REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 175 



climbing rose Tausendschon which during the ten days of the show 

 demonstrated good lasting qualities. 



A Silver Medal was awarded Arthur Griffin of Newport, R. I., 

 for a striking plant of the new Gloriosa Rothschildiana which may 

 be aptly described as a climbing lily. A Cultural Certificate was 

 given Thomas Roland for neatly trained specimens of Cytisus 

 racemosus, and to William McGillivray, gardener to Jason S. 

 Bailey of West Roxbury, for a very fine specimen of Dracaena 

 Godsefpana. Honorable Mention was made of a new dwarf blue 

 Cineraria shown by Robert Ballantine of Canandaigua, N. Y., and 

 of some seedling carnations shown by the New Hampshire College 

 of Agriculture. 



First Class Certificates were awarded to Larz Anderson (Duncan 

 Finlayson, gardener) for Laelia elegans, var. Capt. Larz Anderson, 

 a very dark-flowered variety with large flowers; to E. O. Orpet of 

 Lancaster for Brasso-Cattleya Susannae the parentage of which is 

 as follows: CattleyaXThayerianaX-Brassa-yo/a Dighyana, \ Catt- 

 leya Schroderae, | Cattleya intermedia, ^ Brassavola Dighyana, 

 flower fertilized October 8, 1900 and seed sown December 7, 1901; 

 to Julius Roehrs Co. for Odontoglossum crispum, var. E. B. Dane, 

 a finely marked flower; and to the same exhibitor for Cattleya 

 Schroderae Surprise, a very fine form. To Mr. Orpet was also 

 awarded a Vote of Thanks for a display of cut orchids. 



To the Harvard Botanic Garden was awarded a Silver Medal 

 for artistic display of stove and spring-flowering plants among 

 which were tree ferns, pitcher plants, stag-horn ferns, and other 

 unusual species besides a brilliant display of spring-flowering 

 bulbous plants, cyclamens, primulas, etc. The display was well 

 kept up throughout the show and reflected great credit on the 

 Superintendent of the garden, Robert Cameron. 



Gratuities were given for special displays as follows: Mrs. 

 Frederick Ayer for a collection of Acacias; Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 for a display of Darwin tulips and Chorizema ilicifolia; Dr. C. G. 

 Weld for Rhododendron IMary Weld; John Barr for display of 

 Cyclamen; Thomas Watt, gardener to Mrs. Durant of Wellesley, 

 for some well-grown Phaius grandiflorus; Julius Roehrs Co. for a 

 display of orchids; and to John Streiferd & Co. of Braintree for 

 trained Cytisus. 



