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from E. S. Rand, Jr., which is one of the very best of the tender 

 Lady's Slippers; a good specimen plant of Cyrtanthus obliqrms, a 

 handsome bulbous plant from the Cape of Good Hope, from E. W. 

 Wood ; and Cotyledon orbiculata, one of an ornamental genus of suc- 

 culent plants from James McTear. A fine tricolor geranium, 

 named President Hyde, which received a first-class certificate of 

 merit two years ago, and now fully sustains itself as one of the best 

 seedling tricolor geraniums, was shown by James Comley ; a very 

 fine specimen plant of Panicum plicatum fol. nivea viltata from 

 Joseph Tailb}", a useful ornamental plant. A beautifully designed 

 ventilated fern case, from W. H. Halliday, contained fine plants 

 of Adianhim amentum, A. setulosum, A. fuloam, Pteris cre- 

 tica albo lineata, Selaginella Willdenovii, S. stolnnffera, and S. 

 crixpa; these plants can be depended upon as doing well with 

 ordinary treatment all through the season. These ventilated cases, 

 designed by Mr. Halliday, make a handsome ornament for the 

 drawing-room or library. A very fine hanging fern case, a beauti- 

 ful ornament for window decoration, was also shown by Mr. Halli- 

 day. Trichiniuvi Manylesii, a singular plant from Australia, was 

 shown by Mrs. Ward ; new tricolor geranium, William Sandy, by 

 George Moore ; also magnificent cut flowers of the beautiful AUa- 

 manda iSc/iottii fvom H. H. Hunnewell ; hanging baskets filled with 

 choice plants by J. A. Black ; well-arranged table designs by Mrs. 

 Joyce and Mrs. Gill, and a floral pyramid by Mrs. Chase, were 

 among the attractions of the exhibition ; there was also a splen- 

 did stand of Kalmia latiJoUa from Hovey & Co. 



Jdne 21. 



Some of the most beautiful rose-buds ever exhibited were those 

 from Joseph Tailby, of the variety Niphetos ; they were of the 

 purest white, ver}' large and fine ; also from G. G. Hubbard a 

 splendid spike of Cattleya MossicB^ which is one of the handsomest 

 of this beautiful genus of Orchids. 



July 5. 



The most attractive feature of the exhibition to-day was an ele- 

 gant dish of choice flowers from Mrs. T. W. Ward, arranged in Mr. 

 Clark's usual good taste, with delicate Ferns, beautiful Gloxinias, 

 Gardenias, which were very large, the beautiful Hoya carnosa, and 

 many other rare flowers ; also from the same a well-grown speci- 



