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P. quadrangularis, Iris Pseud-acorus, Pentstemon cam- 

 panulatum, Podalyria coerulea, Tradescantia Virginica, 

 var. alba, Liriodendron tulipfera, Digitalis grandiflora. 

 Gardenia florida flore pleno, Amaryllis formosissima, 

 Lychnis Chalcedonica, Double Dahlias, Carnations, Ery- 

 thrina Crista-galli, Lilium superbum, Tigridia pavonica, 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, Double Hollyhocks, Hedy- 

 chium Gardnerianum, Phlox paniculata, Sagittaria lati- 

 folia, Hibiscus Manihot, H. palustris, Lantana cammara, 

 Canna coccinea, Salvia splendens, Centaurea Americana, 

 China Asters, and Double Striped Camellia Japonica. 

 Native plants were exhibited from time to time ; but, 

 as these were the same then as now, there is no occa- 

 sion for mentioning their names. 1 



The reports of the exhibitions of vegetables are less 

 frequent and less full than those of flowers. Yet we 

 find, that, at that early day, the forcing of vegetables 

 was not wholly unknown ; for on the 29th of May Mrs. 

 Gore's gardener exhibited potatoes, string beans, cucum- 

 bers, and mushrooms, " all of fine appearance." Other 

 fine vegetables were shown from time to time ; but the 

 only thing of note was a cauliflower from Otis Pettee, 

 on the 23d of October, weighing nine and three quar- 

 ters pounds when divested of its leaves. On the 28th 

 of August Capt. Smith of Quincy exhibited a sample of 

 " a kind of manure from Peru, called by the Spaniards 

 guano" then a novelty here. 



The second anniversary of the Society was celebrated 

 on the 10th of September, to use the words of the 

 report "in a very splendid manner." The arrange- 

 ments were similar to those of the previous year; but 



1 The list of premiums awarded for fruits and flowers may be found in 

 Appendix H. 



