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did bush ; fastigiata lutescens, in prime order , mundula, covered with 

 bloom ; grandinosa, and ventricosa alba, fine ; with odora rosea, perspicua 

 nana, and elegans, in admirable condition ; hybrida, not quite in bloom ; 

 rubro-calyx ; Willmoreana ; mirabilis ; and a small, but pretty plant of 

 Sprengelii. In the Nurserymen's Class, a collection of 20 plants was sent 

 by Messrs. Fairbairn, Clapham, containing Cavendishii, in admirable health, 

 3 feet in height and as much in diameter ; intermedia, very fine ; metulse- 

 flora, splendid ; with very remarkable plants of ampullacea tricolor, and 

 suaveolens. In the same collection were also good plants of ampullacea 

 nana, vestita coccinea, Humeana, dilecta, vestita alba, and ventricosa car- 

 nea; v. alba, and v. coccinea minor. — Another collection came from Messrs. 

 Rollisson, and contained promising specimens. Among them were mundu- 

 la, very pretty ; dilecta, good ; Humeana; nitida, with clear white bells ; 

 fulgida superba, a fine kind ; vestitablanda ; and Beaumontiana ; with pro- 

 pendens and fragrans. — Mr. Pawley also contributed 20 Heaths; among 

 them was a fine Cavendishii ; perspicua nana, very fine ; praegnans, coc- 

 cinea minor, pretty ; dilecta, neat ; with Halicacaba ; nitida ; hybrida, very 

 pretty ; and vestita coccinea minor. 



Of Rhododendrons, we must not omit to notice a splendid collection of 11 

 yellow varieties from Mr. Smith, of Norbiton ; they were remarkable for 

 their strong growth and immense trusses of blossoms. The flowers indi- 

 vidually, even when the plants are growing in pots, were considerably 

 larger than those of the generality of Rhododendrons. The finest of them 

 were R. Burlingtonium aureum, lemon color, with dark orange spots ; fla- 

 vum superbum, nearly of the same color, but a trifle darker ; ornatum, of 

 the same color, slightly tipped with rose ; Jenkinsoni, shaded with pink ; 

 aureum superbum, very large ; cupreum ochrae, shaded with purple ; Lind- 

 leyanum, an immense truss of dull pink flowers with brown spots. These 

 were the most distinct kinds, but there are several others which may be cul- 

 tivated in large collections. (Gard. CAromWe, 1845, p. 364.) [Want of 

 space compels us to omit a portion of the report. — Ed.] 



Art. hi. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, June 7th, 1845. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was 

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



The chairman of the Committee on Flowers, Mr. Breck, asked for a fur- 

 ther appropriation of one hundred dollars, to be awarded weekly for supe- 

 rior specimens of plants in pots and bouquets. The sum was voted. 



A report was read from Prof. Russell, on a package of seeds from Dr. 

 Fischer. 



The following gentlemen were admitted members : — Henry Edwards, E. 

 W. Olmstead, E. Houlton, J. W. Edmands, Dr. Paul Simpson, Dr. Z. B. 

 Adams, W. F. Whitney, J. L. Emmons, Henry Bradlee, John Gardener, 



