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A. carneum. There were 15 species and varieties of Dracaenas, 

 including D. Rothiana, D. Mandaiana, D. Bronze Beauty, D. 

 Shepherdii, D. Lindeni, D. Victoriae, D. Godscffiana, D. Youngii, 



D. Dr. Smith, and D. Black Beauty; Ficus pandurata, Pandanus 

 Sanderiana, Bougainvillea Harrisii, Anglaonema Roebeliana, Phyllo- 

 tacnium Lindeni, P. magnificum, Cyathca medullaris, Cibotium 

 Scheidii, Cibotium glaucum, Polypodium Mandaianum, Polypodium 

 aureum, Davallia Mooreana, Platycerium Alcicone, var. biformis, 

 Platycerium Hillii var. Major, Nephrolepis exaltata in many varie- 

 ties, Kentia Canterbury ana, K. Mandaiana, K. Aurescens, K. 

 Bclmorcana, K. Fosteriana, Rhapis flabelliformis, R. humilis, 

 Phoenix Roebelinii, R. rupicola, Licuala grandis, Chamaedora 

 elegans, Levistonia rotundifolia, Latania Borbonica, Cocos plumosus, 

 C. Bonnetti, Areca luteseens, and A. Vcrschaffcltii. 



A Gold Medal was awarded Thomas Roland for a grand display 

 of hardwooded plants. The collection was especially rich in 

 Acacias, including A. affinis, A. armata, A. cult rif or mis, A. pendula, 

 A. Bailey ana, A. cordata, A. dealbata, A. grandis, A. hispidis- 

 sima, A. lineata, A. longifolia, A. longifolia, var. magnified, A. 

 ornata, A. paradoxa, A. pulchella, A. pubescens, and A. floribunda. 

 Among Heaths were Erica melanthera, E. cupressina, E. codo- 

 nodes Veitchii, E. urceolaris, E. ventricosa, E. ventricosa major, 



E. ventricosa magnified, E. persoluta alba, and E. pcrsoluta rosea. 



A Gold Medal was awarded R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for a Dutch 

 Garden. All the accessories required were present, even to the 

 Dutch attendant in sabots. It certainly was a beautiful picture 

 and did James Farquhar and his assistants great credit. The 

 main feature was Dutch bulbous plants, which were admirably 

 set off by the use of foliaged and other flowering plants. 



A Silver Medal went to Clement Newbold of Germantown, 

 Pennsylvania, for two immense specimens of Azalea indica — alba 

 and Iveranna. 



A Silver Medal to Professor Sargent for a unique display of 

 hybrid Imantophyllums. 



A Silver Medal to Thomas Roland for a Rose Garden. This 

 was most effectively done by the use of trellises, arbors, flower beds, 

 and neat paths. Among the varieties of Rambler roses used were: 

 Lady Gay, Crimson Rambler, Dorothy Perkins, White Dorothy 



