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Azalea caleiululacca, from seed from the inouiitaius of North 

 Carolina, and as beautiful as the ganlen varieties. 



Hudsonia tomentosa, from Plymouth. 



Viburnum cassinoides, from Vermont. 



Rhododendron femtfjinenm, Al[)ine. 



Ceanothus ovatus, from Vermont. 



Jamesia Americana., from the Rock}- mountains. 



Lonicera perfoliata., received under this name but probably a 

 variety of L. Peridymenum. 



Cornus cirdnata, from the northern and western parts of this 

 state ; beautiful in tlower and fruit, the latter being wliite. 



A species of Amelanchier, having wreaths of white flowers when 

 exhibited, and scarlet fruit in autumn. 



ROSE EXEIIBITION. 



June 21 and 22. 



The great Rose Show was thought b}- some to surpass that of 

 last year, and was conceded by all to be a grand display of this 

 most beautiful flower. The prizes were more widely distributed 

 than formerly, which demonstrates the fact that more attention to 

 cultivation is now generally given and more skilful methods are 

 adopted by gardeners, enabling a larger number to grow the " Queen 

 of the Garden " to a high degree of perfection. All classes of 

 growers were represented. The botanist was given an oppor- 

 tunity to study about forty different species collected by the 

 Arnold Arboretum from all over the world, — the amateur an 

 occasion to remark upon his brother amateur's success in taking 

 prizes, — and the gardener a chance to show his supremacy in the 

 art of growing this imperious Queen. Both the halls were well 

 filled with beautiful roses and other plants and flowers, and the 

 exhibition as a whole was a most pleasing and successful one. 



WEEKLY EXHIBITIONS. 



The Weekly Flower Shows beginning July 2 and ending Sep- 

 tember 3 were very good ; and as exhibiting the different flowers, 

 each in its natural season, tliey were very instructive to a large 

 number of visitors of dilTureut ages and classes. 



