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well to review them in order, for this will afford an account more 

 in accordance with the actual experiences of your Committee than 

 if we condense our report into a general review of the whole year. 



SPRING EXHIBITION. 

 March 23, 24, and 25. 



This great exhibition was of unusual excellence. Special pains 

 had been taken in the arrangement of the Halls, to make the show 

 both natural and attractive. The Lower Hall was made to repre- 

 sent a garden in the spring time of the year, which was charmingly 

 arranged b}' W. A. Manda with plants from the Botanic Garden 

 of Harvard College. This was a new feature in our exhibitions, 

 and was a grand innovation ; it showed an immense variet}' of 

 hardy perennial and spring flowering plants as growing quite 

 naturally among the rocks, moss, and ferns of a wild garden. 

 The effect produced was very pleasing and elicited favorable 

 comments from the numerous visitors in attendance. 



The Upper Hall was completely filled with plants and flowers 

 gathered from the four quarters of the globe ; but when we attempt 

 to point out the best of the exhibits, we are confronted with the 

 fact that all were good. Perhaps the most striking floral eflect 

 produced was the grand exhibition of flowering bulbs brought out 

 by the liberal premiums of gold, gilt, and silver medals offered by 

 the Royal Union of Holland for the promotion of the culture of Hol- 

 land bulbs, and also b}' the liberal prizes offered by our own Society. 

 The arrangement was good and the display was most effective. 

 The Dutch Gold Medal was awarded to Nathaniel T. Kidder 

 for fifty Hyacinths, and the Silver Gilt and Silver Medals 

 were awarded to Charles H. Hovey for two collections, each 

 of fifty Hyacinths. Charles H. Hove3' was awarded the Silver 

 Gilt Medal for twenty pots of Polyanthus Narcissus, and 

 Charles M. Hovey was awarded the Silver Medal for twenty' 

 pots of Polyanthus Narcissus. The tiiird prize was not awarded. 



Tulips were not quite up to the standard of last year, therefore 

 the first prize was not awarded. Charles H. Hovey took the 

 Silver Medal for twenty-five pots, and Charles M. Hovey the 

 Bronze Medal for twenty-five pots. 



The show of Orchids, in quantity, quality, and extensive variety, 



