102 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS 



June Exhibitions. 



June 10 was the date set for the Rhododendron and Peony Show. 

 Peonies formed the bulk of the flowers shown and were in excellent 

 condition, considering the unfavorable weather. A Vote of Thanks 

 was made to AY alter Hunnewell and a gratuity to Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 for displays of rhododendrons. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. was awarded a Silver Medal for a select 

 lot of peonies. William Whitman and Mrs. J. L. Gardner also 

 had meritorious displays of peonies. E. J. Shaylor of Weston, 

 was awarded a Gold Medal for "present and previous exhibits 

 of peonies, and for high culture, and correct nomenclature." This 

 was a well-merited honor. 



The Harvard Botanic garden, Robert Cameron, superintendent, 

 had an interesting tank of water lilies. Among them were, Nym- 

 phaea aurora, X. Gladstoniensis , X. Marliacea var. albida, X. 

 Marliacea rosea, X. Marliacea chromatella, X. Marliacea carnea, 

 and X. Robinsonii. 



Wilton Lockwood of South Orleans showed the new and rare 

 peony, L'Esperance; F. J. Rea, a new herbaceous aster, Beaute 

 Parfaite, which is as near sky blue, as could be imagined; and the 

 Messrs. Farquhar a collection of tree peonies. 



A Cultural Certificate went to J. T. Butterworth of Framingham 

 for a splendid specimen of Cattleya Mendelii var. Morganiana, 

 and a Bronze Medal for a very fine specimen of Miltonia rexillaria. 



The Langwater Gardens, Wm. N. Craig, Superintendent, showed 

 three seedling orchids: Cattleya Loddigesii X Laelia purpurata. 

 All showed the cross distinctly. Two had white sepals and petals 

 with magenta lip and yellow throat; the other, suffused pink sepals 

 and petals, and yellow throat. 



A Silver Medal was awarded Walter Hunnewell for seedling 

 Laelio-Cattlcya Wellesleyana {Laelia elegans X Cattleya Mossiae 

 Wineckiana; whole flower pure white excepting a faint line of 

 violet purple on the throat. 



The Rose Show was held on June 24. It was much below the 

 average. But for Miss Fay and M. H. Walsh of Woods Hole, 

 it would hardly have been worth the name. Peonies again were 



