REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OX GARDENS FOR THE 



YEAR 1911. 



Charles W. Parker, Chairman. 



The Committee on Gardens has to report that the interest in 

 this department of the Society's work during the year has been 

 fully sustained. Thirteen visits of inspection have been made to 

 notable estates and gardens in eastern Massachusetts and are 

 reported upon in detail herewith, together with a list of the awards 

 made. 



The committee is more and more impressed with the importance 

 of this department in furthering the objects of the Society. In 

 calling attention to gardens and estates which receive its approval 

 as models of their kind and examples of tasteful arrangement and 

 high-class cultivation it certainly renders a service to that ever 

 increasing class of people who are becoming interested in the 

 suburban and rural life. 



In addition to the awards of the H. H. Hunnewell Triennial 

 Premium the committee has awarded eleven Silver Medals, five 

 Bronze Medals, one Honorable Mention, and two First Class 

 Cultural Certificates. The recent change in substituting medals 

 in place of money for prizes has proved a successful innovation 

 and will be continued for the immediate future. 



George E. Barnard's Estate at Ipswich. 



The first visit of the season was made on June 1 to the estate of 

 George E. Barnard at Ipswich, Massachusetts, to inspect his 

 gardens of spring-flowering plants. Although the season had been 

 very unfavorable thus far, on account of the unusual lack of rain 

 during the past two months, the numerous gardens on the estate 

 proved well worth a visit. 



