192 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MAY EXHIBITION. 



May 4. 



In the class of Pelargoniums Nathaniel T. Kidder had no 

 competitor. 



In the Calceolarias there was quite a rivalry, the first prize 

 going to Dr. C. G. Weld for six nicely grown plants, remarkable 

 for the brilliant green and closeness of their foliage. Dr. Weld 

 also exhibited fifteen plants of Streptocarpus. 



Nathaniel T. Kidder showed Cymhidium Lowianum. 



May 24, Walter H. Cowing exhibited a new seedling Canna ; it 

 was of a bright clear yellow with lips spotted with carmine, for 

 which he was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



June 6, Mrs. Frederick L. Ames and John L. Gardner made 

 fine displays of Orchids. 



The exhibit of Cattleyas from John L. Gardner, was particvilarly 

 good ; indeed your Committee thought it the best ever made in the 

 hall. 



ROSE AND STRAWBERRY EXHIBITION. 



June 20 and 21. 



There was but one exhibit of Stove and Greenhouse plants, by 

 Dr. C. G. Weld. John L. Gardner sent a fine plant of Rhyncho- 

 spermum, exhibited as a specimen plant. James Comley showed 

 a large plant of Rhododendron. Dr. C. G. Weld and Elisha S. 

 Converse exhibited some good plants of Tuberous Begonias. 



July 20, Oakes Ames, exhibited Cypripediuvi bellatulum and 

 C. Chamherlainianum. 



July 27, Mrs. Frederick L. Ames exhibited Cypripedium Annie 

 Measures, a cross between C Dayanum and C. bellatulum, for 

 which she was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



E. V. R. Thayer exhibited six plants of SaintpaaUa lonantha, 

 which belongs to the Gesneria family. Seed sown in February 

 flowers in July, and it may become a very desirable house plant. 

 Awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



August 1, William Wallace Lunt sent Cattleya Rex. This is 

 one of the most beautiful and highly colored of the Cattleyas. 

 Awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



