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Hybrid Perpetual Roses. — For six plants, James Comley 

 was first with Abel Carriere, Jean Liabaucl, Mad. Emilie Verdier, 

 Mad. Herivaux, Royal Standard, and Mad. Prosper Langier. J. 

 B. Moore was second with Captain Christy, Alfred Colomb, Mad. 

 Laeharme, Marquise de Castelane, Ljonnaise, and Richard Wallace. 

 In the competition for three plants, J. B. Moore was first with 

 Mad. Baronne de Rothschild, John Hopper, and Mad. Eugenie 

 Verdier. James Comley was second with Rev. J. B, M. Camm, 

 Duchesse de Vallombrosa, and Jean Sonpert. For a single plant, 

 J. B. Moore took the first and second pi'izes with Mad. Baronne 

 de Rothschild, and Marquise de Castellane. For Tender Roses, 

 James Comlej' was awarded the prize for twelve cut blooms, offer- 

 ing: 



Belle L3-onnaise, Isabella Sprunt, 



Bon Silene, Marechal Niel, 



Catherine Mermet, Niphetos, 



Climbing Devoniensis, Pauline Labonte, 



Climbing Hermosa, Souvenir de la Malmaison, 



Gloire de Dijon, Triomphe de Rennes. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill exhibited a fine stand of Cut Flowers, well 

 arranged, receiving the only prize. Hyacinths from CM. Atkin- 

 son were remarkabl}' good. — choice varieties, and grown with such 

 skill as to receive all the awards in the several sections. 

 F. L. Ames exhibited from his choice collection : 



Catlleya amethystoglossa. Ejndendrum macrocliilum al- 



Coelogyne cristata major, hum, 



Cypripedium Sedeni, Epidendrum macrocliilum ro- 



Dendrobium Ainsworthii, seum, 



Dendrobium crassinode Bar- Lcelia fiava, 

 berianum, Lycaste Skinneri, 



Dendrobium heterocarpum, Saccoldbium curvifolium. 



DendrocMlum glumaceum. 

 The Dendrobium Ainsworthii As a new hybrid, imported from 

 England in 1877, and this was probably the first time it has flowered 

 in the United States. 



March 9. 

 Marshall P. Wilder exhibited a very large plant of azalea Ex- 

 quisita, fully bloomed, measuring six feet in height and fifteen and 

 a half feet in circumference. 

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