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Not a prize for Hydrangeas on the 25th of July was taken ; nor 

 for Lilium longifiorum. The latter is, in many cases, not proving 

 hardy ; and its out-door culture has been very much reduced. 

 The first prizes for Sweet Peas and Verbenas went to Edwin 

 Fewkes and A. A. Hixon, respectively. 



Stocks and Balsams were poorly represented on the 1st of 

 August ; there being no entry in the former class, and but one in 

 the latter. 



F. L. Temple exhibited Hypericum aureum and GaiUardia 

 grandiflora, both of which received First Class Certificates of 

 Merit. A similar Certificate was awarded to Edwin Fewkes for 

 Milla biflora, which, treated in the same manner as the gladiolus, 

 is one of the finest white flowered bulbs for the garden yet intro- 

 duced. A First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded to John 

 C. Hovey for Orostachys >ipinosa. 



John B. Moore & Son took the first prize for Perennial Phloxes 

 on the 8th of August ; and the first prize for Petunias went to 

 A. A. Hixon. 



William Martin (gardener to Henry P. Kidder) , exhibited some 

 splendid specimens of Achimenes in pots, and received a First 

 Class Certificate of Merit. 



James Cartwright took the first prize for twenty varieties of 

 Gladioli on the 15th of August ; and the first for one spike, the 

 variety being Ambrose Verschaftelt. Mr. Cartwright was also 

 first for the General Display. The quality of the Gladioli, in 

 general, was good ; and this exhibition was a fine one. Denys 

 Zirngiebel exhibited eight pots of his -Seedling White Aster, and 

 received a First Class Certificate of Merit. Grown in this way, 

 the Aster becomes highly decorative for conservatories or dwell- 

 ings. 



Edwin Sheppard took the first prize for Truffaut's Asters on 

 the 22d, Warren Heustis the second ; and Mr. Sheppard was first 

 for Victoria Asters. L. W. Goodell took the first prize for 

 Pompous. 



At this exhibition, E. H. Hitchings had Utricidaria dcmdestina, 

 not shown before. A Silver Medal was awarded to N. S. Simpkins 

 for splendid specimens of Nymphwa rubra, N. Bevoniensis, N. 

 Zanzibarensis aurea, and N. dentata. 



There was a slim show of Lilium lancifolium and Tropfeolums, 

 on the 29th ; but a good lot of Marigolds was shown by S. S. 

 Hovev, taking the first prize. 



