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ized by insect agency, and was much superior in vigor 

 and beauty to the type. It was named by Mr. Rand 

 C. Trianae Daisy. On the same day John F. Rogers 

 exhibited a specimen plant of Azalea Criterion, four 

 feet high, and ten feet in circumference, and in very 

 fine condition. On the 10th of June a plant of Decora, 

 six feet high and twelve in circumference one of the 

 best plants ever exhibited, was shown by C. M. Atkin- 

 son. Hovey & Co. showed a seedling azalea hybridized 

 between Azalea amcena and A. Indica, their object 

 being to produce a variety as dense and dwarf, and flow- 

 ering as freely and early, as the former, but with flowers 

 of a brighter or lighter color. Many seedling varieties 

 of Amaryllis vittata were shown; but they were not 

 generally distinct. Most of these were from Francis 

 Putnam, among whose specimens was one very fine and 

 distinct variety. E. S. Rand, jun., showed a very fine 

 collection of sixty-five species and varieties of spring 

 herbaceous plants. May 20, John Cadness of Flush- 

 ing, N.Y., exhibited the new white hydrangea, Thomas 

 Hogg, from Japan. Large collections of cultivated 

 native ferns were shown by George E. Davenport and 

 John Robinson, Mr. Davenport's collection comprising 

 fifty species and varieties, and Mr. Robinson's thirty- 

 four. A great variety of lilies was shown, including the 

 rare Lilium Washingtonianum, from C. A. Putnam; 

 L. avenaceum, L. cordifolium, L. Krameri, and L. Han- 

 soni, from B. K. Bliss of New York, and L. Leicht- 

 lini, from N. Hallock. Other new and rare or fine 

 specimen plants were Cypripedium niveum, from Wil- 

 liam Gray, jun.; from James Comley, Hibiscus Rosa- 

 Sinensis cruentus, Dracaena metallica, and Allamanda 

 Wardleana, Rhododendron Aucklandi, R. formosum 



