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exhibited six orchids, including the curious Cypripedium 

 caudatum. July 20 Mr. Ames showed a fine plant of 

 Cattleya Dowiana, probably the richest of the many 

 gorgeous forms which this genus has produced. Or- 

 chids were also exhibited by C. M. Atkinson, E. L. 

 Beard, Edward Butler, and Joseph Tailby. The commit- 

 tee expressed their gratification at the increased atten- 

 tion given by commercial cultivators to these and other 

 rare and delicate plants. At the rhododendron show on 

 the 1st of June, H. H. Hunnewell exhibited the new 

 and beautiful Azalea mollis in several varieties. The 

 prize for the best rhododendron was taken by Francis 

 B. Hayes, with Mrs. Shuttleworth ; and that for the best 

 azalea, by Hovey & Co., with Superbissima. At the 

 rose show on the 19th of June, Curtis, Cobb, & Wash- 

 burn exhibited foliage of six beautiful varieties of 

 Japanese maples, and John R. Brewer, Andromeda spe- 

 ciosa. On the 29th of June Francis Parkman presented 

 a beautiful collection of seedlings of Iris Ksempferi, 

 which attracted much attention, and were pronounced 

 great acquisitions. July 20 J. R. Brewer exhibited 

 Acer colchicum, from Japan, with foliage resembling 

 that of the ivy. July 27 Francis B. Hayes sent Ara- 

 lia (Dimorphanthus) Mandshurica. August 10 W. T. 

 Andrews presented flowers of the new, large, double, 

 fringed petunias. August 24 T. Putnam Symonds 

 brought a remarkable spike of flowers of Lilium aura- 

 turn, borne on a stem seven feet in height, measuring 

 at the base an inch and a half in diameter, widening at 

 the top to three inches, and consisting of several smaller 

 stems merged into one. It bore, when exhibited, one 

 hundred and forty expanded flowers, though the indi- 

 vidual flowers were smaller than the type. September 7 

 Hovey & Co. exhibited the new Coleus multicolor. 



