AWARDS FOR PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 187 



Orchids. — Display of not less than six genera and fifteen named species 

 and varieties, filling not less than twenty bottles: 

 1st, J. E. Rothwell, the Appleton Silver Gilt Medal; 2d, Col. Charles 

 Pfaff, the Appleton Silver ]Medal. 



Additional Special Prizes. 



For the best arranged table of cut Chrysanthemum blooms, all classes 

 admissible (For commercial growers only) : 

 1st, Sidney Hoffman, $40; 2d, Mrs. E. M. Gill, $30; 3d, Edward 

 MacMulkin, $20. 

 For the best decorative arrangement of cut Chrysanthemimis, with 

 autumn foliage or other suitable material, filling a table eight feet 

 by six feet (For retail store florists only) : 

 1st, Sidney Hoffman, $40; 2d, Edward IMacMulkin, $.30. 

 For the best vase of one hvmdred Chrysanthemum blooms, of one or 

 more varieties, in the Society's large China vases, tasteful arrange- 

 ment to be considered (Offered by George R. White) : 

 1st, W. W. Edgar Co., Major Bonnafon, $40; 2d, W. W. Edgar Co., 

 William Duckham, $30; 3d, Edward MacMulkin, Major Bonnafon, 

 $20. 

 For the best vase of fifty Roses of any one variety (1st prize offered by 

 Francis Skinner): 

 1st, Waban Rose Conservatories, American Beauty, $50; 2d, Carl 

 Jurgens, American Beauty, $30; 3d, W. H. Elliott, Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria, $20. 

 For the best vase of Carnations, di.stinct varieties, fifty blooms each: 

 1st, Peter Fisher, $40; 2d, S. J. Goddard, $30; 3d, Backer & Co., 

 $20; 4th, F. R. Pierson Co., $10. 

 For the best made up centre piece of growing plants, suitable for a table 

 of eight covers (Offered by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston) : 

 1st, Sidney Hoffman, $12; 2d, F. Heeremans, $8; 3d, Edward Mac- 

 Mulkin, $5. 



Gratuities : — 



C. H. Totty, collection of Single-flowered Chrysanthemums, $8. 

 Mrs. H. O. Underwood, six Standard Chrysanthemums, $6. 

 Mrs. J. M. Sears, collection of forty varieties of Single and Anemone- 

 flowered Chrysanthemums, $5. 

 G. H. Hale, Single-flowered Chrysanthemums, $5. 



R. Vincent Jr. & Sons Co., display of Pompon Chrysanthemums, $5. 

 William Whitman, display of Specimen Chrysanthemums, $2. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, Chrysanthemums, $3. 

 William Whitman, Chrysanthemums, $1. 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., display of Foliage and Flowering Plants, $25. 



