FOREST "AND T STREAM. 



281 



iiiinriful little creatines darting around 

 lnn.l in ;i Innvi.-il iLi.niiii'i'. After WUWIling tin.' .linviviit liuiiicin 



minute .1 m oueol the binls alight on a hougli ins! 



my head. Ttiera tUea i .miilnl turds' uesta. Iil It was 



[tall- of young lilnla, al)OUt two weeKfl old. I severed 



llii' uust Irnni Hip limn, ami carried my nrize home, itud mounted the 

 l'flir aud replaced them again in their downy nest. They now grace 

 mj COlrinef, and are considered unite a curiosity. 



Geo. Boiidwi:;, Vat 



THE FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. 



FAMILY VIKEONIII.F.. 



atoms viiieosvlvu. 



i >(»-. lioniip. Ked-eyed Greenlet. 



-. C«3s. Philadelphia Greenlet. Very abun- 

 i, MiiiiwcOeru part of State. 



COSS. WurbllugjGreeiilet. 



GKHU3 LAMV1KKII. 



bamirirvd tttmrtua. lid. Blue-headed Greenlet. An occasional 

 Apiil in' May viallant. 

 Lanioirei) ilaci/roiu. lid. Yellow-throated Vireo. 



UKSOS VIBEO. 



H». Bonap. White-eyed Vireo. 



FAMILY AMFKL1D.E. 

 UFNC3 ASll'ELlS. 

 Linn. Bjliemmn or Northern Wax Wing. 

 lid. Cedar bird. Southern Wax Wmg. 



FAMILY I.A.NIID.K. 



' . 



„,,, n> gam ■ 

 AwpetfH txdroruAn. 



Collaria hnrenlis. BJ. Gi out Northern Shrike, or Butcher Bird. 

 Cu/iurm cfciiWwm'i/i's. Bd. Whlte-ruuipud Shrike, or Western Log- 

 gerhead. 



FAMILY TANA0nin.1I. 



urartra i'vhanci. 

 PyMmga.9V.1iTa, Vieill. Scarlet Tauager. 

 Pi/ranga tmtfaa. Vieill. Summer Red Bird. 



FAMILY l'lUNOll.LIO.K. 

 1IKNCS 1'l.NlCOLA. 



Pinic.ula cnudentur. Cab. fine Grosbeak. 



stoma oakpooacos. 



Carpodaeus pucpunut. Gray. Pnrple Finch, 



GENCS cnnYSOMITalS. 

 QhryKomMriKtri&tia. Bonap. Yellow Bird. Thistle Bird. 

 CUrysOMltrifpitlus. B m:ip. Pine Goldtinch. 



11 EN US LOXtA. 



i.t'zui americAwt. Bd. Red Crossbill. 



I.uxiu tewopfew. ■ Gemel. Whlte-wlnged Croasbill. 



GENTTS.EGIOTUCS. 



MfcUsJjnortft*. Cab. Lessor Red Poll. 



-. Call. Mealy Red Poll. 



J-iji.ith-UK btewstoA Ttldj. Brewster's Linnet. Suppositions 

 as it asboeiates with .7.'. linariua, which are abundant. 



GENUS PLBCTItOPHANKS. 



iniualis. Meyer. Snow Bunting. 



yVrt'fn.jdnm.s ktjrpoiiicvs, selby. Lapland Lonjspur. 

 IHatrufihaneti piclus. Swain. Smith's Bunting, or Paluled Long 

 Spur. 



Sim-FAMILY r\'RGITIN.«. 

 GKNtlS FYlitilTA. 



Pgrgito iometttea. Cuv. European Uuuse Sparrow. Introduced from 

 Ohio and England. 



GENUS PASSKROUnUS. 



Y'usw ■, -cuius saranua. Bousp. Savanna Sparrow. 



GENUS rOCO.ETES. 



Bd. Bay-winged Bunting. Grass Sparrow. 



GENUS COTCRNICIU.US. 



r . Bonap. lfenslow's Bunting. 



Yellow-winged Bunting. Abundant In Hu- 



I BlJ 



pm-ca-tes gramlneru 



Cufurniculua pa ■■ 



ron and Saudac Cuuuties near the late. 



..,!»«;«. Bonap. Lark Sparrow. 



„,.. ■ .',. ■..•.. swain. White-Crowned Sparr-iw. 



,,,,,,,, . Bonap. White-Throated Sparrow. 



GuNoa JUNCO. 

 '„,„.. !ih,)„u!ii. Sclater. Snow Bird. 

 ,,„,: ,,.««3 Sclater. Oregon siiuw Bird. On the authority of 

 Prof. fox. wiiu obtained a specimen at Grosse Isle, Alich. 



Ua .uvfiticnin. Bd. Tree Sparrow. 



.-,,.-,„ ,,„■ .;/!,(. Bonap. Field Sparrow. 



aonatia, Bouap. chipping Sparrow or Chippy. 



I) . Bd, Bong Sparrow. 



Mc ..»iii:if linc.ihii. Bd. I.ilicOlnV l-'mcll. 

 M^M/iizupalttstrU. lid. Swaolp Sparrow. 



lutstm-clla iltaca. Swuln. Fox-Colored Sparrow. 



GENDS CALAH0SFIZA. 



CaltmaavfZQ Umlat. Bonap. While- Winged Black Bird. Lark 



BiiuUuu. Several specimen' killed m L'atoii and Calhoiiu Counties, 

 lslo, by" Dr. Kemp and myself. Never, before seen in the State. 



CENTS EUSI'lZA. 



Kuaviza amtrieana. Bona i. Black- Throated Bunting. 



GENUS UEDYMKLES. 



,; -..■,..•.,•,. iemus. Swain. Rose-Breasted Grusbeak. 



n .■■„„,, ', i.IiuUih. Swain. Black-Beaded Grosbeak. Au- 



la 



nvc i. 



i Qtilrac.a ctsrvlea, Swain. Bine Grosbeak. Rare visitant to the most 

 southern puita ot the Siate. 



GENUS 0VAN0SPI2A. 

 f ; /an-m),izuri,nil,-a. Bd. IlldigO Bird. 



lir'Nl IS 1'AIIOINAI.IS. 



CanlinaUs licjlniuniin. Bonap. Red Bird. Cardinal Grosbeak. 

 Ac. ideuml. 



GENUS PIP1I.O. 

 /'.,., 7.) ,ciithru[,htl,ih,iua. Vieill. Ground Robin. Cheewink. 

 {To be continued.) 



AKKlVAt.S AT THE Pllll. ■. IIEI.P11IA ZnoiJIGKMI. OAKHKN Foil WEEK 



IMilvo Ma\ -i-.i. s.-ven Ma. .iipii' monkeys (.Win «•».< ,i,n»i„ol(iv«), pnr- 

 radiatus), purchased. Akiuuk B. Brown, General Supt. 



AtlKIVAI.S AT CENTIIAI. l'.AliK MB* 



2, 1ST?.— Two brown hyenas, //;/rc„. 



ins' .1 Hi.- spi clas ever In 



hi.-htitU* iiihi.-". presented 

 throe Lous, h\ 11 



inpeterswan. Cm 

 bred In ihc menagerl 



by Mr. Wallace Gild 



ii.K Week Ending June 

 « oruiuua— tab. souili Africa— the 

 diiscoumn: one collared peccary. 

 I bv Mr. Jnim M. West, Petersburg, Vs."; 

 in iiieinenacerie; two wild geese, IlernMa 

 ncnaiierie ; live cygnets, Innrnls lietweeu 

 bucciaator, and Hooper swan, Vygnu* ffruti, 

 ie sitting of prairie chicken egg», presented 

 DeDalh County, 111. 



W . A. Conklin, Director, 



IVcwdlmtd, Jfitrm unci §;udm, 



NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY'S SPRING EXHIBITION. 



THE spring exhibition of this flourishing society was held ut 

 Giltnore's Garden, ou Tuesday, Weduesduy and Thursday 

 of last week, aud was one of Which the society may justly feel 

 proud. The interest taken in horticultural pursuits was well 

 exemplified by the large attendance, especially during the eve- 

 nings, when the garden fairly put on its summer aspect, and, 

 with sweet music, beautiful llowers and gay promeuaders, the 

 scene was one in which there was a decided predominance of 

 brilliant and pleasing things. In sonic of the collections were 

 malty rare and beautiful plants, some of them exhibited for 

 the first time, all clean and well grown, and reflecting great 

 credit on the skill and perseverance of the exhibitors. 



In the competition for the premiums offered by the society, 

 the principal prizes were carried off by Mr. Taplin, gardener 

 to George Such, Esq.. , South Amboy, X. J. It is needless to 

 say that Mr. Taplin's plants were all grown and staged in per- 

 fection, though the fine collection of Pitcher plauts he exhib- 

 ited last season were missing and often inquired for. He took 

 first premiums for the best 10 Orchids in bloom, the bcstsingle 

 specimen ditto., 6 stove and green house plants in bloom, 

 single specimen do., 10 variegated leaved plants, single speci- 

 men do., 12 varieties of Ferns, single specimen do., single 

 specimen Ixora, 10 Palms and Cycads, etc. The most notable 

 plants in his collection were Allauianda schotft, Phoiniium 

 teuax fol. var., Axalia crassifolia, andElegaatissima. Anoble 

 plant of Anthurium scherzeriauum and another of Adiantum 

 farleyense, 8 varieties of Cyprepediums, including the rare C. 

 Stouei and C. Lowii, a number of Orchids, over 12 varieties of 

 well grown Ferns, a number of finely grown Paints, and Arto- 

 carpus cannoni, a reddish brown leaved variety of the bread 

 fruit tree— which took the first premium for the best new and 

 rare plant, never before exhibited here. Mr. Isaac Buchanan, 

 Astoria, L. I., showed a nice group of Avell grown plants, and 

 was awarded the first honors for the best single specimen Or- 

 chid, in bloom (a fine plant of Vanda tricolor), the best 3 Or- 

 chids do., and for 12 Agaves. He also took the second pre- 

 mium for a new and rare plant, with a curious little herbaceous 

 plant from Brazil named Penguicula orchioides. The premium 

 for a group of stove and green-house plants was awarded to 

 Charles Zeller, Flatbush, for a small but well grown collection, 

 while that for G Ericas, or Cape Heaths, and for the best single 

 specimen of the same was taken by Edwin Symes, gardener to 

 Mrs. Mitchell, Tarrytown, with the best plants seen in New 

 York for many years. The premiums offered for Zonal Pelar- 

 goniums, double and single. Tricolor, and Show do., Verbenas 

 Primulas, etc., brought out a number of competitors and well 

 grown plants, in their several classes. The principal pre- 

 miums were awarded to Jolm Henderson, Flushing ; Peter 

 Henderson, Jersey City; H. Reynolds, Flatbush, W. C.Wilson, 

 Astoria, and William Ball, Spuyten Duyvill, while. Walter 

 Keid, 1280 Broadway, carried off all the honors in the classes 

 for Wardian cases, Ferneries and hanging baskets. By for the 

 showiest, however, and perhaps the most admired exhibit in the 

 garden was made by Messrs S. B. Parsons. & Sons, and R. B. 

 Parsons <fc Co. , Flushing. This consisted of line specimens 

 of Rhododendrons aud hardy, or Ghent, Azaleas in full bloom, 

 the plants being taken from tbe open ground, and the roots 

 carefully matted up. Of the former, the plants were large 

 and thrifty, the colors varying from the palest pink to the 

 deepest crimson, while among the latter, every shade of this 

 season's fashionable colors could be found, from red and 

 crimson to bright yellow. S. B . Parsons & Sons took the 

 first premiums in all the classes as well as for the best collec- 

 tion of Ornamental Evergreens. The same firm also were 

 awarded special premiums for a collection of hardy variegated 

 shrubs and trees, another of new aud rare Conifers, and for a 

 fine collection of Japanese Maples, many of them with beau- 

 tifully colored leaves, others more like the 0;tk, Tulip tree, 

 or Linden, than veritable Acers. These Maples, being decid- 

 uous and therefore perfectly hardy, are destined to be a 

 wonderful addition to our list of hardy shrubs aud trees. A 

 special premium was also deservedly awarded to William 

 Bennett, Flatbush, for an extraordinarily line croup of 

 store and green house plants. This exhibit filled one of the 

 large tables near the fountain, and as usual, were finely grown 

 and well staged. The most deserving of notice were fine 

 plants of Dracaena Amabilis, Splendens, and Hendersopi, 

 jfaranta, Makoyana, Regalis and Roseapecla CroUm Irrcgu- 

 lare, Weismanni and TJndulatum, Dieffe nbacuia Battsie, Pan- 

 danus Veitcliit,Ananassa Sativa Variegate, Arena Laitescens and 

 Rubra, Cocos, Weddeliana, Thrynax Argenten, and many oth- 

 ers. He was closely followed, however, by John Bush, Tre- 

 mont, who, though he has only lately started growing plauls, 

 shows his love for their culture in the masterly way he man- 

 ages them ; some oi his Dracaenas being marvels of horticul- 

 tural skill. His collection, though not so large as the forego- 

 ing, contained pretty much the same assortment, and was de- 

 servedly awarded a special premium. Like awards were 

 also given to W. C. Wilson for a- neat group, including the 

 new drooping Phegopteris, from the Sandwich Islands; to .Tas. 

 Riddle, gardener; to Wm. Elisha Brooks, In wood, K. Y., 

 for a large vase made up of thousands of growing plants, very 



Adiantums, or Maiden Hair Ferns. William Ball, Spnyten 

 Duyvill, also received like awards for -a group of bedding 

 plants, a good plant of Hoza Caruosa, Caladiums, and Petu- 

 nias ; P. Roenbeck, Bayonnc, N. J., for a group of seedling 

 Begonias of the "B Rev " section; to John Cfldne'M, Flush- 

 ing, fur a group ofl30 plants of the new while Hydrangea; 

 "Thos. Hogg," one of the most showy and interesting groups 

 in the exhibition: aud to John Henderson, Flushing, for 

 groups of Pelargoniums of various sorts, Pansies iu pots, 

 Liiiinnas, Coletis, and a fine collection of Verbenas. 



Owing to the extremely dry and hot season the supply of 

 but llowers, and consequently of floral designs, was uot, so 

 large as last season, but all that was exhibited was fully up 

 to the standard—Peter B. Henderson, Jersey City, taking the 

 premium for cut flowers and Pansies ; R. B. Parsons & Co., 

 for Azaleas ; William A. Burgess, Glencove, as usual, taking 

 all the prizes in roses, his Mareohal Neils being especially fine. 

 Mr. Thomas Hogg was awarded in this class a certificate of 

 merit for the new Japanese Magnolia hypolenca, which 

 promises to be a great acquisition. 



In floral designs the principal premiums were awarded to 

 Fred Gordon, 20 Broad street, for the best basket of flowers; to 

 A. McConnell, 733 Sixth avenue, for hand bouquets ; to J.'o. 

 Bechamps k. Sous, Eighty-fifth street, and E. River, for de- 

 sign in cut flowers, and to Mr. W. ,1. Davidson, 258 Fulton 

 street, Brooklyn, for the best funeral design and for six titit- 

 ton-hole bouquets. 



The grapes on exhibition would have done credit to the rail 

 season, the premiums for the best six bunches, two of a kind, 

 going to J. Finn, Tremont, and that for the best two bunches 

 of any variety, first and second being awarded to JohuEagan, 

 gardener, to Mr. Gurnee, Irviuglon, for noble bunches of 

 Black Hamburg aud Chasselas Musqtte. Edward Duckies, 

 West Mt. Vernon, took deserved honors for forced peaches 

 aud nectarines, and S. Henshaw, New Brighton, S. I., for a 

 fine dish of figs and a beautiful brace of telegraph cucumbers. 

 A certificate of merit was also awarded to B. K. Bliss & 

 Sons, 34 Barclay street, for their new varieties of potatoes, 

 the " Snowflake " attracting special notice by its fine, white 

 appearance, good shape and excellent keeping and cooking 

 qualities. The other varieties were "Centennial," "Im- 

 proved Peach Blow," and "Superior," sent to Bermuda two 

 months ago, where they were planted and returned in a lit 

 condition for the market. \y. ,L D. 



■». . — , 



STr:.vwmsEi:iEs.— During this week and next the strawber- 

 ries will be in the prime of their abundance and quality. 

 Several stations on the Eastern Shore Railroad of Maryland 

 are expected to ship to market from six to ten. carloads daily. 

 It is estimated that there will be sent over this road, which is 

 only 38 miles long, more than 3,000,000 quarts of strawberries 

 this summer. Estimates from numerous other roads which 

 act as feeders to this and the Delaware railroads have not 

 been received, but the quantity of berries sent over them 

 will be very large. 



Good La vers. —John B. Brooks writes from Jacksonville, 

 Florida. May 29 : 



My mother, Mrs. Emily Brooks, of Bridgeport, Conn., has 

 three pullets, ^batched after June 25, 1870, which had laid, up 

 to May !), 1877, '-'00 eggs, and one was then sitting which has 

 since come off with 1 1 chicks out of 13 eggs — one having been 

 broken iu the nest. Yi'ho has any better pallets '. 



THE ORCHIDS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Nkw Yoek, May 28, 187i. 

 Editor Forksi' and Stiikam ; 



In an article on orchids, in your issue of Feb. 1, the writer, 

 in referring to Capt. Dow. has, from tnperfect knowledge of 

 that gentleman's held of operations, assigned him to the 'trade 

 between New Turk and Para, und credits South America 

 with being the place where he made his collections of those 

 interesting and curious plants. 



Capt. J. SI. Dow, to whom the writer undoubtedly referred, 

 has'heen for twenty-five years and more connected with tin; 

 Pacific Mail Company on the Pacific, and is now ihe com- 

 pany's general agent m Central America. It was on the 

 l'acilie Slope, and in the interior of Central America, that he 

 made, in leisure hours, his collection of plants and animals, 

 and also gathered front the waters along the coast, from t'aii- 

 ania to Mexico, those other valuatilc contributions to natural 

 history, which have made his name familiar to men of sci- 

 ence throughout the United States and Europe. E. K. D. 



'Why Plants Should Not be Kept in Bedrooms hy 

 Nioht. — About one-half the dry weight of plants is carhuu, 

 and this is all obtained from the carbon dioxide— or cabonic 

 acid— of the air, which constitutes only .0001, or l-'.'oOo of its 

 volume. It was once scientifically, aud is still popularly be- 

 lieved that plants, in respiration, reverse the process of ani- 

 mals — that is, they inhale carbonic acid and exhale oxygen. 

 1 1 is quite I rue that vegetation as a resultant of its processes 

 of life, does evolve oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, but 

 this is not in consequence of respiration. Plants, like ani- 

 mals, inhale oxygen and yield up to the air a nearly equal vol- 

 ume of carbonic dioxide, this chemical decomposition is per- 

 formed by all the growing cells and at all times alike. Iu ad- 

 dition to this, the chlorophyl cells have the property, under 

 the controlling power of sunlight, of absorbing carbon dioxide 

 from the outside air, of decomposing it into its constituent 

 elements; of appropriating the carbon for the building up of 

 tissue, and of liberating the now free oxygen. This is a pro- 

 cess of assimilating rather than that of respiration. The for- 

 mation of carlton dioxide at the expense of the atmospheric 

 oxygen, like our breathing, goes on continuously aud gently. 



. ..'bile the reverse process analagous to Ihe feel'iin>- of 'animal 

 artistically designed and neatly executed, a lovely group of fife, though continuous and powerful uuder the influence of 

 Caladiums, another of Palms and 1'oliaged plants, and one of I fight, ceases instantly when that is withdrawn, During tha 



