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Hall of Newport, K.I., the Retinispora pisifera, which 

 had proved perfectly hardy at that place, and Ailantus 

 glandulosus with golden variegated foliage ; Stuartia 

 pentagyna, from E. S. Rand, jun. ; Jasminum Sambac 

 flore pleno, from Mrs. T. W. Ward ; Gymnostachyum 

 argyroneureum and Iresine Lindeni, from W. C. Har- 

 ding, the latter recommended as a fine bedding plant ; 

 Allamanda nobilis, from H. H. Hunnewell; Latania 

 Borbonica, Pandanus Linnei, and Vallota purpurea su- 

 perba, from Hovey & Co. ; an elegant specimen of 

 Cyanophyllum magnificum, from the Massachusetts Ag- 

 ricultural College ; Begonia Pearcei, from W. C. Strong ; 

 and Gynerium argenteum, from George Craft. 



The new seedlings which received awards from the 

 committee were a fine herbaceous pseony, from John 

 Richardson ; an improved Lilium lancifolium and coleus, 

 from Marshall P. Wilder; phlox Sultana, and delphi- 

 nium Mrs. George Derby, from Francis Parkman ; 

 Zonale pelargonium Miss Gertrude, from John G. 

 Barker ; and seedling gladioli, from J. S. Richards and 

 George Craft. Francis Parkman also exhibited a re- 

 markable seedling lily, now known as Lilium Park- 

 manni, a hybrid between Lilium auratum and L. lanci- 

 folium. 



Among the most interesting objects in the fruit de- 

 partment were some very large specimens of Louise 

 Bonne of Jersey, and Duchesse d'Angouleme pears, 

 from G. F. B. Leighton of Norfolk, Va. ; a collection 

 of California fruits, from Dr. J. Strentzel of Martinez ; 

 another collection of the fruits of the same State, which 

 had been exhibited at the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society at Philadelphia, and was shown 

 here through the courtesy of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 



