16 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



fine condition, and are worthy of especial mention. Collections like these 

 should be in the possession of the Society, and we trust that at some not 

 far distant day the Society will have the means of preserving specimens 

 of all our native plants, as well as of the rarer exotics. 



A choice display of new native plants was made at the Annual Exhi- 

 bition, by the gardener to Professor Gray, of the Cambridge Botanic 

 Garden. 



Hovey & Co. Eugenia ugni ; a well grown plant in fruit, the flavor of 

 which is most delicious, somewhat partaking of that of the strawberry, 

 pineapple and banana ; young plants from cuttings fruit readily, but it will 

 be long before the fruit or berry can be grown in any quantity. 



Also from the same, a fine display of evergreens, in pots ; and of cut 

 Japan Lilies. 



Also Meyenia erecta; new, very beautiful ; flower, large deep purple, 

 with a white throat, of the form of a Gloxinia ; produced in great profu- 

 sion over the whole plant. 



Fine blooms of Stanliopea tigrina and eburnea, by Edward S. Rand. 

 Tritonia (Crocosmia) aurea, by the Chairman ; a very fine plant, in pro- 

 fuse bloom ; for a description, see last Report of the Flower Committee. 



Of floral designs we have had but few during the past season; in general 

 these displays are monstrosities, spoiling the beauty of the flowers and 

 producing nothing which can be considered beautiful or tasteful ; from 

 this sweeping denunciation we must, however, except the designs of one 

 of our lady contributors, who, by her taste in arrangement and the beauty 

 of design and execution, has, if possible, given to the flowers more than 

 their native beauty. Would there were others to imitate this example. 



Ornothogalum nutans. Bulb small ; leaf, glaucous, hairy ; flower small ; 

 white produced alternately on a short stem for a long time ; individual 

 blossoms, transient; very fragrant; a very early bloomer in the green- 

 bouse; from its abundant bloom it might be valuable for bouquets ; probably 

 hardy. We have doubts whether this bulb comes to us correctly named. 



Ornothogalum Byzantumi. Bulb small ; leaf, dark green, with a dis- 

 tinct white stripe down the middle ; flower stem large ; flowers large, 

 produced alternately ; color, greenish white ; inodorous ; flower bracts, 

 very large, embracing the bud ; persistent. A showy variety, probably 

 hardy ; very fine for forcing in the greenhouse. 



Ornothogalum latifolium. Bulb small; leaf large, broad, long, dark 

 green; flower stem slender; individual flowers on long peduncles; flower 

 bracts long, clasping ; flower, whitish green, starry ; very pretty in a col- 

 lection, but otherwise not especially desirable. 



Ornothogalum Perreyanum. A very small, delicate variety ; bulb, no 

 larger than a large pea; leaf, very narrow and slender; flower stem, long, 

 supporting a sheath of buds ; flower, about the size of a dime ; yellowish 

 white, marked with green ; quite pretty ; the exterior of each petal has a 

 dark stripe through the middle ; a profuse bloomer, one bulb giving two 

 or three spikes of bloom ; valuable as a variety. 



Ornothogalum conicum. Bulb medium ; flowers large, white, and very 



