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from J. B. Moore, and plants in pots from Marshall P. Wilder on 

 the 2d of June. 



Wakdian Cases were shown by D. R. Beckford, Jr., Hovey & 

 Co., and Carl Deeterich, which were all well filled, and were fine 

 ornaments for any room, but your Committee think that with some 

 of them too much attention was given to elaborate wood- work ; so 

 much, as was remarked in our last report, as to distract atten- 

 tion from the plants. The main attraction ought to be the plants 

 in the case, and not the case outside the plants, although that 

 should be neatly made. 



Fern Case. — W. H. Halliday exhibited a very pretty one for a 

 table ; also a hanging Fern Case ; both were nicely filled with 

 plants in excellent condition, and were worthy a place in any room. 



Herbaceous Peonies. — There was only one small collection 

 exhibited, and these could not be ranked as fii'st class. From 

 Hovey & Co. there were some very fine specimens of Richardson's 

 Seedlings which have been fully mentioned in previous reports, and 

 well sustain the character given them as valuable additions to this 

 handsome species of herbaceous plants. 



Sweet Williams. — James Nugent and Harry L. Rand were the 

 exhibitors, with two very good stands. This popular flower 

 deserves a place in every garden ; any one can grow it, and it 

 always gives satisfaction. Some of the auricula flowered varieties 

 are very fine. 



Native Plants have been exhibited in larger quantities than for 

 several seasons past. 



Among the many exhibited by George E. Davenport, most 

 noticeable was a plant of Vittaria lineata, a grass lilce fern growing 

 on trees, from Florida ; three varieties of Trillium, viz., T. erectum, 

 T. grandijiorum, and T. recurvatum — the last exhibited in 1876 

 under the name of T. sessile, but has proved to be T. recurvatum; 

 also, Cypripedium arietinum (Ram's Head C^^Dripedium) , Cypri- 

 pedium candidum (Small White Lady's Shpper) ; C. parvijlorum 

 (Small Yellow Lady's Slipper) ; (7. X)ubescens (Larger Yellow 

 Lady's Slipper). Again on the 4th of August Mr. Davenport 

 exhibited a very nice collection, all neatly arranged and named. 

 Also, on the 8th of September, Paronychia argyrocoma (Silver 

 Chickweed) ; Gerardia tenuifolia, var. alba (Slender Gerardia) , 

 which is the first time these two have been shown ; and Eupatorium 

 aromaticum, a very pretty species with a small corymb of large, 



