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est premium. The pees of this plan left the committee 
with only the two largest contributions to decide between, 
and the decision was made for the greatest number, according 
’ to the rule above recited, as well as the best and most taste- 
fully arranged collection. For these contributions were made 
by professionals, and the premiums were evidently offered to 
encourage florists to make the largest display of their produc- 
tions. Of course somebody was disappointed with the award, 
and the acting members were sorry that some gentleman 
could not have been found to take the place of the absent 
member of the committee. To show much care was taken to 
give offense to no one, the Lemke Bros. had contributed a 
splendid boquet of what they had entered as annual flowers, 
but a couple of rose-buds put into the boquet gave the premium 
to an inferior collection of annuals by a competitor. 
We can sympathize with the florist who loses in a contest 
for premiums. He without doubt loves his plants, for he has 
passed his life with them since they were tiny cuttings, and 
has watched over and guarded them from the many dangers 
to which they are subject, and when they are placed on exhi- 
tion he is justly proud of their appearance; and although a 
professional may get hardened to his employment and lose the 
enthusiasm of an amateur, still the professional cannot be 
blamed for showing some feeling at any seeming slight to his 
pets. 
The contributions to this department were not so numerous 
as at the fair of the previous year, but they were very fine in 
quality. A complete list would make some repetition, as cer- 
tain kinds of plants were in the display of every contribution. 
The collection of Mr. Fleischer, to which was awarded the 
first premium, contained the following: Abutilon Mesopo- 
tamicum, A. Striatum, A. Venosum, A. Alba, A. Thomsonii, 
Achenia, Malvariscus, Acacia Lophantha, A. Augustifolia, A. 
Conspicua, Ardesia Crenulata, Asclepia Curasvicia, Azalia 
Indica, A. Phoenezia, Bouvardia Hogarth, B. Leiantha, B. 
Triphylla, Begonias in variety, Calla Ethiopica, Camelia 
Japonica in variety, Carnations, Cestrum Auranticum, Cuphea 
Emineus, Caladium Esculentum, Cytissus Racemosa, Cycla- 
men Persicum, Citrus, Diasma Alba, Euphorbia Splendens, 
Enonymus Japonica, Eupatorium Arboreum, E. Elegans, 
Echeveria Secunda, Ficus Elasticus, Fuschias, Geraniums, 
Habrothamnus Elegans, Heliotropes in variety, Hetrocentum 
Alba, Hydrangea Hortensis, H. fol. Aurea Variegata, Justicia 
Carnea, J. Purpurea, J. Purpurea fol. Variegata, Jasminum 
Undiflorum, J. Azoricum, J. Grandiflorum, Laurus Nobilis, 
Libonia Floribunda, Myrtus Communis, M. Sinensis, Nerium 
Splendens, N. Flora Alba, N. Bayonet, Oxalis Boweii, Pittos- 
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