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After following the Schedule of Prizes in the above report, we 

 noticed that a great man}' other plants of special merit were placed 

 on the stands and tables, but space will not allow of a detailed ac- 

 count of them ; suOice it to say that the Spiing Exhibition of this 

 year will long be remembered as being replete with everything es- 

 sential to make it appreciated by the public, and well worthy of 

 our Society. 



April 3. CM. Hovey entered for the Prospective Prize his seedling 

 Camellia, Florence Hovey ; color mauve crimson, flower large and 

 symmetrical. Mrs. F. B. Hayes exhibited some ver^' fine flowers of 

 Himalayan Rhododendrons, such as R. Henderiajucm, R. Veitchi- 

 anum^ M. arboreum, R.jasminoides, etc. ; also a good variety of cut 

 flowers of Roses, Azaleas, Lapagerias, etc. Mrs. E. M. Gill was 

 awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit for a seedling Amaryllis — 

 Italia — beautifully striped with crimson on a white ground, clear in 

 color, vigorous in habit and of a good form. A. W. Spencer and 

 F. L. Ames each exhibited well flowered plants of Dendrohium 

 chrysotoxum ; Edwin Fewkes pots of tulips, and Miss S. W. Story 

 cut flowers in variety. Jackson Dawson presented a noble plant 

 of Rosa multijiora^ from Japan. The flowers are white, single, 

 and in great panicles, very fragrant : it is a splendid lawn plant, 

 being entirely hardy in this climate. This plant had, by careful 

 computation, two thousand four hundred flowers and buds on it, 

 and was awarded a First Class Certificate of Merit. 



April 10. A very large collection of pans of forced hardy 

 plants was presented bj^ W. A. Manda, among which were Aqui- 

 legia oxypetala^ A. glandulosa and A. cairulea. A. glandulosa 

 was particularly fine ; color light blue, tipped with white ; large 

 flowers, and dwarf in habit. A First Class Certificate of Merit 

 was awarded for it. C. M. Hovey contributed a collection of Cam- 

 ellia blooms, a seedling Amaryllis, and Rhododendron Countess 

 of Sefton. Miss S. W. Story and S. S. Hovey brought a variety 

 of cut flowers. 



April 1 7, Robert T.Jackson was awarded a First Class Certificate 

 of Merit for Primula viscosa var. nivalis ; pure white in color ; 

 flowers comi)act, foliage thick and glossy, and plant dwarf in habit. 

 Mr. Jackson alfsu showed a collection of pol^anliuis primroses, includ- 

 ing Golden Laced and Hose-in-hose. E. Sheppard showed four- 

 teen new varieties of Pelargoniums in fine large trusses ; also, 



