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value of $ 



his flower show twelve " Shaw Medals," of a 

 J5.00 each,* and cash prizes to the amount of 

 $160.00. The latter were awarded by the judges and paid 

 for worthy exhibits of flowering orchids ; and three of the 

 offered medals were awarded by the judges, and issued as 

 follows : — to Vaushan's Seed Store, for the Baby Eambler 

 Kose; to John Scott, for Nephrolepia Scotlii; and to 

 F. E. Pierson, for JSTephrolepis Piersoni elegantissima . 



At this flower show, which was characterized by the 

 floricultural press as one of the largest and best exhibits of 

 the kind ever held in the United States, the Garden for 

 the first time in its history made competitive entry, exhibit- 

 ing a mass of some fifty varieties of chrysanthemums and 

 two large specimen plants of Bhajns Jlabelliformis — for 

 the former of which the first prize was awarded, while the 

 latter, entered in a class for which no special premiums 

 were offered, was accorded a "highly commended " award 



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by the judges. 



THE EXPOSITION. 



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Hill School 



don, — at which Henry Sh 



J. D. Butler, — sent 



over a number of photographs illustrating the school and 

 its surroundings and faculty, with the request that these 

 be combined with the exhibit of the Garden founded by 



Mr. Shaw. 



By direction of the Garden Trustees this was done, the 

 Garden exhibit itself consisting in a portrait of its founder, 

 a series of photographs illustrating planting and methods 

 of gardening instruction, water-color sketches by Mrs. 

 Vieh of several striking plants in the living collections, 



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