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grandiflorum, R. Princess Alice, and R. Princess Royal ; 

 from Edward S. Rand, jun., Aphelandra fascinator ; from 

 C. M. Atkinson, 'a very fine plant of Anthurium Scher- 

 zerianum, with sixteen flowers spikes, Phaius grandifo- 

 lius, with twelve flower spikes and two hundred and 

 fifty blooms, the best specimen of Dionaea muscipula 

 (Venus's fly-trap) ever shown, and Sarracenia Drum- 

 mondi, S. flava, and S. variolaris, which attracted much 

 attention ; from Hovey & Co. came Ornithogalum thyr- 

 soides alba and Rudgea macrophylla ; from C. S. Sar- 

 gent, Phormium tenax variegatum, in flower, and Pro- 

 teinophallus Rivieri ; from Jackson Dawson, Calypso 

 borealis and Iris tingitanum ; from J. F. Rogers, a very 

 fine specimen plant of Rhynchospermum jasminioides ; 

 and, from Francis Parkman, Pyrus malus baccata flore 

 pleno, from Japan. Several fine collections of the new 

 varieties of clematis were shown. 



The -annual exhibition was this year confined to the 

 Society's halls, the plants and flowers being shown in 

 the lower hall, the apples, pears, and vegetables in the 

 upper hall, and the grapes, peaches, etc., in the library 

 room. The exhibition was one of the best arranged 

 and most attractive ever held by the Society ; but the 

 receipts were small, owing to the weather being stormy 

 most of the time. The plants contributed, though there 

 were not so many large ones as at some previous shows, 

 were unusually good : indeed, there were no poor 

 ones. The collection of F. L. Ames was particularly 

 noticed by the committee as consisting of clean, hand- 

 some specimens. Hovey & Co. exhibited a splendid 

 Pandanus reflexus, and William Gray, jun., a very fine 

 Platy cerium grande, which gained the prizes for the 

 best specimen plants. The prize variegated leaved 



