42 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Flora. Mrs. Dombrain. 



Gaerti. Princess of Teck. 



Imperatrice Eugenie. Quadricolor. 



Laingii. Triomphe de 1' Exposition. 



Lepesehkinei. Vesta. 



Ferns were exhibited b}- F. L. Ames, Hovey & Co., and J. 

 Warren Merrill. Those exhibited hy Mr. Ames were the handsomest 

 plants ever shown, and comprised the following fine varieties : 

 Adiantum amabile, 

 " assimile, 

 " conchimim latum, 

 ••' cuneatum, 

 a charming group, all of them well adapted for specimen culture. 



DavaUia Mooreana, described in the Transactions for 1875, 

 Part II, p. G9. 



Gleichema Dicliotoma. — The Gleiclienias constitute one of the 

 most beautiful groups belonging to the whole family of Ferns, and 

 for decorative and exhibition purposes are among the ver}^ best. 

 An excellent article on the genus ma^^ be found in " The Garden," 

 Vol. IX, p. 445. 

 Gleichenia spehmcm. 



Gymnogramme Peruviana argyrophylla. — Silvery-grey on both 

 surfaces ; a splendid fern. 



Platycerium alcicorne majus. — The habit of this fern is so curious, 

 that it is almost indispensable in every collection. 

 From Hovey & Co. came 

 Adiantum trapeziforme, DavaUia Tyermanni, 



Alsophila australis, Hypolepis distans, 



" Van Geerti, Lomaria gibba, 



Asplenium Fabianum, Pteris scabenda, 



DavaUia Mooreana, 

 which were well grown specimen plants. 



Six Named New Varieties were shown by J. Warren Merrill. 

 They were Anemia adiantifolia, Clieilanthes Clevelandii, C. Alaba- 

 mensis, Aleuritopteris tricolor ( ?) , Dictyogramme Japionica variegata, 

 Gleichenia cirdnata glauca. 



Adiantums. — IIov(;y & Co., were the onl}^ exhibitors, with A. 

 Farleyense, A. cmieatum, A. trapeziforme, A. decorum, A. concin- 

 num and A. concinnum latu7n, six line ferns. 



