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May 16. 

 Orchids again formed an interesting feature of the exhibition. 

 E. S. Rand, Jr., showed splendid Tplants of AeridesFieldin git, a fine 

 free flowering species from India, the spikes long and branched, 

 the flowers white and rose color, the leaves broad and from six to 

 eight inches long, and altogether a fine exhibition plant ; Dendro- 

 bium transparens, a rare plant, and the first ever exhibited, bloom- 

 ing in the same way as Dendrobium nobile, the flowers of a tran- 

 sparent pinkish lilac, stained in the middle of the lip with a blotch 

 of deep crimson ; Oncidium cornigerum^ a very graceful and orna- 

 mental species, and quite distinct in habit ; the spikes of flowers 

 yellow spotted with deep red, and very beautiful ; and Oncidium 

 spJiacelatum majus. From James Comley we had a beautiful col- 

 lection of shrubby calceolarias in a fine variety of colors ; from 

 Miss Anna C. Kenrick, Magnolia Soulangiana, M. Lenne and M. 

 conspicua; from Jackson Dawson, Clianthus puniceus, and Vis- 

 caria ccbU rosa; from Mrs. C. N. S. Horner forty-two varieties of 

 native flowers, and seven varieties from W. E. Davenport ; hj'a- 

 cinths and tulips from C. M. Atkinson and George N. Noyes ; 

 and bouquets, cut flowers and baskets of flowers from J. McTear, 

 Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Gill. 



OPENING EXHIBITION. 



June 6. 



Calceolarias were shown in splendid style by Joseph Clark, 

 whose plants were very fine and of an extra good strain ; and Tree 

 Pfeonies, by Marshall P. Wilder, who exhibited splendid flowers of 

 Osiris, Le Soliel, Nick Dillon, Lactea, Elizabeth, and Leopold. Of 

 native flowers, a very nice collection, neatly arranged and properly 

 named, was exhibited b}^ Mrs. C. N. S. Horner. Cut flowers of 

 the following rare shrubs were shown by E. S. Rand, Jr., Rhodo- 

 typus kerrioides and Exochorda grandiflora, mentioned in our re- 

 port for 1873 ; also, Lilac Dr. Lindley, the spikes of flowers very 

 large, of a beautiful lavender color, and delightfully fragrant; 

 and Paul's new Scarlet Thorn. The Gardener's Chronicle says of 

 the last that it is " much superior to any which had previously come 

 under our notice, in the combined characters of depth of color and 



