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C.Wheeler: each a Basket; ^Y. C. Harding, J. F. Eogers and J. F. C. 

 Hyde: each a collection of Picotees. The last named were seedlings 

 from the Sophia, showing great diversity of marking, and some of them 

 fully equal to the best imported varieties, in both form and color. Mrs. 

 T. W. Ward: Carnations, Picotees, and two large dishes of rare Exotics; 

 Sumner Downe: three stalks of Lilium candidum, six feet high and 

 averaging fifteen blooms each; E. A. Story and H. Vandine: each a 

 display of Cut Flowers; Miss M. E. Carter, Miss E. M. Harris and 



Miss Martha Ware: each made interesting displays of Natives; 



Parker: brought a variety of Kalmia latifolia, found upon the line of 

 the Worcester Kailroad, town not ascertained. This was very deeply 

 and distinctly crimped and pitted, and clearly margined with a brownish 

 red, somewhat resembling a Paisley Pink, entirely new and unique. 

 What the hj'bridization is from, is a mystery. 



July 18. W. C. Strong: a collection of Cut Flowers; F. Parkman: 

 Cut Flowers, Hollyhocks and Clematis rubra violacea; J. E. Westgate: 

 Cut Flowers; J.French: Carnations and Picotees; J. McTear: Carna- 

 tions, Picotees and Cut Flowers; Hovey & Co.: a seedling Cactus, seed- 

 ling Verbenas and Calluna vulgaris, the " i^ative Heath " of Tewks- 

 bury notoriety. Native or exotic it is worthy a place in all good collec- 

 tions of hardy shrubs. J. F. C. Hyde, Samuel Sweetser and C. J. Power: 

 each made good displays of Carnations and Picotees; H. H. Westgate: 

 a pair of Hand Bouquets; Mrs. C. B. Chase, Miss A. C. Kenrick, Miss 

 S. W. Story and Miss S. C. Westgate: each a Basket; Miss E. M. Harris 

 and Miss M. E. Carter: each a stand of seasonable Natives. 



July 25. W. C. Strong and F. Parkman: each a collection of Cut 

 Flowers; Hovey & Co.: a collection of Cut Flowers, one of Summer 

 Herbaceous Plants, and Antirrhinum fl. pi., new and eftective as a border 

 flower; H. H. Westgate: a collection of Cut Flowers and a pair of Hand 

 Bouquets; Joseph Breck: a collection of Cut Flowers; J. McTear: a 

 collection of Summer Herbaceous ; Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Gill, Miss H. G. 

 Dunklee, Miss Kenrick and Miss AVestgate: each a Basket; Miss B. 

 Dunklee: a vase of Lathyrus latifolius albus, a fitting companion to the 

 oldroseus; Thos. Smallwood: a stand of Hollyhocks ; Mrs. T. W. Ward: 

 two dishes of elegant Exotics, and vases of Torenia Asiatica, Roupella 

 grata, Allamanda grandiflora and GardeniaFortunii. The Misses Harris 

 and Carter each made admirable collections of Natives. 



August 1. F. Parkman, J. McTear, Hovey & Co. and C. B. Brig- 

 ham: each a display of Cut Flowers; J. E. Westgate: Parlor and Hand 

 Bouquets; E. Wason: a sturdy plant of Hydrangea hortensia, in profuse 

 bloom; Thos. Smallwood: Hollyhocks; Miss Carter: Natives; and Mrs. 

 Chase, Mrs. Gill and Miss Kenrick: each a Basket. 



August 8. F. Parkman: Summer Phloxes and Cut Flowers; J. Mc- 

 Tear: Summer Phloxes and Summer Herbaceous; W. C. Strong: Sum- 



