this was very fine. 



Jime 6th. — Exhibited. — Pseonia moutan papaveracea, P. nioutan var. Bank- 

 sia, P. ofliicinalis albicans, and rosea, P. ))araduxica, and arielina, Double 

 white and pink Hawthorns, Azalea nudiflJra, and several other varieties, 

 from J. Kenrick, Newton. Pa;6nia officinalis albicans, P. Carolinea, and P. 

 moutan var. Baidisia, Magnolia tripetela. Iris germanica. Azalea nudiflora, 

 Calycc'inthus florida, Papaver orientalis, Phloxes, Double Rockets, Lilacs, 

 Scotch Roses, &c., from the Botanic Garden, by Witi. Carter. A fine vari- 

 ety of Ranunculuses, from T. Mason ; Ntrium splcndens, Riitdla formosa, 

 Lupinus polyphyllus, Iris germanica, Verbt na charna'drifolia, Jasainins, 

 Roses, Lilacs, &.c. &c. From J. Morton, Doidile Tulips and Double flower- 

 ing Cherries. 



Petunia phoenlcea, and twenty-five varieties of Geraniiuns, from Hovey & 

 Co.; twenty varieties of Geraniums, from S. Sweetser. Double White Rock- 

 et, Saxifraga, Valeriana, Iris, Paaonia alhiflora var. Whitiltjii, and fWigrans, 

 Veronica gentianiiides. Ranunculus, Columl)ines, Lychnis, Cynoglossum pic- 

 tum. Phloxes, Lilacs, Persian and white, and named seedling Pansies, viz. : — 

 Daniel Webster, Mary Queen of Scots, Carter's Prince of Orange, William 

 Wirt, Walker's gigantic. Maiden's Blush, and others, from S. Walker. 



Fine asparagus fiom S. Pond. 



Jime \Oth. — Exhibited. — Twenty-five varieties of Geraniums, from S. 

 Sweetser. Hesperis matronalis i\. pi. alba, Iris sibrrica of various colors, 

 Sjnra'a fiiip^ndula, Robinia hispida Saxifraga, Phloxes, Scotch Roses, &c., 

 a Prize Pink imported as No. 5 ; exceedingly fine, from S. Walker. Fine 

 Ranunculuses, from James Kaveiiaugh, Cambridge. Pseonies, Lilacs, Syrin- 



