REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS 97 



The Midwinter Flower Show. 



The Midwinter Show was held on February 24 and took the place 

 of the Spring Show, which was once one of the most important of 

 the year. It was much below the average. Roses and carnations 

 were badly missed. There was only one entry for roses, and many 

 classes were not filled, and in others no competition. 



William Whitman (Martin Sullivan, gardener) was the principal 

 exhibitor of bulbous plants and in some classes the only one. It 

 is very gratifying to state that, as usual, his exhibits were of a 

 high standard of merit. 



His best hyacinths were Garibaldi, pink; La Grandesse, white; 

 and King of the Blues. Of tulips, Joost van Vondel, white; Mon 

 Tresor, yellow; Duchess of Parma, orange; Pink Beauty and 

 Proserpine, rose; Couleur Cardinal, red; Van de Neer, purple; 

 Keizerkroon, red and yellow. 



Mr. Whitman's Collection of Narcissi included, among Trumpets, 

 Emperor, Golden Spur, Horsfieldii, Mme. de Graaf, Princeps 

 Maximus, Trumpet Maximus, Vanilla, and Victoria. Medium 

 Trumpets were, Barri Conspicuous, Barri Flora Wilson, Incompara- 

 bilis Autocrat, Incomparabilis Beauty, Incomparabilis Sir Watkin, 

 Incomparabilis Princess Mary. Of the Leedsii type, Leedsii 

 Duchess of Brabant, L. Katherine Spurrell, L. Minnie Hume, and 

 L. Mrs. Langtry. 



A. W. Preston (John L. Smith, gardener) put up a neatly arranged 

 display of spring flowering plants, including Indian azaleas, 

 Acacia hctcrophylla, Primula obconica, Erica mclanthera, marguer- 

 ites, Narcissii, Cinerarias, palms, tulips, and Schizanthus. 



W. P. Harvey, gardener to J. R. Leeson, Newton Center, showed 

 an extra fine specimen of Cymbidium Tracyanum and was given a 

 Cultural Silver Medal. The plant had 15 spikes with 167 open 

 flowers. The flowers are brown striped, with a marbled-yellow 

 lip. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. had some new plants from China, includ- 

 ing Clematis montana rubens, with light pink flowers and handsome 

 bronzy foliage. Also, a dwarf flowering cherry {Prunus Cerasus 

 Wilson i) with white flowers. It promises to be a distinct and showy 

 plant for the front of the shrubbery border. 



