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Macdonald, Flushing, N. Y., R. Hughes, gardener, won first with 

 a seedling. Miss Bliss again won first in the scarlets with Bea- 

 con, Mr. Reed winning second with the same variety. Princess 

 Dagma was the prize winner in the crimsons, Mr. Reed securing 

 first, Miss Bliss second. The eighteen blooms shown by Mr. 

 Reed also won the sweepstakes prize, a bronze medal, for the 

 best vase of eighteen blooms. For white ground, variegated, the 

 first went to Miss Bliss. 



In the classes for foliage and decorative plants the exhibits 

 were considerably less than those of last year. This is somewhat 

 surprising, as the premiums were increased all along the line. 

 Messrs. Sidney M. and Austen Colgate, Orange, N. J., Wm. Reid, 

 gardner, were awarded first for a specimen of Begonia Gloire de 

 Lorraine. The Henry W. Boettger Estate won first for a speci- 

 men of Cibotimn Schiedei. A fine specimen of Davallia fijiensis 

 gave the first prize to Mrs. J. B, Trevor, Yonkers, N. Y., Howard 

 Nichols, gardener, the second going to Mr. Winthrop Sargent, 

 Beacon, N. Y., F. E. Witney, gardener. The F. R. Pierson Co. 

 secured the first prize for a specimen of Nephrolepis exaltata 

 hostoniensis, and also for a display of Nephrolepis exaltata and 

 its varieties. 



There was a large and excellent display of orchids, arranged in 

 the east wing. In the commercial classes, for a collection of not 

 less than twenty-five species and varieties, the first prize was won 

 by the Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., the second by Lager 

 & Hurrell, Summit, N. J. The Julius Roehrs Co. won the silver 

 medal for a novelty not before exhibited before this society, a 

 plant of Cattleya Moria, a hybrid between Cattleya Fabia and C. 

 Mantini. For six Laelias and Cattleyas, or either, Mr. J. A. 

 Manda, West Orange, N. J., secured first, the Julius Roehrs Co. 

 second. For six varieties, one of each, the Julius Roehrs Co. also 

 won first. Three plants of Cattleya labiata gave the first to the 

 Julius Roehrs Co., the second to J. A. Manda, who also won first 

 for three varieties, one of each. For specimen, any variety, the 

 Julius Roehrs Co. were awarded first. 



In the non-commercial classes, for a collection of not less than 

 twelve species and varieties, Mr. Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. 

 J., J. P. Mossman, gardener, obtained first. For one Cattleya 

 plant Mr. F. E. Lewis secured first, Mr Clement Moore second, 



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