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George Craft was awarded a first class Certificate of Merit, for a 

 fine Seedling Gladiolus, named Thomas Sheren, color crimson, ground 

 spotted with dark purple. 



J. S. Richards was also awarded a first class Certificate for a Seed- 

 ling Gladiolus, named M. P. Wilder, color orange cherry, ground blazed 

 with white, fine. 



Mrs. T. W. Ward exhibited a fine collection of choice Flowers. 



Mrs. S. Joyce, a good display of Double Balsams. 



Mrs. E. A. Story, a collection of Greenhouse Flowers. 



Annual Exhibition, September 21, 22, 23 and 24. 



In many respects this exhibition was better than last year's, though 

 the Pot Plants were too much crowded, for want of space, to.be seen at 

 a good advantage. 



W. C. Harding exhibited twenty Greenhouse Plants, ten Caladiuras, 

 six Ferns, six Begonias, and two specimen plants. Among the collec- 

 tion were the following fine specimens, namely: Musa enseta (eight 

 feet), Maranta zebrina, Abutilon Thompsonii, Sanchezia nobilis, Cype- 

 rus alternifolius variegatus, Autharium regale, Hoya carnosa fol. va- 

 riegata, Dracfena, Brasiliensis and Cooperi, Gymnostachyum Yerschaf- 

 felti, fine; Hydrangea Hortensis fol. variegata, Cissus discolor, Musa 

 zebrina and Bonaparteaglauca. Among the Ferns were Cibotium spec- 

 tabile, Asplenium Australis, Lomaria gibba, Pteris argyraia, and Blech- 

 num Brasiliense; also, fine specimens of Dalechampia lioezliana, and 

 Irisine Lindenii, the last named is recommended as a fine bedding plant. 



H. H. Hunnewell showed six Marantas, six Lyco2:)ods, ten Variegated 

 Leaved Plants, and three specimens. The finest plants in this collection 

 were Croton longifolia variegata, Alocasia macrorrhiza fol. variegata, 

 Cyanophyllum magnificum, Allamanda nobilis (a splendid species), 

 Stevensonia Sechellarum, Dracaena stricta, Panicum variegatum, San- 

 chesia nobilis fol. variegata, and the very rare Dractena regina, with 

 white terminal leaves. Among the Marantas were fine specimens of 

 regalis. Van den Heckii, splendida, pardina and zebrina. The six Lyco- 

 pods included good specimens of Selaginclla Africana, Martensi, um- 

 brosa, Cordifolia, and Varabilis. Mr. H. also exhibited a plant of the 

 rare Acul)a Japonica vera, in friiit, which was awarded the Society's 

 Silver Medal, as the best new Pot Plant of 1869. 



Hovey & Co. contributed twenty Greenhouse Plants, ten Varie- 

 gated Leaved Plants, ten Caladiumc, six Plants in bloom, six Ferns, 

 six Lycopods, six Marantas, and three specimens. Among this 

 collection were fine specimens of Dracaena terminalis latifolia pend- 

 ula. Yucca quadricolor, Cyperus alternifolius variegatus, Sanchezia 

 nobilis variegata, Eurya latifolia variegata, Alocasia Veitchii, Agave 

 schidigera and filifera, Dracaiiia Coojieri and umbraculifera, Croton 



