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Another display which attracted much attention and formed an 

 important part of the exliibition was the exhibit of Cyclamen plants 

 from J. Henry Brooks of Milton. The plants were of very large 

 size although only eighteen months from seed. They were finely 

 flowered and showed great skill in their cultivation, securing for 

 the gardener wdio grew them, George M. Anderson, a Silver Medal 

 for cultivation. 



Two well-gro^ii plants of Genista Canariensis were exlaibited 

 by Thomas Roland of Nahant. They had been trained in a some- 

 what formal conical shape and were a complete mass of bloom. 



Cala7ithe vestita igneo-oculata gigantea show^n by Lager and 

 Hurrell is a very fine orchid bearing flowers of large size with a 

 fiery-red eye which show^s to great advantage against the white of 

 the petals. A First Class Certificate was awarded this. 



First Class Certificates were also awarded J. E. Rothwell for 

 the beautiful pure white Dendrohium nobile virginale, a variety 

 absolutely pure white and a great acquisition; To Genl. S. M. 

 Weld for Primula Kewensis, the new yellow-flowered hybrid 

 Primula wdiich originated at Kew gardens, with quite large bright 

 yellow flowers arranged in whorls in the manner of Primula verti- 

 cillata; and to Kenneth Finlayson for seedling Himalayan Rhodo- 

 dendron Mary Weld, which has a beautiful waxy white flower 

 with fine fragrance, and resulted from Rhododendron Princess 

 Mary Fitzwilliam X RJwdodendron Veitchii laevigata. 



Honorable Mentions were awarded William Whitman for a very 

 fine plant of Cattleya Schroederae bearing eight spikes of bloom; 

 Julius Roehrs Co., for the new Azalea Julius Roehrs, a rosy-pink 

 colored variety which promises Mell for winter forcing; and to 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for Begonia Gloire de Lorraine superba, 

 a variety of apparently stronger habit and with larger flowers than 

 the type. 



The same firm also received Honorable Mention for the new 

 Pelargonium Mme. Thibaut. 



There were several other plants from various growers which were 

 so well grown that cultural awards were given them. The most 

 noticeable being the Acacias exhibited by Walter Hunnewell and 

 gro^^^l by his gardener, T. D. Hatfield, who was awarded a Silver 

 Medal for superior cultivation. 



