REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PRIZES AND 

 EXHIBITIONS FOR THE YEAR 1906. 



BY JOHN K. M. L. FARQUHAR, CHAIRMAN. 



Your Committee on Prizes and Exliibitions is pleased to be 

 able to report favorably on the work of the past year. The ex- 

 hibitions, with perhaps one exception, have shown improvement 

 over those of the preceding year. 



Invitations extended to the National Carnation, Rose, and Peony 

 Societies in Boston, in conjunction with our own, were heartily 

 responded to. Several exhibitors of carnations and roses came 

 from Illinois and other western states, and one peony exhibitor 

 brought a collection of blooms from Nebraska. 



The Carnation Exhibition held January 24th and 25th, and the 

 Rose Exhibition on March 23rd, 24th, and 25th have been regarded 

 as occasions marking unprecedented advancement in the develop- 

 ment of these two important fioricultural subjects; an advance- 

 ment due almost entirely to the florists of tliis country in their 

 efforts to obtain better market flowers. 



The most notable exhibit of the year was undoubtedly the new 

 rose, Richmond, which already seems to outclass the famous Ameri- 

 can Beauty. 



At the March Exliibition ]Mr. Thomas Roland of Nahant exhib- 

 ited an exceptionally fine group of florists' decorative foliage and 

 flowering plants. The plants were well grown and tastefully 

 grouped. 



The exhibition of July 7th was remarkable for a splendid dis- 

 play of hardy, herbaceous plants, indicating a growing interest 

 in this desirable class. A magnificent display of Delphinium 

 hybridum from Brookline, Mass., was probably the finest ever 

 brought before the society. At this exhibition, also, INIr. Robert 

 Canieron, Superintendent of the Harvard Botanic Garden, made a 

 grand display of stove and greenhouse plants. 



The Fruit and Veo-etable Exhibition in October brought out a 



