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in tropical South America with poor success, and the roots of the 

 %dne were laid partiall}' l)are, thus producing an artificial drought, 

 which caused good crops to ripen. 



Mr. Rand called attention to the flowers of Hexacentris Mysorensis, 

 exhibited by him. This is a new flower because old, having been 

 introduced many years ago, and since gone out of cultivation. It 

 is a native of Mysore, and a climber like the Thunbergia, to which 

 it is closely allied. It produces racemes of richly colored flowers, 

 of unique form, which, though the}' do not keep long in water, last 

 a good while on the plant, presenting a very graceful appearance. 



The discussion on roses continued so long that the special assign- 

 ment, the Improvement and Ornamentation of Suburban and Country 

 Roads, the subject of Dr. Slade's Prize Essay, was postponed for a 

 week. It was announced that possibly Prof. Stockb ridge, of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, might be in town on the next 

 Saturday, in which case he would lecture before the Society on 

 " Fertihzers," and the subject first assigned would be further post- 

 poned. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Saturday, March 17, 1877. 



W. C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee on Publication and 

 Discussion, in the chair. 



The number of plants on exhibition was less than usual, but among 

 them was one of Rogiera degans., which C. M. Atkinson, who was 

 called on by the Chair to give information concerning it, said was a 

 native of the temperate regions of Gautemala, and a very valuable 

 plant for exhibition, as it could alwa^-s be depended upon for a 

 specimen. 



Mr. Atkinson went on to speak of the reports of the weekly 

 exhibitions of the Society in the "Evening Transcript." He al- 

 luded to the feverish impatience with which the reports, in the 

 "Gardener's Chronicle," of the London Horticultural Society's 



