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Marie, Grand Duchesse de Bade, and a fine Tea rose in a pot, 

 Mad. Bravy, creamy white, large and full. George E. Davenport 

 brought a small but pretty specimen of Camptosorus rhizopliyllus 

 (Walking Fern). 



February 21. 



Mrs. S. Joyce contributed a well-grown plant of Amaryllis fulgida, 

 in a seven inch pot, with six fine spikes of flowers. The two 

 Orchids exhibited by E. S. Eand, Jr., Dendrochilum glumaceum 

 and Ly caste Skinneri are reported on page 34, Part I, of the 

 Transactions for 1874. Cyclamens again formed an interesting 

 part of the exhibition, C. B. Gardiner and James O'Brien each 

 showing very fine plants ; a pink flowered one from Mr. O'Brien, 

 was especially noticeable, it being of a dwarfer habit than they 

 usually are, of a very symmetrical growth and handsomely flowered. 

 Hovey & Co. exhibited Azaleas in pots, of the following varieties : 

 Punctata, Fimhriata alba, Princess Alexandra, and Mad. Vander- 

 cruyssen ; also Ixora coccinea, and choice cut flowers of camellias. 

 A fine vase of Bouvardia Vreelandii was shown by James Comley, 

 and a very tastily arranged basket of fiowers by Mrs. Wood. 



February 28. 



Joseph Tailby exhibited a new Tea rose, a sport of Isabella 

 Sprunt, and named Eliza Tailby, which is fully reported on page 

 40, Part I, of the Transactions for 1874. Tacsonia Van Volxemi 

 from E. S. Rand, Jr., Bougainvillea spectabiUs and glabra, and Mag- 

 nolia Lenne shown by Marshall P. Wilder, are also fully reported 

 on page 44, of Part I. That splendid Orchid, Saccolabium gi- 

 ganteum, was exhibited by E. S. Rand, Jr. It is a native of 

 Burmah, and was first brought to the notice of the public by the 

 Messrs. Veitch, in the autumn of 1866. It is very much like 

 S. violacea, continues a long time in bloom, and is deliciously 

 sweet. Mr. Rand also showed Cattleya Trianoi; there are a 

 number of varieties of this superb, winter blooming Cattleya, that 

 shown being one of the best. James Comley again exhibited 

 seven varieties of Azaleas, small plants of good varieties, many of 

 them new and promising well ; also a semi-double Primula, Lilac 

 Queen, and a very fine display of Bouvardia Vreelandii. 



