460 Exhibitions of Horticultural Societies. 



dreds. To these may be added the Bourbon, Perpetual, Hybrid Perpetual, 

 &c., which have extended the period of displaying this beautiful flower 

 throughout the season, though not with the same profusion as in the above- 

 mentioned month. Of these we will mention only a few of the principal, 

 viz. : Alice Leroy. Comtesse Murinais, Celina, Unique de Provence, and 

 thirty other varieties of the Moss ; also. La Reine, Triomphe de Plantier 

 Devoniensis, La Bouquetiere, Madelon Friquet, Great Western, Riche- 

 lieu, Persian Yellow, Rouget de Lisle, L'Hospital, &c. &c. 



Later in the season came the carnations, picotees, &c. Of this class of 

 flowers our stands have presented much finer displays than have ever before 

 been attempted. Greater attention ought to be bestowed on the cultivation 

 of these plants, as they furnish to the garden and the parterre a rich dis- 

 play of flowers during that otherwise barren interval between the disap- 

 pearance of the June roses, and the opening of the dahlia, and the annuals. 



Finally, we have the dahlia and the annuals with their numerous varie- 

 ties. They occupy a conspicuous part at the annual exhibition, and as 

 nearly all the species or varieties were there exhibited, the particulars may 

 be seen by referring to the report of that exhibition, herewith appended. 



The flowering trees and shrubs, the climbing plants, and the herbaceous, 

 have been fully represented : also, several varieties not included in any of 

 the foregoing divisions — as I/ilium lancifolium album, and punctatum, Val- 

 comaria clerodendron, from Para, Ornithogalum niveum, Erythrina lauri- 

 folia, &c. &c. 



Considerable attention has been devoted to the display of those native 

 plants that are remarkable for the beauty of their foliage or flowers, and 

 are worthy of cultivation as Magnolm glauca, Kalmw latifolia, Linnaj^a 

 borealis, Polygala paucifolia, Sabbatia chloroides, LiYmm sup^rbum, i?ho- 

 dodendron maximum, Rhodora canadensis, Lobelia cardinalis, Orchis, 

 Clethra, Arethusa, Cymbidium, &c. &c. 



Strawberries. — About fifteen varieties, viz. : Ross's Phcenix, Bishop's 

 Orange, Duke of Kent, Roseberry, Prolific Hautbois, Deptford Pine, Hy- 

 att's British Queen, besides other well known varieties. Also, several seed- 

 lings, some of which promise well. 



Raspberries. — Red, New Red, and White Antwerp, Franconia, Ohio 

 Ever -bearing, FastolfF, &c. 



Mulberries. — Black. 



Blackberries. — High-bush, under cultivation. 



Currants. — White and Red Dutch, Missouri Fragrant, Champagne, &c. 



Gooseberries. — About twenty-five varieties, viz., Warrington Red, Ea- 

 gle, Elijah, Overall, Echo, Wellington's Glory, &c. 



Cherries. — About forty varieties, viz. : English Morello, Cerise du Nord, 

 Belle Magnifique, Plumstone Morello, Honey Heart, Gridley, Elton, Flor- 

 ence, Downton, Black Eagle, Black Tartarian, Bowyer's Early Heart, 

 Royal Duke, Roberts's Red Heart, Manning's Mottled, Bigarreau &c. 

 &c. 



Plums. — About fifty varieties, viz. : Morocco, Sharp's Emperor, Imperial 

 Diadem, Domine Dull, Queen Victoria, Meigs's Purple, Kirke's, La Fay- 



