378 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the Society, ten plants of 

 new Gladioli, as follows : — Due d'Orleans, Lemanhii, Christianus No. 1, 

 insigiiis, Willielmus, Spoershill, pyraniidalis, Dohreii, Paulonia, and Queen 

 Victoria ; some of them very beautiful ; also, new scarlet geraniums, viz., 

 Prince Albert, Cyrus, Queen, Shrubland superb, Brighton Hero, Gen. 

 Tom Thumb, and Goliah, and cut roses of various kinds. From J. L. L. 

 F. Warren, ten plants in pots, including Rondelet/a speciosa, JErica ventri- 

 cosa alba, Ix6ra rosea. Gardenia radicans, &c. ; also, one round va?e bou- 

 quet, one flat do., six flat hand do., and two round hand do. ; a fine display 

 of Prairie Roses, and cut flowers in variety. 



From Messrs. Hovey & Co., one large circular bouquet, two very fine 

 large flat do., and six hand do. ; also a great variety of fine Roses, and other 

 cut flowers. From John Kenrick, a fine flower of Magnolia macrophylla. 

 From J. E. Teschemacher, a plant of Haemanthus tenuifolius, a rare and 

 very beautiful flower. From Joseph Breck & Co., one large circular bou- 

 quet ; Prairie and other Roses ; Pinks ; and a great variety of perennial 

 flowers, including Van Houtte's phlox. Bouquets and cut flowers from S. 

 Needham, A. Aspinwall, W. Kenrick, S. Walker, P. Barnes, A. Bow- 

 ditch, W. Mellar, B. V. French, and Messrs. Winships. 



Premiums were awarded as follows : — 



Plants in Pots. — For the best six plants, to J. L. L. F. Wyren, $2. 



Bouquets, &c. — For the best six hand bouquets, to Messrs. Hovey 

 & Co., $2. 



For the second best, to Azell Bowditch, $ 1. 

 For the best pair flat Mantel bouquets, to Hovey & Co., $2. 

 For the second best, to Winships, $ 1. 

 For the best round bouquet, to Hovey & Co., $2. 

 For the second best, to J. L. L. F. Warren, $ 1. 



Prairie Roses. — For the best display, to Samuel Walker, of $4. 

 For the second best, to Messrs. Winship, 3. 



Gratuities. — To M. P. Wilder, for ten new varieties of Gladioli, $ 5, 

 To J. E. Teschemacher, for a fine plant of Haemanthus tenuifolius, $3. 



Fruit : The exhibition of Strawberries was one of the finest we have 

 ever witnessed, and presented a marked contrast with the display a few 

 years since. The specimens of Hovey's Seedling and Boston Pine, of 

 which the display was mostly composed, were the largest which have ever 

 been seen, one basket of about four quarts by Mr, Richardson being filled 

 with berries from five to five and a half inches in diameter. A variety of 

 seedlings were shown, but none of them of any great merit. 



From the President of the Society, a few specimens of Alice Maud, and 

 Jenny's seedling, and one truss of Lizzie Randolph, one of Dr. Brinkle's 

 seedlings, having upon it five or six berries of very ordinary appearance and 

 size. From Josiah Richardson, two large baskets of Boston Pine, very 

 fine, Swainstone, Richardson's Seedlings, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the 

 most magnificent basket of Hovey's Seedling, containing about four quarts, 

 which we ever saw ; six of the berries weighed three ounces and a half. 



