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very fine, from S. R. Johnson. A bunch of superb German asters, from 

 Mr. Arnold, Cambridgeport. German asters, from Josiah Stickney, Esq. 

 Asters from J. A. Kenrick and S. Sweetser. Verbenas, from J. Breck & 

 Co. 



From Hovey & Co., a collection of superb verbenas, including the fol- 

 lowing twenty species and varieties, many of them new and very splendid, 

 viz : — Ferbena chamaedrifoUa, Arrsimana, Tweedieana, and T. superba, 

 Ejreana, teucroides, incisa, Binneyana, fiilgens, Wales's seedling, "Win- 

 chestert7, RusselhV, Co\c6rdii, Pepperz, ignescens, Hirstu, Richardsonw, 

 Powelln, speciosa and venosa. Hovey & Co. sent a collection of ten va- 

 rieties of most superb double balsams, viz : rose, purple, scarlet, white, 

 mottled, scarlet spotted, crimson spotted, purple spotted, striped, and ruby 

 colored. Messrs. Winship sent a basket of Passiflora quadrangularis. 



Dahlias : — From Josiah Stickney, Ansell's Unique, Horsham Rival, In- 

 gham's Canute, Rienzi, Sulphurea elegans, Essex Rival, Clark's Julia, 

 Virgin Queen, Striata formosissima, Stanford's Contender, Rosa superba, 

 Grand purple, Marshal Soult, Fire-ball, Ne Plus Ultra, Elphinstone's Cor- 

 onation, Corinne, Reliance, Climax, Eva, Red Rover, &c. From P. 

 Barnes, Suffolk Hero, Unique, Clio Perfecta, Quilled Perfection, Corona- 

 tion, Middlesex Rival, Sunbury Hero, Beauty of the North, Conqueror of 

 Europe, Metropolitan Perfection, Striata formosissima, Red Rover, &c. &c. 



From Hovey & Co., Marshal Soult, Horticulturalist, Striata formosissi- 

 ma, Horatio, Beauty of the North, Mrs. Rushton, Stone's Yellow Perfec- 

 tion, Gen. Washington, Reliance, Mrs. Cox, Red Rover, Glory, Reliance, 

 Sulphurea elegans, Splendissima, Independent, Duchess of Richmond, Sir 

 Henry Fletcher, Rosetta, Unique, Lord Liverpool, Eva, Quilled Perfection, 

 Princess Victoria, Blandina, &:c. From J. A. Kenrick, Duchess of Rich- 

 mond, Ne Plus Ultra, Rival Yellow, &c. 



From M. P. Wilder, Mrs. Rushton, Unique, Striata formosissima, Ne 

 Plus Ultra, Beauty of the Plain, Red Rover, Ovid, Advancer, Henry 

 Fletcher, Castanda, Duchess of Richmond, Eva, Iver Hero, Flora Hast- 

 ings, Contender (Stanford's,) Horticulturist, Bonny Jean, Lewisham 

 Rival, Clio, Perfecta, Girling's Heroine, &c. &c. From D. Mclntyre, 

 Eva, Premier, Miss Johnson, Duke of Kent, Striata formosissima. Lord 

 Liverpool, Marshal Soult, Bontisholl, Suffolk Hero, Mrs. Broadwood, 

 Countess of Liverpool, Castanda, &c. &c. 



From D. Haggerston, Eva, Beauty of Kingscote, Princess Victoria, 

 Striata formosissima. Marshal Soult, Unique, Metropolitan Calypso, An- 

 gelina, Splendissima, Clio, Perfecta, Dennisii, Red Rover, Lady William 

 Powlett, Gen. Washington, Beauty of the North, iVc. From Joseph 

 Breck & Co., Striata formosissima, Angelina, Duchess of Richmond, 

 Unique, Rival Sussex, Dennisii, Globe, Countess of Liverpool, Metropo- 

 litan Calypso, Paragon, &;c. From R. Howe, Mrs. Rushton, Desdemona, 



