Several gentlemen of the Flower and the Garden Committees, having visited the greenhouse of Wm. Gray, Jr., at Dorchester, brought back enthusiastic reports of the beauty of the plants and the brilliancy of the flowers, being in general effect truly magnificent. There were in the house about 120 plants, in 8 or 9-inch pots, and each one a specimen in itself, all of dwarf habit, short-jointed, and covered with healthy foliage - no yellow leaves or bare stems to be seen. The golden and silver tricolors were grown in smaller pots thah usual, and the colors were finely brought out. All the pots were plunged in spent hop's, and the temperature by day was allowed to rise to 70° while the sun shone, care being taken to give abundant ventilation, but fell to about 45° at night, affording exactly the conditions under which geraniums thrive best. One variety, the Bride, of great purity and beauty, attracted immediate attention, and, the E. s Dodwell, Master Christine, Polly King, Madame Werle, Mont. Eugene Berenzod and Delight were admirable.

For foliage, the Earl of Roslin, Reine Victoria, Emperor of Brazil and Marshal McMahon, among the bronzes, were extremely fine. The Crystal Palace (rem for bedding is unsurpassed. Mrs. Clutten and Mabel Morris were still favorites. As a general rule, the committee thought the bronzes, as well as the gold and silver tricolors, were more valuable for indoor planting than for bedding out.