FLOWER committee's REPORT. 9 



J. McTear: Cut Flowers, Lilium auratum, Ipomea tricolor elegantis- 

 sima, and eighty varieties of Hardy Herbaceous Plants; H. II. Ilunne- 

 well: thirty varieties Khododendrons, and twenty of PeriDctual Koses; 

 J. W. Brooks: six Fuchsias, very large, uniformly pyramidal, well 

 grown, and literally covered with bloom; Miss S. C. Westgate, Mrs. C. 

 B. Chase, Mrs. E. M. Gill, Miss A. C. Kenrick and Miss S. W. Story: 

 each a Basket. 



June 27Tn and 28th. Eose Show. 



Messrs. Hovey & Co. : Koses in Classes one, four and five, Paisley 

 Pinks, Sweet Williams, Herbaceous Peonies, English Iris, six Fancy 

 and six Show Pelargoniums, Delphiniums, and a sjilendid achievement 

 in the way of hybridization of the Lilium lancifolium with the auratum. 

 This combined all the good qualities of the former with the size of the 

 latter. J. C. Chaffln: Roses in Classes one, three and seven, and one Hand 

 Bouquet; J.Nugent: Roses in Classes two, four and six; J. McTear: Roses 

 in Classes two, four, five and six, Paisley Pinks, Sweet Williams, and a 

 IDair of Hand Bouquets; W. C. Strong: Roses in Classes two, three and 

 seven, Paisley Pinks and Cut Flowers; F. Parkman: Roses in Classes 

 two, five and seven. Seedling Delphiniums and Cut Flowers; M. P. 

 Wilder: Roses in Class five; J. French: Roses in Class seven. Paisley 

 Pinks, and eighteen Ornamental Foliaged Plants; Mrs. T. W. Ward: 

 Roses in Class seven, and seven pots of Gloxinias grown to perfection; 

 H. H. Hunnewell : Roses in Class seven. Sweet Williams, and a rare col- 

 lection of Cut Flowers; George Craft: Sweet Williams, and a display of 

 Cut Flowers; John Parker, J. G. Chandler and N". Washburn: each a 

 stand of Sweet AVilliams; Mrs. C. B. Chase, Mrs. E. M. Gill, Miss S. C. 

 Westgate and Miss S. W. Story: each a Basket; J. McTear: a pair of 

 Hand Bouquets; Hovey & Co.: a pair of Parlor ditto; and J. E. West- 

 gate: a pair each of Hand and Parlor; J. A. Ivenrick: Magnolia mac- 

 rophylla, and a collection of Cut Flowers ; J. W. Brooks : two Fuchsias 

 of merit nearly equal to those of the week previous; J. W. Underwood: 

 a rich display of seedling Paisley Pinks; Miss M. E. Carter and Miss 

 E. M. Harris: each an interesting array of I'I'atives; C. J. Power: a 

 miscellaneous collection of Pot Plants; The Chairman; Salvia argentea, 

 Stipa pennata, and a Hemerocallis, that still wants a name. 



July 11. J. McTear: ten varieties Summer Phlox, a pair of Hand 

 Bouquets, and a collection of Summer Herbaceous Plants; F. Parkman: 

 a display of Cut Flowers, Clematis Jackmanii, intensely blue, probably 

 a seedling of the C. azurea grandiflora, with one of the deep varieties of 

 the Viticella, and a vase of Lilies, among which were aurantiacum, can- 

 didum, atrosanguineum and Canadense; J. E. Westgate: Cut Flow- 

 ers; W. C. Strong: Cut Flowers, and a collection of Perpetual Roses, 

 many of them new and meritorious; Mrs. C. B.Chase, Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 Miss S. C. Westgate, Miss A. C. Kenrick, Miss S. W. Story and Miss A- 



