The Schedule of Prizes for 1894 was, agreeably to the vote passed at the last meeting, laid before the Society in print. After some discussion and amendment it was adopted and referred back to the Committee on Establishing Prizes, to fix the date of the Spring Exhibition, with full powers. Dr. Walcott, Chairman of the Committee to prepare a memorial of Ex-President Parkman, reported the following: Francis Parkman died at Jamaica Plain, November 8, 1893. Literary societies have already fitly commemorated the loss of our greatest historian; our oldest university has publicly rehearsed to a younger generation the lessons of the life of the scholar who, conquering a frail and suffering body, carried to completion the great work which in youth he had selected for the labor of a lifetime. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society here records its loving remembrance of one of its most active and interested associates. He was for three years the energetic and wise President of this Society. He practised the art of gardening with a success rarely equalled by those even who have devoted their lives to that occupation. He was the first Professor of Horticulture in the University at Cambridge. He introduced to cultivation in this country many new and attractive plants. He produced new varieties in the lily and the poppy, which will long adorn the gardens of the world, and he wrote one of our most useful books on the rose and its culture. No man gave to the art, to the encouragement of which this Society is dedicated, a more loving or devoted service. For the Committee, December 16, 1893. H. P. WALCOTT. After remarks by Mr. Strong, of the Committee, the memorial was unanimously adopted, and it was voted that it be entered on the records of the Society, and that a copy be sent to the family of Mr. Parkman. Charles N. Brackett, Chairman of the Committee on Vegetables, read the annual report of that Committee. William E. Endicott, Chairman of the Committee on the Library, read the annual report of that Committee. Robert Manning read his annual report as Secretary and Librarian. These three reports were severally accepted and referred to the Committee on Publication. Francis H. Appleton moved that a committee be appointed, agreeably to the request in the Report of the Library Committee, to obtain an estimate of the cost of extending the gallery in the Library Room, around the Librarian's room. At the suggestion of the President the vote was amended so as to refer the matter to the Executive and Finance Committees, who were already charged with the consideration of the subject of better accommodations for the Exhibitions and Library. As thus amended the vote was unanimously carried in the affirmative. The Annual Report of the Committee on Flowers was submitted by the Secretary, who read a note from Arthur H. Fewkes, Chairman, stating that he was too ill to attend the meeting. It was voted that the reading of the report be postponed until the next meeting. The meeting was then dissolved. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOR THE YEAR 1893. By DAVID ALLAN, CHAIRMAN. During the year 1893, the sum of $1,686 was awarded in Prizes and Gratuities for Plants, leaving an unexpended balance of $314. March 4, Jackson Dawson, of the Arnold Arboretum, was awarded a Silver Medal for a new first-class Rose,- a hybrid between Gen. Jacqueminot and the single Rosa rugosa. At the Spring Exhibition, March 21-24, a Silver Medal was awarded to Francis Brown Hayes for Cycas revoluta. June 13, a Silver Medal was awarded to F. Sanders, of St. Albans, England, for Dracaena Sanderiana. July 29, Hon. Joseph S. Fay received the award of a Gold Medal for Superior Cultivation of Hydrangeas. At the Annual Exhibition of Plants and Flowers, September 6 and 7, Silver Medals were awarded to George McWilliam for display of Caladium argyrites; Nathaniel T. Kidder for Davallia Fijiensis; Joseph H. White for Nephrolepis exaltata; and Pitcher & Manda of Short Hills, N. J., for Araucaria excelsa compacta, a grand evergreen sub-tropical shrub. The Annual Chrysanthemum Show was held on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of November, when several growers staged the finest plants ever shown at any exhibition in the United States. The In the next season we expect even better results, the prizes offered being within the reach of the small as well as the large growers. For the Committee, DAVID ALLAN, T. Kidder INDIAN AZALEAS. - Six distinct named varieties, in pots, Nathaniel Second, Francis Brown Hayes 20 00 ORCHIDS. Ten plants in bloom, the second prize to E. W. Gilmore 15 00 25 00 Society's Prizes. ten-inch pots, Nathaniel T. Kidder INDIAN AZALEAS.-Two distinct named varieties, in not exceeding Second, Francis Brown Hayes . 6 00 inch pot, Dr. C. G. Weld Single plant, of any named variety, in not exceeding an eight 4 00 8 00 6 00 Second, Nathaniel T. Kidder ORCHIDS. Three plants in bloom, Nathaniel T. Kidder 5 00 10 00 Single plant in bloom, E. W. Gilmore !. 8 00 Second, Francis Brown Hayes 5 00 STOVE OR GREENHOUSE PLANT.- Specimen in bloom, other than 4.00 Azalea or Orchid, named, Dr. C. G. Weld, Acacia pubescens 8.00 6 00 |