30 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETF. 



March 1. 



IIovov & Co. exhibited six plants in bloom, small, well-grown 

 specimens. Also, a spcndid collection of cut flowers of Seedling 

 Camellias. 



From C. S. Sargent, six pots of Lily of the Valley, which were 

 well grown and in fine flower. 



Edward S. Rand, Jr., Dendrohium Linaioianum, sometimes 

 wronglj' called moniiiforme flowers ; bright pink with purple centre. 

 Tlie specimen was a mass of bloom. 



E. A. Story, a small plant of Coleus Chameleon. 



A very neatly arranged case of Native Plants came from Mrs. 

 C. N. S. Horner ; and a very handsome spike of Bouryainvillea 

 spectabilis from Mrs. T. W, Ward. 



March 8. 



Marshall P. Wilder exhibited a superb collection of his Seedling 

 Camellias, which, for beauty of form and perfection of petal, have 

 not been equalled, composed of the following varieties : Wilderij 

 Grace Sherwin, Mrs. Abby Wilder, Mrs. Julia Wilder, Mrs. Try- 

 phosa Wilder, Jennie Wilder, Jemima Wilder, and President 

 Clark. 



W. C. Strong, Aloe albospina. 



Edward S. Rand, Jr., Rhododendron Princess Helena; long 

 tubular flowers, bright pink and very showy. 



March 15, 



James Comley exhibited a splendid vase of Rose-buds, Climbing 

 Devoniensis. They were superb. 



From Mrs. T. W. Ward, Amaryllis crocea grandiflora. 



C. M. Atkinson, fine specimens of Rhododendron a'boreum. 



Hovey & Co., an elegant vase of Rose-buds of Marechal Neil ; 

 very large and fine. 



Edwards. Rand, Jr. y Cypripedium hirsutissimum ; a rare and 

 showy Lady's Slipper, now for the first time exhibited. 



March 22. 



Joseph Brock exhibited a splendid specimen of Amaryllis hyhrida 

 vittata, with two spikes of flowers, eacli spike having six large 

 blooms. 



J. H. Woodford, Byrophyllum calycinum. 



