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composed of perenuials, inohuliug blue aud 

 white lupins, various peonies, and the whole 

 rising to a high centre of blue scabiosa. 

 Single and double columbine, anchusa. cam- 

 panula, buttercups. Jacob's-ladder. phlox, 

 and a superb group of Penus.vlvania ane- 

 mone, sweet-williaiu. Iceland poppies, 

 l.Tchins and hardy pinks. 



John F. Huss, superintendent of the 

 Goodwin estate, was another exhibitor of 

 a wonderful variety of flowers, the centre of 

 his bed being formed by the uuusual yellow- 

 ish blooms of isatis glaerca. Gorgeous Ori- 

 ental poppies in red. pink and orange ; Ger- 

 man and Spanii^h iris, white and pink, alum 

 root, fox gloves, anchusa, pink and blue 

 lupins, red wiegela. petunias and sweet peas 

 are among the other flowers in the group : 

 and the same exhibitor made the stage a 

 veritable bower with palms, flamingo flower, 

 fancy leaved calladium and pink spirea, with 

 especially interesting primroses never exhib- 

 ited before, discovered in northern China by 

 Professor Wilson, of Boston. 



An effective round bed in which blue pre- 

 dominates was shown by Oscar F. Gritz- 

 macher. of New Britain, anchusa, bachelor's 

 buttons, peonies, double daisies, pansies, 

 roses and Scotch pinks entering into it. A 

 very beautiful round bed. composed of ex- 

 quisite roses, was shown by Niel Nelson, also 

 containing in the center pink and white en- 

 chantress carnations and sweet peas. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, arranged a 

 long bed of roses of all kinds, also displayed 

 twenty-five blooms of each variety of roses 

 grown in the Cromwell Gardens, which made 

 a most charming spectacle. Four tables were 

 decorated by John Coombs, Welch and Louis < 

 Chauvy. assisted by Miss Benson, to repre- 

 sent bridal tables. Each was a remarkable 

 creation of beauty. 



The design of this remarkable exhibit. | 

 which was the principal topic of discussion , 

 in Hartford the past week, was the creation 

 of Mr. Walter A. Cooke, of the house of ! 

 Stumpp & Walter Company, aud the so- 

 ciety takes this opportunity to thank the 

 gentleman for his assistance in making our 

 first spring show a grand success. The fol- 

 lowing are the awards and judges : 



The judges of perennials were : Mrs. Sam- 

 uel O. Prentice, Mrs. Morgan G. Bulkeley 

 and Mrs. William H. Palmer. Those of 

 the decorative tables and flowering plants 

 were : Mrs. Frank C. Sumner. Miss Rose | 

 Johnson and Miss Virginia Browne. Fol- ,' 

 lowing are the prize awards : 



I'erennials — First. James J. Goodwin ; sec- 

 ond, W. W. Hunt & Co. ; third, A. N. Pierson. 

 Inc. 



Palms and Foliage Plants — First, James J. 

 Goodwin ; second, Mrs. A. A. Pope ; third, A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc. 



Decorated Tahles — First, Welch : second. 

 Coombs ; very highly recommended, Louis 

 Chauvy and Miss Benson. 



Cut Roses — First. A. N. Plorsou. Inc. : sec- 

 ond, Niel Nelson ; third. Prof. il. W. Jacohus. 



Bedded Plants — First, Walter L. Goodwin ; 

 second, J. A. Brodrib. 



CERTIFICATES. 



W. W. Hunt & Co., first-class certificate for 

 boxwood plants. 



John C. Willard, flrst-class certificate for 

 pansies and certificate of merit for columbine 



Mrs. Wilhelmlna Seliger. certificate of merit 

 for seedling white rambler rose aud flrst-class 

 certificate for perennials. 



Spear & McManus, first-class certificate for 

 group of palms. 



John Coombs, first-class certificate for groups 

 of palms and lilies. 



J. Albert Brodrib, flrst-class certificate for 

 group of bedding plants. 



Louis Chauvy. first-class certificate for bed- 

 ding plants. " . 



John F. Huss. flrst-class certificate for Pri- 

 mula Bulleyana. 



H. L. Ritson, certificate of merit for peren- 

 nials and roses. 



J. Vidbourne & Co.. first-class certificate for 

 peonies. 



Alfred Cehelius. certificate of merit for roses 

 and first-class certificate for campanulas. 



Park Department, first-class certificate for 

 display of bedding plants. 



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