92 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Hovey has a plant now coming into bloom, which covers a space 

 forty feet square, with many shoots eight feet long, which will soon 

 be covered with the beautiful mauve colored bracts. It is one of 

 the finest plants for a cool conservatory, and is entirely free from 

 insects. 



Mr. "Wilder remarked that B. glauca makes a larger tree, but does 

 not flower so well. 



The President announced that at the next meeting E. S. Kand, 

 Jr. would read a continuation of his paper on Window Gardening, 

 giving the names of the plants best suited for parlors, with 

 remarks on their culture. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 6, 1875. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 1 1 o'clock. 

 President Parkman in the chair. 

 The following named persons were elected to membership : 



Milton J. Stone, of Brookline. 

 Mrs. Rebekah L. Fat, of Chelsea. 

 Francis H. Lee, of Salem. 



Meeting dissolved. 



MEETING FOR DISCUSSION. 



Th6 following paper, in continuation of his former essay, pre- 

 sented at the meeting on February 20th, was read by the author : 



Parlor Plants. II. 



BY EDWARD S. RAND, JR. 



We have said that one great reason of failure in the culture of 

 window plants is the choice of unsuitable species or varieties. 

 There are many plants, indeed a large proportion, with which 



