MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



seeds having mostly been received from Naples. In 

 August and September the reports mention the exhibi- 

 tion of many flowers, such as Schizanthus, Petunia, 

 Coreopsis, Silene, CEnothera, Ammobium, Vicia, Agera- 

 tum, Zinnia, Cacalia, Datura, Dolichos, Iberis, Hibiscus, 

 Delphinium, Malope, DracocephaJum, and Thunbergia, 

 of different species, and many varieties of Dahlias. At 

 the Annual Exhibition, on the 18th of September, the 

 floral decorations of the hall, " which did great credit 

 to the taste of the committee," were furnished, in part, 

 from the Society's garden at Mount Auburn. Septem- 

 ber 28 there were shown the " Cephalonia Melon, an 

 oblong, pointed, yellow variety of the musk melon; 

 Beech wood melon, the seed from the London Horticul- 

 tural Society, an oval variety of the musk melon, of a 

 green color, flesh of a deep grass green, of a most deli- 

 cious sweet and musky flavor ; also the Citron water 

 melon, excellent for preserving, produced from seeds 

 sent by Mr. Milne of New York." October 26, Mr. 

 Haggerston exhibited Carotte Violette, the seed from 

 the London Horticultural Society. On the 19th of 

 July, 1833, Alexander Walsh of Lansingburgh, N.Y.. 

 in presenting to the Society a large parcel of seeds of 

 the Corydalis fungosa, or Woad Fringe (now Adlumia 

 cirrhosa, or Mountain Fringe), to be planted in Mount 

 Auburn Garden, added, " I purpose visiting your splen- 

 did garden," for which he was propagating trees and 

 shrubs ; and in the New England Farmer, January 29, 

 1834, the place is spoken of as a "beautiful experi- 

 mental garden." 



In 1834 J. W. Russell was appointed gardener and 

 superintendent at Mount Auburn, Mr. Haggerston hav- 

 ing taken charge of the extensive garden and conserva- 



