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dendron .Veitchianum -Isevigatum. Hydrangea Otaksa, 

 Lapageria alba, and a collection of the new bulbous 

 Begonias ; W. C. Strong, six species and varieties of the 

 Weigela; E. S. Rand, jun., Paul's New Scarlet Thorn, 

 and Tapeinotes Caroliniae ; Marshall P. Wilder, the 

 new hardy Azalea mollis, from Japan ; C. M. Atkinson, 

 very finely grown plants of Imatophyllum miniatum 

 Chorozema Lawrenciana, and Kennedya Comptoniana ; 

 Francis Parkman, an especially beautiful stand of roses ; 

 George Everett, a large variety of the new hybrid clema- 

 tises ; L. Guerineau of the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, 

 a fine plant of Peristeria elata with one hundred and 

 fifty-six buds and flowers ; C. S. Sargent, Agave schidi- 

 gera, in bloom; and, from William Gray, jun., Ketinis- 

 pora filiforme pendula fol. var. 



The annual exhibition was generally conceded to be 

 far in advance of any ever held, as regarded the quality 

 and rarity of the plants and flowers. It took place in 

 Music Hall, the arrangement of which differed but little 

 from that of the preceding year. A fountain was 

 placed in the centre of the hall, around which were 

 choice evergreens and other plants. The front of the 

 platform was hidden by as fine a show of gladioli as 

 ever was made here ; and the cut flowers were placed in 

 the wide gallery at the opposite end of the hall, where 

 they produced a much finer effect than under the bal- 

 conies, as at the last exhibition. The general collections 

 of plants, and the collections of ferns, dracaenas, palms, 

 agaves, succulents, etc., cannot here be particularized; 

 but a magnificent collection of conifers, consisting of 

 about sixty species and varieties, from H. H. Hunne- 

 well, was a noteworthy feature. Louis Menand of 

 Albany, N.Y., one of the oldest florists in the country, 



