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only good. There were many fine roses, but the display was by no means 

 so large, nor were the flowers as fine, as we had good reason to expect. 



The largest and finest display was made by Eliphalet Stone, of Dedham. 

 This collection did not compete for the prize, as the flowers were unnamed. 



A fine display, from Charles Copeland, arrived too late for competition. 



We add a list of the principal exhibitors, with the varieties : — 



From Warren Heustis, Belmont: Roses, Giant de Battelles, Mrs. Eliot, 

 La Reine, Caroline Lancezeney, Triomph de I'Exposition, Four Seasons, 

 Barronne Prevost, Perfection, Cardinal Patrizzi, Robert, Caroline de Sansal, 

 General Jacquemont, Paul Recoult, Mad's Tradeaux, Rivers, Therese, 

 Appert, Place, Rival, Volta, Duchess d'Orleans, Jules Margottin, Alice 

 Le Roy. Also, Bourbons, Louise Odier, Reveil I'Arbey, Paxton, George 

 Peabody, Casarnie Souchet — a very fine display. 



From G. G. Hubbard, Cambridge : 20 varieties of June roses. Also, col- 

 lection of roses. 



From Evers & Comley, Brighton : 2 large bouquets, 25 Perpetual roses, 

 among which were La Reine, Baronne Prevost, General Jacquemont,' Mrs. 

 Eliot, Caroline de Sansal, Rivers, Mad. Plantier, Eugene Sue, Due de 

 Cambridge (new), Anne de Dusback (new). Prince Albert, Sydonie, Mad. 

 Trudeaux, Duchess of Sutherland, and others — a very fine collection. Also, 

 cut flowers in variety. 



From James McTear, Roxbury : Fuchsia, Rose of Castile, 10 Hardy Per- 

 petual roses, 4 bouquets. 



P^rom Francis Parkman, Jamaica Plain : Hybrid Perpetual roses, Caro- 

 line de Sansal, Paeony, General Jacquemont, Baronne Prevost, Memi, Eu- 

 gene Sue, Giant of Battles, Mad. Laffay, Standard of Marengo, "Duchess 

 of Sutherland, Mrs. Elliot, Napoleon, Comtesse de Belleval, Auguste Mie. 

 Also, Mad. Andry, Le Grecceaux, Robin Hood, Marquise de Bocella, 

 Pseony, Mrs. Elliot, Lady Alice Peel, Comtesse du Shalet. Also, Moss, 

 Celinda, Blush, Jeanne de Montfort, Luxembourg, Mongadore, Cristata — 

 very fine. 



From M. P. Wilder, Dorchester: Collection of Moss, Perpetual, and June 

 roses ; I fine specimen Stephanotus floribundus. 



From James Nugent, Jamaica Plain : Tender roses, SaffVano, Souvenir, 

 Undulata, Yellow Tea, Clara Sylvane, Camellia Tea, Odorata, White Tea, 

 and others. 



From John A. Kenrick, Newton: Roses, pa;onies, honeysuckle, tulip 

 tree, kalmia, azaleas, weigela, wisteria, «Sic. Magnolia macrophylla. 



From Miss E. M. Harris, Jamaica Plain: Wreath of roses. 



From Hovey &. Co., Cambridge : Hardy Perpetual roses. Madam Der- 

 rage, Pius IX, Mathurin Regnier, La Reine, General Jacquemont, Souvenir 

 de Leveson Gower, Baronne Prevost, Leon de Combat, Jules Margottin, 

 Madam Vedd, Dr. Marx, Sydonie, Dennis Popen, Prince Albert, Giant of 

 Battles, Cornet, Duchess of Sutherland, Souvenir de la Reine Angleterre, 

 Souvenir de la Exposition, General Delarge — a fine collection. 



From Charles Copeland, Wyoming: 183 varieties Perpetual roses; 50 



