REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 65 



April 17th, John Robinson exhibited the following named collec- 

 tion, several of which had been forced in the house : 



xllnus serrulata. Trillium grandijlorum (in bud), 



Cassandra cah/culata. Ulmus Americana. 



Ceratophyllum demersum. Utricularia, sp. 



Comptonia asplenifolia. Aspidium spinulosum. 



Draha verna. " acrostichoides. 



Kahnia latifolia. " marginale. 



Laurus Benzoin. Polypodium vulgare. 



Salix (two species). 



August 28th, Mr. Robinson brought Pinus resinosa (Red Pine), 

 and September 4th, Albies nigra (Black Spruce), both from natural 

 groves in Essex County and scarce in this region. 



Double Zinnias, — the best that have been shown for several 

 seasons, were on exhibition September 11th. The flowers were all 

 large, and in a very fine variety of color. George Craft, C. M. 

 Atkinson. J. B. Moore, Hovey & Co., and George N. Noyes, were 

 the exhibitors. 



Cut Flowers. — For the best collections of fifty named varie- 

 ties of Greenhouse Flowers, James Comley, Hovey & Co., C. M. 

 Atkinson, and James McTear have been the competitors, and for 

 the fifty named varieties of annuals and perennials, C. M. Atkin- 

 son, James O'Brien, and James McTear. The competition for 

 these premiums has not met the expectation of the Committee. 

 The reason assigned by some is that the prize is not liberal enough 

 for the amount of labor required to put up and name correctly 

 fifty varieties of flowers. We hope that in the future there may be 

 a good competition, for certainly collections of fifty named varie- 

 ties of flowers, exhibited at our weekly shows, cannot fail of being 

 very instructive as well as interesting to those who wish to become 

 familiar with the names of plants and flowers. 



Cut Flov^^ers (150 bottles). At nearly all of the weekly 

 exhibitions the general displays of cut flowers, although as a whole 

 not equal to some seasons, have nevertheless been an attractive 

 feature. James Comley, W. K. Wood, and James O'Brien, have 

 been the most constant contributors to this department, James 

 McTear, J. S. Richards, and A. McLaren having sent occasional 

 contributions. It is due to Mr. Comley to make especial mention 

 of the handsome stands filled by him ; they have always been 

 arranged with the choicest flowers and in the neatest manner — 



