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vation of this most gorgeous flower, which, notwithstanding what is said 

 about the uncertainty of its blooming, &c., is, after all, Mc Gem of the 

 autumnal garden. 



The principal exhibitors were J. W. Brown, L. Davenport, H. K. 

 Moore, Breck & Co., James Nugent, T. Needham, A. Bowditch, E. 

 Wight, C. A. Hewens, J. Hovey, Messrs. Winship, R. W. Ames, H. 

 Vandine, P. Barnes, and Hovey & Co., who exhibited nearly 300 blooms. 



Dr. D. Wood, Dighton, exhibited a few fine ericas, and Mr. Davenport 

 sent a beautiful collection of cut roses. 



PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES AWARDED. 



Dahlias. — In divisions and classes as follows : — 



DIVISION A. 



Premium Prize. — To Messrs. Hovey & Co., for the best twelve dissimi- 

 lar blooms, the Society's silver medal, $5 : — for Miss Vyse, Madame 

 Wachy, Mrs. Shaw Le Fevre, Beeswing, Louis Philippe, Admiral 

 Stopford, Pauline Rosenfeld, Golden Souvenir, Mont Blanc, Marquis 

 of x'Vylesbury, Essex Rosy Lilac, and V^ictorine. 



Specimen Bloom. — To L. Davenport, $3, for Beeswing. 



Specimen Blooms of Various Colors. — Best Yellow, to T. Needham, 

 $ 1 00, for Cleopatra ; Orange, to I. Spear, $ 1 00, for Latour 

 L'Auvergne ; Purple, to J. Nugent, $ 1 00, for Caleb Cope ; Claret,. 

 to Hovey & Co., $1 00, for Marquis of Aylesbury; Maroon, to 

 Hovey & Co., $1 00, for Louis Philippe; Dark, to T. Needham, 

 Si 00, for Admiral Stopford ; White, \o Hovey & Co., $1 00, for 

 Miss Sarah ; Tipped, to L. Davenport, $ 1 00, for Miss Vyse ; Pink, 

 to L. Davenport, $ 1 00, for Dowager Lady Cooper. 

 division b. 



Class L — To Hovey & Co., for the best twenty-four blooms, $8 00, for 

 Remembrancer, Mimosa, Constantia, Henry Clay, Stern Von Bram- 

 schweig, Essex Rosy Lilac, Duke of York, Pauline Rosenfeld, Vic- 

 torine, Lady of the Lake, Beauty of Hants, Admiral Stopford, Miss 

 Vyse, Madam Wachy, Louis Philippe, Mrs. Hovey, Essex Triumph, 

 Berryer, Minn, Baron Frettan, Golden Souvenir, Ithuriel, Sunbeam, 

 Hermione. 

 To J. W. Brown, for the second best, S 6 00, for Princess Radziville, Vic- 

 torine, Madame Wachy, Coquette, Marquis of Aylesbury, Lady of the 

 Lake, Pauline Rosenfeld, Miss Vyse, Roi de Pontelles, Antagonist, 

 Cleopatra, HofTgartner Meyer, Admiral Stopford, Baron Frettan, Re- 

 membrancer, Gloria Mundi, Hoffgartner Morsch, Andromeda, Con- 

 stantia, Berryer, Minn, Mont Blanc, Viscount Ressegneur, Hamlet. 



Class H. — To L. Davenport, S6 00 for the best eighteen dissimilar 

 blooms, for Cleopatra, Isis, Beeswing, La Polka, Model, Fulwood 

 Hero, Duchess of St. Albans, Queen of Roses, Madam Walner, 

 Dudd's Prince of Wales, Dowager Lady Cooper, Miss Vyse, Mar- 

 chioness of Cornwallis, Roi de Pontelles, Princess Alice, Athelete, 

 Constantia, Indispensable White. 

 To J. Breck & Co., ^4 00, for the second best, for Antagonist, Alfred, 

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