REPORT OF COMMITTEK ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 179 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIIUTION. 

 November 12, 13, 14, and 15. 



This was the crowning show of the jear. Although the individ- 

 ual plants were not generally equal in robustness to those of 

 former years, some of them were superior, and reflected great 

 credit on the gardeners having them in charge. Walter Hunne- 

 well's twenty plants, Mrs. Francis B, Hayes's twelve, and H. L. 

 Higginson's four, were exceptionally fine, but the greatest progress 

 was evinced in the display of cut flowers, as grown by John Simp- 

 kins and Charles J. Powers. Never were thei'e seen in our halls, 

 such wonderful flowers. They were enormous in size, yet were as 

 perfect in form, and as finely finished in ever}' respect as the ordi- 

 nary sized ones. In short they were rich to an extreme, and beau- 

 tiful beyond the comprehension of those who have not kept pace 

 with the development of this grand production of China and Japan. 



The new seedlings shown by John Simpkins, Edwin Fewkes & 

 Son, George Hollis, and Henr}' P. Waicott, gave evidence of great 

 progress in the right direction, for they were generally large flowers 

 of fine form and decided colors, any one of them being far in 

 advance of the seedling to which was awarded the Silver Cup 

 offered by Mrs. President Harrison, at Indianapolis. 



John Simpkins took the first special prize, the Society's Silver 

 Medal, for Sandyside, the best seedling of 1889. Edwin Fewkes 

 & Son received the second special prize, for Waban, and George 

 Hollis took the third special prize, for Aureole. 



Edwin Fewkes & Son carried off the Bradlee Plate, offered for 

 the best fift}' blooms, comprising thirty Japanese, ten Chinese In- 

 curved, and ten Anemone Chrysanthemums. Honorable Mention 

 is made of a pink variety of the Mrs. Alpheus Hardy Chrysanthe- 

 mum, exhibited by Peter Henderson & Co., of New York, and 

 named Louis Boehmer. Honorable Mention is made of a new 

 Rose grown by Peter Ball, called the Duchess of Albany. It re- 

 sembles La France but is pink all over and of a deeper color than 

 La France. Honorable Mention is also made of a new seedling 

 Carnation grown by William Nicholson, called Mrs. F^lliot. This 

 is of a deeper color than Grace Wilder, ami considerably larger. 



A First Class Certificate was awarded to E. W. Gilmore for the 

 Orchid, Soplironitis coccinea grancliflora. Honorable Mention is 

 also made of an orchid shown by Pitcher & Manda, of Short Hills, 



