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At the annual exhibition the first prize for a specimen 

 plant was awarded to President Gray, for Pandanus 

 reflexus, and the second, to Hovey & Co., for Cycas 

 revoluta. Hovey & Co. took both prizes for specimen 

 flowering plants ; the first with Allamanda Hendersoni, 

 and the second, with Peristeria elata. They also took 

 the prize for the best specimen variegated plant with 

 Phormium Colensoi var., the second being awarded to 

 W. J. Vass, for Pandanus Javanicus variegatus Veitchii. 

 The prize for the best new pot plant was awarded to 

 S. R. Payson, for Maranta Massangeana. The display 

 of dahlias was better than for many previous years. 

 F. L. Harris presented a new seedling Dracaena, Har- 

 risii ; and Hovey & Co. , Lilium Neilgherrense. October 5 

 Francis B. Hayes showed foliage of a plant received by 

 him as Polygonum Japonicum, beautifully variegated ; 

 and Miss S. W. Story, Eulalia Japonica, a new grass 

 with variegated foliage and ornamental flowers. At the 

 chrysanthemum show on the 9th of November F. L. 

 Ames contributed a remarkably fine plant of Nepenthes 

 Chelsoni, a new variety with very large pitchers, and 

 Sonerila Hendersoni, a stove plant of great beauty. 



In the fruit department the committee reported the 

 strawberry show as hardly as good as usual, either in 

 quantity or quality. La Constante again came to the 

 front, taking the highest prize. On the 13th of July 

 Benjamin G. Smith exhibited fruit of Amelanchier Cana- 

 densis var. oblongifolia, or dwarf June berry, which it 

 was thought might prove a desirable addition to our 

 small fruits. The apple crop was very abundant, and 

 the specimens shown were very large, fair, handsome, 

 and of fine quality, perhaps never better. At the 

 annual exhibition there were four hundred and eight 



