14 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



From George Craft: A fine display of thirty-one named varieties Gladiolus 

 and seedlings. 



From Hcfvey & Co. : Eighty-one Herbaceous plants, among which were 

 Catananche csrulea, alba, Helianthus multiflorus pleno, Silene orientalis eu- 

 perba, Statice caspica, Aconitum pyramidalis, pyrenaicum. 

 Satorday, August 27. 



From George Craft: Gladiolus, twenty-eight varieties seedlings, nine 

 bunches of four spikes in each, viz., Triumph d'Enghien, Hebe, Galathee, 

 Don Juan, Adonis, Achile, Penelope, Archimede, Ninon del'Enclos; single 

 spikes, Solfatare, Calendulaoeous, Countess de Bresson, Imperatrice, Nep- 

 tune, Aristote, Eldorado, Pellonia, Phiton, MacMahon, Brenchleyensis, Calyp- 

 so, Rembrandt, Madam Vilmorin, Daphne, Edith, Ceres, M'lle Sostheute 

 Desjardins. The seedling marked (M) Elenora, which took the Society's 

 silver medal, is erect form, flower pure white, sometimes faintly flaked with 

 violet, centre petal feathered with maroon on delicate lemon ground ; bold 

 spike, large flowers, neat and compact face, vigorous habit. (WW) Col. 

 Wilder Dwight, which took the Society's bronze medal, reversed flowered form 

 carnation, marbled, and mottled with carmine, lower petals heavily marked 

 and feathered with carminate purple ; size, form and habit good. 



From James McTear: Ten named varieties of Gladiolus, two do. for speci- 

 men spikes, two seedlings Salmonia and Exemplar, cut flowers in variety. 



From F. Parkman : Fifty-six hardy Herbaceous plants, among which were 

 Actsea American alba, Aster Novanglus, Campanula medium, Chelone Lyonis, 

 Sedum atropurpureum, Veronica hybrida, speciosa, several seedling Delphin- 

 iums, nine seedling Gladiolus, and a collection of Japan Lilies and seedling 

 Gladiolus, Eelphinium formosum coelestinum. 



From Dennis Murray : One hundred varieties of native plants. 



From Hovey & Co. : Sixty varieties of hardy Herbaceous plants, among 

 which were Campanula coronata alba, Statice latifolia, Sedum denticulatum, 

 Scabiosa ochroleucum. 



Saturday, September 3. 



From Dennis Murray : Seventy varieties of native plants. 



From Geo. Craft: A display of Gladiolus. One, No. 365, color bright rose 

 carmine, promises well. 



From W. C. Strong : Twenty-eight varieties of seedling Gladiolus, a fine 

 collection, deserving further notice. One, whose color was white with red 

 throat, promises well. 



From James Nugent : Lilium lancifolium, in pot, fine. 



From James McTear: Twenty named varieties of Verbenas ; two seedling 

 Gladiolus; a collection of hardy Herbaceous plants ; cut flowers, in variety. 



From Joseph Breck : A display of Verbenas, stocks, and cut flowers in 

 variety. 



From Jonathan French : Verbena seedlings, good. 



From James Comley: A fine display of seedling Verbenas. 



