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filled two stands with choice and rare plants The 

 prizes for the best specimen plant were awarded to 

 William Gray, jun., for Yucca recurva, and Hovey & 

 Co., for Pandanus Vandermeerschi ; for specimen flower- 

 ing plants, to Joseph Clark, for Stigmaphyllon ciliatum, 

 and Hovey & Co., for Allamanda Hendersoni ; for 

 variegated leaved plants, to F. L. Ames, for Cissus dis- 

 color, and William Gray, jun., for Phormium Colensoi 

 var. ; and for the best new plant, to C. S. Sargent, for 

 Cocos Weddelliana. 



In the fruit department the annual strawberry show 

 was one of the finest ever made by the Society. There 

 were nearly one hundred dishes and baskets of fruit on 

 the tables, the largest number ever shown at any one 

 time. The leading varieties were Jucunda, Triomphe 

 de Gand, President Wilder, and Wilson. Some single 

 dishes of larger and handsomer berries had been shown 

 in previous years ; but there never had been so large a 

 competition for the prize for the best four quarts of 

 any variety. This was awarded to Benjamin G. 

 Smith, for Jucunda. The prize for the best fifty berries 

 was awarded to William C. Child, for President Wilder. 

 Forced strawberries were exhibited by John B. Moore 

 every week, from March 21 to May 9. The shows of 

 currants and gooseberries were better than the previous 

 year, but not as good as the average. The Hornet was 

 this year considered the best raspberry in quality. 



Very handsome nectarines were presented at the 

 annual exhibition, by John Falconer, from Mrs. C. H. 

 Leonard's orchard house, and some fine seedlings were 

 also shown. The exhibitions of forced and orchard 

 house peaches were better than for many years. The 

 chief exhibiter of the former was C. S. Holbrook, and, 



