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Mr. Fred'k Sturges, Fairfield, Ct., Thos. Bell, gardener, second. 

 Miss C. A. Bliss, New Canaan, Ct., John T. Burns, gardener, was 

 the first-prize winner for a collection of singles and anemones, the 

 second going to Mr. Sturges. 



In the rose classes for commercial growers, Mr. L. A. Noe, 

 Madison, N. J., took first for fifty American Beauty, the F. R. 

 Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., taking second. For fifty white, the 

 F. R. Pierson Co. took first with White Killarney. Fifty red 

 secured for the same firm the first prize with Prince d'Arenburg. 

 With fifty Mrs. George Shawyer, Mr. L. A. Noe took first for 

 pink, the F. R. Pierson Co. second with Killarney Brilliant. Sun- 

 burst, in fifty fine blooms, secured the first for the F. R. Pierson 

 Co. in the class for yellow. Mr. C. H. Totty won the silver medal, 

 for a new rose not in commerce, with White Shawyer. 



In the classes for non-commercial growers Mr. Jas. B. Duke, 

 Somerville, N. J., A. A. Macdonald, gardener, won first for twelve 

 American Beauty. Eighteen blooms of Hadley secured the first 

 prize for Mr. Howard Cole in the class for red. He also secured 

 first for white with eighteen Double White Killarney. For 

 eighteen pink roses Mr. Duke took first, Mr. Cole second. The 

 first for eighteen yellow was won by the Henry W. Boettger Estate 

 with Sunburst, the second going to Mr. Cole. The estate also 

 won the first prize for a vase of fifty blooms, arranged for efifect, 

 the second being won by Mr. Henry C. Sturges, Ridgefield, Ct., 

 J. Smith, gardener. 



In the classes for commercial growers of carnations Scott Bros, 

 won first for fifty white with Matchless. This vase also secured 

 the sweepstakes prize, a silver medal, for the best vase of fifty. 

 The same firm also won firsts for fifty each Enchantress shade, 

 with Enchantress Supreme, scarlet with Champion, and white 

 ground, variegated, with Mrs. Cheney. 



In the non-commercial classes Matchless was again a first- 

 prize winner in the whites, the eighteen blooms exhibited by Mr. 

 Daniel G. Reed, Irvington, N. Y., Arthur W. Golding, superin- 

 tendent, securing this prize ; the second was won by Miss C. A. 

 Bliss, with White Perfection. Miss Bliss also won first in Enchant- 

 ress shade with Enchantress, ^Slr. Reed second also with Enchant- 

 ress. Rose Pink Enchantress won first for Miss Bliss in the 

 Winsor shade class. In the Lawson shade class Mr. Jas. A. 



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