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The Committee would also notice many newly imported plants and shrubs, 

 with the result which has attended their cultivation during the past year. 



Canna Warscewicse, a decided acquisition both in foliage and flower. 

 Pleroma Benthamiana, very beautiful in flower, growth curious. Fuchsia 

 Venus de Medici ; very fine and worthy of general cultivation. Cuphea 

 eminens ; perfectly worthless, rank in growth, and with no beauty in flower 

 or foliage. Petunia Countess of Ellesmere; a decided acquisition and a 

 superior bedding variety. Petunia Imperialis ; very fine in some situations ; 

 on moist grounds the flowers are apt to be greenish ; in dry, it is unsur- 

 passed and should be extensively grown. Wegeila amabilis new and pretty, 

 but by no means equal to W. rosea ; its quality of flowering in the autumn 

 renders it worthy of cultivation. Geranium Duchess of Kent, very good. 

 Geranium Lady Turner, superior. Delphinium cardinale, not sufficiently 

 tested ; its color is a great acquisition. Achimines Ambroise Verschaffelt, 

 the most beautiful grown, flowers most delicately marked, white, veined 

 with dark violet. Achimines rosea superba, very beautiful. Achimines 

 Parsonii, pinkish purple shading to deep yellow, a decided novelty. Phlox 

 Henry Lierval, a fine large purple. Phlox Madame le Cerf, the largest 

 and best white. Phlox Souvenir du 29 Octobre, fine white with pink eye, 

 very desirable. Souvenir de ma mere, a beautiful variety. L'Orientale, 

 Mad. Judith and Mons. Bondeevare, also fine new varieties. Delphinium 

 Hendersoni, very fine. Gcum coccinea, a fine hardy plant. Veronica 

 Hendersonii, the same apparently as V. Andersoni, and no improvement. 

 Potentella Crimson King, Sudbury Gem, Shylock, Double Yellow, and 

 Double Scarlet, are all very fine, and must commend themselves to all cul- 

 tivators of this most interesting plant. 



In conclusion, the Committee cannot but feel gratified at the progress 

 made during the past year, and hope that the future may be signalized by 

 yet further improvement and greater zeal in the cause of floriculture. 



The Committee would award the following prizes and gratuities : — 



Camellias, not awarded. 



Greenhouse Azaleas, not awarded. 



OPENING OF THE HALL. 



Pelargoniums. — For the best six varieties, grown in pots, to Thomas 



G. Whytal, . . . . . . $8 00 



For the second best, to Hovey & Co. . . . 6 00 



Fuchsias. — For the best six varieties, in pots, to Thomas G. Whytal, 8 00 



For the second best, to Jonathan French, . . . 6 00 



Calceolarias. — For the best six varieties, to F. Winship, . 5 00 



Cinerarias. — For the best six varieties, to F. Winship, . . 3 00 



For the second best, to Thomas G. Whytal, . . . 2 00 



Greenhouse Plants. — For the best display, of not less than ten 



pots, to M. P. Wilder, . . . . .15 00 



For the second best, to Thomas G. Whytal, . . . 10 00 



Cut Flowers. — For the best display, to F. Winship, . . 6 00 



For the second best, to J. Nugent, . . . . 5 00 



For the third best, to J. Murray, . . . . 4 00 



