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and exceedingly useful as winter blooming kinds ; they are easily 

 grown, and the flowers are very durable ; a collection of orchids is 

 hardly complete without them. 



Spring Flowering Bulbs. — The very liberal premiums offered 

 for the past two years in this direction have failed to draw out the 

 competition hoped for. The exhibitors of Hj-acinths were C. M. 

 Atkinson and Hovey & Co., each of whom showed very fair speci- 

 mens. Of Narcissus, Hovey & Co. were the only exhibitors. For 

 Tulips, Jonquils, and Lil}^ of the Vallej", there was no competition. 



Indian Azaleas. — The special exhibition occurred on the 7th of 

 April, and although there were good plants shown, as a whole they 

 were not up to the standard of former years. The exhibitors were 

 Hovey & Co., Marshall P. Wilder, and C. M. Atkinson. The best 

 six were from Hovey & Co. , the varieties being Madame Leon Maen- 

 haut, Guillaume III., Gloire Avant Tout, Madame Louise Van 

 Houtte, Fimbriata Alba, and Flag of Truce. Besides the above, 

 the Messrs. Hovey^exhibited many fine varieties from their large 

 collection. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, whose enthusiasm as a grower and 

 producer of this beautiful flower knows no bounds, we note the fol- 

 lowing fine varieties, and append descriptions, as far as we can ob- 

 tain them, of the rarer ones : 



Argus (new). 



Baron de VrQre. — Salmon rose, margin white. 



Bijou de Paris. — White ribbonned with rose and salmon. 



Charmer. — Bright amaranth, good form, and petals of great 

 substance. 



Countess of Beaufort. 



Gloire de Belgique. — White, striped with rose. 



Harlequin. 



Jean Van Geert. 



John Goidd Veitch (new). 



Juliette. 



Madame Olorner. 



Mile. Louise de Kerchove. 



Mrs. Wright. 



Philadelphia. 



Prince Albert. — Large flower, fine scarlet. 



Princess Louise. 



Ehenania. — Rosy carmine, beautifully spotted. 



