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Dahlia Exhibition. 

 September 4 and 5. 



D.\HLi.\s. — Show, twenty-four blooms, named varieties: 



1st, Mrs. H. A. Jahn, $4; 2d, Johnson & Hall, $3; 3d, E. W. Ela, $2. 

 Show, twelve blooms, named varieties: 



1st, W. H. Symonds, $3; 2d, J. H. Flint, $2; 3d, J. H. Flint, $1. 

 Fancy, twelve blooms, named varieties: 



1st, E. W. Ela, $3; 2d, J. H. Flint, $2; 3d, W. D. Hathaway, $1. 

 Cactus, twenty-four blooms, named varieties: 



1st, W. W. Rawson & Co., $4; 2d, E. W. Ela, $3; 3d, N. A. Lindsey, 

 $2. 

 Cactus, twelve blooms, named varieties: 



1st, Johnson & Hall, $3; 2d, Mrs. T. O. Richardson, $2; 3d, W. H. 

 Symonds, $1. 

 Decorative, twenty-four blooms, named varieties: 



Ist, Mrs. H. A. Jahn, $4; 2d, W. W. Rawson & Co., $3; 3d, W. D. 

 Hathaway, $2. 

 Decorative, twelve blooms, named varieties: 



1st, E. W. Ela, $3; 2d, W. H. Symonds, $2; 3d, Mrs. L. M. Towle, $1. 

 Pompon, twenty-four vases of three blooms, each, named varieties: 

 1st, W. W. Rawson & Co., $4; 2d, J. K. Alexander, $3; 3d, W. D. 

 Hathaway, $2. 

 Pompon, twelve vases of three blooms each, named varieties: 



1st, Mrs. L. M. Towle, $3; 2d, E. W. Ela, $2; 3d, Mrs. H. A. Jahn, $1. 

 Single, twelve vases of three blooms each, named varieties: 



3d, E. W. Ela, SI. 

 Largest and best collection of named varieties, one vase of each: 

 l.st, W. D. Moon, S8; 2d, Mrs. L. M. Towle, $6. 

 Hardy Herbaceous Flowers. — Thirty bottles, distinct species and 

 varieties, not less than ten genera, grasses admissible: 

 1st, Blue Hill Nurseries, $10. 



Gratuities : — 



Sanderson & Lindvoll, display of Dahlias, 



W. W. Rawson & Co., " 



Mrs. J. B. Lawrence, " " " 



G.B.Gill, " " " $2. 



H. A. Jordan, 



Forbes & Gillett, 



William Whitman, display of Asters, Zinnias, and DahUas, 



Harvard Botanic Garden, display of Tuberous Begonias, 



B. H. Tracy, display of Gladioli, $10. 



