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The contributors of native plants were E. II. Hitchings, George E. 

 Davenport, Mrs. Horner, and Miss Carter ; each having fine collec- 

 tions, all properly named, which were very interesting ; the most 

 noticeable among them was Pogonia verticillata, a scarce species, 

 exhibited for the first time, by George E. Davenport. 



Twenty- -three named varieties of Rhododendrons, and twenty-one 

 of Azaleas were exhibited by E. S. Rand, Jr. ; the collection com- 

 prising man}^ choice varieties. 



There were also cut specimens of flowering shrubs from W. C. 

 Strong, Spiraea Van Houttei, Weigeha nana variegata, W. hortensis 

 yiivea, W. arborea grandijlora^ all good varieties; from James Mc- 

 Tear, Erodium manseevii^ a new variety of this beautiful genus of 

 plants ; a fern case from W. H. Halliday, arranged very neatly with 

 choice ferns and lycopods. Miss Story and Mrs. Joyce each con- 

 tributed baskets of cut flowers, arranged with their usual good 

 taste ; and bouquets came from James McTear and E. S. Rand, 

 Jr. There were miscellaneous collections of cut flowers, rhododen- 

 drons, and azaleas exhibited by Hovey &, Co., J. S. Richards, James 

 Nugent, Mrs. T. W. Ward, and others. 



June 14. 



From C. V. Woerd & Co., a fine specimen plant of ligapantlnis 

 umbellatiis albijlorus; the beautiful St. Bernard's lily from Francis 

 Parkman ; a good stand of Aqxulegias from J. H. Woodford ; a 

 ver}' good display of rhododendrons and azaleas from Mrs. T. W. 

 Ward ; also smaller miscellaneous collections from several other 

 contributors. 



ROSE EXHIBITION. 



Juke 17 and 18. 



'i'hc competition for the prizes ofiered by the Society was very 

 small, but for the Hunnewell and Sargent special prizes it was more 

 livel}'. Never was the Queen of Flowers exhibited to better ad- 

 vantage than on this occasion. 



In Class I, Francis Parkman and C. S. Sargent were the suc- 

 cessful coini)ctitor3 for the best twenty-four distinct named varieties. 



In Class II, and also for June moss and tender roses, there were 

 no entries made, but for the general display a very fine exhibition 



