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was made b}' Joseph Clark, gardener to Mrs. T. W. Ward. For 

 the Hunnewell special prizes, the prize offered for the best six 

 new varieties was not awarded ; for the best six named varie- 

 ties, William Gray, Jr. exhibited the following: Abbe Giraudier, 

 Madame la Baronne de Rothschild, Countess of Oxford, Paul 

 Keron, General Jacqueminot, and Madame Laurent, six magnifi- 

 cent varieties. For the best twelve of any one variety-, the first 

 premium was awarded to a superb dozen of La Reine, the next best 

 being twelve magnificent blooms of Auguste Mie. For the Sai'gent 

 special prize thex*e were three competitors, the successful ones 

 being J. C Chaffln and Francis Parkman. These were both supt^rb 

 collections. The collection of Mr. Parkman contained Souvenir 

 de Comte Cavour, Baronne de Rothschild, Triomphe d'Aleneou, 

 La Reine, Alfred Colomb, John Hopper, Bertha Leveque, Victor 

 Verdier, Madame C. Joigneaux, Vicomtesse Villi ers, Madame 

 de Cambaceres, Madame Zoutin, Eugene Verdier, Madame C. 

 d'lslay, Gloire de Santenay, Baronne Prevost, Charles Lefevre, 

 Dr. Andrj^ William Griffith, Madame Kuorr, Alexandrine Bachme- 

 teff, and General Jacqueminot. 



All the roses were especially fine, and the exhibitors are to be 

 congratulated on their success in having attained to so high a de- 

 gree in the cultivation of the Queen of Flowers. 



Plants in pots were very fine, and showed that they had been 

 grown by skilful hands. The collection of greenhouse and stove 

 plants from William Gray, Jr., were of a medium size, but were 

 in superb condition, and composed the following fine varieties : 

 Phoenix reclinata, Phormium Veitchii var., Dnicoena spectabilis, 

 Ananassa satioa vanegata, Phcenix farinifera, Phormium Colensoi 

 var., Pandanus ornatus, Draccena australis, Bonapartea gracilis, 

 Dracoina Cooperii, Agave schidigera, Areca ruhia, ChanicBrops 

 GJiiesbreghtii, Seaforthia elegans, Draccena regina. The}^ received 

 the first prize. 



Hovey & Co. exhibited a good collection, containing the follow- 

 ing named plants in well-grown specimens : Latania borbonica, 

 Phcenix reclinata, Agave attenuala, Areca aurea, Areca lutescens, 

 Cycas circincdis, fhilodendron pertusum, Draccena, Cooperii, Cycan 

 revoluta, Maranta zebrina, Phormium tenax var., DasyUrion glauca, 

 Draccena Gudfoylei, Roezlia regia, Araucaria Cookii. 



Fine, single specimen plants of Aralia pulchella from William 

 Gray, Jr., and of Buxus arborea from Hovey & Co. The compe 



