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abscDce of Cinerarias was also noticeable. Yet, with all these draw- 

 backs, the show was pronounced to be the finest yet given b}' the 

 Society at this time of the year. First and best were the Cycla- 

 mens, of which there were nearly two hundred pots shown. Mrs. 

 Benjamin P. Cheney (John Barr, gardener) had about seventy- 

 five plants, on several of which were blooms measuring five inches 

 from tip to tip ; this lot was awarded the first prize. A close 

 competitor was Nathaniel T. Kidder (William J. Martin, gar- 

 dener), who was awarded the second prize. Undoubtedly a great 

 attraction was Jackson Dawson's Crimson Rambler Rose ; to 

 describe the beauty of this plant, with its thousands of brilliant 

 flowers, would be almost impossible ; some of the trusses carried 

 as many as forty flowers and buds. Your Committee deemed this a 

 great acquisition, and awarded Mr. Dawson the Society Silver 

 Medal. 



MAY EXHIBITION. 



May 2. 



This brought a fine display' of Calceolarias, Mrs. Benjamin P. 

 Cheney staging twenty-six plants, all well flowered. Elisha S. 

 Converse's plants showed quite a novel range of color ; the indi- 

 vidual blooms were of enormous size, and the foliage was very 

 fine. Nathaniel T. Kidder had on exhibition a plant of Bougain- 

 villcea Sanderiana fully six feet through, for which a Silver Medal 

 was awarded. A fine specimen of Boronia elatior, fully six feet 

 high, from the conservatories of Dr. C. G. Weld (Kenneth Fin- 

 layson, gardener), attracted a great deal of attention. 



ROSE AND STRAWBERRY EXHIBITION. 



June 23 and 24. 



This brought a magnificent display of Orchids from the conser- 

 vatories of E. V. R. Thayer (E. O. Orpet, gardener). Seldom do 

 we see such well grown and well flowered Cattleyas and Odonto- 

 glossums. John L. Gardner (W. Thatcher, gardener) was repre- 

 sented by a fine group, and also W. P. Winsor (P. Murray, 

 gardener), a new contributor. Nathauiel T. Kiilder also exhibited 

 a plant of Schondmrgkia tibicinis, the gay-colored flowers of which 

 attracted much attention. 



