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exhibited no. 2, white, a fine hybrid between Sulphuria and Berthe 

 Raboiirdin. On September 12 he exhibited seedling no. 13, light sahnon 

 in color. John Hogan exhibited five seedlings on August 22, and James 

 McTear nine on August 29 and one on September 12. 



W. C. Strong, E. S. Rand, jr., George Craft, Francis Parkman, and James 

 AIcTear were the principal exhibitors of seedlings in 1864. Craft won 

 the silver and bronze medals. Elnora (Craft), the variety awarded the 

 silver medal, was a pure white, in some cases faintly flaked with violet, the 

 center petal feathered maroon on delicate lemon ground; it was charac- 

 terized by a bold spike, a large flower, a neat and compact face, and 

 vigorous habit. Colonel Wilder Wright (Craft), the variety awarded 

 the bronze medal, was of the reverse-flowered form, carnation in color, 

 marbled and mottled with carmine, the lower petals heavily marked and 

 feathered with carmine-purple; its size, form, and habit were good. 

 McTear exhibited Jeanie Dean, which was white marked with crimson- 

 puq^le; other varieties from the same exhibitor were Salmonia and Exem- 

 plar. Strong was awarded a first class certificate for a variety which was 

 brilliant cherr\'-carmine in color, shaded violet-purple, the lower divisions 

 of the petals marked vdth a distinct white line. The report for 1864 

 would indicate that there must have been a remarkable interest in the 

 production of new varieties, for McTear exhibited twelve, Parkman 

 twenty. Craft thirty-eight, and Strong forty-two seedlings during that 

 season. 



James McTear won the silver medal for the best seedling exhibited 

 in 1865. George Craft exhibited, among other seedlings, the varieties 

 Mrs. Westcott, Elnora, and Fair}^ W. C. Strong exhibited his new 

 seedling Parkmanii. 



Silver medals were awarded to George Craft and J. S. Richards in 1867; 

 to J. S. Richards for his seedling The Bride, and to Francis Parkman, 

 in 1868; to J. S. Richards in 1869; to J. S. Richards for Elegantissima in 

 1871; to A. McLaren in 1872; and to James Comley in 1S74. Bronze 

 medals were awarded to J. S. Richards in 1872, and to W. H. Spooner for 

 Diamond in 1878. First class certificates were awarded to Francis Park- 

 man in 1866; to J. S. Richards for the seedling named Joseph Breck in 

 1868; to J. S. Richards for the seedling M. P. Wilder, and to George Craft 

 for the seedling Thomas Sheren, in 1869 ; to A. McLaren in 1872 ; to J. C. F. 

 Hyde in 1875; and to J. W. Clark in 1882. 



The development attained by these American growers may be under- 

 stood by the following extract from the report of the floral committee 

 for 1872: "The gladioli were all that could be expected, and nothing 

 seemed to please the strangers so much. Indeed they were astonished 

 when informed that they were American seedlings. Gentlemen capable 



