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The Annual p]xhibition was also a veiy gratifving success ; 

 although there were not as many large plants as there have heen at 

 some of the exhibitions, they were uniisually good, and it is not 

 too much to say, that there was not a poor plant in the hall ; any 

 one selected from any of the collections would have made a good 

 specimen plant. It was ver}' gratifying to see the plants so well 

 furnished with good foliage, and void of long legs and injured 

 foliage. AVho would not prefer a small, handsome specimen, to one 

 that must be measured by the yard to get at its size ? 



We were also glad to get back to our own hall again, and, 

 although some doubted very much the wisdom of the change of the 

 place for the plants, from so large a room as Music Hall to our own 

 Lower Hall, it seemed to give general satisfaction, particularlj' as 

 it saved the labor of carrying them up another long flight of stairs, 

 which was found a heavy task when the flower show was held in the 

 Upper Hall. 



Cyclamens. — The exhibitors were C. B. Gardiner and James 

 O'Brien, l)ut, although good plants were shown, the}- were not 

 equal to those of the two previous seasons. It is hoped that so 

 beautiful a flower as the cyclamen may receive more attention from 

 our cultivators, it being not only verj^ useful to the florist, on 

 account of its free flowering properties, but ver}' valuable as a 

 decorative plant. 



Camellias were not shown in as large quantities as last 

 season, but on the 11th of March, that being prize day, veiy fine 

 collections were shown by C. M. Atkinson, of well known standard 

 varieties, and bj' Hove}' & Co., who, besides well known varieties, 

 exhibited, also, the fine seedlings which have been described in 

 previous reports. 



November 11th, Marshall P. A\^ilder exhibited a seedling camellia 

 in bloom, only two years and eight months from the germination of 

 the seed. This was shown as a proof of the correctness of the 

 belief expressed b}' Mr. Wilder, at one of our meetings for discus- 

 sion, about two years ago, that seedling camellias and azaleas 

 might, by grafting on older stocks, be caused to l)loom in much 

 less time than has generally been thought necessar}-. 



Orchids have, as in past seasons, formed a very interesting and 

 attractive feature of the exhil)itions ; particularly noticeable were 

 the following named fine specimens from E. S. Kand, Jr. : 



Cattleya amethystoglossa. — A magnificent species, blooming freel}' 



