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ing exhibition in the new rooms at Amory Hall from 

 the 23d to the 26th of May, in the words of the Flower 

 Committee, " Never had we had a finer display of choice 

 greenhouse plants, and never had the plants been more 

 tastefully arranged. The new variegated plants were 

 conspicuous and very numerous in all of the prize col- 

 lections." By far the finest display and greatest variety 

 was shown by William T. Merrifield of Worcester. His 

 collection consisted almost entirely of variegated leaved 

 plants and Lycopodiums. 



The display of fruit and vegetables, though small, was 

 of very gobd quality. At the rose show, on the 25th 

 and 26th of June, the Hybrid Perpetuals showed the re- 

 sults of increased attention ; but the display as a whole, 

 though very good, was not equal to that of the previ- 

 ous year. The finest Hybrid Perpetuals shown were 

 Gen. Jacqueminot, Lord Raglan, Auguste Mie, Sydonie, 

 Cardinal Patrizzi, Etendard de Marengo, Lselia, Jules 

 Margottin, Lion des Combats, Portland Blanc, and Tri- 

 omphe de Paris. 



On the 30th of June, Hovey & Co. exhibited La 

 Constante strawberry, and Oliver Bennet fifty specimens 

 of the Crawford's Late peach, which had never been 

 surpassed, some of them measuring a foot in circum- 

 ference, and all beautiful and high flavored. On the 

 4th of August the display of fruit was one of the best 

 ever made so early in the season; the apples being 

 especially handsome, and the Red Astrachan, Early 

 Harvest, Large Yellow Bough, and Williams, being 

 shown in quantities. Two weeks later the display of 

 cut flowers was exceedingly fine, embracing many new 

 and beautiful acquisitions, especially among the phloxes, 

 gladioli, and petunias. On the 1st of September both 



