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botli are perfectly liurtly, of easy culture, and will prove a very 

 valuable addition to our list of spring-flowering bulbs. 



May (■». — ?]. W. Wood exbibited fine specimens of Medinilla 

 iiiagnitica, a fine greenliouse plant, with long panicles of rosy-wliite 

 flowers and handsome shining green foliage. 



May 13. — James Comley showed plants, in flower, of Parsons's 

 New White Mignonette. This variety was introduced from Europe 

 the past spring, coming highly recommended ; is much stronger in 

 growth than the common variety, and will prove valuable on that 

 account : but, as regards the color, it diflers very little from the 

 common variety. Same date, Francis Parkman showed flowers of 

 a new seedling polyanthus, named Golden Crown, with large heads 

 of light yellow flowers ; will prove a valuable variety. 



June 3, — James McTear had a plant of Campanula garganica, a 

 dwai-f herbaceous species, with large, bright blue bell-shaped flowers, 

 very ornamental. Same date, Hovey & Co. exhibited a ])lant, in 

 flower, of S|)irfea palmata: this is a new herbaceous species from 

 Japan, with handsome palmate foliage, and large heads of bright 

 crimson flowers; is perfectly hardy, and will prove a valuable 

 acquisition. 



June 10. — Francis Parkman exhibited specimens of Anthericum 

 liliago. The flowers are of a beautiful silvery-white, produced in 

 spikes, and, when in bloom, bear a striking resemblance to a minia- 

 ture plant of Lilium candidum. It is perfectly hardy, and should 

 be in every garden. 



June 20. — James (Jomley showed a handsome seedling ti'icolored 

 zonal geranium, named Presi<lent Hyde, reseml)ling the variety 

 named Mrs. Pollock in general appearance ; also, same date, a 

 seedling double zonal geranium with large truss of bright cherry- 

 colored flowers: both the above are very promising seedlings, and, 

 we hope, will be more thoroughly tested another season. At same 

 exhibition, John Richardson exhibited a fine seedling herbaceous 

 peony, called Ilidjra stiperba ; flower dark crimson, of good size, 

 and very doid)le ; )>lant erect and robust. This is one of the very 

 best of Mr. Richardson's seedlings, and, without doubt, is the 

 best dark crimson variety in cultivation here. 



Jiri,Y <S. — W. K. Wood showed specimens of a handsome orna- 

 mental-foliage<l greenhouse shrub, named Excajcaria Cochinchinen- 

 sis. The leaves are lanceolate, three to four inches long; the upper 

 side being bright green, and the back, or underside, of a fine crimson 

 pur[»le ; will be a valuable plant in every large collection. At the 

 same exhil)ition, Louis Guerineau, ganU-iier to the Botanic Garden, 



