REPORT 



OF THE 



Committee on Gardens, 



For the Year 1876. 



By JOSEPH H. WOODFORD, Chairman. 



The Garden Committee, in making their report, would call the 

 attention of members to the fact that active competition has a great 

 deal to do with the success of any society, but more particularly in 

 such an one as ours ; and it is desirable that more members enter 

 places for the inspection of the Committee, thereby fostering the 

 interests of the Society and stimulating 3'our Committee to greater 

 exertions. 



Edward S. Rand, Jr.'s Greenhouse and Grapery. 



The first visit this year was to Glen Ridge, in May, to inspect 

 Edward S. Rand, Jr.'s Greenhouse and Grapery. The Greenhouse 

 is one hundred and thirty-five feet by twenty, and is divided into four 

 compartments to accommodate the plants from various countries. 

 The principal attraction at this time was the Stove, which was well 

 filled with costly orchids, handsomelj'^ interspersed with ferns, 

 giving the house a much more elegant appearance than either would 

 alone. Some of the most beautiful of the orchids in bloom were 

 Cattleyas of various species, Oncidiums, Vafidas, Dendrohiums^ etc. 

 The other compartments of the house were well filled with plants, 

 generally in good health and very well grown, especially the Agaves 

 and other succulents, which were in robust health and presented a 

 very fine appearance. 



On the second visit to Glen Ridge, which occurred in September, 

 your Committeo noticed a much smaller collection of orchids and a 

 less amount of l»looni ; but the house was very clean and neat, and 

 the other pliiuts were hooking finely, but more particularly the 



