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combined with bright light, or, shall we suggest, a well ventilated position 
with ample moisture and, perhaps, but little shading. The cultivation of 
this plant appears to be even more difficult than that of Vanda ccerulea. 
MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
v HE Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the oldest Society of its kind 
in America, having been incorporated in 1829, has recently issued its 
Annual Report for the year 1921. At the Inaugural Meeting, the incoming 
President, Mr. Albert C. Burrage, gave an address entitled, ‘‘ A Plea for the 
Exotic.” On April 23rd an exhibition of Native New England Orchids was 
arranged by President Burrage, and scheduled for two days only, but so 
great was the attraction that it was kept open fora week longer. This is 
stated to have been probably the most successful exhibition from the view- 
point of attendance the Society has ever held, the visitors numbering 22,000. 
It gave more pleasure to more people ata less cost per capita to the Society 
than any other show of the year. 
_ During the year Gold Medals for group of Orchids were given to 
Messrs. A. C. Burrage, J. T. Butterworth, A. N. Cooley, and the Julius 
Roehrs Co., as well as to Mr. Oliver Lines for superior cultivation of 
hybrid Cattleyas. Appleton Gold Medals were awarded to Messrs. J: T- 
Butterworth, Walter Hunnewell, A. C. Burrage, Clement Moore, G. E. 
Baldwin, and Eos. Dane, for groups, to Mr. Geo. I’Anson for superior 
cultivation of Odontoglossums, and Mr. A. N. Cooley for Brassocattlelia 
The Baroness. Silver Medals were granted to Mr. Walter Hunnewell for a 
group of Dendrobiums, Mr. E. S. Webster for the best twelve Orchids 
staged on April 6th, Mr. A. W. Preston for Brassocattleya Hilda, Mr. A. N. 
Cooley for Slc. Meuse var. Gen. Nivelle, the Julius Roehrs Co. for 4 
collection of Odontiodas, the Muller-Sealey Co. for Cymbidium Pauwelsii, 
Mr. A. C. Burrage for a specimen plant of Cattleya Skinneri, and at the 
meeting held Sept. 22nd to Mr. A. C. Burrage for Odontoglossum grande 
and Vanda Lowii, and to Mr. A. N. Cooley for Cattleya Princess Royal, 
this being adjudged the best Cattleya in the exhibition. 
First-class Certificates of Merit were awarded to Cymbidium Doris, 
Odontioda Massachusetts, Odontoglossum amabile var. Uluminator, 
Odontoglossum Crawshayanum, Leliocattleya Sunrise, Odontioda rose- 
fieldiensis, Lzeliocattleya California,.Lc. labiosa, Miltonia Hyeana var. F. 
Lambeau, Odontoglossum crispum, O. ardentissimum Johnsonii, Phale- 
nopsis Veitchii, Lc. S. O. Stevenson, Odontoglossum Aztec, Qdontioda 
Wilsoni, Cattleya Peetersii Memorial to Cardinal Gibbons, and Sophro- 
cattleya Queen Empress. All the.above were exhibited by President A.C. 
Burrage. Similar awards were granted to Cattleya Mossie Reineckiana, 
