78 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From William Edgar, gardener to "William Claflin, a very fine 

 specimen plant of Stat Ice Holfordii, with twenty spikes of flowers, 

 the best specimen ever shown ; Fuchsia Sunray, one of the most 

 beautiful varieties ever introduced ; Allamanda neriifoUa^ a very 

 handsome, free flowering plant. 



From Joseph Clark, Bougainvillea sp., Amaryllis Graviana, A. 

 crocea grandiflora, Clematis Lucie Lemoine and Gem, and a superb 

 specimen of Eucharis Amazonica, with eighteen spikes of flowers 

 and an average of seven flowers on a spike ; the plant was well 

 grown, the foliage superb, and it was the best specimen ever exhibited. 



From James O'Brien, Neapolitan and Marie Louise violets. 



From Francis Putnam, seedling Amaryllis^ mostly varieties of 

 vittata, some of the flowers being very fine. 



From F. W. Andrews, good plants of tuberous rooted Begonias, 

 and at the Annual Exhibition a collection of gi'eenhouse plants, which, 

 although small, were in good condition and will make fine specimens. 



From Daniel Duffy, seventeen pots of Amaryllis Belladonna, 

 which were very finely flowered. 



From A. McLaren, Campanula Medium calycanthema azurea, 

 and C. Medium calycanthema cdha. 



From A. P. Calder and J. C. Chaffiu, very fine trusses of bloom 

 of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, the best hardy shrub of 

 recent introduction. 



From Robert Manning, fruit of Actaea spicata var. rubra, and 

 Celastrus scandens, both cultivated. 



From W. C. Strong, at the Annual Exhibition, a collection of 

 Hardy Foliage Plants of the following named varieties : 



Alder, Cut Leaved. Birch, Cut Leaved. 



Althcea variegata. " New Purple. 



Amygdalus purpurea. Elder, Golden. 



Ash, Aucuba Leaved. Fagus laciniata. 



Ash, Golden. Forsythia viridissima. 



Arbor Vitce, globosa. Lonicera aurea reticulata. 



" " Golden. Maple, Macafalie's. 



" " New Golden. Retinispora pisifera aurea. 



" " Iloveyi. Spiraea aurea. 



" " occidentalis varie- " Thunbergii. 



gata. " Ulmaria p>icta. 



" " Siberian. Tamarix Gallica. 



" " Tom Thumb. Weigelia nana variegata. 



Berberis purpurea. 



