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John L. Garduer exhibited Primula stellata for the first time. 

 Your Committee think this will prove a valuable acquisition, owing 

 to its long keeping qualities ; it lasts two or three weeks after 

 being cut. It was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



January 16. Eight varieties of Cypripedium were shown b}^ 

 Oakes Ames. Among them was C. Susan Ames, which was 

 awarded Honorable Mention. Mr, Ames exhibited also a fine plant 

 of SciUicaria' Steelii, the shoestring Orchid. C. E. Richardson 

 brought a plant of Senecio Petasitis. 



January 23. J. S. Bailey showed plants of the semi-double 

 Cyclamen. Your Committee do not think this will prove to be a 

 very valuable acquisition, the petals being not well developed, but 

 curly, and conveying the appearance of a badly shaped flower. 



Januar}' 30. We had from William Wallace Lunt a seedling 

 Cypripedium bearing his name, a beautiful specimen. J. H. Hem- 

 ingway, gardener to F. E. Simpson, brought some fine Violets, 



February 6. From George McWilliam came two seedling 

 Cymbidiums, having eburnetim and Lowianum as parents, for 

 which a First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded. He also ex- 

 hibited four seedling Cypripediums. Mr. McWilliam has been a 

 close student, and has met with marked success in hybridizing, as 

 the above mentioned seedlings testify. Mrs. J. C. Whiton sent 

 two baskets of Dendrohium nobile. J, E. Rothwell showed five 

 varieties of C3'prlpediums, and John L. Garduer two plants of 

 Sophronitis. 



SPRING EXHIBITION. 



March 23, 24, 25, and 2G. 



The Spring Exhibition tested the capacity of our halls, and 

 certainly there has never been a finer display of bulbous plants. 

 Among the larger contributors were the Bussey Institution, Dr. C. 

 G. Weld, John L. Gardner, J, W, Howard, and Warren Ewell & 

 Son. The prizes have been somewhat altered, as will be seen by 

 referring to the Schedule for 1898. 



May 15. R. & J. Farquhar exhibited a new bedding Begonia, 

 B. erecta comx)acta multiHora, which in the opinion of your Com- 

 mittee will prove worthy of cultivation J. E. Rothwell showed a 

 fine plant of Cypripedium bellatidum, with ten flowers. 



