74 MASSACHUSETTS UORTICULTUUAL SOCIETY. 



July 29. 



Mrs. T. W. AVanl exhibited two linndsome table designs com- 

 posed of clioico iJowers; also fine cut si)ecimcns of the different 

 varieties of allamandas. E. H. Hitcliings showed a very select 

 collection of native plants, many of which were very rare. Among 

 the collection were noticed fine specimens of nine different species 

 of orchidaceous plants: namely, Ilabenaria ciliaris, II. blephari- 

 glottis, H. psycodes, H. lacera, Corallorhiza multiflora, Calopogon 

 pulchellus, 8j)iranthes gracilis, Goodyera ropens, and Goodyera 

 pubescens; also the beaiitiful Sabbalia chloroides from Plymouth 

 County, Coreopsis rosea, Rhexia virginica, Limnanthemum lacu- 

 nosum (a pretty water-plant), and Lonicera sempervirens, or Trum- 

 pet Honeysuckle, not heretofore supposed a native of this State, 

 but found by Mr. Hitcliings growing in several localities. The 

 collection was awarded the Society's Silver Medal. 



M. P. Wilder and George Craft each showed a number of new 

 varieties of the Liliiim auratum, Avhich were finely marked. 



Miss M. E. Carter had elegant specimens of our native climbing 

 fern, Lygodium palmata, gathered at Concord, Mass. 



Jackson Dawson sent a plant of the rare Platanthera orbiculata, 

 found at North Andover; also specimens of a very curious form of 

 Polypodium vulgare. 



A. Wellington, fine specimens of Clianthus Dampierii, grown 

 in the open ground. 



Cambridge Botanic Garden exhibited flowers of a very curious 

 South-American orchid, named Acineta Humboldtii. 



August 5. 



J. S. Ricliards exhibited a large and fine collection of seedling 

 gladiolus, which was much admired for its great variety and 

 brilliancy of colors. 



Cambridge Botanic Garden sliowed a fine spike of a liandsome 

 orchid, nanuMl Cattleya Loddigcsi; also good sj)ecimens ot Lychnis 

 Haageana. 



J. G. Barker, jilants of Cattleya Ilarrisonia^ and cut flowers of 

 Brassia lanccana, both fine orchids. 



James Nugent, good specimens of Stanhopea tigrina. 



The display of Phloxes was not as good as last year: the con- 

 tributors were J. McTear and A. McLaren. 



