REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 101 



August 15. 



The feature of the show to-day was the very fine collections of 

 Native Ferns from J. Warren Merrill and Mrs. C. N. S, Horner. 



We regret very much not being able to give a list of Mr. 

 Merrill's collection, as it contained many rare and choice varieties, 

 and probably was unequalled by any collection ever shown ; a list 

 of Mrs. Horner's collection, which was also a fine one, is appended : 



Adiantum pedatum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, 



Aspidium acrostichoides, Cysiopteris hulbifera, 

 " cristatuvi, " fragilis, 



" marginale, Dicksonia punctilohida^ 



" Noveboracense, Onoclea obtusiloha^ 



" spinulosum, " sensibilis, 



" " var. Boottii, Osmunda cinnamomea^ 



" " " dilatatum, " Claytoniana^ 



" Tlielypteris, " regalis, 



Asplenium aiigustifolium, Polypodium Dryopteris^ 

 " ebeneum, " Phegopteris, 



". Filix-foemina, " vulgare^ 



" tlielypteroides^ Pteris aquilina., 



" Trichomanes, Scolopendrium vulgare, 



Botrychium ternattim, Struthiopteris Germanica, 



" '.' var. dissectum^ Woodsia Ilvensis, 



" " " lunarioides, " obtusa, 



" . " " obliquum, Woodivardia angustifoUa, 



" Virginicum. " Virginica. 



Also Nephrolepis exaltata, cultivated, and Polypodium incanum, 

 natives of the Southern tstates ; and Pellcea andromedcefoUa^ from 

 Colorado. 



August 22. 



The great attraction of the da}' was the Gladiolus. The hall 

 was brilliant with the fine displays of the various contributors ; 

 particularly noticeable were the handsomely arranged stands of 

 James Comley, George Craft, and George Everett, in which were 

 very many spikes of flowers of the best English and French varie- 

 ties, while the fine stands of seedlings, from Herbert Gleason and 

 J. S. Richards, were quite up to the usual standard. It is safe to 



