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cardinali^ Ackermamii, a handsome salmon colored variety, blotched 

 with crimson on a blush ground. 



Frederick J. Rea received Honorable Mention for AucJiusa 

 Italica var. Dropmore, a variety much larger and finer than the 

 type. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries put up a display of herbaceous flowers 

 which was remarkable for the large numbers of species and varieties 

 exibited, fine arrangement, and neatness of labeling. Attention 

 should be called to the latter point as the specially printed cards 

 used made the collection a very instructive one. A Silver ]Medal 

 was awarded for this. 



Wm. N. Craig brought from the Langwater Gardens a fine lot 

 of Miltonia vexillaria which was so well grown that a Cultural 

 Certificate was awarded him. 



The Rose Exhibition was held June 22 and was better than we 

 have had for several years. There was very good competition in 

 several of the classes for hybrid perpetual roses, but on the whole 

 was not what it should be and it would seem that less interest than 

 such a popular flower deserves is being taken in their cultivation. 

 Judging by the majority of flowers exhibited this conclusion forced 

 itself upon us, for with few exceptions they gave evidence of ordi- 

 nary care only. We believe with the same care given garden roses 

 that was bestowed upon them some twenty years ago we could 

 have flowers of as good cjuality and exhibits as fine as was then the 

 rule. 



There was a considerable number of displays not in competition 

 most of which were meritorious, particularly the exhibits of Cam- 

 panula Medium in pots from ^Nlrs. John L. Gardner and Mrs. A. W. 

 Blake; herbaceous plants from the Blue Hill Nurseries and Mt. 

 Desert Nurseries; peonies from E. J. Shaylor, T. C. Thurlow, 

 Dr. Charles S. Minot, and George Hollis; and the collection of 

 early-flowering chrysanthemums from Walter Hunnewell. 



Special Awards were made to George Hollis for seedling peony, 

 ]Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, which received a First Class Certificate. 

 It is a very large, full, rather flat flower, with broad petals of a 

 fresh, rosy-pink color. 



Walter Hunnewell was awarded Honorable ^Mention for the new 

 Rambler rose Rubin. It is a very free variety, larger than Crim- 



