FLOWER committee's REPORT. 5 



From Hovey & Co.: Platycodon grandiflorum, Lilium Brownii. 



Miss C. Whiting of Roxbury: A fine display of Sweet Peas. 

 Satordat, July 25. 



From F. Parkman : A collection of seedling Carnations, Picotees and Pinks. 



From J. F. C. Hyde : Seedling Pinks. 



From Strong & Spooner : Hollyhocks in spikes, fine. 

 Saturday, August I. 



From James McTear: Seedlings from Delphinium Chinense, in variety. 



From F. Parkman : Several seedling Phlox, amongst which was one from 

 Madame Suer, an improvement on the parent plant, the eye being of deeper 

 and brighter color ; also, a seedling of Delphinium Chinense, semi-double, a 

 seedling Potentilla, a number of seedling Pinks ; flowers of Stuartia penta- 

 gyna, which he has found perfectly hardy. 



Mrs. E. H. Winsor: Fine pressed flowers. 



From Joseph Breck : Phloxes, in variety, very fine. 

 Saturday, August 8. 



From Dennis Murray : 20 native plants. 



From Washburn & Curtis: 10 varieties of Phloxes. 



From James McTear : Delphinium seedlings, 10 varieties of Phlox, and cut 

 flowers in variety. 



From F. Parkman; Aquilegia Skinnerii, Dianthus hybrida multiflora, varie- 

 ties of Delphinium Chinense, 10 varieties of Phlox, also a collection of seed- 

 lings, one of which was white, with magenta centre, well branched. 



From James Nugent : A specimen of Stanhopea insignia. 



From Miss C. Whiting : A fine display of Tropseolums. 



From Strong & Spooner : Gladiolus, in great variety, fine. 

 Saturday, August 15. 



From Washburn & Curtis : 30 varieties of named Gladiolus ; also, a fine 

 pot of Lilium Japonicum. 



From Joseph Breck : 30 varieties of named Gladiolus, very fine. 



From Dennis Zirngiebel, Cambridge Botanic Garden : Nymphaea coerulea, 

 from Egypt; Lymnocharis Humboldtii, White Lilies (water), Water Chestnut, 

 grown in a pond, Cattleya crispiflora, Hibiscus palustris, Double Zinnias, 

 Angelonia Salicariaefolia, Magnolia purpurea, Lobelia hybrida. 



From John Parker : Dahlias and seedling Phloxes. 



From Hovey & Co. : Canna nepalensis. 



Saturday, August 22. 



From James McTear : 2 fine Parlor Bouquets ; Tropaeolums in variety. 



From F. Parkman : A double white variety of Delphinium elatum, raised 

 from seed, the parent plant a double blue variety, also raised from seed. 

 That is believed to be the first known example of a white Delphinium elatum. 

 Also, Argemone grandiflora, Statice latifolia, Lilium lancifolium, and punc- 

 tatum. 



From John Hogan : Gladiolus seedlings, fine. 



