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in the manner already suggested, or else placed in the hands of some other 

 reliable person, for this purpose. In his communication to one of the Com- 

 mittee, Mr. Meehan also states explicitly, that the plant sent to us is not one 

 of the three exhibited before the Society, but was from a plant that had 

 borne hermaphrodite flowers. It apppears, then, that it, at any rate, has 

 not changed its sexual character, the blossoms having been hermaphrodite 

 before, and are hermaphrodite now notwithstanding its present feebleness. 



It is probably within the recollection of many of the members of the Soci- 

 ety, that views somewhat analogous to those of Mr. Meehan were, at one 

 time, maintained by the late Mr. Downing. He contended that the natural 

 condition of Hovey's Seedling was staminate; but by permitting the old 

 plants to bear for several successive years, their luxuriance was impaired, and 

 their sexual character altered — in other words they became pistillate. And 

 to prove the correctness of his position, he announced his intention of send- 

 ing to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society several of his plants in pots. 

 After that announcement, as nothing more is found in the Horticulturist on 

 the subject, it is probable that he abandoned the doctrine. Be this, how- 

 ever, as it may, we have been credibly informed that he did send the plants 

 to Boston, and that the Fruit Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society decided they were not Hovey's Seedling. 



The Treasurer sumitted his semi-annual statement of accounts. 



Members Elected. — Dr. A. L. Ellwyn, Lloyd Chamberlain, J. L. Moss, 

 John P. Aertsen, Thomas White, George H. Burns, A. Tourtelot, John Ja- 

 cob Habermehl, Robert T. Conrad, Dr. Robert P. Thomas. 



Objects Exhibited. 



Plants. — By Robert Buist: — Kalosanthes Phoenix, new, Geranium Kings- 

 bury pet, Gloxinia grandis, G. Victoria regina : Specimen plant, Medinilla 

 magnifica — 12 plants — Tremandra verticillata, Vinca alba, Begonia semper- 

 florens, Boronia viminea, Sollya gracilis, Cuphea platycentra, Allamanda 

 nereifolia, Kalosanthes, Beauty de Charonne, K. Phoenix, Hydrangea hor- 

 tensis, Oldeniandia Deppiana, Gesneria lutea. Orchidece — Cattleya Forbesii, 

 Dendrobium Pierrardi, Oncidium Harrisonii, 0. pulvinatum, 0. sp. — 10 

 Gloxinias — Frederick Lennig, rubra; rosea, caulescens, Maria Van Houtte, 

 Caleb Cope, cartonii, atro-rubra,candida and Hand leyana. 



By Thomas Robertson, gardener to B. A. Fahnestock: — eight Fuchsias — • 

 Psyche, Parson, Hebe, Sir John Falstaff, Palma, Expansion, Beauty of Deal, 

 Madam Sontag and Ajax. — ten Gloxinias — Monarch, Napoleon, rubra, rubra 

 grandiflora, Professor de Caisne, Princess de Lamballe, William Griffith, 

 Cartonii, Countess de Bocarme\ Godfrey de Bouillon and Victoria regina: 

 12 plants — Allamanda nereifolia, Geranium Tom Thumb, Rondeletia speci- 

 oea, Hydrangea hortensis, 2 Achimenes longiflora, A. Escheneria, 3 Gloxinias 

 and 3 Fuchsias. 



