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The Messrs. Farquhar received Honorable Mention for a display 

 of garden lilies, including L. Henryi, L. spcciosum, L. auratum, and 

 some of the new Chinese kinds. 



Mrs. Frederick Aver had a fine specimen tree fern, Cibotium 

 Schcidii, as well as a neat lot of other ferns and Crotons. 



William Whitman received a gratuity for a handsome display of 

 cut flowers, including asters, Celosia, gladioli, sunflowers, Heleniums 

 phloxes, zinnias, and marigolds, set off with tall grasses. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill had a pretty table of cut flowers — dahlias, 

 marguerites, phloxes, roses, clematis, petunias, and sunflowers. 



J. K. Alexander's general display of dahlia blooms was very 

 large and attractive. It occupied six tables. 



J. H. Flint of Salem received a First Class Certificate for a 

 handsome Decorative dahlia — light pink, salmon shaded, named 

 Dorothy Flint; and Honorable Mention for a new red Show 

 variety, named Hetta. 



George B. Gill was awarded Honorable Mention for a handsome 

 maroon-colored Cactus dahlia named Mrs. E. M. Gill, and Forbes 

 and Keith of New Bedford were awarded a First Class Certificate 

 for a rose-pink seedling Cactus dahlia named Endymion. Both 

 these Cactus dahlias are of the highest type, and are considered 

 by experts quite an achievement for American raisers. Cactus 

 dahlias do not come easily. 



A First Class Certificate was awarded Walter Hunnewell for 

 Laelio-Cattleya Gottoiaua var. Wellesley&nsis which may be described 

 as a very fine dark-colored form of L. C. Gottoiana; the parentage 

 is Lai Ha tenebrosa X Cattleya Warneri. 



On October 7 John McFarland of North Easton showed a 

 new seedling Cattleya — C. Lawrenciana X C. Dowiana; sepals 

 and petals lavender, lip unusually large, much curled and twisted, 

 in the way of Brassavola Digbyana, although it did not have the 

 fringe characteristic of a Digbyana cross. It had however, its 

 greenish-yellow throat. As orchid parentage is becoming so 

 much entangled, it is difficult to tell what will come of any crosses 

 made. It was a distinctly handsome specimen and a Silver Medal 

 was awarded. 



