REPOKT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS. 51 



MammiUaria depressa, Opuntia tenuispina^ 



" elongnta, Pachyphytum bracteosum, 



" gracilis, Sempervivum ciliare, 



" pusilla, " glutinosum, 



Opuntia Jiorrida, '* wbicum, 



" microdasysy " velutinum. 



For the best new pot plant, the Silver Medal was awarded to H. 

 H. Hunnewell, for a very fine plant of Ooleus-oii fol. var., it having 

 never been before exhibited. 



In the department of Cut Flowers, the Gladioli were all that 

 could be expected. Nothing seemed to please the strangers so 

 much ; indeed, they were astonished when informed that they were 

 American Seedlings Gentlemen capable of judging on any flower 

 were delighted to know that such progress had been made in the 

 standard of this popular and useful flower. The contributors were 

 George Craft, J. S. Richards, and Herbert Gleason. 



Never at any time has the Dahlia been so popular as to-day ; it 

 is one of the best old flowers, and well it may be when we can see 

 such superb collections as those of George Everett, Macej' Randall, 

 and C. V. Woerd. Those of Mr. Everett were especially fine, he 

 having of late paid much attention to this particular flower, and his 

 collection is unequalled. 



The bouquets were up to their usual standard. The contributors 

 were Hovey &Co., James Nugent, James McTear, and Mrs. Joyce. 

 When we say that Mrs. Joyce, Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Gill contrib- 

 uted the baskets of flowers, it is a guaranty of their excellence. 



The silver medal for the best Basket was awarded to Mrs. Joyce. 

 The table designs exhibited by Mrs. Wood and Miss Story were 

 exceedingly well arranged, in good taste, with choice flowers and 

 ferns. Very handsomely arranged rustic stands of choice plants 

 were contributed by S. R. Payson, Hovey & Co., and C. H. B. 

 Breck. The special Hunnewell prize for evergreens was awarded 

 to J. W. Manning, for specimens of hemlock, blue and white 

 Spruces, white pine, golden-tipped arbor-vitae, Thuya Woodwardi, 

 T. globosa, Thuiopsis borealis, juniper, etc. 



Of the miscellaneous collections, none attracted more attention 

 than the very fine collection of native and exotic ferns from J. 

 Warren Merrill, containing in all one hundred and thirty-seven 

 varieties. It is undoubtedly the largest coUeclion that has ever 



