192 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



DIVISIO]Sr S. — BULBOUS PLAINTS. 



Collection of Dahlias — Third preminm, John Suttle, Grand Eapids, II. 

 This collection was deficient in variety and quality. 



Collection of Tuberoses — Second premium, John Suttle, Grand Rapids, 81. 



Collection of Gladiolus — Second premium, George Taylor, Kalamazoo, $1. 



Collection of any other family of bulbous plants — Second premium, Mrs. 

 Geo. Smith, Walker, Kent county. This collection was too meagre in variety 

 to merit a higher award. The plants exhibited were good. 



Dahlia, variety, the Madge Wildfire — First premium, John Suttle, Grand 

 Rapids, II. 



Gladiolus — First premium, F. M. Benham, Olivet, Eaton county, $1. 



Calladiums, three plants — First premium, John Suttle, Grand Rapids, $1. 



Remarlcs hy the Committee. — The collection of dahlias by Mr. James Vick, 

 of Rochester, N. Y., though not entered for premium, is so very superior both 

 in variety and quality that the committee feel under obligation to allude to it. 

 We have selected the following named sorts as are, in our opinion, particularly 

 fine: 



Collection Dahlias exhibited by James Vick, selected list : — 



Best White— The Pearl. 



Best Yellow— The Yellow Boy. 



Best Dark— The Toison d'Or. 



Best Scarlet — The Rising Sun. 



Best Light Scarlet — The Glory of Summer. 



Best Crimson — The Flamingo. 



Best Maroon — The Jas. Cocher. 



vSecond best Crimson — The Chas. Bockhouse. 



Best Dark Maroon — The Monarch. 



Second best Dark Maroon — The High Sherifi". 



Best Light Pink — The Formosa. 



Best Salmon — The Leach. 



Best Dark Pink— The Vedette. 



Best Variegated White and Purple — Tlie Dwarf Queen. 



Best A^ariegated White and Red — The Gem of the Dwarfs. 



Best Variegated Yellow and Red — The Chang. 



The committee regret that the varieties of the Gladiolus exhibited by Mr. 

 Geo. Taylor of Kalamazoo were shown as single flowers instead of spikes, and 

 the committee were unable to judge of the blooming quality of the varieties. 



The committee beg to refer to Mr. Vick's collection of these popular plants. 

 Full spikes of a large number of named varieties Avere shown, and also a large 

 assortment of seedlings quite as fine as the imported varieties, showing that 

 from this time forward we need not depend upon France for varieties of this 

 kind of plants. 



The committee would recommend more care in arranging plants and in 

 making entries, so as to bring competing plants together in classes. 



Committee. — Charles Betts, Burr Oak, St. Joseph county; Will W. Tracy, 

 Old Mission, Grand Traverse county; H. B. Holbrook, Portland, Ionia county ; 

 H. G. Reynolds, Old Mission, Grand Traverse county. 



