REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 167 



counted for by the fact that varieties listed in the Schedule are not 

 grown nowadays. 



The Peony Show was large and the number of varieties was 

 large. The perennial question of nomenclature was much dis- 

 cussed; undoubtedly duplication is very common. 



E. J. Shaylor of Wellesley Hills made a large display of novelties. 

 Honorable Mention was given him for the new peony Georgiana 

 Shaylor, a very handsome blush-pink seedling. T. C. Thurlow 

 & Co. of West Newbury made a well-balanced exliibit. George 

 Hollis showed a large number of seedlings, among them some very 

 promising ones, notably, x\dmiral Togo, dark crimson, and Aris- 

 tocrat, white, flushed pink. 



A selection of the best peonies shown included Therese, rose 

 pink; Felix Crousse, crimson; Aurora, white and soft pink; Mme. 

 Mechin, dark red; Germaine Bigot, light pink with touches of 

 salmon-red; James Kelway, broad petaled, red; Eugene Verdier, 

 soft pink; Baroness Schroeder, flushed wliite; Avalanche, clear 

 white; Madame Emile Lemoine, blush; Marguerite Gerard, pink; 

 Rosa Bonheur, mauve-pink; Mme. de Treyeran, light pink, 

 streaked darker; Pottsiialba; Souvenir de I'Exjiosition Universelle, 

 light rose; Albatre, white, streaked crimson; Charles Verdier, 

 dark pink; Mme. Lemoine, full pink; and Couronne d'Or, white 

 with crimson markings in center. 



The varieties exhibited in competition for vases of twenty-five 

 blooms, were, — in the order of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd — White or Blush: 

 Festiva maxima, M. Dupont, Baroness Schroeder. Pink or Rose: 

 Pottsii, Modeste, Lady Bramwell. For Red or Crimson: Felix 

 Crousse, Louis Van Houtte, Triomphe du Xord. 



Robert Cameron showed an interesting collection of insectivorous 

 plants. 



Rose and Strawberry Show, June 20. 



The class for Hardy Roses brought out some very fine blooms 

 and the competition was quite close. The committee thinks there 

 should be a special set of rules put in the Schedule for judging flow- 

 ers where the effectiveness of staging may affect a decision. In 

 judging roses this came up for discussion and the committee agreed 



