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list of the best double varieties shown: Felix Crousse, Mme. de 

 Galhau, Triomphe de I'Exposition de Lille, Baroness Schroeder, 

 Reine Hortense, Jeanne d'Arc, Eugene Verdier, Corate de Gonia, 

 Mme. Emile Galle, Avalanche, Mme. Jules Dessert, Sarah Bern- 

 hardt, Stephania, Alfred de Musset, Pink Beauty, and Asa Gray. 



Miss Grace Sturtevant had a notable exhibit of seedling Iris of 

 the Germanica type. Thirty varieties were shown. The following 

 is a description of the best varieties and the awards made: 



Iris Avalon (Queen of May X Caterina) awarded Silver Medal; 

 self colored lilac blooms of fine substance; falls flare and standards 

 overlap; beard, silvery white; stems, strong, about four feet in 

 height. 



Iris Stanley H. White (Hector X Caterina) awarded Certificate 

 of Merit; flower is rich yellow except for the fine yellow lines in the 

 falls, the top has a rounded effect due to the ruffled standards 

 overlapping. 



Iris Ann Leslie (Dr. Bernice seedling) awarded Honorable 

 Mention; a strong growing variety with flowers of a very unusual 

 color, falls velvety carmine, standards white, tinted rose towards 

 the top, stems three feet in height. 



E. B. Dane had a nice exhibit of orchid blooms including the 

 following: Vanda suavis, Dendrobium davatum, Odontioda Charles- 

 worthii, Sobralia xantholeuca, Cypripedium Maudiae, Cypripedium 

 Lawrenceanum Hycanum, Miltonia vexiUaria, Cattlcya gigas, and 

 a fine variety of Oncidium crispum. J. T. Butterworth also ex- 

 hibited cut blooms of Dendrobium Jamesianum, Odontoglossum 

 crispum, and Miltonias. 



R. and J. Farquhar and Co. received a Silver Medal for an 

 extensive display of herbaceous plants and shrubs. The Blue 

 Hill Nurseries exhibited a collection of nine varieties of Hemerocallis 

 the finest of which was the pure bright orange Dr. Regal. The 

 Mount Desert Nurseries of Bar Harbor had a novel and artistic 

 display of Eremurus, Iris, Dicentra, Solomon's Seal, Lilacs, Hemero- 

 callis, and other hardy flowers; each variety arranged by itself 

 in a branching bamboo stand. 



