206 . MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



August 15 we had from the Botanic Garden of Harvard Uni- 

 versity (Robert Cameron, gardener) a new greenhouse plant, 

 Angelonia angustifoliu, from seed gathered in New Mexico; 

 the flowers are a light violet blue, and are borne in the axils of the 

 leaves, the plants being small. Your Committee thought that 

 another season and further development would enable them to 

 judge better of its value. For the present they give it Honorable 

 Mention. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



September 2 and 3. 



At this exhibition J. W. Manning made an exhibit of Hardy 

 Coniferous Trees, among them being some new and I'are varieties, 

 which made quite an attractive display at the entrance to the halls ; 

 George A. Nickerson and Jason S. Bailey exhibited tine collec- 

 tions of greenhouse plants, which showed what good care and a 

 thorough knowledge can do ; their displays were, in the opinion of 

 your Committee, among the best ever made. 



September 19 J. W. Manning exhibited some plants of the 

 new Caryopteris Mastacanthus (Blue Spiraea) ; it is perfectly 

 hardy ; flowers blue, borne in clusters at the axils of the leaves, 

 making a hardy shrub which must be a great acquisition ; it was 

 awarded the Society's Silver Medal. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITION. 



November 10, 11, 12, and 13. 



November 10 ushered in the Chrysanthemum Exhibition, 

 which was without doubt the finest ever staged in America ; the 

 average high quality of the exhibit was remarkable. The three 

 principal exhibitors for the twelves were : Nathaniel T. Kidder 

 (William J. Martin, gardener), Walter Hunnewell (T. D. Hatfield, 

 gardener), and Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney (John Barr, gardener). 

 They took prizes in tlie order named. Mr. Kidder's excelled in 

 general effect; bis plants were very even, and the foliage was 

 excellent. Mr. Hunnewell's were not so regular ; but two of them, 

 W. H. Lincoln and Garza, were certainly the two finest specimens 

 that ever entered the hall. Mrs. Cheney's plants were perfect 



