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at each side of the stairs, stood a noble Araucaria 

 imbricata, ten feet high, the contribution of H. H. 

 Hunnewell. 



The display of plants was the finest for many years, 

 there being four exhibiters of collections of twenty 

 plants, and in all upwards of three hundred plants. 

 Among those from the Botanic Garden at Cambridge 

 was Ropala Jonghei, nearly ten feet high, and Cyano- 

 phyllum magnificum, six feet high ; from Hovey & Co., 

 Ropala Corcovadensis, ten feet high, the new Hibiscus 

 Cooperi, and many others ; from W. T. Merrifield, a 

 superb Ananassa sativa variegata in fruit; and, from 

 Francis Parkman, a splendid collection of thirty-six 

 evergreen trees and shrubs in pots. Six pineapple 

 plants, exhibiting the fruit in different stages of growth, 

 from inflorescence to maturity, attracted much atten- 

 tion: they were from the garden of William Sprague, 

 Governor of Rhode Island. The prizes for the best 

 specimen plant were awarded to John F. Rogers, for 

 Ropala Youngi, and Thomas Hooper, for Lycopodium 

 Wildenowii; and those for specimen variegated plants 

 to Jonathan French, for Cissus discolor, and John F. 

 Rogers, for Pandanus Javanicus variegatus. The 

 drought was so severe that the cut flowers were not 

 up to the usual standard, though some superb gladioli 

 and asters were exhibited. 



In the fruit department there was a deficiency in the 

 quantity and quality of the apples and native grapes ; 

 but this was, perhaps, more than counterbalanced by 

 the magnificent display of pears, which were generally 

 acknowledged to surpass, by their uniformly large size 

 and excellence, any previous exhibition of this fruit. 

 The display of vegetables was undoubtedly the finest 



