FLOWER committee's REPORT. II 



mer Phloxes and Cut Flowers; Hovey & Co.: Summer Herbaceous and 

 Cut Flowers; H, H. Westgate: Cut Flowers; Geo. Craft: Cut Flowers; 

 "Wm. Carnes: Seedling Verbenas of good promise; Mrs. E. A. Story, 

 Mrs. C. B. Chase, Miss A. C. Kenrick and J. E. Westgate: each a 

 Basket; Mrs. Ward: four dishes and four vases of rare Exotics, em- 

 bracing two varieties of Allamanda, Rondeletia speciosa, Stephanotus 

 floribundus, Combretum purpureum, Tabernsemontana coronaria and 

 Koupella grata. Natives were contributed by Miss Harris, Miss Carter 

 and another votary of the science, in the person of Miss Lizzie M. Strong 

 of Auburndale. 



August 15. The competitors for the prizes for Balsams were J. Nu- 

 gent and J. E. Westgate. For Petunias, A. McLaren, Geo. L. Stearns 

 and J. McTear. Hovey & Co., J. E. Westgate, J. McTear and O. H. 

 Peck: each a stand of Cut Flowers; Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Story, 

 Miss kenrick and Miss Westgate: each a Basket; J. McTear: a spike 

 of Crocosmia aurea, somewhat resembling the Ixia, but larger and more 

 showy. One of the most beautiful and useful of Annuals the Didiscus 

 cseruleus, by E. S. Rand, Jr.; Messrs. Hovey & Co.: Abronia fra- 

 rans, in umbels of pure white, expanding at nightfall, very fragrant, and 

 hardy in light soil. 



August 22. Cut Flowers, by W. C. Strong, Geo. Craft, J. McTear, 

 J. E. Westgate, C. B. Brigham, N. Washburn, R. S. S. Andros, O. H. 

 Peck, H. Vandine and Mrs. E. S. Joyce; Baskets, by Mrs. S. N. Brad- 

 bury, Mrs. E. M. Gill, Mrs. E. A. Story, Miss Westgate, Miss Eussell 

 and Miss Wheeler; Summer Herbaceous, by Hovey & Co. and J. Mc- 

 Tear; J. E. Westgate: a pair each of Hand and Parlor Bouquets; Miss 

 Cartel-, Miss Strong and Miss Ware: each a large collection of Natives. 

 The last named lady arranged a dish of Ferns, Mosses and Fungi, which 

 attracted much attention and furnished study for the scientific. M. P. 

 Wilder: a display of Asters and seedling Lilium lancifolium; W. C. 

 Strong: a gorgeous array of Gladiolus; Mrs. Ward made one of her very 

 best displays of rare Exotics. 



August 29. W. C. Strong: Gladiolus in Class one, Stocks, Verbenas 

 and Cut Flowers; J. McTear: Gladiolus in class two. Seedling Gladio- 

 lus, Asters in Class two, and Verbenas; Geo. Craft: Gladiolus in Classes 

 two and four; F. Parkman: Gladiolus in Class four, and Seedlings, also 

 Cut Flowers; J. Breck: Asters in Classes one and three; J. E. West- 

 gate: Asters in Class one, and Cut Flowers; A. McLaren: Asters in 

 Classes one and three, and Verbenas ; N. Washburn : Asters in Class 

 one; R. S. S. Andros: Asters in Classes one and three; J. Nugent: As- 

 ters in Class two, seedling Verbenas and a dish of Japan Lilies; Hovey 

 & Co.: Verbenas and Cut Flowers; J. W. Foster, G. L. Stearns and 

 Wm. Carnes: Seedling Verbenas; Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Story, 

 Miss Westgate, Miss Kenrick and Miss Wheeler: each a Basket, all 



