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thet, when it questions a large number of plants whose 

 only merit was to be rare and costly > but not Camel- 

 lias or many of the Crotons (not all), and great many 

 other plants, such as : Medinella Magnifica, Rogiera, 

 Toxicophlaea, Thunbergiana, Daphne, Indica rubra, 

 Araucaria pubescens, etc. , etc . I beg your pardon. I 



forgot that I am preaching in the desert You have 



ears but you do not want to hear, so I will close on that 

 subject, and conclude what I have to say on that exhi- 

 bition. I had also a Phalsenopsis, grandiflora var. aurea 

 in bloom on the 17th of September, rather early , I 

 understood at that time that it was the first one seen in 

 Boston. I got a medal for it and $25. I had more 

 plants on exhibition, besides those mentioned, but I 

 could not compete. The rules and regulations did 

 not allow any one out of Massachusetts to do so. 



From that year they altered their by-laws, etc., and 

 it was open to all. I never went again since, it was 

 too expensive for my means. However, I take great 

 pleasure here, to acknowledge that the whole Society 

 from the President, Mr. Marshal T. Wilder (I think, 

 but I am not sure), to the last members I received 

 the most fraternal attention I have ever received any- 

 where. 



Let God bless you all, I in imagination and across 



