EEPOETS. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS, 



For the Year 1863. 

 BY £3. AUGUSTUS STOKY, CHAIHMAN. 



At the commencement of the season just passed, the weather was very 

 dry, so that the Annuals and Bedding-out Plants suffered materially, especially 

 the Verbenas, Fuchsias, &c. There was not that great profusion of flowers 

 at our weekly shows as in years past, though much credit is due to the regu- 

 lar contributors for their skill in the arrangement of flowers, as well as in 

 their growth. The opening Exhibition was very good, the Greenhouse Plants 

 were well grown and attracted much attention, though many of the Premiums 

 offered had no competitors. After the Annual Exhibition we had delightful 

 weather, so that the Dahlias and Annuals flowered very abundantly. There 

 was no frost to injure Fuchsias, Heliotropes, and tender Annuals, until the 26th 

 of October ; then we had a very severe frost which destroyed the beauty of 

 the flower garden. 



The Gladiolus flowered very finely, and many new seedlings were shown 

 for the first time by Messrs. Strong & Spooner, Edward S. Rand, Jr., and 

 James McTear. 



Saturday, January 10. 



From S. A. Britton: Chorizema cordatura, a fine plant well trained, in full 

 flower. 



Saturday, January 24. 



From S. A. Britton : Chorizema varium, in fine flower, and well trained. 



From James McTear : Hakea acicularis, in full flower, well grown. 

 Saturday, January 31. 



From Hovey & Co. : Triteleia Uniflora ; a bulb — flowers white, pink 

 striped, fine. 



Saturday, March 7. 



From Curtis & Cobb : Hyacinthus Glorium florum superbum, flowers 

 double white, centre pink, a weakly bulb, which gives promise. 



From N. P. Russell, by Curtis & Cobb : Three China flower pots filled 

 with Hyacinths, well grown, in full flower. 



From Hovey & Co. : five Camellia seedlings, all very fine. 

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