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well, Cam61ba japonica, var. rubra plena, iZemerocallis alba, dahlias, 

 asters, &c. Mrs. R. Brookhouse, bouquets of verbenas, honeysuckles, 

 pinks, asters, &c. Mrs. E. Austin, dahlias, asters, dwarf Rocket lark- 

 spurs, lathyrus, marigolds, &c. Miss Maria Ropes, bouquets of phlox, 

 balsamines, stocks, marigolds, &c. Miss Harriet C. Mack, bouquets, 

 asters, gladiolus, larkspurs, verbenas, dahlias, &c. Miss C. E. Peirce, 

 bouquets of verbenas, lathyrus, &c. Misses Derby, several large and 

 beautiful bouquets of hemerocallis, dahlias, asters, &c. Misses Deland, 

 dahlias, verbenas, balsamines, candy tuft, &c. Ohver Thayer, asters, 

 stocks, dahlias, coxcombs, &c. Andrew Nichols, of Danvers, dahlias, 

 nasturtium, &c. George Brown, of Beverly, centaurea, &c. J. D. 

 Black, of Danvers, dahlias, balsamines, &c. Augustus J. Archer, dah- 

 lias, gladiolus, &c. Hovey & Co., of Boston, a stand of fine double Ger- 

 man asters. P. Dodge, a large and beautiful bouquet of dahlias, asters, 

 gladiolus, &c. Augustus Torrey, of Beverly, Cam^lha japonica plena 

 alba, Fuschs/ff globosa, corchorus, geraniums, &c. 



S. C. Phillips, dahlias, roses, gladiolus, asters, &c. F. Lamson, a 

 large bouquet of dahlias, stocks, hibiscus, verbenas, larkspurs, asters, &c. 

 W. P. Richardson, bouquets of dahlias, asters, gladiolus, &c. J. F. 

 Allen, dahlias, — Pickwick, Princess Victoria, Sulphurea elegans,also sev- 

 eral varieties of roses. W. A. Landers, several varieties of Noisette and 

 Tea roses. H. Wheatland, dahlias, asters, gladiolus, pinks, &c. Charles 

 Hoffman, roses, — twenty varieties of Perpetual, Tea and Noisette ; dah- 

 lias, several varieties ; Fuchs/a fulgens ; lobelia, petunia, agapanthus, 

 &c. Daniel Lord, dahlias, — Ansel's Unique, Lilac Perfection, Lady 

 Dartmouth, &c. John W. Downing, dahlias, — upwards of one hundred 

 blooms, and about forty varieties, viz. : WidnalFs Queen, Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Fireball, &c. ; also asters. George Driver, dahlias, twenty varieties, viz. ; 

 Argo, Ne Plus Ultra, Premier, Princess Victoria, Andrew llofer, &c. ; 

 also, bouquets of asters, gladiolus, &c. T. Ropes, Jr., dahlias, sixty 

 blooms, twenty-nine varieties, viz. ; Essex Rival, Bree's Rosa, Fair Maid 

 of Clifton, Pickwick, Argo, Grace Darling, &c. 



E. Buswell, dahlias, twenty-one varieties ; Andrew Hofer, xVrgo, Hero 

 of Tippecanoe, Regina, &c. W. F. Gardner, dahlias, several varieties, 

 viz. ; Marshal Soult, Rienzi, Unique, &c. B. H. Silsbee, dahlias, — Pre- 

 mier, Unique, Striata, &c. ; also, bouquets. H. K. Oliver, dahlias, many 

 varieties, viz. ; Dodd's Prince of Wales, Miranda, Pei-petual Grand, &c. 

 also, balsamines, asters, &c. James Upton, dahlias, one hundred and fif- 

 teen blooms, thirty-eight varieties, viz. ; Northern Beauty, Charles XH., 

 Primrose, Bree's Rosa, &c. ; also, balsamines, asters, portulacca, &c. 

 O. Carlton, dahlias. Premier, Mrs. Rushton, Salamander, &c. Andrew 

 Lord, dahlias. Quilled Perfection, Scarlet Perfection, &c. G. D. 

 Phippen, dahlias, eighty blooms, twenty-five varieties, — among which 

 were Wheeler's Maria, Gaines's Primrose, Crichton, Mrs. Johnstone, 

 Rainbow, &c. ; also, bouquets of cut flowers. J. H. Phippen, dahlias, 

 forty blooms, fifteen varieties, viz. : Fireball, Suffolk Hero, Sarah, Beauty 

 of the North, Argo, &c. 



Jos. A. Goldthwaite, dahlias, seventy-five blooms, several varieties, 

 viz. : Argo, Maria, Marshal Soult, Ne Plus Ultra, Rienzi, Eva, Mrs. 

 Jones, &c. ; also, cyclamen and roses. N. Cleaves, dahlias, fifty-seven 

 blooms, seventeen varieties, viz. : Maria, Grace Darling, Essex Rival, 

 Regina, Mrs. Broadwood, &c. ; also, asters. F. Putnam, dahlias, about 



