170 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



"Although Mr. C. H. Wright in the ' Journal of the Linnean 

 Society,' Botany, Vol. 36, pages 128 and 132, retains L. myrio- 

 phyllum as a distinct species, apart from L. Brownii and its varieties,, 

 the same writer in the 'Botanical Magazine' {loc. cit.), states 

 that it is a member of a group of closely related Lilies which cluster 

 round L. Broumii, of which they are probably geographical forms. 



"Dclavay found it originally in Yunnan, while Wilson collected 

 it in N. W. Szechuan. 



" The variety leucanthemum is stated to be rare in Hupeh, but 

 common in Yunnan, and especially in Szechuan, sparsely in N. W. 

 Szechuan, where formosum is the common form. About Ichang 

 the varieties 'Chloraster' and 'Colchester' occur. 



" L. myriophyllum is easily distinguished from the other members 

 of the L. Brownii group by its crowded narrow-linear leaves." 



This last character was very prominent among Messrs. Far- 

 quhars' beds. 



August 8. This was the day for Perennial Phloxes. Large and 

 handsome exhibits were made by W^illiam \Miitman of Brookline, 

 T. C. Thurlow & Co. of West Newbury, George Hollis of WejTuouth, 

 the Bellevue Greenhouses, Mr. Flood of Dedham, and the Blue 

 Hill Nurseries. 



Some of the best varieties from the different collections are 

 enumerated herewith: 



Mr. Flood. — Feu de Monde, salmon-pink; Caprice, salmon; 

 Crepuscule, blush; and Queen of Whites. 



George Hollis. — Thurlows' Brunette, dark magenta; Ober- 

 gartner Wittig, fine purplish-pink; ^Marquise de St. Paul, light 

 pink, deeper eye; and Flambeau, fine salmon-red. 



Blue Hill Nurseries. — Tapis Blanc, dwarf white; Amphitryon, 

 lavender; Selina, rosy-pink; Victor, deep rose; B. Comte, crimson; 

 Daybreak, shell pink; Mrs. Heurlin, very fine, white; Mme. 

 Beranger, pink; and R. P. Struthers, scarlet. 



F. J. Ilea, Norwood, showed James Bennett, white, pink eye, 

 and Charles Darwin, salmon-pink. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries made a splendid exhibit of herbaceous 

 plants, among them Helenium grandiccphalum var. rubrum. It is 

 quite showy and promises to be a valuable acquisition to midsum- 

 mer border plants. They showed also two beautiful Tritonias — 



