FLOWER COMMITTEE S REPORT. 9 



Design and six pots of Cockscombs. E. S. Hand, Jr., five pots rare 

 Evergreens. Mrs. T. W. Ward, three varieties Allaraandas. John 

 Galvin, two dishes of Kative Phmts. Miss Mary R. Ware, fine speci- 

 mens of Gentiana crinita. Francis Theiler, fine display of Amaranths. 

 W. C. Strong, two fine plants Coleus Verschaffeltii, and very interesting 

 display of variegated foliage. Wm. Cairnes, large collection of Green- 

 house Plants. Herman Grundcl, a beautiful plant of Begonia diversi- 

 folia, an old but rare bulbous-rooted species; grows eighteen inches in 

 height, with bright, rose-colored fiowers. 



Oct 5th. James McTear, a fine plant of Nerine coruscans, with five 

 spikes of flowers. Hovey & Co., a Seedling Scarlet Geranium. 



Oct. 12th. James Nugent, a good Seedling Gladiolus; color, light 

 salmon, with white throat. Hovey & Co., three varieties of Aneinone 

 Japonica. 



Oct. 19th. James Barrett, of Bradford, Mass., exhibited a rare and 

 very curious Fungi, called Polyporus frondosus, found growing on a 

 decayed oak stump. 



Kov. 16th. Hovey & Co., and James McTear, each exhibited Cut 

 Chrysanthemums. 



'Nov. 30th. II. II. Hunnewell showed flowers of Celosia pyramidalis, 

 versicolor variety, hybrida atrobruneis, a new, hybrid variety of this 

 beautiful tender annual. The Committee were informed by Mr. Harris, 

 gardener to Mr. Hunnewell, that the plants from which these flowers 

 were gathered measured five feet in height and four feet through, each 

 plant being literally covered with their bright, magenta-colored flowers, 

 presenting a sight unsurpassed by few plants of this season. 



Dec. 28th. Geo. W. Pratt exhibited a fine specimen of the beautiful 

 Dendrobium nobile. 



