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The cut blooms of Hybrid Perpetual Roses, shown by John B. 

 Moore & Son on this and other dates, were rather better than 

 the average of these noted growers, and but one lot of early 

 forced Hybrid Roses could compete with them. This was shown 

 by L. W. Hastings, on the 17th of March. On this day, Henry 

 Ross exhibited XantJioceras sorbifoUa, a beautiful shrub, which is 

 of doul)tful hardiness in this latitude. 



SPRING EXHIBITION. 



March 19 and 20. 



This exhibition was held under the serious disadvantage of 

 excessively and unseasonal^ly cold weather, so that exhibitors of 

 Azaleas and other large plants were not as numerous as usual, but 

 this was fully offset by the glorious display of Spring Bulbs and 

 Orchids. It is not extravagant to say that no such exhibit was 

 ever made in this country before, and the stimulus given by it to 

 bulb culture can hardly be estimated. 



Arthur W. Blake, a new exhibitor, was first for six Azaleas, 

 which, though small, were well grown and bloomed, and included 

 some of the newest and most brilliant varieties. Flambeau being 

 exceptionalh' good. Mr. Blake was first for four Azaleas and for 

 a single Azalea, while Hon. Marshall P. Wilder was first for a 

 specimen Azalea. 



Jackson Dawson took the first prize for a single plant of Hybrid 

 Perpetual Rose with Abel Carri^re, and Mrs. Francis B. Hayes 

 took the second with Emily Laxton. 



There were no entries for the four prizes for twelve blooms of 

 Gen. Jacqueminot Rose. 



The display of Tea Roses was fau-ly good : Catherine Mermet, 

 Bon Sil^ne, Cornelia Cook, and Niphetos being well shown by 

 Delay & Meade, Edwin Sheppard, and C. M. Hovey. 



John L. Gardner took the first prize for twelve single Hyacinths 

 in pots. In this lot were 



Alba Maxima, L' Incomparable^ 



Argus, Obelisque, 



Charles Dickens, Princess Dagmar, 



La Grandesse, Sir John Lawrence, 



La Tour d' Auvergne, Snowball. 



Laurens Koster, 



