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it is a very free, fine, flowing variety, by far the best we have 

 ever seen. 



August 3. 



To-day's exhibition was the largest of the season, every space 

 in the hall being filled, the cut flowers being very attractive, both 

 as to their qualit}^ and the neatness of their arrangement. The 

 contributors were W. C. Strong & Co., with a very large and hand- 

 some collection, which did not compete, James Comley, Joseph 

 Breck and J. O'Brien. 



James McTear and A. McLaren exhibited good collections of 

 late Phloxes, of very fine and distinct varieties, and received 

 respectfully the first and second prizes. 



The collections of fungi were unusually large, those of John 

 Robinson, W. K. Wood and Mrs. Horner, were much admired for 

 the very neat and tastj^ manner in which they were exhibited, but 

 that from Mrs. Gill comprised the largest number of varieties. 



J. S. Richards exhibited a splendid lot of Gladiolus from his 

 extensive collection of seedlings, filling the large stand at the end 

 of the hall, containing over two hundred bottles ; it was consid- 

 ered the best collection of seedlings that Mr. Richards has 

 exhibited. 



Wm. Gray, Jr., a very fine stand of twenty-four varieties of Ge- 

 raniums, from his extensive and excellent collection of that popular 

 bedding plant. 



Louis Guerineau, flowers of Aristolochia ciUata, a very curious 

 blooming plant, which was found more desirable to look at than to 

 smell, also Euphorbia marginata and Cassia marylandica. 



August 10. 



This being prize day for balsams there were several competi- 

 tors, the successful ones being J. B. Moore and Mrs. S. Joyce ; 

 those of Mr. Moore were unusually? fine. 



, E. H. Hitchings, with his native flowers outdid himself, his col- 

 lection being acknowledged by all to be the best and rarest ever 

 exhibited ; two of the specimens, Aletris farinosa and Chrysopsis 

 falcata, having never before been exhibited ; there were also the 

 beautiful aquatic plants Uiricularia inflata, U purpurea and U vul- 

 garis, Orchis blephariglottis, a very delicate species, with snow 

 white flowers ; Orchis finibriata, with purple flowers ; Lobelia car- 



