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rose was won by G. H. Peterson with Mad. de Galhau, as was also 

 vase of 25 blooms red or crimson with Rubra Superba. 



The prize for the largest and best display of peonies went to R. & 

 J. Farquhar & Co. and the specimen bloom prize to G. H. Peterson 

 with Mad. de Galhau. 



The prize For the best collection of 12 named varieties was 

 awarded William Whitman (Martin Sullivan, gardener) with Lady 

 Bram well, pink; Dr. Kennion, pink; Camille Calot, pink; Alex. 

 Dumas, single, pink; Lady Carington, single, red; and Louis Van 

 Houtte, deep red. These were the best. 



It would be impossible to give descriptions of Mr. Shaylor's 

 superb collection to which was awarded a well-deserved Silver 

 .Medal. The varieties exhibited were Faust, Boule de Xeige, Mme. 

 Calot, Souvenir de Gaspard Calot, Triomphe de 1' Exposition de 

 Lille, Due de Wellington, Duchesse de Nemours (Calot), Venus, 

 Marguerite Gerard, Mme. de Verneville, Mme. Crousse, Mme. 

 Boulanger, Mons. Dupont, Bastien Lepage, Mad. de Vatry, Mdlle. 

 Rousseau, Marie Crousse, Octave Demay, Mme. Emile Lemoine, 

 Suzanne Dessert, Mad. de Galhau, Grandiflora Lutescens, Mme. 

 Emile Galle, Germaine Bigot, Adolphe Rousseau, Armand Rous- 

 seau, Aurore, La Fayette, Mme. Barillet Desehamps, Mine, de 

 Treyeran, Mme. Lemoinier, Marcelle Dessert, Mireille, Mons. 

 Martin Cahuzac, Neptune, Therese, Pierre Dessert, Asa Gray, 

 Carnea Triumphans, Marie Jacquin, Eugene Verdier, Baroness 

 Schroeder. James Kelway, and Coronation. 



R. & J. Farquhar 's display of herbaceous plants was awarded a 

 Silver Medal. It contained single and double Pyrethrums, Iris 

 pallida dalmatica, Ba/ptisia australis, white lupines, foxgloves, 

 veronicas, and grasses. 



A Silver Medal was awarded Mrs. Frederick Aver (George Page, 

 gardener) for a display of fuchsias. A particularly handsome one 

 was Elm City; others were Gloire des Marches, double white; 

 Lustre, red; Black Prince Trophe, double purple; Fulgens; and 

 the old Rose of Castile. The same exhibitor had a fine lot of 

 specimen Rex begonias. 



William Whitman (Martin Sullivan, gardener) had a tasteful 

 display of foxgloves, irises, and peonies. 



The Eastern Nurseries made a display of herbaceous plants 



