OF THE 



COMMITTEE ON GARDENS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1875. 

 By WILLIAM GRAY, Jr., Chairmax. 



The Committee on Gardens submit the following report of the 

 places visited, and prizes awarded, during the year 1875 : — 



Edward S. Rand, Jr's. 



Mr. Rand's Greenhouses at Dedham have been visited twice ; 

 on the 23d of April, and on the 19th of November. The Orchids 

 were the principal attraction on both occasions. At our spring 

 visit Cattleya Skinneri and G. Triance, Lycaste SJcinneri, Phaloen- 

 opsis amabilis, Saccolabmm retusum, Vanda tricolor and V. coeru- 

 lescens, with several Cypripedinmis and Dendrohiums, were in flower ; 

 many other kinds in bud gave promise of fine bloom later in the 

 season. The condition of the houses and plants was not satis- 

 factory. 



At the second visit, although the floral display was not so fine, 

 Zygopetalum crinitum with seventy flowers, Vanda coerulea and 

 V. tricolor, Cypripedium Harrisimmm and C. hijiormn, being the 

 finest specimens in bloom, the improvement in the plants was so 

 marked that it gives us great pleasure to record it here. 



We award to Mr. Rand, for Orchids, which he has made a 

 specialty, and of which he has the finest collection in this neigh- 

 borhood, a gratuity of twenty-five dollars. 



City Hospital. 



On the 14th of August we visited the grounds of the Hospital, 

 on Harrison Avenue, where the walks and grass were neatly kept. 



