358 JVIassachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Art. II. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, July Ibth. — ExJiibited. — From the garden of M. P. Wilder, 

 Rosa inicrophyllu,aiid Tigridia pavonia: dahlias, — Widiiall's perfection, 

 Queen of the dahlias, Cicero, Lass of Richmond Hill, Inwood's coni- 

 pacta, Dennissii minor, Maid of St. Leonard's, Picta formosissima, 

 Dutchess of Richmond, Feronia, Aurantia speciosissima. &c. From S. 

 Walker, the following dahlias: Tincta, Romulus, Queen of the dahlias, 

 Ophelia, and Dennissii; white and scarlet, and yellow and scarlet pico- 

 tee pinks; Phlox tardiflora alba, and other sorts; a seedling of Delphi- 

 nium grandiflora, very double. 



From R. Manning, Salem, Amire Joannet (Hort. Soc. Cat. and Duha- 

 mel), the Early sugar of Prince's catalogue. Froih Joseph Morton, 

 Milton, Madeleine (Citron des Cannes of the Hort. Soc. Cat.), and 

 petit Muscat pears. Citron des Carmes, from Dr. Shurtleff', Boston. 

 From E. Breed, Charlestown, old Newington peaches (forced fruit). 

 From W. Kenrick, twenty-two varieties of gooseberries: Eed, — Wil- 

 mot's early red. Royal George, Crown Bob, Keen's seedling, and Top 

 Sawyer: Yellow, — Viper, golden Yellow, Gunner, and Bunker's Hill: 

 Green, — Green Laurel, Green Ocean and Jolly Tar: White, — Cham- 

 paigne, White Bear, Queen Sheba, &c. From S. Walker, seventy- 

 three sorts, as follows: Red, — Lancashire Lad, Bank of England, 

 Roaring Lion, Crown Bob, Jubilee, Prince Regent, Top Sawyer, Hero, 

 Marquis of Stafford, and Rough Robin: Yellow, — Viper, Hopley's 

 Globe, Golden Queen, Smiling Beauty, Rockwood, and Gunner: 

 Green — Princess Royal, Ocean, Gascoigne, Rifleman, Thrasher, Queen 

 Anne, Jolly Tar, Jolly nailer. Lord Crewe, Jolly Angler, Green 

 Chisell, and No-Bribery: White, — Bonny Lass, White Eagle, Lady of 

 the Manor, Queen Sheba, White Lion, and Whitesmith* the other 

 kinds not named. From J. A. Kenrick, several varieties of gooseberries. 

 From E. Breed, Viper and Walnut gooseberries. From Dr. Shurtleff, 

 seedling gooseberries. The following were, by the committee, on fruit, 

 adjudged the best for the table: six of the largest weighed two and a 

 half ounces: Red, — Top Sawyer, Warrington red: Yellow, — Golden 

 Gourd, Hopley's globe: Green, — Gascoigne, Waiting Maid: White, — 

 Queen Sheba, Wellington's glory. 



At this meeting, a committee was chosen, to make preparatory arrange- 

 ments for the celebration of the anniversary of the society. 



Jlugust \st. — Exhibited. — From the Hon. John Lowell, Yucca iila- 

 mentosa, and Erythrina picta. From Wm. Kenrick, Bignonia radicans, 

 phloxes, cereopsis, honeysuckles, hollyhocks, Hypericum ascyroides, &c. 

 Double pomegranate, tlchinops spterocephalus and Gilia coronopif'olia, 

 from R. Ward, Roxbury. From M. P. VVilder, dahlias of the following 

 varieties: Dancer's Helen, Queen Bess, Queen of the dahlias. Belladonna, 

 Maid of St. Leonard's, Ophelia, Earl of Chichester, Antonio, Agrippina, 

 Negro boy, Inwood's compacta, Cicero, Widnall's Aurora, &c. From 

 S. Walker, Phlox tardiflora, white and red. Lobelia fulgens, Monarda 

 purpvlrea, and a new seedling, raised between M. dydima and purpurea: 

 Statice tartarica, larkspurs, pinks, &c.; dahlias, — Barratt's Susanna, 

 Countess of Liverpool, Dennissii and Queen of the dahlias. From Messrs. 

 Hovey, poppies of several kinds, phloxes, pinks, nasturtiums, Verbena 

 chamaedrifolia, Gaillardia aristata, Calliopsis bicolor, &c. &c. 



From R. Ward, Roxbury, russett apples of the growth of 1834. Cit- 

 ron des Carmes, and petit Muscat pears, from Messrs. Winship. Goose- 

 berries from P. Wainwright, Roxbury. From Wm. Kenrick, the follow- 

 ing kinds of gooseberries: Red, — Crown Bob, Rough Red (Bratherstones 

 Huntsman): Yellow, — Golden Yellow: Green, — Green Myrtle, Green 



