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From C. J. Power: Three plants of Helichrysum bracteatum, very brilliant, 

 dark red flowers. 



Saturday, March 12. 



From Hovey & Co. : Camellia flowers, with foliage of the following kinds : 

 Floyii, Reticulata, Sarah Frost, Candidissima, Eximia, Donckelaerii, Har- 

 risonii, Imbricata, Myrtifolia, Feastii, Prince Albert, Grahamii, and four seed- 

 lings, as yet unnamed, showing three very distinct varieties of color from the 

 same plant, of excellent form and habit ; sporting so as to present a fine 

 show; 



From James Nugent: Camellia eximia, color brilliant red, imbricated. 

 Saturday, March 19. 



From James Comley : A seedling Azalea, between Decora and Exquisita, 

 color rosy salmon, good form and substance, worthy of cultivation. 



From C. J. Power: Mimulus maculosus, a new Hybrid, bright, clear colored 

 finely, blotch. 



From Hovey & Co. : Camellia flowers, with foliage, viz., Floyii, Reticulata, 

 Grahamii, Lowii, Double White, Wilderi, Candidissima, Myrtifolia, Florida, 

 and five seedlings. 



From C. M. Atkinson : Camellia flowers, with foliage, viz. : Rotunda, 

 Myrtifolia, America, Queen Victoria, Mazzinii, Lady Hume's blush, Wilderi, 

 Fisherii, Saccoi Magnificent, Double White, Marchioness of Exeter, Duke 

 of Wellington. 



From J. W. Foster: Verbena seedling, color white, with pink centre. 

 Saturday, March 26. 



From Hovey & Co. : Camellia seedling, a rosy pink, flesh centre, flower 

 large and fine. 



Saturday, April 2. 



From E. W. Buswell : Lachenalia coerulea var., flowers light purple, calyx 

 cerulean blue, stalk spotted, very showy. 



From Hovey & Co. : A fine collection of four seedling Camellias, with 

 foliage, viz.: — 



Annie Maria Hovey — flowers medium sized, regularly imbricated to 

 the centre, with a perfect petal, rounded at the end, without the least notch 

 or indenture, of a clean, waxy substance : color varied, some of the flowers 

 clear carmine ; others, white, lightly striped with carmine ; some, soft, deep 

 blush ; others, blush, striped with carmine, and some, half white and half 

 carmine: flowers freely, habit upright, vigorous, with a medium sized, hand- 

 some foliage. 



C. M. Hovey — flowers very large, 4h to 5 inches in diameter, imbricated to 

 the centre, of great depth, with a large, bold, fine petal, entire on the edge : 

 color bright crimson scarlet, flowers freely ; foliage, large, sharply pointed, 

 very deep shining green, growth strong. 



Glory of America — flowers large, 4 inches in diameter, imbricated to the 

 centre, with a perfect rounded petal : color rich deep violet, or maroon and 



