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varieties of cut flowers, promises to be one of much value, inas- 

 much as it will be a great help to any who wish to make collections 

 for themselves, enabling people to take notes of such varieties as 

 may be shown from time to time, and save one year's time waiting 

 to see the results from seeds. The first collections of this kind 

 were shown to-day, by James Comley and James O'Brien. Of 

 Fungi, the contributors were Mrs, Horner and Mrs. Gill. Francis 

 Parkman, showed a very fine Lilium, a hybrid between L. lanci- 

 folium and L. auratum ; the flower was very large and highly 

 colored, and is a good acquisition to that valuable class of plants. 

 From George Everett, we had Lilium longijlorum, fine Hollyhocks, 

 Clematis, Lythrum roseum superham and Lonicera Halleana. From 

 A. P. Calder, a large display of Gloxinias, among which, however, 

 there was a great sameness ; and from James Comley the follow- 

 ing new and rare ferns : Adiantum Hendersoni, Adiantum ama- 

 bile, Davcdlia Mooreana, and Asplenium angissima. 



George E. Davenport and John Robinson exhibited the follow- 

 ing native Lycopods collected by them, comprising all the species 

 and book varieties growing east of the Mississippi, and north of 

 New Jersey, except the Alpine species, Selago : L. complanatum^ 

 L. complanatum var. sabincefoUum, L. annotinum, L. dendroideum, 

 L. dendroideum var. obscurum, L. dendroideum var. (abnormal 

 form), L. lucidulum, L. inundatum var. Bigelovii, and L. davatum. 



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For premium for Balsams there were several competitors, all 

 the flowers offered being uncommonly good, particularly those from 

 G. A. Law and J. B. Moore. Native plants were shown by 

 George E. Davenport, as follows : Statice Caroliniana, Opuntia 

 vulgaris, Goodyera pubescens, Lathyrus maritimus, Cassia cham- 

 cBcrista, Camptosorus rliizopliyllus, Scolopendrium vulgare, and Aspi- 

 dium LoncliiUs; a fine vase of Tritomas and Gladiolus from James 

 Nugent ; a choice collection of cut flowers, and new Gloxinias 

 Mrs. John Smith and Valerie, from James Comley ; and a splendid 

 vase of Lobelia cardinalis by William Edwards. From Francis 

 Parkman, Hemerocallis Kwanso Jl. pi.. Clematis Mrs. C. Nevill, 

 and twenty very fine flowers of Lilium superbum; and baskets of 

 flowers from Mrs. Joyce and Mrs. Wood, arranged with choice 

 flowers in their usual good style. 



