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bloomed in less than eight months from seed. We had the pleas- 

 ure of visiting his greenhouses the past season and witnessing his 

 enthusiasm in producing new varieties of plants ; indeed besides 

 gloxinias there were manj'- other seedling Gesneriaceous plants, 

 while of azaleas there were hundreds. All these plants were 

 produced from hybridized seed, and we expect to see the results 

 of his rich experience in the exhibition of many new varieties 

 at our hall the coming season. Mrs. A. D. Wood also exhibited 

 some seedling gloxinias with remarkably large and well-formed 

 flowers. 



Wardian Cases. — W. H. Halliday and J. F. Mann were the 

 exhibitors ; the cases were very tastefully got up and neatly ar- 

 ranged with choice plants ; they were fit to adorn any parlor. 



Fern Cases were shown by AV. H. Halliday and William 

 Edgar ; both fine specimens of neatness and good taste, and con- 

 taining choice specimens of rare ferns. 



Herbaceous Peonies. — Hovey & Co. exhibited a collection of 

 ten fine named varieties, and also Richardson's Seedlings, Nos. 1, 

 2, and 3, Rubra Superba, and Dorchester ; the two last mentioned 

 were very large and handsome and well deserve a place in every 

 collection of herbaceous plants. 



Sweet Williams were exhibited by James Nugent, A. Mc- 

 Laren, B. G. Smith and others. While they were all good, the 

 larger part of them being of the auricula flowered class, there 

 was nothing worthy of special note. 



Summer Herbaceous Plants, — James McTear was the only 

 exhibitor. His stand contained a very fine collection of choice 

 varieties. Mr. McTear has always exhibited such collections, and 

 we hope others will follow his example, and give us a little more 

 competition in this valuable class of plants. 



Delphiniums. — A good collection of named varieties was shown 

 by A. McLaren, he being the only contributor. 



Summer Phloxes. — James McTear and A. McLaren, exhibited 

 good stands of named varieties, all distinct and fine, but not bet- 

 ter than have been shown in previous seasons. 



Summer Lilies were shown by W. K. Wood, Herbert Gleason, 

 and J. S. Richards. 



Picotees. — James Nugent exhibited ten very fine named varie- 

 ties. There certainly is no choicer florist's flower than this, and 

 we hope in future to see more of them at our exhibitions. 



