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They had if anything better plants, but their arrangement was not 

 so good. Their plants included, Ardisias, palms, Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine, bay trees, Cibotiums, Boston ferns, Adiantums, Cycla- 

 mens, Azaleas, Poinsettias, Crotons, chrysanthemums, oranges, 

 Aspidistras, Dracaenas, Phoenix, Ficus pandurata, Araucaria 

 exceha, Marantas, and Cocos Weddelliana. 



Thomas Roland sent a neat lot of commercial plants — oranges, 

 Begonia Glorie de Lorraine and the white variety, Boston ferns, 

 Cibotiums, Pandanus, heaths, Acacias, Crotons, Araucarias, 

 Dracaenas, Ficus, and Ardisias. 



Carnations came from Strout & Co. Biddeford, Maine. Besides 

 the standard varieties there was a new one named White Wonder. 



A. A. Pembroke of Beverly had a general collection of carnations 

 of high quality, and one salmon-pink seedling named Beverly. 



E. S. Webster of Chestnut Hill (William Downs, gardener) 

 showed two new Begonias of exceptional merit — Winter Cheer, 

 carmine, and Elatior, cerise-pink. It is difficult to trace the 

 parentage of these handsome winter-flowering hybrids, but evi- 

 dently Begonia Socotrana and some shrubby, possibly some tuber- 

 ous (B. bolivensis) species enter into their make up. 



Another distinct-looking Begonia of allied character was shown 

 by E. H. Wetterlow, gardener to Mrs. Lester Leland of West 

 Manchester. The parentage of this is B. incarnata X a tuberous 

 variety. It shows B. incarnata distinctly and has the large crim- 

 son flowers of some tuberous variety. 



A. N. Pierson of Cromwell, Connecticut, and S. J. Reuter of 

 Westerly, Rhode Island, showed blooms of the improved White 

 Killarney rose. From a commercial point of view we should 

 consider it an improvement. Mr. Pierson sent also rose Killarney 

 Queen, a beautiful shade of pink. 



C. H. Totty of Madison, New Jersey, showed his new rose Sun- 

 burst, a tawny yellow, about the shade of the Gloire de Dijon 

 rose. 



A First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded Duncan Finlayson 

 of the Weld Garden for a new Cattleya — C. bicolor X C. labiata, 

 violet sepals and petals, deep maroon lips, handsome. 



Wheeler & Company of Waban made a strikingly beautiful 

 display of orchids. All his plants were specimens, including 



