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of the drought ; but, notwithstanding this, the display was lemarkably 

 fine. The roses were of course the main feature of the exhibition, and 

 they were surpassingly fine as well as liberally supplied. Some of the 

 sorts surpassed any ever before exhibited. The display of pot plants was 

 limited, but the specimens were remarkably well grown. Of fruits, there 

 was a superb display of grapes. The strawberries were not so fine as we 

 anticipated; but this must be attributed to the lateness of the season, as 

 the Hovey's Seedlings were scarcely ripe. In the variety of flowers, &c., 

 contributed, we can only enumerate a few of the most important kinds. 

 The Epiphytes, of Mr. Lowell, were highly beautiful, particularly a speci- 

 men of Cattleya sp. nova: they were also exceedingly well grown by his 

 gardener, Mr. Owens. Stephanotus floribundus, and Ixora coccinea, from 

 Messrs. Hovey & Co., were the most admired objects in the room : finer 

 grown plants have rarely been seen. The pelargoniums, from the same 

 gentlemen, were very large and in fine flower for so late a period of the 

 year. The roses of Messrs. Hovey & Co. were truly magnificent, embra- 

 cing such as Walter Scott, Cyntie, Neron, Louise Leker, Gil Bias, Boula 

 de Nantiel, «&c. Messrs. Breck & Co. made a fine display of herbaceous 

 plants, particularly of delphiniums. Our report is as follows : — 



From the President of the Society, prairie and other roses, phloxes, &c. 

 From A. Aspinwall, a fine collection of roses. From Jos. Breck & Co., 

 a large collection of campanulas, phloxes, spiraeas, double stocks, &c., and 

 fine roses. From J. A. Kenrick, fine blooms of Magnoha macrophylla, 

 and longifolia, Kalmz'a latifolia, &c. From M. P. Wilder, a fine collection 

 of roses, pseonies, and other flowers. From John A. Lowell, fine plants 

 of Cattleya nova sp., C. crassifolia, Oncidium flexuosum, Burlingtonm 

 rigida, Brassia verrucosa, Plumieria rubra, Tecoma jasminoides, &c. From 

 Hovey & Co., Stephanotus floribundus, Ixora coccinea, Hydrangea japon- 

 ica, Veronica Lindleyana, Whitfieldja lateritia, G^snera tubiflora, six kinds 

 of fine gloxinias, and pelargoniums, viz : — Beck's Cassandra, Aurora, Isa- 

 bella, Rosy Circle, Drury's Pearl, and Forget me not ; ten var. of prairie 

 roses, including Mrs. Hovey, one of the most superb of all the prairies ; 

 sixteen varieties of moss roses, and three hundred varieties of hardy roses ; 

 Kalmia latifolia, thirty var. verbenas, Abiitilon Bedfordtanwrn and venosum, 

 and numerous other flowers. 



Cut flowers, roses, bouquets, &c., were exhibited from A. Bowditch, 

 B. V. French, W. Kenrick, 0. N. Towne, J. Quant, E. Wight, A. D. 

 Weld, P. Barnes, Messrs. Winship, Louis Davenport, W. W. Merrill, 

 Mrs. Spaulding, Miss Dyer, of Lynn, and others. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



Roses. — For the largest and best collection of roses, and best kept dur- 

 ing the exhibition, to A. Aspinwall, $ 12. 



For the second best, to Joseph Breck & Co., $ 10. 



For the third best, to Hovey & Co., $5. 

 Class I. For the best thirty distinct varieties, to A. Aspinwall, $8. 



For the second best, to Hovey & Co., $6. 

 Class II. For the best twelve distinct varieties, to J . Breck & Co., $ 5. 



