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Messrs. Winship, Maurandya semperflorens, Fuchsia globosa, Salvia 

 patens, Begonm EvansiVma Lobelia speciosa, and other plants. From J. 

 L. L. F. Warren, Camellia var. Prattn and Donckelaen'i, Begom'a disco- 

 lor, two Lamarque roses, .Salvia splendens and otlier plants. From the 

 Conservatory of the Public Garden, Gloxim'a rubra, G. coccinea, Begonia 

 platanifolia, Achimenes longiflora, Brum'a cricoides ; w^cacia lophantha 

 watered with nitrate of soda ; seedling camellias, with one teaspoon/ul of 

 guano to each pot, and some \vith. four spoonfuls of charcoal. From W. 

 Meller, Lemon and Orange trees, Fuschias and other plants. 



Cut Flowers and Bouquets. — From the President fine specimens of 

 Phlox decussata alba and var. Breckn, picta and Richardson's new red ; 

 also Bourbon, Bengal and Tea roses, and 15 var. of verbenas. Hovey & 

 Co. exhibited upwards of two hundred superb blooms of the German as- 

 ter, fitly varieties of roses, twenty varieties of verbenas, ten varieties of 

 Phlox Drummondii, ten varieties of 10 Week Stocks and Phlox decussata 

 alba and Brecki'i. From Jos. Breck & Co., Didiscus cseruleus, Cleome 

 grandiflora, Delphinium Barl6w«r, £uph6rb?a variegata, Phlox decusata 

 alba and BreckiV, Zinnias, 10 Week Stocks, petunea and German asters. 

 From S. R. Johnson, fine German asters, and Bourbon and Bengal roses. 

 From W. Meller, roses, German asters and bouquets. From W. Kenrick, 

 two vases and three baskets of flowers and large bouquets. German as- 

 ters and other flowers, from J. F. Trull. From Capt. Macondry, German 

 asters, dahlias and verbenas. From J. A. Kenrick, bouquets and three bas- 

 kets of flowers. From O. «fc W. Wales, a large and fine bouquet of roses. 

 From Jos. Stickney, fine German asters. Petunias in great variety, from 

 W. Quant. Large bouquets from S. Walker. From Messrs. Winship, a 

 basket of passion flowers, verbenas, roses, and an immense bouquet. From 

 Dr. J. C. Howard, a splendid bouquet. From R. M. Copeland, Veronica 

 and Phlox decussata alba. Eleven bouquets from W. E. Carter. Bouquets, 

 asters and other flowers, from S. A. Walker. Asters and other flowers, 

 from S. Sweetser. Bouquets were also furnished by other contributors. 



Dahlias. — From the President, Essex Triumph, Marshal Soult, Con- 

 stantia, Grace Darling, Primrose, Argo, &c. From Jos. Stickney, Dow- 

 ager Lady Cooper, Eva, Eclipse, Marshal Soult, Essex Triumph, Slc. 

 From Hovey & Co., Eclipse, Marshal Soult, Girling's Prince of Wales, 

 Primrose, Pickwick, &c. From S. A. Walker, Essex Triumph, Girling's 

 Prince of Wales, Pickwick, Marshal Soult, Grace Darling, Miranda, &c. 

 From H. W. Dutton, a basket of dahlias, tastefully wreathed witli China 

 asters ; among the dahlias, Pickwick, Constantia, &c. From Messrs. 

 Winship, Pickwick, Juno, Andrew Hofer, Castanda, &c. Flowers were 

 also exhibited by J. L. L. F. Warren, W. Meller, S. H. Walley, Jr., R. 

 M. Copeland, J. F. Trull, S. Sweetser, P. Barnes, F. W. Macondry, Jos. 

 Breck & Co., and others. 



Among the dahlias, owing to the unpropitious season, there were few 

 new kinds exhibited. Essex Triumph, in the stands of the President and 

 S. A. Walker, were both very finC: and fully up to the expectations which 

 were formed of this superb variety. Girling's Prince of Wales, in the 

 stand of Hovey & Co., was beautiful. Miranda, in the collection of 

 Mr. Dutton, promised well, but a single flower is not stifficient to form an 

 opinion ; Virgil, Oakley's Surprise, Princess Royal and some others, were 

 not, we believe, in a single collection in the room. 



