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Draccena Hendersoni. Maranta Seemanni. 



" Sliepherdii. Pandanus Veitchii. 



Echeveria Abyssinica. Poinsettia pulcJierrima rosea-car- 

 Ficus Parcellii. minata. 



And the new Lobelia pumila grandijiora Jfore plena; flowers large 

 and very double, of a beautiful light blue color ; a fine acquisi- 

 tion. Also, Pelargonium Queen Victoria, a very attractive 

 variety, with large flowers, the color being ver^^ rich ; the petals 

 are a brilliant carmine, beautifully fringed, with a sharply defined 

 pure white margin. For decorative purposes it will undoubtedly 

 prove very valuable. 



From Hovey & Co. came the new variegated Pelargonium 

 Happy Thought ; the plant was small, but the variety is highly 

 spoken of in the journals and catalogues ; Antliurium crystalli- 

 num, spoken of as a perfect gem ; Ficus Bonneti, a ver}- fine 

 plant for subtropical gardening ; Paullmia thalictrifolia, and 

 Dahlia viridiflora (Green flowered). 



From James McTear, Pelargoniums Striata and Distinction. 



From W. H. Spooner, Cineraria hybrida Jlore pleno. 



From Waldo O. Ross, Mannmillaria Neumanniana^ M. Stella 

 aurata, Echinopsis Fyresii, and Stapelia picta. 



From John C. Hovey, Sempervivum tomentosuni, S. arenarium, 

 and S. Amalim. 



From Denys Zirngiebel, Daisy Queen Victoria. 



From William Gray, Jr., a very fine specimen plant of Cypri- 

 pedium insigne, with fifty flowers and buds ; the best grown plant 

 of the kind ever exhibited here. 



Miscellaneous Plants have been shown by James Comley at 

 various times through the season, as follows : Friostemon myopo- 

 roides and F. inlermedius — beautiful greenhouse evergreen shrubs 

 from New Holland ; Fpacris vestita carnea, very handsome ; 

 Scutellaria carnea; Rliododendron Veitdiianum, a magnificent 

 species from Moulmain ; Anthuriurn Scherzerianum ; Hydrangea 

 Otalxsa; Clematis mutabilis grandijiora^ a single flower, YQvy 

 large, measuring ten inches across ; Fuchsia Oracle ; Sempervivum 

 Californicum, grown in a pan. The beautiful tuberous rooted 

 Begonias, which for several years past have attracted so much 

 attention in Europe, have just began to receive notice here, and 

 on several occasions Mr. Comley has exhibited some very hand- 



