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August 17. 



F. Putnam exhibited a splendid spike of Lilium auratum, with 

 thirteen flowers and buds, and was awarded the Society's Silver 

 Medal. 



Geo. Everett, flowers of Lilium and Delphiniums, also a fine 

 collection of new Dahlias. 



J. B. Moore, one dozen very large and handsome spikes of Bal- 

 sams. 



Louis Guerineau, choice cut flowers, the most prominent being 

 Aristoloclda braziUensis, Crinum amabile, Adhatoda cydonioefolia. 



August 24. 



This being prize day for gladiolus, the competition was larger 

 than usual, the collection of Mr. Richards alone filling over four 

 hundred bottles. A. McLaren, Geo. Crafts, Joseph Breck, and 

 Herbert Gleason, also exhibited very fine collections. The Silver 

 Medal, oflfered for the best seedling, was awarded to A. McLaren, 

 for a fine spike with large bold flowers, of white ground, and a 

 Vermillion throat, which has been named Miss Seaver. 



This being prize day for native ferns, E. H. Hichings exhib- 

 ited forty-seven A'arieties, many of them ver}"" rare, Onodea sensi- 

 bilis var. obtusifolia, which was shown in all its different stages 

 from the fertile to the barren frond, (this is the first time it has 

 been on exhibition) Woodsia glabella, Woodwardia augustifolia, 

 Allosorus gracilis, Asplenium ruta mauraria A. augustifolium, A. 

 thelypteroides, Aspidium fragrans, Camptosorus rhizopJiyllus (Walk- 

 ing leaf), and many others. Mr. Hitchings had been over a fort- 

 night making up this fine collection, travelling many miles to ob- 

 tain a single specimen. 



Mr. John Robinson exhibited a large collection, containing many 

 rare varieties ; these were on exhibition only. 



Mrs. Haskell, Mrs. Gill and Minot Pratt also contributed small 

 collections. 



J. Tailby, six fine spikes of Cliantlms Dampierii, the glory pea 

 of New Zealand. 



Hovey & Co., a new tuberose, named Pearl, of a dwarf 

 habit. 



Geo. Everett, a collection of flowers of herbaceous plants. 



C. W. W. "Wellington, Liatris paniculata a,nd. pilosa. 



