REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND 

 FLOWERS FOR THE YEAR 1909. 



BY T. D. HATFIELD, CHAIRMAN. 



January 2, George McWilliam of ^Vhitinsville exhibited a seed- 

 ling Calanthe (C Regnieri X C. Sandhurstiana) which he has 

 named McWilliamii. It had very much the character of the seed 

 parent. January 2, however, would be very early for C. Regnieri 

 so that this seedling will in all probability be valuable on account of 

 its earliness if it maintains this characteristic under ordinary 

 cultivation. A First Class Certificate was awarded. 



January 16, Mrs. Frederick Ayer (George Page, gardener) 

 showed fine plants of Primula kewensis; William Whitman (Martin 

 Sullivan, gardener) showed Primula sinensis and P. stellata; and 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner (William Thatcher, gardener) showed Primula 

 ohconica. A Silver Medal was awarded M. A. Patten of Tewks- 

 bury for fifty blooms of an undisseminated carnation named Sara 

 Nicholson. The color was bright maroon. The prize for the best 

 four named varieties of carnations went to C. S. Strout of Biddeford, 

 Maine, with Enchantress, pink; White Perfection; Afterglow, deep 

 pink; and Victory, scarlet. Honorable Mention was made of a 

 new seedling violet named Comet, exhibited by H. F. Woods of 

 Jamaica Plain, and said to be a cross between Princess of Wales 

 and California. 



John Ash of Pomfret, Connecticut, showed some very fine 

 Princess of Wales violets; S. J. Goddard of Framingham some 

 freesia. Purity, of excellent quality; and Mr. Patten carnations 

 Genevieve, white, Hattie Starrett, yellow, and Melody, light pink. 

 Honorable Mention was made of a pink seedling carnation, Num- 

 ber 505, belonging to C. W. Ward of Cottage Gardens, New York, 

 and shown by Mr. Patten; and a First class Certificate was awarded 

 to Mrs. Sarah C. Sears (Wm. C. Ritchie, gardener) for a dark red 

 seedling amaryllis. 



February 6, a Cultural Certificate was given Wm. C. Rust, 

 gardener to Dr. C. G. Weld of Brookline, for an exceptionally A\'ell- 

 grown amaryllis. 



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