160 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Thomas Watt was awarded a Certificate for the cultivation of a 

 magnificent Azalea plant exhibited by Mrs. H. F. Durant for 

 whom Mr. AVatt is gardener. 



James Crosbie, gardener for Mrs. J. W. Tufts, showed a splendid 

 plant of Dendrobinm nobik for which he received a Cultural Certifi- 

 cate, and Martin Sullivan the same award for superior cultivation 

 of spring bulbous plants. Mr. Sullivan is gardener for Mr. William 

 Whitman and the numerous plants shown by him were all of such 

 uniform good quality that the committee felt it their duty to make 

 this recognition of his cultural skill. 



On April 20 William C. Rust, gardener for Dr. C. G. Weld, 

 brought in a magnificent jjlant of the Himalayan Rhododendron 

 Lady IMary Fitzwilliam. The plant was very even in form and 

 fully five feet in diameter. The fine healthy condition of the plant 

 and abundant bloom showed great skill in cultivation of this 

 difficult class of plants and a cultural Silver Medal was therefore 

 awarded Mr. Rust. 



The exhibition on May 4 was a very good one although the cool 

 weather had retarded all spring bulbs. 



Narcissuses were particularly good; there seems to be an in- 

 creasing interest in these beautiful flowers and more attention 

 should be given them. 



Owing to the lateness of the season the display of tulips was 

 small. 



Among the miscellaneous displays a large plant of Cattleya 

 Mossiae was shown by J. T. Butterworth. It was a magnificent 

 plant bearing fifty-nine blooms. As the plant had but forty-four 

 blooms the previous year there could be no doubt of the skill of 

 the cultivator and a cultural Silver IMedal was awarded him. 



Another orchid plant, Cattleya Skinneri, shown by \Mlliam 

 Whitman, Martin Sullivan, gardener, though very much smaller 

 than the preceding, was a fine specimen of this beautiful species 

 and was adjudged worthy of Honorable Mention for siqierior 

 cultivation. 



Honorable Mention was awarded Mrs. Frederick Ayer for 

 Acacia jrulchella, a beautiful species, not new, but seldom seen. 



The same award was given the Harvard Botanic Garden for 

 Primula Poisson i. 



