144 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Special Prize Offered By Horticulture. 



Best vase of Carnations, one hundred blooms in not over three varieties, 

 arranged for effect with other foliage but not with other flowers; 

 color scheme and arrangement considered in making award. 

 1st, M. A. Patten, $10. 



Gratuities: — 



John McFarland, Bouquet of Lily of the Valley, $2. 



Francis Skinner Jr., Chinese Primroses, $2. 



Harvard Botanic Garden, Display of Primula obconica, $6. 



Harvard Botanic Garden, Display of Lachenalias, $3 



A. M. Davenport, Cyclamens, $3. 



Mrs. A. W. Blake, Cypripedium Dautheri, $1. 



Jos. H. White, Carnations, $1. 



Spring Exhibition. 

 March 23, 24, 25, 26. 

 Theodore Lyman Fund. 



Indian Azaleas. — Six distinct named varieties: 



1st, E. W. Breed, $15; 2d, Edward MacMulkin, $12. 



Society's Prizes. 



Palms. — Pair in pots or tubs: 



1st, Mrs. John L. Gardner, $15; 2d, Geo. F. Fabyan, $12. 

 Orchids. — Three ^slants: 



1st, Geo. F. Fabyan, $10; 2d, Edmund W. Converse, $6; 3d, Edward J. 

 Mitton, $4. 

 Hard-wooded Greenhouse Plants. — Two or more genera, four in bloom^ 

 Azaleas excluded: 



1st, Ed. A. Clark, $10. 

 Acacia. — Specimen plant : 



1st, Dr. C. G. Weld, $10; 2d, Dr. C. G. Weld, $6; 3d, E. W. Converse, $4. 

 Climbing Rose. — Specimen plant in bloom : 



1st M. H. Walsh, $10; 2d, Francis Skinner, Jr., $6; 3d, M. H. Walsh, $4. 

 Collection of Rambler and other Roses. — Suitable for landscape and 

 decorative purposes, grown in pots or tubs: 



1st, M. H. Walsh, $35; 2d, M. H. Walsh, $25; 3d, M. H. Walsh, $15. 

 Hardy Primroses and Polyanthuses. — Twelve plants of distinct varieties : 



1st, William Whitman, $8; 2d, Mrs. John L. Gardner, $5; 3d, Wm. 

 Whitman, $3. 

 Cyclamens. — Ten plants: 



1st, Geo. F. Fabyan, $20; 2d, Edward J. Mitton, $15. 



