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fifty pure white flowers. It had been lifted from the open ground, 

 and the earliuess of its bloom under those conditions was surpris- 

 ing. This ought to become one of the most valuable plants 

 for winter forcing. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 

 November 12 and 13. 



The annual exhibition of Chr^'^santhemums was in many respects 

 the most successful ever given in Boston ; though the competition 

 was not what it should have been, some of the strongest growers 

 of Chrysanthemums being wholly unrepresented. 



The upper hall of the Society, comprising five thousand square 

 feet, was devoted to Chrysanthemums iu pots and the Orchid dis- 

 play ; while the lower hall was given over to cut blooms, and fruit 

 and vegetables. Even both of these large halls were inadequate to 

 hold the aggregated collections. 



The first prize for six Chinese Chrj^santhemums was taken by 

 Dr. H. P. Walcott, with the following varieties : 

 Baron Beust, Mrs. Forsythe, 



Bruce Finlay, Mrs. Sharp, 



King of Crimsons, Mrs. Shipman. 



These were magnificent plants, in twelve-inch pots, grown 

 uatm'ally, the blooms not tied down, and each plant between four 

 and five feet high, — averaging five feet across. The same rating 

 applied to all the plants exhibited by Dr. "Walcott, which in respect 

 of growth, were admitted to be the best ever shown in one lot in 

 this couutr}^ 



Dr. Walcott was also first for three Chinese : Mrs. Dixon, 

 Christine, and Alfred Salter. He was also first for six Japanese, 

 with glorious plants of 



Bouquet Fait, La Charmeuse, 



Flambeau, Nevada, 



Golden Dragon, President Parkman. 



For three Japanese, Dr. Walcott came first, with Fair Maid of 

 Guernse}', Moussillac, and Belle Valantinau. 



For four Pompons, Dr. Walcott was first with 

 Golden Mdlle. Marthe, Mdlle. Marthe, 



La Vogue, Salamon. 



