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As in past seasons, the productions of these ladies have been 

 highly appreciated by the large number of visitors. 



Table Designs. — Very neatly arranged and pretty designs 

 have been shown at most of the exhibitions thi'ough the season. 

 While we are not able to note any marked improvement in this 

 department, it is only justice to the contributors who have done 

 their work so faithfully, to say that their efforts have been highly 

 appreciated by all. Mrs. A. D. Wood, Mrs. S. Joyce, Mrs. E. 

 M. Gill, and James O'Brien have been the chief contributors. 



Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. — A very fine collection of 

 twenty varieties of choice Japanese evergreens, many of them 

 new and rare, was shown bj'- William Gray, Jr., on the 13th of 

 March, the following being particularly noticeable : 



Pinus Massoniana var. Retinispora obtusa aurea. 

 Retinispora ericoides. " pisifera. 



" "■ var. " plumosa aurea. 



" JiUformis pend. " squarrosa. 



fol. var. Sciadopitys verticillata. 



Retinispora lejytoclada. Timja pendvXa . 



" lycopodioides. Thnjopsis dolabrata var. 



Chrysanthemums. — Plants in pots were shown by George Hig- 

 ginson, James Comley, and Marshall P. Wilder. Those from Mr. 

 Higginson were very handsome specimens, well flowered and fur- 

 nished with vigorous foliage. The handsome standards from the 

 same gentleman were especially worthy of notice. The stems 

 were four feet high with very finely shaped heads. The Pompon 

 varieties were Cedo Nulli, Damietta, General Canrobert, Bob, 

 Rosabella, Niobe. Large flowering varieties, — Duke of Edin- 

 burgh, Dr. Sharp, Rifleman, Novelty, Jardin des Plantes, Empress 

 of India. 



Marshall P. Wilder exhibited a plant of George Peabody, a 

 white variety, showing, what is rare in the Chrysanthemum, a 

 curious sport, some of the flowers being entirely j^ellow. 



Of New and Rare Plants James Comley has exhibited 



Abutdon Selloimanum mar- Bonapartea Landenii. 

 moratum. Dioscorea illustrata. 



Alocasia illustris. Doryanthes Palmeri. 



Anthrcrium crystallinum. Dracoina amdbilis. 



Asplertium longissimum. " Baptislii. 



