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Worth}' of special mentiou were 



Delphiniums, grown by Edwin Fewkes & Son ; 

 Sweet Peas, " " J. F. C. Hyde ; 



Gladioli, " " H. B. Watt; 



" " J. W. Clark; 

 Herbaceous Plants, " " William J. Martin ; 

 " ' " " " J. W. Manning; 



and Pompon Dahlias, *" " George S. Tuttle. 

 The weekly displays of native plants collected by Mrs. P. D. 

 Richards, formed a striking educational feature of our shows, not 

 to be passed over without notice. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 



September 13, 14, 15 and 16. 



The Annual Exhibition was held this year in the Great Hall of 

 the Mechanics' Charitable Association building, on Huntington 

 Avenue, and in connection with the biennial session of the 

 American Pomological Society. Ample space was allotted to the 

 Flower Committee for the display of plants and flowers, and the 

 artistic grouping of the specimens presented has never been sur- 

 passed in any of our shows. The plants were of the most rare 

 and beautiful species, and profuse in quantity ; and each was a 

 well grown specimen of its kind. Each exhibitor was apportioned 

 a suitable space of floor room on which to group his plants, and 

 when all was completed the great hall presented the appearance of 

 a grand tropical garden covering a space of about twenty thousand 

 square feet in extent. 



The large tanks of Water Lilies from John Simpkins, were a 

 splendid feature of the exhibition, as they comprised specimens 

 from all parts of the world, and of all sizes, ranging from our 

 smallest Nympliciea odorata, to the magnificent lily of the River 

 Amazon, the world-renowned Victoria regia. 



The principal contributors of plants were H. H. Hunnewell, N. 

 T. Kidder, George A. Nickerson, John L. Gardner, Mrs. Francis 

 B. Hayes, W. A. Manda, Thomas Clark, and Charles H. Hovey. 

 Taking it all together it was pre-eminently the best display of 

 plants and flowers ever made in Boston. 



A unique feature of the exhibition was the large collection of 



