PLANTS AND FLOWERS, 1922 15 



Saltonstall showed a well-finished lot of Sehizanthus, Cinerarias, 

 and the old-fashioned Lachenalias. Walter Hunnewell Estate 

 exhibited azalea Louisa Hunnewell, Azalea Kaempferi, and Azalea 

 speciosa, the last recently discovered in the Southern States. 



E. B. Dane made a display of heaths and cut orchids. E. S. 

 Webster also had a fine display of orchids. The Harvard Botanic 

 Garden showed an uncommon plant, the Isoloma hirsutum, an ally 

 of the Gesnerias. Edward Rose of Somerville made an educational 

 display of bulbous plants, all being distinctly labeled. 



William Walke of Salem staged a select group of Amaryllis with 

 decorative material. L. D. Towle, George P. Gardner, Jr., A. W. 

 Preston, Mrs. J. L. Gardner, E. S. Webster, and Miss Margaret A. 

 Rand were the principal exhibitors of bulbous plants. 



May 3-14. Wild Flower Show. The success of the native 

 orchid show in 1921 no doubt prompted Mr. Burrage, our enterpris- 

 ing president, to have one of wild flowers this year. It was a large 

 undertaking and was carried out with great skill. It was a wonder- 

 ful achievement to have so many genera and species represented, 

 blooming as they do naturally at various seasons of the year, in 

 bloom at one time. Great credit is due to Mr. Burrage and his 

 able assistants, Douglas Eccleston and Frederick Pocock, for carry- 

 ing out the plan, even to the minutest detail. 



June 3 and 4. Rhododendron, Azalea, and Iris Exhibition. 

 Irises were shown in quantity' and extra fine quahty by Miss Grace 

 Sturtevant of Wellesley Farms, Mrs. Homer Gage of Shrewsbury, 

 and Mrs. C. W^ Willis of Bedford. Miss Sturtevant's collection 

 was notable for the large number of Iris pallida dalmatica hybrids, 

 many of which she has raised. Among them were Shekinah, yel- 

 low; Caterina, yellow and chocolate tinted; Myth, solid blue 

 Balboa, solid lavender; Pandora, lavender; Trojana, deep blue 

 and Ossian, yellow. Iristhorpe gardens had Jacqueminot, maroon 

 Bernice, Kharput, Princess Victoria, and Iris flavescens. 



Henry Stewart of Waltham showed a very good plant of the 

 bottle-brush, Metrosideros floribunda, and a specimen plant of 

 Dendrobium thyrsiflorum. 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons made an attractive grouping of rhododen- 

 drons including plants as well as cut blooms. They also showed 

 Ghent and Mollis azaleas, and the new rhododendron which they 



