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and for a hedge plant in exposed points is unexcelled. It is hand- 

 some in flower, leaf, and fruit and is not troubled by insect pests. 



The generous hospitality and personal interest of Col. Converse 

 on this occasion were greatly appreciated by the committee. 



Andrew Gray Weeks' Estate at Marion. 



On June 26 the committee also took the opportunity for a brief 

 visit to the estate of Andrew Gray Weeks at Marion. The most 

 important improvement made in this estate since the visit of 

 last year is the completion of the sea wall, thereby permitting the 

 extension of the lawn to the very water's edge. This great expanse 

 of lawn with its planting of trees and shrubs is one of the features 

 of this seashore home. 



In the rear of the mansion house is a luxurious growth of native 

 trees and shrubs with many introduced garden species planted 

 along the numerous woodland paths. Conspicuous among them 

 were the ostrich and maidenhair ferns, Japanese irises, and 

 foxgloves. 



R. &. J. Farquhar & Co's Nurseries at Roslindale. 



On July 25 the committee, on invitation of Messrs. R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., visited their grounds at Roslindale to inspect the 

 collection of lilies from western China. Mr. Arthur H. Fewkes, a 

 member of the committee, reports upon the visit as follows : 



The visit was made in company with the members of the Com- 

 mittee on Plants and Flowers of the Society to whom were added 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson, the collector of the lilies, and Mr. Chun, a young 

 Chinese student at Amherst College. It was pleasant to be favored 

 with Mr. Chun's presence on this occasion and to be able to show 

 him these beautiful flowers tranplanted from his own land and thriv- 

 ing in their new environment as though they were natives of the 

 soil. 



On reaching the grounds the lilies were found growing by the 

 thousand and attention was particularly called to the planta- 

 tion of the variety which it is proposed to call Lilium Sargentiae 



