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On several occasions Mr. M. H. Walsh has exhibited his 

 seedling Hybrid Rose, the Michael H. AValsh, and on July 1, 

 181)3, he was awarded a First Class Certificate of .Merit for it. 

 The rose appeared to us to have so much promise that we deemed 

 it expedient to see the plants growing and flowering in the open 

 ground, and on invitation of Mr. Walsh we visited the grounds of 

 Hon. Joseph S. Fay, his employer, on July 9, of this year, to 

 make a further examination of the variety. The rose exceeded 

 our most sanguine expectations, and of the great number of older 

 varieties in Mr. Fay's collection, the cream of the European pro- 

 ductions, there was not one to surpass this in beauty or vigor. 

 This is the more remarkable when we take into consideration that 

 of the hundreds of varieties of Hybrid Roses there are but two or 

 three of any merit that are of American origin. With this fact 

 in mind it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that the 

 Society should bestow upon it the highest honor within its power. 

 We therefore awarded Mr. Walsh the Society's Gold Medal. 



The exhibition of the week after the regular Rose Show has 

 assumed considerable importance as a rose exhibition, and the 

 roses shown are often superior to many at the regular show. 

 This season June 29 was no exception, and we had fine displays 

 of Hybrid Roses, Iris Kcempferi, English Irises, Delphiniums, 

 Lilium aindidum, Campanula Medium, Herbaceous Plants, 

 Native Plants, and a great variety of other seasonable flowers. 



Jul}' 13 was Hollyhock day, but this has ceased to be the 

 beautiful exhibition it was a few years ago, owing to the ravages 

 of the holl3'hock fungus, which has nearly put a stop to hollyhock 

 growing in this region. 



On this date William Robinson was awarded a Silver Medal for 

 a seedling Sobralia named Amesice, a cross between X'lntholeuca 

 and WilUamsii. This is a very beautiful orchid and a credit to its 

 originator. Mrs. Frederick L. Ames was awarded a First Class 

 Certificate of Merit for a number of beautiful varieties of Javan 

 Rhododendrons. 



July 27 was Sweet Pea day and the displays were numerous 

 and beautiful. Particularly valuable were the named varieties 

 from Frederick A. Blake, A. A. Hixon, and John 1*. Spaulding. 



August 3 was prize day for Hardy Nymph;eas. The prizes 

 were competed for by Hon. John Simpkins and Oakes Ames and 

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