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Mrs. J. L. Gardner (William Thatcher, gardener) put up the 

 first prize group of bulbous and decorative plants. It was particu- 

 larly rich in varieties. 



A. W. Preston of Swampscott (J. L. Smith, gardener) also had 

 an extensive display, and Mr. Lyman of Waltham made a pretty 

 exhibit of camellias and Cherokee roses which attracted much 

 attention. 



Henry h. and Margaret A. Rand won the prizes offered to ama- 

 teurs for forced bulbs in pots. 



The Messrs. Farquhar's cyclamens were extra fine, both in varie- 

 ties and specimen plants, and won a Silver Medal. 



A. Leuthy made an interesting display of commercial plants, 

 M. A. Patten showed his new variegated carnation, Mrs. C. W. 

 Barron, and C. H. Totty of Madison, N. J., the new white- 

 flowered carnation Wodenethe for which a First Class Certificate 

 was awarded. 



The Messrs. Farquhar exhibited their new Clematis Armandi 

 var. Farquhariana. This is a large-flowered form of the type and 

 promises to be a splendid decorative plant for sheltered positions in 

 the garden and cool conservatory; a Silver Medal was awarded it. 



Louis Dupuy of Whitestone, N. Y., was awarded a Silver Medal 

 for a new French hydrangea, H. hortensis var. Mme. Mouilliere. 

 The flowers were white and finely formed. In addition in his 

 group were Gen. Vitraye, pink; Radiant, pink; and Mme. Rene 

 Gaillard, white; all beautiful varieties of hydrangeas. Mr. 

 Dupuy had also a neat display of heaths, including Erica ventricosa, 

 E. Cavcndishii, yellow, E. candidissima, and E. persjncua erccta. 



Fine lily of the valley in pots came from J. T. Butterworth of 

 South Framingham, also Cattleya trianae and Cypripedium Van 

 Dyke (C. villosum X C. Lecanum). A splendid Caftleija Schroderae 

 came from Mrs. C. G. Weld, and the W^eld Garden sent some inter- 

 esting hybrid Calanthes and handsome specimens of Dendrobium 

 Wardianum and D. nohile var. nobilius for which the gardener, 

 Duncan Finlayson, received a First Class Cultural Certificate. 



James Marlborough, gardener to Thomas E. Proctor of Topsfield, 

 received a First Class Cultural Certificate for some marvellously- 

 grown spikes of Antirrhinum, more than six feet tall, and Francis 

 Skinner of Dedham had a collection of bulbous plants and some 

 pretty specimens of the rose Tausendschon. 



