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store and in growing vigor, turned out about the middle of May, in a warm 

 aspect, would, by the middle of July, cover a frame or pyramid of stout 

 hickory poles fifteen feet high, and be a dense mass of foliage and flowers 

 till the middle of October, or longer. It is folly to sow convolvulus seed 

 now that this " azure zone" has come over to us from the golden clime of 

 Ceylon. I have sold a large quantity the last two years, and have one cus- 

 tomer who is such an admirer of it that he ordered and planted in his gar- 

 den, on Staten Island, no less than a dozen and a half. I have seen repeat- 

 edly eight and even ten blooms out at a time on one spur, forming of itself 

 a beautiful bouquet, for you know they are very large. Hard by my Ip. 

 Learu I have a bed of some hundreds Tigridia conchiflora ; it is very pleasing, 

 (as you know they are both early risers,) to fill two tall champagne glasses, 

 one with Ip. L. the other with Tig. con., and place them on the breakfast 

 table : properly viewed, they aid morning worship ; such divine productions 

 cannot but elevate the mind, and give a zest both to it and — the Hyson. 

 Yours truly, G. C. T., Astoria, N. Y., July, 1846. 



Art. 111. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, August \st, 1846. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was 

 held to-day, — the President in the chair. 



The President read a letter from Rev. H. Colman in relation to medals, 

 which he had procured and forwarded to the Society. The thanks of the 

 Society were voted to Mr. ('olman, for attention to the subject. 



The Librarian was requested to procure duplicate keys for the Library, to 

 be kept in the Room, in the Chairman of the Fruit Committee's hands. 



The Recording Secretary was requested to procure a Book, in which the 

 names of all persons proposed for membership should be registered with the 

 name of the member proposing the same. 



Voted to subscribe for the Horticulturist. 



Gideon F. Thayer, A. S. Lewis, and J. E. Tcschemacher, Boston ; A. 

 Allen, Newton ; J. G. Morton, West Needham ; and Jeremiah Sheehan, 

 Salem, were admitted members. 



Adjourned 2 weeks, to August 15th. 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the Society, Phlox QCuil de 

 Lynx and Princesse Marianne. From Jos. Breck & Co., several new phloxes, 

 among which were Princesse Marianne, Nymphae^a alba, Blanc de Neuiljy, 

 LawrencJa, picta, marchantia speciosa, &c. ; also Gladiolus gandavensis 

 floribiindus and natalensis, and a variety of annuals and bouquets. From 

 Mr. Warren, Gladiolus belviderus, a new and beautiful striped variety ; also 

 dahlias in variety and bouquets. From P. Barnes, a fine specimen of Ipo- 

 mopsis elegans. 



Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited a variety of new phloxes, among which 

 were Charles, Blanc de Neuilly, ffiuil de Lynx, Apollo, alba Kermesina, 

 &c. ; also Gladiolus gandavensis, and other flowers. From T. Needham, 



