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Fungi. — W. K. Wood and Mrs. E. M. Gill each exhibited a 

 collection. 



Balsams. — There was quite a spirited competition for the prizes 

 offered for this beautiful annual. The best collections were those 

 of J. B. Moore and James Comley. 



Late Phloxes. — Hovey & Co. and James McTear each exhib- 

 ited stands of fine named varieties, containing an excellent assort- 

 ment of flowers, of distinct colors, fine form, and good heads. 

 The stand from Hovey & Co. was especially noticeable. 



Francis Parkman exhibited a fine seedling flower ; large, good 

 form, color white with deep crimson eye. James McTear exhibited 

 a very fine seedling flower of medium size, color bright pink, deep 

 cherry eye, and full spike. E. F. Washburn showed on the 4th of 

 September a good seedling ; pure white, light rose eye, free flower- 

 ing and good habit. 



Petunias. — Good collections were shown by James O'Brien, 

 Mrs. A. D. Wood, and several other contributors. 



Lilies. — James Comley exhibited two very fine pots of Lilium 

 lancifolmm, the largest and best we have seen. C. L. Allen, of 

 Queens, N. Y., brought two pots of i^. longiflorum ; and Hovey & 

 Co. L. lancifolium var. 3Ielpomene, a splendid flower ; color deep 

 crimson, edged with white. Lilium auratum has been shown by 

 various contributors ; those most noticeable were a large plant 

 grown in a tub, from Mrs. A. T. Perkins, containing one hundred 

 and nineteen flowers and buds, though the individual flowers were 

 small ; and a single spike from Joseph Clark, having on it sixty- 

 eight buds and flowers, the largest single spike ever exhibited. 

 This, however, consisted of several stems merged into one, such as 

 in Lilium lancifolium is known as var. monstrosum. 



Native Ferns. — Two splendid collections were shown by J. 

 Warren Merrill and Mrs. C. N. S. Horner, Mr. Merrill's being the 

 best collection of native ferns ever shown. Besides cut fronds he 

 exhibited a beautifully grown plant of Lygoclium palmatum. 

 Mrs. Horner's collection contained fifty species and varieties, 

 and of that number, thirty-eight were obtained from their native 

 haunts. 



Gladioli. — The premium day was August 21st, when J. S. 

 Richards, George Craft, H. Gleason, and James Nugent, exhibited 

 vei-y fine stands. The seedlings of Mr. Richards have been very 

 noticeable, many of them almost equalling the best imported 



