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The first exhibit of the year was made January 13: a Japanese 

 form of Azalea Indica, {A. Indica, var. amocna). It was exhibited 

 under the name of Azalea Hinodigero by J. Woodward INIanning 

 and awarded Honorable Mention. This plant is quite interesting 

 as it is one of the so-called hardy varieties of Azalea Indica. The 

 variety is much like the old one under the same name but differs 

 in not having a hose-in-hose corolla, and in color, which is a much 

 lighter shade. If it should prove hardy in this section it will be- 

 come a most valuable shrub, but as the old amoena will live over 

 winter only under the most favorable conditions we are inclined 

 to think the same may be said of this variety. 



The next exhibition was held on January 24 and 25. It was 

 kept open two days on account of the meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society and proved to be one of the most beautiful 

 exhibitions ever held here, as well as the finest show ever held by 

 the American Carnation Society. 



The regular prizes oflfered by the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society were quite well competed for notwithstanding the greater 

 attractions offered by the Carnation Society. 



The miscellaneous exhibits, not in competition, were quite 

 numerous and several special awards were made. 



Oakes Ames was awarded a Silver IMedal for a collection of 

 orchids which though not remarkable for their gorgeous beauty 

 were, however, very interesting from a botanical point of view and 

 served to illustrate the great diversity of form found in this great 

 family. 



Alexander Ogg was awarded a First Class Certificate for seedling 

 Amaryllis plants which, though not out of the ordinary as varieties, 

 showed great precocity in the matter of reaching a blooming size, 

 they having bloomed in about eighteen months from the seed; 

 a quite remarkable thing in this class of plants. 



The Lowthorpe School of Horticulture exhibited several plants 

 of Mahernia odorata which showed much skill in cultivation and a 

 Cultural Certificate was awarded for them. 



J. E. Rothwell showed an interesting seedling orchid, Lselio- 

 cattleya Gen. French, a cross between Cattleya triance and Lcelia 

 cinnaharina. The cross was made in February 1900, the seed 

 sown in June 1901, and flowered in January 1906. It was a 

 beautiful orchid and was awarded a Silver Medal. 



