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the most important feature. Messrs. Shaylor, Farquhar, Whitman, 

 and the Thurlow Company were the largest contributors. 



For roses the prize for the best three blooms, white, was won for 

 Frau Karl Druschki; best three blooms, pink, Mrs. John Laing; 

 best three blooms red, Ulrich Brunner; best new Hybrid rose 

 offered since 1900, Frau Karl Druschki. 



Hybrid Tea roses were shown by Miss S. B. Fay; and the best 

 were Antoine DeVoire, rosy flesh; Avoca, velvety crimson; 

 Caroline Testout, satiny rose; Betty, coppery rose; Mme. Abel 

 Chatenay, carmine rose, shaded salmon; La France, light pink; 

 La Tosca, soft pink, shaded rose and yellow; Miss Cynthia Ford, 

 rose pink; and Killarney, pink. 



Among Miss Fay's best Hybrid Perpetual roses were Heinrich 

 Schultheis, soft pink; Hugh Dickson, crimson; Mrs. R. G. S. 

 Crawford, rosy pink; Merveille de Lyon, white, shaded rose; 

 Jubilee, very deep maroon; Prince Arthur, crimson; Ulrich 

 Brunner, red; Mrs. John Laing, pink; Urania, deep red; Mme. 

 Gabriel Luizet, pink; Margaret Dickson, white; Perfection des 

 Blanche, white; and Marie Baumann, red. 



The Messrs. Farquhar had some unusually fine peonies, including 

 Richardson's Perfection, light pink; L. B. Hayes, pink; Baron 

 Schroeder, white; Albotre, white; Dorchester, light pink; Mare- 

 chal Vailliant, deep pink; Henry Fourth, white; Claire Dubois, 

 light pink. 



Among Mr. Shaylor's superb collection were Rosa Bonheur, 

 Tourngalle, Milton Hill, Marie Lemoine, Emperor Nicholas, Mme. 

 Galhau, Asa Gray, Model of Perfection, and Richardson's Rubro 

 Superba. 



The Messrs. Farquhar showed herbaceous flowers: Pentstemons, 

 Heuchera sanguinea, Hemerocallis flava, Oenothera speciosa, Spiraea 

 Excelsior, Campanula glomerata, C. persicifolia alba, C. persicifolia 

 Moerheimii, Canterbury bells, Lychnis chalcedonica, Coreopsis 

 (jrandifiora, Digitalis ambigua, and Astilbe chinensis. 



J. T. Butterworth sent some well-grown orchids — Cattleya 

 Mendelii X Brassavola Digbyana, chrome yellow, sepals and petals 

 suffused with purple; Cattleya Gaskellmna X Harrison i alba, light 

 mauve sepals and petals, pale yellow throat, very pretty; this 

 hybrid did not appear to resemble either parent; Laelia purpurata 



