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The contributors will please accept our thanks and ac- 

 knowledgments, for their liberal contributions, and their kind 

 aid. That we should not omit in our annexed statement, the 

 name of any contributor, or an account of any specimens sent 

 for exhibition, we solicited the favor of a communication giv- . 

 ing us a list of the plants or flowers omitted, that they mi-ht 

 be added to our report. 



Hon. John Lowell of Roxbury, offered, Pandanus 

 utilis, Eugenia myrtifolia, Araucaria excelsa, (rare and 

 valuable.) This is a most superb plant. The inhabit- 

 ants of Chili call this noble ornament of their forests arau- 

 canoj. " This genus " Sweet observes " may be term- 

 ed the handsomest genus of plants with which we are ac- 

 quainted." Bignonia discolor, Acrostichum alcicorne, As- 

 plenium (?) Casuarina equisetifolia. 



From J. P. Gushing, Esq., Watertown. Astrapaea 

 Wallichii, Epiphyllum Ackermannii, Maranta Zebrina, 

 Amarylhs Belladonna, (several pots in bloom,) Hippeas- 

 trum, (seedhngs in bloom,) Erica glauca, Alpinia nutans, 

 Rochea falcata, Trevirana coccinea, Phoeinx dactylifera, 

 Mespilus (?) and a fine cut blossom of Crinum amabile. 



From Marshall P. Wilder, Esq., of Hawthorn Grove, 

 Dorchester. Stanhopea quadricornis, (Air plant from South 

 America in fine bloom.) " The true species of this genus,'' 

 says Loudon, ''are beyond comparison the most delightful 

 productions of the vegetable world."' This specimen was very 

 beautiful, and was greatly admired. Maranta Zebrina, Acacia, 

 (four varieties,) Ardisia crenulata, Mannettia glabra, Ery- 

 thrina Crista-galh, Nerine Fothergilhi, &c. 



From John Lemist, Esq,, of Roxbury. Citrus myrtifolia, 

 (two plants,) Erica cruenta, (two plants,) Cycas revoluta. 

 Ilex aureo-marginata, and a very splendid Bouquet. 



From Mrs Bigelow, of Medford, two very fine specimens 



