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Hovey & Co. exhibited a large plant of their new Hybrid Seedling 

 Lily with ten flowers Aill}^ expanded; also, flowers of the beautiful 

 Bignonia Chamberlaynii. 



August 1. 

 • G. G. Hubbard exhibited three rare Orchis, viz. : Dendrobium formo- 

 sum, Brassia Lanceana, Catasetum tridentatum. These are the first 

 specimens of the above variety ever exhibited at our Exhibition. 



Francis Parkman showed a good collection of Lilies, among which 

 were good specimens of L. superbum. 



The most interesting feature of the Exhibition was the large and rare 

 collection of Cones collected and exhibited by J. Q. A. Warren, late of 

 California; among the collection were fine specimens of Pinus, Colteri, 

 Sabiniana, insignis, ponderosa, contorta, and Lambertiana or sugar Pine, 

 Cupressus macrocarpa, and Goveniana, Sequoia gigantea (the Giant 

 .Tree of California,) Picea nobilis and grandis; the last named is the 

 great Silver Fir, second in height and beauty to none except the 

 Sequoia gigantea. 



Fine specimens were also exhibited of the very rare Picea bracteata. 

 This collection is the first of the kind exhibited in Boston, and was 

 certainly very interesting. 



August 8. 



From Francis Parkman, a fine new Seedling Phlox, named Professor 

 Koch, color deep crimson; also, collection of Lilies and Herbaceous 

 Plants. 



From Mrs. T. W. Ward, Kare Exotics, stand of Hardy Perjietual 

 Koses, and fine specimen of Allamanda Schottii. 



From E. S. Band, Jr., fine Spike of Lilium superbum, with nineteen 

 flowers, fully expanded. 



The most interesting features of the Exhibition was the large Collec- 

 tion of Everlasting Flowers and Fibrous Plants, presented by the Cape 

 of Good Hope Agricultural Society. 



Among the Everlasting Flowers were many species of Ilelichrysums. 

 Some of the finest were H. eximium, with deej:) crimson flowers; H. 

 vestitum, silvery white; H. fulgcns, brilliant 3'^ellow; H. fruticens, 

 beautiful clusters of drooping white flowers, and H. speciosa, deep 

 blood red. One of the prettiest species of the collection was a small 

 Everlasting Flower, named Phoenocoma prolifera; it resembles the 

 Heath in its habit of growth; flower, bright rose. 



The collection of Fibrous Plants embraced many valuable substances 

 useful to manufacturers. Those most noteworthy were Juncus serratus, 

 a large plant, found in rivers or moist places, and largely exported 

 and used in the manufacture of paper called Palmet. Helichrysum 

 eximium, mentioned among the Everlasting flowers, has thick, leathery 

 leaves, and used for the manufacture of paper and twine. Malva, in 



