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in the vest pocket, yet the flower was three inches in diameter. 

 The second, Stanlwpea Martiana, had fourteen flowers, white, 

 shaded with lemon, and beautifully spotted with reddish purple. 

 It is a native of Mexico. 



October 31. 



E. S. Rand, Jr. exhibited Miltonia Candida, a very pretty 

 species from Brazil, with seven spikes of flower ; and Pleione 

 macidata, a very pretty small growing plant with small buds ; the 

 flowers are a delicate white ; lip of the same color, barred with 

 crimson, and lasting some three weeks in perfection. Its native 

 place is the Khoosea Hills. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. • 



November 7. ' 



This show did not by any means come up to the standard that 

 ought reasonably to be expected from the liberal amount of prizes 

 oflTered, the only exhibitor of plants in pots being C. M. Atkinson, 

 with six well grown varieties of Pompons. Cut flowers of Chrys- 

 anthemums were exhibited by James McTear, James Nugent, 

 and C. M. Atkinson ; in their stands were many good varieties of 

 various colors. E. W. Wood exhibited twenty-five pots of Pom- 

 pon and large flowering varieties grown as standards. This way 

 of growing the chrysanthemum is not generally practised, but it 

 is certainly a very pretty style, particularly for decorative pur- 

 poses. In England it has become very popular, and by reference 

 to the "Gardener's Magazine" for March, 1873, can be found 

 some excellent hints as to this mode of culture. Certainly the 

 chrysanthemum is one of the most useful fall flowers, and the 

 wonder is that it receives so little attention. We hope that in 

 future, instead of there being only one or two stands of plants, the 

 hall will be filled, and that an exhibition worthy of the society will 

 be held. 



Baskets of flowers were shown by Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Wood, 

 Miss S. W. Story, and James Comley ; all of them were veiy 

 beautifully arranged with choice flowers and ferns. A fine plant 

 of Nerine corusca, with five spikes of flower, was shown by James 

 McTear. From James Comley were two plants of Lapageria 



