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From the same, Berberis Bealii ; — ditto, Japonica : very pretty additions 

 to this class of plants, and if hardy, certainly great acquisitions. 



From Wm. E. Carter. Fine seedlings from Dodocatheon media; we 

 trust to see them extensively cultivated. 



Gesneria cinnabarina ; a fine showy variety, first exhibited this season 

 by Wm. C. Strong ; a decided acquisition. 



Joseph Breck. Fine new Sparaxis. 



Edward S. Rand. Ixia viridiflora. 



Passiflora Imperatrice Eugenia, by Thomas G. Whytal. Probably the 

 best passion flower for greenhouse culture ; of large size ; colors, rose, 

 purple, white and green ; the blooms remaining in perfection for several 

 days ; a rampant grower and a most profuse bloomer ; well worthy of gen- 

 eral cultivation. 



Passiflora Count Nesselrode ; a pretty variety, but by no means as valu- 

 able as the last, from the same exhibitor. 



Mrs. Benj. Bruce. Trillium grandiflorum, Hepatica, double red, Tril- 

 lium erectum, and white Corydalis ; also other rare hardy plants. 



J. A. Kenrick. Fine Magnolias, of various kinds. 



E. G. Kelly. Magnolia conspicua hybrida. 



Antane Apple. New Perpetual Rose Ludwig III. 



From Wm. C. Strong. Gesnera Doncklarii ; a very fine variety. 



iEschananthus Horsfeldii by the same, a pretty variety. 



Tropseolum Randii (Mr. Brock's new seedling) sustains its reputation as 

 the best for winter blooming and for bedding in summer. 



Tropseolum Zanderii ; a very dark scarlet variety, color dazzling; said 

 to be a fine bloomer, and valuable for greenhouse blooming ; exhibited by 

 Messrs. Barnes & Washburn. 



Rose George Peabody has been exhibited by Wm. C. Strong; the 

 blooms shown have been of good color and fair size, but we are at a loss to 

 discover the qualities which have caused this rose to be so highly praised 

 in the Horticultural papers ; we call it a very pretty rose, and this is 

 enough to say. It is fabled, we believe, to be perfectly hardy, even in an 

 exposure where the thermometer falls many degrees below zero ; we do not 

 say this is not so, for we have never bloomed or cultivated the rose ; but 

 till it has proved hardy in. the neighborhood of Boston, after a fair trial, we 

 must remain somewhat incredulous. 



Seedling Delphiniums, by Francis Parkman ; some very good. 



Edward S. Rand. Hedychium gracile, in fine bloom ; well deserving a 

 place in every hothouse for the purity of color and delicious fragrance of 

 its flowers. 



Hovey & Co. Gloriosa Plantii ; very pretty, and we believe never before 

 exhibited. 



New seedling Japan Lilies, by Hovey & Co., and M. P. Wilder, very fine. 



Fine collections of native plants have been shown by Dennis Murray 

 during the season, and at the Annual Exhibition. 



A well preserved and choice collection of Fungi, by the same. 



A collection of dried grasses, by the same ; all these were preserved in 



