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The names of the dahlias which obtained the prizes are given in 

 the following award : — 



DIVISION A. 



Open to all cultivators, (members.) 



PREMIER PRIZt;. 



Best 12 dissimilar blooms: — A premium of $18 00 to Hovey & 



Co., for Maid of Bath, Metella, Pickwick, Andrew Hofer, Sulphurea 



ele^ans, Princess Victoria, Quilled Perfection, Eva, Rienzi, Wid- 



uall's Queen, Le Grand Buudine, Miss Johnson. 



SPECIMEN BLOOM. 



Best bloom of any color: — A premium of $7 00 to J. H. White, 

 for Wheeler's Maria. 



Second best bloom of any color: — A premium of $4 00 to Hovey 

 & Co., for Brown's Bridesmaid. 



DIVISION B. 

 Open to all cultivators (niembers,) of more than two hundred plants. 



CLASS I. 



Best 24 dissimilar blooms:— A prize of f 12 00 to J. H. White, for 

 Eva, Amato, Maria, Virgin Queen, Queen of Beauties, Lilac Per- 

 fection, Contender, Defiance (Sqiiibb's,) Suffolk Hero, Beauty of 

 the Plain, Le Grand Baudine, Bridesmaid. Bishop of Winchester, 

 Rival Sussex, Bontisholl, Unique, Argo, Duchess of Richmonii, 

 Duchess of Portland, Grace Darling, Fireball, Rienzi, Pickwick, 

 Sarah. 



Second best 24 dissimilar blooms : — A premium of $7 00 to Hovey & 

 Co., for Ward's Mary, Lord Liverpool, Juliet, Bree's Rosa, Unique, 

 Rienzi, Bishop of Winchester, Princess Victoria, Miss Johnson, 

 Sul[)hurea elegans, Sprinsfield Major, Striata formosissima, Le 

 Grand Baudine, Maid of Bath, Marshal Soult, Hero of Tippeca- 

 noe, Exemplar, President of the West, Francis, Horticulturalist, 

 Contender, Meiella, Maria, Pickwick. 



CLASS ir. 



Best 12 dissimilar blooms: — A premium of $10 00 to J. L. L. F. 

 Warren, for Constantia, Metella, Procurator, Rienzi, Mrs. Broad- 

 wood, Grace Darling, Lord Liverpool, Dennisii, Madonna, Virgin 

 Queen, Ne Plus Ultra, Glory. 



Second best 12 dissimilar blooms: — A premium of f 5 00 to S. 

 Sweetser, for Fireball, Juno, Advancer, Maresfield Hero, Marshal 

 Soult, Marchioness of Lansdovvne, Grace Darling, Sylph, Lady 

 Bathurst, King Bladud, Countess of Liverpool. 



CLASS in. 



Best 6 dissimilar blooms: — A premium of $8 00 to J. L. L. F. 

 Warren, for Lord Liverpool, Rienzi, Constancy, Canute, Syiph, 

 Glory. 



Second best 6 dissimilar blooms: — A premium of $4 GO to S, 

 Sweetser, for Fireball, Mrs. Rushton, Heroine, Marshal Soult, 

 Grace Darling, Clark's Julia. 



