REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND 

 FLOWERS FOR THE YEAR 1916. 



By William Anderson, Chairman. 



The Spring Exhibition, which opened on March 17th and con- 

 tinued for three days, was equal in quantity and quahty of plants 

 and flowers shown to any held in recent years. 



Noteworthy among the exhibits we would first mention the spa- 

 cious garden arranged by R. and J. Farquhar and Co. which occu- 

 pied one end of the main exhibition hall. Excellent taste was 

 shown in placing the masses of Rhododendron Mrs. Wagner, 

 R. Kaempferi, and while Lilacs. There were also many excellent 

 plants of Wistaria, Laburnum, and the new Chinese Lilium regale. 

 The bulb flower exhibit from Weld Garden, Duncan Finlayson, 

 superintendent, was notable for its quantity, great variety, and 

 tasteful arrangement. Equally noteworthy were the fine Narcissi 

 and Tulips shown by A. W. Preston, J. L. Smith, gardener, in 

 different classes. 



W. W. Edgar Co. exhibited a fine specimen of Acacia hetero- 

 phylla; this firm was first with a group of foliage and flowering 

 plants. Fine Cyclamen, Cineraries, Lilies, and Primulas were 

 shown. Eric H. Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester Leland, 

 was awarded the special prize offered for the best ten Cyclamen. 

 E. B. Dane was first in cut orchids; the same exhibitor was awarded 

 a First Class Certificate for a plant of Sophro-Cattleya Thwaitcsii; 

 also a fine plant of Odontioda Bradshawiae bearing a spike of sixty- 

 five blooms was awarded a Silver Medal. 



Walter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfield, gardener, exhibited a nice 

 lot of Dendrobium nohile and its varieties for which he was awarded 

 a Cultural Certificate. Thomas Watt exhibited fine blooms of 

 Moutan Peonies. Honorable Mention was awarded to S. J. 

 Goddard for Carnation Doris, to W. R. Nicholson for seedling 

 Carnation, and to F. Dorner and Son for a vase of seedling Carna- 



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