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Onoclea sensibilis, L. — Mass. ; hardy. 



Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. — Mass. ; hardy. 



" bulbifera, Bernh. — Sj'racuse, N. Y. ; liardy. 



Wo'-Alsia Ilvensis, R. Br. — Mass. ; hardy. 

 " obtvsa Low. — Mass. ; hardy. 



Dicksonia punctilobula. Kze. — Mass. ; hardy. 



Osmunda regalis, L. — Mass. ; hard}'. 



" Claytoniana, L. — Mass. ; hardy. 

 " cinnamomea, L. " " 



Botrycliium ternatum, 8wz. — From Cahfornia ; hardy. 

 " Virginicum, Swz. — Mass. ; hardy. 



Adiantum pedatum, L. — Mass. ; hardy. 



" CapiUus- Veneris, L. — From Utah. 



This exhibit was the result of my first season's cultivation of 

 ferns, the specimens having been all grown in my garden, under the 

 disadvantage of an unusually dry summer. Though by no means 

 so large or fine as I hope to show another season, they have 

 strengthened my convictions that our native ferns may be readily 

 cultivated and become permanent objects of beauty in our gardens." 



Gladioli, as in seasons past, have been a very prominent fea- 

 ture of the exhibitions. J. S. Richards and George Craft have con- 

 tributed most frequently, and W. H. Spooner has sent some fine 

 English and French varieties. The prize day was Augiist 19th, 

 when J. S. Richards, J. B. Moore, George Craft, A. McLaren, and 

 Herbert Gle^ison, exhil)ited very fine stands of flowers. At the 

 annual exhibition, George Craft and A. McLaren exhibited fine 

 stands of almost every shade and color, and J. S. Richards a stand 

 of Ms fine seedlings. 



Asters. — Unusually good collections were shown by C. M. Atkin- 

 son, J. B. Moore, J. A. Black, James Nugent and Hovey & Co. 

 The competition was unusually active, and the flowers, both as to 

 size and variety, were the best we have seen. 



Lilies. — September 2, being prize day, W. H. Spooner, made a 

 very flue display' of Lilmm lancifolium, L. macirmthum, L. punc- 

 tatum. L. albxim, L. rubriim^ and L. monstrosum,. From Hovey & 

 Co. came lilies Melpomene, Thaha, and Clio. From C. M. Atkin- 

 son, three very fine pots of Lilmm longiflorum. From C. A. Put- 

 nam,^ i. Washingtonianum. From B. K. Bliss, L. avenaceum, L. 

 cordifolium, L. Krameri^ and //. Hansonii. From N. Hallock, L. 

 Leiclitlinii and L. tigrininn fl. pL From Francis Putnam. L. an- 



