REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 137 



Honorable ^Mention was awarded to Jackson Dawson for a 

 seedling rose, Daybreak; it is of the Rambler type, a beautiful 

 blush pink in color, and of large size. 



On July 22 jNIrs. A. W. Blake showed a specimen plant of the 

 new Nicotiana Sanderoc. Cut flowers of this were shown last 

 year by the introducers and a First Class Certificate was awarded 

 them, but it has not proved altogether satisfactory. The plant 

 shown was well grown and was probably presented in as favorable 

 condition as^it will ever be shown. 



Various opinions have been expressed on the value of this as 

 a bedding plant, mostly adverse, but with some it has proved quite 

 satisfactory planted in partial shade or where it was protected from 

 the sun during the middle of the day. In such locations it makes a 

 fine display, particularly after the weather begins to get somewhat 

 cool in the fall. 



August 5 ]Mr. Julius Heurlin from the Blue Hill Nursery 

 showed two fine hybrid Tritonias or ]Montbretias as they are com- 

 monly called. The varieties were Geo. Davidson, bright yellow, 

 shaded orange, with fine, large well-opened flowers, and Germanica,^ 

 deep red with yellowish throat, also with large, well-open flowers. 

 A First Class Certificate was awarded each. 



The displays of herbaceous plants were very fine, and remark- 

 ably good dahlias were shown for so early in the season. 



On August 19 there were good displays of phlox, dahlias, and 

 gladioli. John Lewis Childs showed the new gladiolus, iVmerica, 

 for which he received a First Class Certificate. It is a pleasing 

 light lavender-pink in color, with violet-crimson blotch, and with 

 a large close spike of bloom. 



The exhibition on August 26 was an interesting one and included 

 very fine displays of China asters, herbaceous plants, dahlias and 

 phlox. A particularly interesting display of different species of 

 Viburnum in fruit was made by Mr. Duncan of the Boston Park 

 Department. It filled twenty-six large vases and included the 

 following species: V. opulus, V. venosum, V. dentatum, V. Ian- 

 tana, V. lentago, V. cassinoides, V. Sargentii, V. dilatatam, and 

 V . puhescens. 



The Annual Exhibition, September 14, was a very successful 

 one and there was more or less competition in nearly every class. 



