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Groups of Easter Flowering Plants were tastefully set up and 

 maintained throughout the show by Thomas Roland and Edward 

 MacMulkin. Mr. Roland's group contained excellent specimens 

 of the following named plants: Acacia long if olia, A. Drummondii, 

 A. heterophylla, A. armata, A. pubescens, Chorizema ilicifolia, 

 trained Cytisus, Ericas, Boronias, Azaleas, Roses, Tree Peonies, 

 Climbing Roses, Rhododendrons, Palms, Ferns, and a general lot 

 of spring-flowering plants. 



Mr. MacMulkin's lot had Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Oranges, 

 Acubas in fruit, Anthuriums, Forsythias, Deutzias, Lilacs, Hy- 

 drangeas, Almonds, Crabapples, Kalmias, Hawthorns, Acer 

 negundo, Chorizemas, Araucarias, Lilies, Daisies, Impatiens, 

 Dracaenas, Ferns, and Palms. 



The Amateurs' Prizes for forced bulbs went to Miss Margaret 

 A. Rand of Cambridge, first and third, and Henry L. Rand of 

 Jamaica Plain, second. The exhibits in this class showed more 

 than ordinary skill in cultivation. 



The orchid groups, always a very important feature of the Spring 

 Exhibition, came from notable collections and contained some rare 

 and beautiful varieties. One feature of orchid display is rarely 

 mastered, and that is the proper blending of foliaged plants with 

 the generally ungainly and often objectionable plant growth of 

 many orchids. This was probably never better done than by 

 John Mutch, grower for the Wheeler Company of Waban, at the 

 recent Chrysanthemum Show. 



In pointing orchid displays it should be made possible for "Ar- 

 rangement" and "Display" to be made so important a feature that 

 the contestant could win on it, other things being equal. The 

 first prize went to Ernest B. Dane of Brookline. Seth A. Borden 

 of Fall River was a close second with an especially good lot of 

 Dendrobiums, besides other orchids. A First Class Certificate 

 was awarded E. B. Dane for Cypripedium Mandiae, a very hand- 

 some kind with a delicate combination of white and pea-green 

 coloring. 



The first prize for a specimen orchid was given to INIrs. A. W. 

 Blake (John L. Smith, gardener) for a splendid specimen of 

 Cypripedium Boxallii. 



The following named orchids were shown by ]Mr. Dane: 



