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prize was won by Mrs. H. I. Pratt, Brooklyn, N. Y. City, A. J. 

 Manda, gardener. 



There were rose classes for both non-commercial and commer- 

 cial growers. Among the prize winners in the non-com- 

 mercial classes was Mrs. F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 

 Jas Stuart, gardener, who won first for a vase of twenty-five 

 pink roses, and also for a vase of twenty-five red roses. A vase 

 of twenty-five blooms, any other color, brought the first prize to 

 Mrs. Payne Whitney, Manhasset, N. Y., George Ferguson, gar- 

 dener. The F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y., won first 

 prizes, in the commercial classes, for vases of fifty roses each of 

 pink, red, and any other color. 



The following were prize winners in the non-commercial 

 classes. Mr. Wm. Shillaber, Essex Fells, N. J., J. P. Sorenson, 

 gardener, was awarded first prize for a vase of one hundred 

 sprays of sweet peas, Mrs. Whitney, second. A fine vase of 

 mignonette brought the first prize to Mrs. J. H. Flagler, Green- 

 wich, Ct., Wm. Whitton, gardener, Mrs. Constable winning the 

 second. Mrs. Flagler was also winner of the first prize for snap- 

 dragons. For three vases of narcissus Mrs. Whitney obtained 

 first. For an interesting collection of hybrid freesias Mrs. A. M. 

 Booth, Great Neck, N. Y., E. Fardel, gardener, was awarded first, 

 while a fine vase of white freesias gave the first prize to Mrs. 

 Whitney, the second to Mr. F. O. Wheeler, Rye, N. Y., John F. 

 Orr, gardener. Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. H. Darlington, Mamaro- 

 neck, N. Y., P. W. Popp, gardener, were winners of prizes in the 

 classes of single early tulips, the former winning first, the latter 

 second. For Darwin tulips Mrs. Darlington secured first, Mrs. 

 Flagler second. A collection of flowering shrubs and trees se- 

 cured first prize for Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. • 



The following were prize winners in the plant classes for non- 

 commercial growers. Mrs. Constable was awarded first for six 

 cyclamen plants, and also first for six amaryllis. In the class for 

 six plants of Primula malachoides, Mrs. Flagler won first, and 

 also for six plants of Primula ohconica, Mrs. Whitney securing 

 second for the latter. Six cinerarias gave Mrs. Flagler first 

 prize. The only class of plants for commercial growers was for 



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