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Great credit is due to Mr. Harris, Mr. Hunnewell's accomplished 

 gardeuer, for liis skill in the grouping of his plants. 

 Mr. Parson was second with — 



Alocasia macrorhiza, var., Dcemonorops Jissus, 



*■' Sedeni^ Dracmna Mooreana, 



Anthurium crystalUnum, Euterpe edulis, 



(Jocos Weddelliana, Maranta Veitchii, 



Croton variegatufi, Pandanus Veitchii, 



CyanojyhyHitm magnijicum, Paullinia thalictri folia. 



Specimen Plant. — The first prize was awarded to President 

 Gra}' for Pandanus re/iexus, and the second to Hove}' & Co., for 

 Cycas revoluta. 



Specimen Flowering Plant.— Hove}^ & Co. took both prizes ; 

 the first with AHamanda Render soni, and the second with Peris- 

 teria elata, or Dove Flower. 



Variegated Leaved Plants. — The first prize was taken by H. 

 H. Hunnewell, with Croton coriiutum, C. Johannis, C. Moore- 

 anus, C. Weismanni, Maranta bicolor, and Pandanus Veitchii. 

 The second prize . by President Gra}^, with Agave schidigera, 

 Ananassa. sativa var., Croton interruptum, Cucurligo variegata, 

 Phormium tenax var., and Yxicca quadricolor. Messrs. Hovey & 

 Co. were also competitors iu this class with fine plants. 



For the best single specimen, not oflfered in any collection, the 

 first prize was awarded to Hovey & Co., for Phormiu7n Colensoi. 



Caladiums. — President Gray was first, with finely grown, com- 

 pact plants of Alfred Bleu, Beethoven, Chantini, Meyerbeer, 

 Triomphe de I'Exposition, and Wightii. 



Ferns. — The best six were from J. Warren Merrill, as follows : 

 Dicksonia Barometz, D. Schiedei, Gleichenia circinata glauca, 

 G. dicarpa, Oleandra nodosa, and Polypodium pdtideum. The 

 second prize was awarded to Hovey & Co. for Adiantum decorum, 

 A. trapezi forme, Alsophila Van Geerti, Asplenimn Fabianum, 

 Davallia Mooreana and D. Tyermanni. 



For the best three Ferns to J. W. Merrill for Aglamorpha 

 Meyeriana, Nephrodium giganteum, and Polypodium spectrum. 

 The second to President Gray for Adiantum cuneatum ehgans, A. 

 gracillimum, and Niphoholus Lingua crisiata. 



Adiantums. — For six varieties, the first prize was awarded to S. 

 R. Payson for remarkably well grown plants of amcdnle, cune- 



