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the same as in the two previous years. Many rare 

 plants were contributed ; and the prize for the best new 

 one was awarded to H. H. Hunnewell, for Dracaena 

 Baptistii. The prizes for specimen plants were to Ed- 

 ward Butler, for Cycas circinalis, and Hovey and Co., 

 for Cocos Weddelliana ; for specimen variegated plants, 

 to Hovey & Co., for Ficus Parcellii, and James Comley, 

 for Abutilon Sellowianum marmoratum. The filmy 

 ferns, Todea superba, Trichomanes anceps, and T. 

 radicans, from J. W. Merrill, were highly praised for 

 their beauty. The interest in agaves, cacti, and other 

 succulents, continued. Other plants noted as rare or 

 fine specimens were Croton Weismanni, from James 

 Comley and Hovey & Co. ; Pandanus Veitchii and 

 Maranta Makoyana, from James Comley ; and Phor- 

 mium tcnax variegatum, from Hovey & Co. All the 

 Dracaenas were remarkably fine. W. C. Strong exhib- 

 ited a large collection of cut specimens of hardy orna- 

 mental foliaged shrubs. 



In the fruit department, the strawberry show, which 

 was this year separated from the rose show, as the roses 

 and strawberries were not in perfection together, was 

 reported as one of the largest and best displays of this 

 fruit ever made by the Society, there being on the tables 

 one hundred and sixteen baskets and dishes, all of them 

 good, and some remarkably fine. The prize for the 

 best four quarts was awarded to Hovey & Co., for 

 Hovcy's Seedling, and, for the best fifty berries, to 

 Warren Heustis, for Col. Cheney. John B. Moore 

 exhibited three new seedlings ; and the Fruit Com- 

 mittee, on the 1st of July, visited his grounds, which 

 they found in fine condition, and the later kinds full of 

 fruit, the earlier ones having been gathered. They 



