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exhibition of particular flowers, e. g. the tulip and its varieties, we are 

 fully sensible that it cannot be owing to any want of numbers, or excel- 

 lence of sorts, or amount of exjjense, but to other, perhaps unavoida- 

 ble circumstances, which rendered their culture or arrangement inferior. 

 We have thus casually alluded to the late (newspaper) competition 

 and rivalry, between the tulip tieds of two gentlemen well known as 

 amateurs in fine flowers. Personally acquainted as we have the pleas- 

 ure to be with both, we fear no offence in these remarks. To the ur- 

 banity and liberality of one, we feel indebted for many an introduction 

 and acquaintance to and with choice and charming plants. With the 

 private feelings of the other, nothing like rivalry could be sympathetic. 

 We only trust and believe that good will always result from such com- 

 petition, and by such personal efforts the cause of floriculture will be 

 signally advanced. 



Wednesday, June 20th. — The first exhibition of the season was held 

 in the Halls of the Society, at 11, A. M. The following were some of 

 the plants shown, and their contributors. 



Bouquets of Martagon lilies, roses, loniceras, tradescantias, &c. &.c., 

 from Mrs. R. Brookhouse. 



Bouquets of Lysimachia, Digitalis, Lonicera, lilies, &c., from Mrs. J. 

 D. Treadwell. 



Bouquets of Scotch and moss roses, phaesant-eyed pinks, Potentilla 

 formosa and .^ristolochia Sipho, from John C. Lee. 



Fsebnia Huineii, roses, the moss, provins, Rulandia and double Scotch, 

 Phlox suaveolens, &c. &c., from J. M. Ives. Roses; Burgundy, Scotch, 

 damask and white, Felunia nyctaginiffora, Geranium striatum, liSntirrhi- 

 num majus, and varieties, Philadelphuscoronaria, £)elphinium elatum, 

 Martagon lilies, &c., from Wm. J. Richardson. 



A basket of choice flowers beautifully arranged, among which'were 

 fine pelargoniums, — Mary Q,ueen of Scots, Macranthon, Triumph, &c., 

 (well grown,) seedling calceolarias, Tropaj^olum atrosanguineum, Pe- 

 tunia Phoenicia, iVis, jRaminculi, &c., from W. W. Palfrey. A bouquet 

 of several flowers, from George D. Phippen. 



Several varieties of pelargoniums, (geraniums,) Martagon lilies of 

 great beauty, Delphinium ajacis, fl. pi.. Calceolaria corymbosa and C. 

 var. "Grand Sultan, Cereus speciosissimus, and C. var. new scarlet, Psd- 

 bnia Whitle/i, Hiimew', fra.;rans, Reeves^ and Richardson's albiflo- 

 ra, (Reevesu we esteem one of the best new double varieties, of ex- 

 quisite tints;) roses — Mary Stuart, Lee's crimson Perfection, Rivers's 

 George iV, new beautiful provins, gloriosa superba. noire, Proserpine, 

 Ventori's superb, Edenberirer, delicatesse, belle Aurore, delicieuse, 

 Roxelane, pink Boursalt, Grand Pompadour, from F. Putnam. 



The following fine herbaceous plants, viz: Podalyria australis, Ams6- 

 nia salicifolia, A. latifolia, viscaria and alba, O'robus j-'urpureus, O. ui- 

 ger, Phlox suaveolens C'orydalis formosa, i}ictannuis rubra and al[)a, 

 Tormentilla reptans, fl. pi., Fumaria speciosa, Tradescantm virginica 

 var. rosea, cterulea and alba, >S'pirae\i filipendula, fl. ])1., <S|)iroL'^a trifolia- 

 ta. Delphinium sinense, Lupinus Marshal liV«JM5, /iesperis matronalis, 

 alba, fl. pi., Dracoce})halum altaiense, Pieonm Whitle/i, Poitsw', Reev- 

 esu'. Pansies: — Radiata, splendens, Lord Byron, florihunda, Mrs. 

 Spang, Yellow Jacket, Sir Walter Scott, Miss Lawrence, Monk's sj)len- 

 dcns and others. Roses: — Bicolor, Watt's Celestial, Cuj)id, La Beaute, 

 Eblouissant, belle Liloise, beaul^e Ethereal, Talma nouveau, Pourprele 

 plus magnifiipie, Hollandoise, Duchess de Berri, Well's China cabbage, 

 Adonis, Harris's Oniana, gloria mundi, from Jos. S. Cabot. 



A few native ])lants were presented by E. S. L. Richardson, viz: 

 Kalnn'a angustifolia, Pu!)us odoratus, Thesium umbellatum, Potentilla 

 argeutea, Osmiinda rcgalis, Sambvicus canadensis, Arethiisa ophioglos- 



