REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 233 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



August 19, 20, 21, and 22. 



The Annual Exhihition of Plants and Flowers was held this year 

 in August at Music Hall, so as to give the National Convention of 

 the Society of American Florists a chance to see some of the collec- 

 tions of choice plants as grown b}^ our opulent members for their 

 own gratification. One of the newspapers said : " The exhibit this 

 year is the largest and most complete in the history of the Society, 

 and is a well-nigh exhaustive exposition of horticultural art." 

 Another newspaper said : " Music Hall has presented the past week 

 a scene of exceeding beauty, and all adjectives expressive of 

 admiration could find no better work tlian to free themselves 

 amid the tropical charms of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society's beautiful exhibition." 



There were several features out of the ordinary course connected 

 with this show which we must recount. The first, and one to be 

 commended, was the offering of prizes for Decorations of Diuing- 

 Tables and Mantlepieces. The four compartments devoted to these 

 displays were very beautiful and attractive, and gave all observers 

 an idea, or foretaste, of how delightful it must be to dine at such 

 lovely tables while listening to the strains of entrancing music. 



But the most gratifying feature' of our exhibition was the very 

 friendly spirit manifested by the following-named persons and 

 firms in offering special prizes of plate, to the value of 8820, to be 

 competed for at this show, viz. : — 



Abram French & Co., of Boston. 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., of Boston. 

 Marshall B. Faxon, of Boston. 

 The Society of American Florists. 

 American Florist, Chicago. 

 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 

 Parker & Wood, Boston. 

 American Agriculturist, New York. 

 J. C. Vaughan, Chicago. 

 Benjamin Grey, Maiden. 

 Siebrecht & Wadley, New York. 



