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Iresine Herbstii. A plant of Clerodendron Thorn sonee, 

 from II. H. Hunnewell, finely trained, and in profuse 

 bloom, took the first prize as a specimen plant. June 

 13, Hovey & Co. presented Pyrethrum roseum flore 

 pleno, " as full as a quilled aster, and much resembling 

 it." At the rose show on the 27th and 28th of June, 

 Hovey & Co. exhibited a hybrid lily, between Lilium 

 lancifolium and L. auratum, combining the beauty of 

 the former with the size of the latter. July 11, Francis 

 Parkman showed Clematis Jackmanni, the first of the 

 hybrids of which so many beautiful varieties have since 

 been introduced ; and Sumner Downe, three stalks of 

 Lilium candidum, six feet high, and having fifteen 

 flowers each. Mrs. T. W. Ward was a frequent con- 

 tributor of choice hothouse flowers, among which were 

 Torenia Asiatica, Eoupellia grata, Allamanda grandi- 

 flora, Gardenia Fortunei, etc. August 15, James 

 McTear exhibited Crocosmia (Tritonia) aurea ; and a 

 deep rose-colored variety of the pond lily was received 

 from Hyannis, and others in various shades, from deep 

 rose to pure white, from Rochester, N.H. 



The day of the weekly exhibitions was this year 

 changed from Saturday to Wednesday. The attendance 

 generally was such as to indicate a fair degree of interest 

 in the objects of the Society. The rose show was on a 

 more extensive scale than usual, and an admission fee 

 was required; but it was not favored with propitious 

 weather. The latter part of the season, the exhibitions 

 were a series of triumphs, crowned by the annual show, 

 which occurred September 18-22. The arrangements 

 were similar to those of the preceding year, being only 

 changed so far as to place the plants on the two sides 

 of the hall, and the stand for cut flowers in the centre, 



