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Howard, native plants, viz: Azalea viscosa, Epilobium angustifoli- 

 um. F. Lamson, bouquets of roses, dahlias, lilies, &c.; also native 

 plants. J. S. Cabot, roses — Attelaine de Bourbon, Fair Maid of 

 Perth, Proserpine, Pulchra perpetual, Unique, 8tc.; also, /^ychnis 

 chalcedonica fl. pL, Clematis Sieboldw, -Betonica grandiflora, &.c. A. 

 Bosson, Calceolaria bicolor, dahlias, and verl)enas; also, Azalea vis- 

 cosa, Epilobium angustifolium. C. Ratford, Orobanche uniflora, 

 Pyrdia rotundifolia, &c. J. VV, Downing, dahlias. Quilled Perfec- 

 tion; also, bouquets. F. Putnam, a plant of the Echinocactus Eyrie- 

 sii, containing three beautiful flowers. W. F. Gardner, a fine spike 

 of the Yucca filamentosa. G. Driver and E. Buswell, dahlias— Mar- 

 shal Soult, Ne Plus Ultra; also, bouquets. G. A. Perkins and H. 

 Wheatland, native plants, viz: Pogonia oj)hioglossoides, JWedic^go 

 lupulinus, &c. 



Fruit: From B. H. Silsbee, Ox heart cherries. R. S- Rogers, 

 seedling mazard cherries. John Clark, a branch containing nume- 

 rous almonds (unripe.) Andrew Nichols, of Danvers, cherries. W. 

 P. Richardson, cherries and mulberries. J. M. Ives, Cowan's seed- 

 ling [?] raspberries; Napoleon Bigarreau cherries; English black, and 

 Morgan's red cherries; Scotch early red Warrington gooseberries. 

 J. Cross, curious growth of the stalk, containing the seed vessels of 

 the beet. W. F. Gardner, Wood straw^berries; Royal George Free- 

 stone peaches. 



Vegetables: From J. M. Ives, large specimens of short top rad- 

 ishes. 



July 20. — {"lowers: From Mrs. J. D. Treadwell, Ca<«/pfflcordif61ia, 

 Azalea viscosa; also, bouquets. Mrs. Moody, Centaurea suaveolens, 

 iJemerocallis, lilies, &c. A. L. Pierson, F, Lamson, G. D. Phippen, 

 C. A. Andrew, N. B. Mansfield, J. C. Lee, and H. Wheatland, 

 bouquets of dahlias, lilies, petunias, verbenas, digitalis, &c. T. 

 Ropes, Jr., dahlias — Striata formosissima, Sussex, Countess of Pem- 

 broke, &c.; also, bouquets. Mrs. Day, O. Thayer, A. Bosson, dah- 

 lias and bouquets. G. Driver and E. Buswell, dahlias — Unique, 

 Suffolk Hero, Lady Arabella, &c. J. F. Allen, Amie Vibert roses. 

 S. P. Fowler, of Danvers, Lilium japonicum; also, native plants, as 

 Lobeh'a cardinalis, O'rchis |)syc6des, &c. Andrew Nichols, of Dan- 

 vers, Brachystemum virginicum. 



Fruit: From E. Emmerton, Scotch gooseberries, four varieties; 

 Early Harvest apples. W. P. Richardson, red and white currants. 

 C. A. Andrew, Scotch gooseberries. J. F. Allen, black fies, from 

 St. Michaels; sweet Montmorency seedling cherries. J. M. Ives, 

 currants and gooseberries. B. H. Silsbee, cherries and white cur- 

 rants. R. Manning, cherries — Gridley, Cerise du Nord, Manning's 

 white mazard. Belle Magnifique, May Duke (second crop.) N. B. 

 Mansfield, Scotch gooseberries, and red and white currants. J. S. 

 Cabot, Beauty of Summer pears. R. S. Rogers, cherries. S. P. 

 Fowler, of Danvers, seedling gooseberries, a hybrid produced by 

 cross fertilization between the Scotch and native gooseberries, not li- 

 able to mildew. J. C. Lee, Franconia raspberries. 



July 27.— Flowers: From Mrs. J. D. Treadwell, J. Upton, C. A. 

 Andrew, Miss C. Lee, J. C. Lee, and H. Wheatland, bouquets of 

 hemerocallis, dahlias, gladiolus, verbenas, geraniums, &.c. A. L. 



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