38 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dicentra CucuUaria (Dutchman's Breeches) . 



Eriostemon a ng ust ifol ium . 



Hepatica triloba^ a plant in a pot, showing the flowers transformed 

 into leaves. 



Hottonia inflata (Water Violet), a very fine specimen. 



Hydrophyllum apjiendiculatum. From Illinois. 

 " macrophyllum. u u 



Mertensia Virginica (Virginian Cowslip or Lungwort) . 



Pyxidanthera barbulata. From the pine woods of New Jersey. 



Trillium erectum (Purple Trillium, Birthroot). 

 " grandiflormn (Large White Trillium). 

 " nivale (Dwarf White Trillium) . 

 "■ sessile. 



Uvularia grandijiora (Large Flowered Bellwort) . 



Viola rotundifolia. 



ZantJioriza apiifolia (Shrub Yellow-root), from Concord, Mass. 



July 22d, E. H. Hitchings exhibited a very interesting specimen of 

 the Nymphcea odorata (Water Lily), showing the roots, leaves, and 

 flow^ers, l)oth in the undeveloped and perfect state. Also, Utricu- 

 laria gibba (rare), Eriocaulon septangulare, Eindendrvni conop- 

 seuin, from Florida ; Habenaria blepliariglotlis., H. psychodes^ Cus- 

 cuta Gronovii, and other choice varieties. 



Double Zinnias. — September 9th being prize day, very flue 

 stands were shown by George Craft, James Nugent, and others. It 

 is gratifying to see this useful annual coming into general cultiva- 

 tion. With its numerous varieties, of almost every shade of color 

 and lasting so long in perfection, no garden can well afford to be 

 without it. 



Cut Flowers. — For the prizes for fifty named varieties of green- 

 house flowers, Hovey & Co., C. M. Atkinson, and James McTear, 

 have been the competitors ; of the fifty named AnnuaLs and Peren- 

 nials, Hovey & Co. have been the only contributors. We must 

 repeat what we stated in our last report — that the competition for 

 these prizes has not met the expectations of the Committee. It 

 was hoped that the premiums offered for named varieties of flowers 

 would incite a spirited competition, and that the collections ottered 

 would form a very instructive feature of the exliibitions, but so i'nr 

 they have been a failure. 



Cut Flowers {\f)0 bottles). W. K. Wood and James Comley, 

 have contril)uted regularly to the weekly exliibitions, very handsome 



