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Ives, for the introduction of the Marrow squash, which, 

 as before recorded, was shown by him at the annual 

 exhibition of the Society in 1834. 



For some reason now unknown, the Society saw fit, in 

 1852, to return to the practice, which had been discon- 

 tinued for two years, of charging an admission fee to 

 the weekly exhibitions. At the exhibition on the 10th 

 of January, Hovey & Co. exhibited fine specimens of 

 Bignonia venusta. May 22, the Dicentra (Dielytra) spec- 

 tabilis was shown by Winship & Co. for the first time. 

 In July, H. Schimming, gardener to John P. Gushing, 

 exhibited fine plants of Clerodendron squamatum, C. 

 pedunculatum, C. fallax, Allamanda grandiflora, Justicia 

 carnea, Dipladenia splendens, with new alstrcemerias, 

 calceolarias, etc. Of new fruits, the Coe's Transparent 

 cherry was first shown June 26 by Azell Bowditch. The 

 Sheldon pear was also shown by Hovey & Co. for the 

 first time. November 13, Francis Dana exhibited sev- 

 eral of his new seedling pears, among which was No. 16, 

 now known as Dana's Hovey. The Beurre Clairgeau was 

 shown by Samuel C. Pitman and Jonathan Fowler, its 

 large size and rich color exciting much interest. Octo- 

 ber 2, Frederic Tudor exhibited upwards of twenty 

 varieties of pears of great perfection and beauty ; and 

 the whole show of that day was one of the finest ever 

 made in the Society's hall. During the autumn sev- 

 eral specimens of Duchesse d'Angouleme were shown 

 weighing twenty-four ounces each. 



The increased number of exhibiters, and the great 

 variety of fruit, induced the Society this year to try the 

 experiment of holding the annual exhibition under a 

 pavilion, as had been done by the London Horticultural 

 Society in its exhibitions at Chiswick. The tent was 



