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a list of twelve hardy varieties which survived the winter on the 

 grounds of Francis B. Hayes at Lexington. 



List of varieties of Hardy Rhododendrons, which stood the 

 winter of 1894-5, on the grounds of H. H. Hunnewell at 

 Wellesley. 



Bluebell, 

 Charles Thorold, 

 Countess of Normanton, 

 Duchess of Connaught, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, 

 Edward S. Rand, 

 F. D. Godman, 

 F. L. Ames, 

 James Mackintosh, 

 James Nasmyth, 

 J. Marshall Brooks, 

 John Waterer, 

 Kate Waterer, 

 Lady Grey Egerton, 



Lady Rolle, 



Mrs. Arthur Hunnewell, 



Mrs. Heywood, 



Mrs. H. Ingersoll, 



Mrs. R. S. Holford, 



Mrs. Shuttleworth, 



Michael Waterer, 



Minnie, 



Neilsoni, 



Princess Mary of Cambridge, 



Ralph Sanders, 



Silvio, 



St. Simon, 



The Queen. 



List of twelve Hardy Rhododendrons, which stood the winter 

 of 1894-5, on the grounds of Francis B. Hayes at Lexington, 

 viz : '' 



Album elegans. 



Album triumphans, 



Atrorubrum, 



Caractacus, 



Delicatissimum, 



Everestianum, 



H. W. Sargent, 

 Lady Armstrong, 

 Maculatum, 

 Oculatum nigrum, 

 Roseum elegans. 

 Roseum srandiflorum. 



Herbaceous Paeonies were almost entirely absent, as this ex- 

 hibition is fully a week too early for them. 



Other seasonable flowers were shown in great quantities and of 

 fine quality, conspicuous among them being the Orchids and 

 Javan Rhododendrons from Mrs. Frederick L. Ames, the 

 Herbaceous Plants from J. W. Manning and the Botanic Garden 

 of Harvard University, and the displays of German Irises, 

 Oriental Poppies, and Pelargoniums. 



