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first prize; this collection contained: Mrs. Leslie Lewis, Jas. 

 Eraser, W. H. Waite, Corp. John F. Piper, Mrs. G. Drabble, 

 Nerissa, Yellow Turner, Laura Pockett, F. S. Vallis, Francis 

 Schiffe, Wm. Rigby, seedling Greentree, Artiste, Rose Pockett, 

 F. S. Firestone, Wm. Turner, Earl Kitchener, seedling Harbor 

 Hill. For a collection of ten varieties, one of each, Mrs. Guthrie 

 won first with: Nagiras, Pres. Everitt, Mendon, Wm. Turner, 

 Laura Pockett, Rigby, Mrs. F. Traendly, Firestone, Nerissa, 

 Yellow Turner. Mr. D. E. Oppenheimer, Yonkers, N. Y., A. 

 Macdonald, gardener, won first for a collection of five varieties, 

 one of each. Mrs. Payne Whitney won first prize for a collec- 

 tion of singles, twelve varieties; for a collection of pompons, 

 twelve varieties; for a collection of anemones, six varieties, 

 disbudded; and for a vase of pompons, disbudded. 



In the classes for cut chrysanthemum blooms, commercial 

 growers, the following awards were made. For a vase of twenty 

 blooms, one variety, Chas. H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., first. 

 For a collection of twenty varieties, one of each variety, the 

 first prize was awarded to the Chas. H. Totty Co. For a col- 

 lection of pompons, twenty varieties, and for a collection of 

 singles, twenty varieties, the Chas. H. Totty Co. secured first 

 prizes. 



The dinner table decorations were to be staged for i P. M. 

 on Sunday; chrysanthemum flowers only to be used, the table 

 to be set for eight persons, and any appropriate foliage per- 

 missible. There were only two entries for this, and but one 

 filled. The first prize went to Mrs. Payne Whitney. 



There was an interesting display of cut roses in the classes for 

 non-commercial growers. In the classes for eighteen blooms: 

 Mrs. Guthrie won first for white, Mr. Howard Cole, Madison, 

 N. J., W. R. Fowkes, gardener, second; for the red, Mr. Cole 

 won first, Mrs. F. A. Constable, second ; for the dark pink, Mr. 

 Cole secured first, Mrs. Guthrie", second; for flesh or light pink, 

 both exhibiting Ophelia, Mr. Cole, first, Mrs. Guthrie, second; 

 for any other color, Mr. Cole, first with Sunburst. A vase of 

 fifty assorted roses, arranged for effect, won for Mrs. Guthrie 

 the first prize. 



In the classes for cut roses, commercial growers, the following 



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