REPORT 



COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1895. 



By ARTHUR H. FEWKES, Chairman. 



The Committee on Flowers have but little to report for the past 

 year that is of exceptional interest, as the displays have differed 

 but little from those of previous years, although as a whole our 

 exhibitions have averaged better than ever before, particularly in 

 the number of exhibits and in the fewer inferior flowers shown. 



The exhibitions during the early months of the year, though 

 not numerous, were excellent and helped very much to enliven the 

 hall at our weekly meetings. Francis Brown Hayes was the 

 principal exhibitor. 



The displays of Wild Flowers have been as popular as in 

 previous seasons, and have assumed an importance second to that 

 of no other department in their educational value, and, almost 

 unconsciously it seems, the Society has established a School of 

 Botany, which is quite unique in its way. Nowhere else can the 

 student of that science find such an opportunity for the study of 

 our Native Flora. It has gone beyond a simple matter of local 

 interest, for the reputation of these displays has spread far and 

 wide and there are many who visit our weekly shows purposely to 

 study these exhibits. 



When we consider the growing importance of this branch, we 

 can but feel the necessity for competent botanists to act as 



