BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 407 
7} asked to prepare a design for a silver vase, with appropriate 
7 ‘oral decorations. Having designated the shape of the vase and 
: furnished them with specimens and plates of the species to be 
7 used in its decoration, this firm submitted a design on November 
7 34. After consultation with as many friends as possible at Cam- 
} bridge, the design was accepted, with slight modifications. Work 
) was immediately commenced on it, and the vase was complet 
onthe night of the seventeenth and presented without formality 
othe morning of the eighteenth of November. 
The illustrations which we present give a good idea of the 
_ appearance of the vase. It is about eleven inches high, exclusive 
of the ebony pedestal, which is surrounded by a hoop of ham- 
mered silver, bearing the inscription : 
hen Gin 
r part cov- 
a with flowers, The place of honor _ Le wee held by 
_ Srayia polygaloides, and on the other by Shortia 9a . 
the Grayia side the prominent plants are Aquilegua Figgas tie 
: urea Americana, Jeffersonia diphylla, — Gra 
and Mitchella repens. On the Shortia side there are age ae 
Aster Bigelovii, Solidago serotina and Epigea repens. ahtsh 
eal of the handles runs into a cluster of Dionea leaves, 
ecorations, i L 
Bae s. The vase was designed by 1. ager 
chasing was done by Wm. J. Anais, both with Bigelow, Kenn 
am th he heartiest praise has been — upon ¢ 
oa the workmanship by all who have seen It vd 
a Y the request of the committee greetings 19 oa gee = ~via 
ow letters had been sent by those who gave t te ecompanied 
yt? Placed on a simple but elegant silver plate and ® 
the 
‘Sut. The inscription on the plate reads: 
