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Cream Pink; Mary Unwin, Orange; Orchid, Lavender; Royal 

 Purple, Purple; John Ridd, Maroon; Jean Ireland, Picotee Edged; 

 Jessie Cuthbertson, Striped Red. 



S. W. Carlquist was awarded a Silver Medal for a display of 

 Sweet Peas which included many of the newest varieties. Wild 

 flowers were an interesting feature of the show, Albert Davidson 

 of Melrose taking first with 114 varieties. Mrs. Homer Gage of 

 Shrewsbury was the only exhibitor of Japanese Iris and A. W. 

 Preston put up a nice exhibit of Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses. 



Speclvl Exhibition, July 15. 



Dr. and Mrs. Homer Gage of Shrewsbury and Dr. and Mrs. 

 Harris Kennedy of Milton exhibited Japanese Iris. The Homer 

 Gage collection contained thirty varieties and was awarded a Silver 

 Medal. The Eastern Nurseries had on exhibition 14 varieties of 

 hardy Spiraea. R. and J. Farquhar and Co. put up a large group 

 of Lilium regale for which they were awarded Honorable Mention. 



Gladiolus Exhibition. 



The Gladiolus Exhibition opened on August 11 and continued 

 for three days. The American Gladiolus Society also held its 

 annual exhibition under the auspices of this Society on the same 

 date. It was decidedly the largest and best exhibition of Gladiolus 

 ever seen in Boston. There were many new varieties and some of 

 these were remarkable for their color, size, and texture. The 

 Primulinus hybrids were noteworthy for their wonderful color and 

 gracefulness and were undoubtedly the most admired flowers on 

 exhibition. The principal exhibitors were C. F. Fairbanks of 

 Milton, L. Merton Gage, and Thomas Coggar; also T. A. Have- 

 meyer and John Lewis Childs of New York. Among the many 

 fine varieties on exhibition were Julie M. Fairbanks, Muriel, Daisy 

 Rand, Goliath, Schwaben, Miss Cavell," Mrs. Watt, White Ivory, 

 Evelyn Kirtland, Mme. Mounet-Sully, Mrs. F. Pendleton. In 

 the non-competitive displays C. F. Fairbanks was awarded a Gold 



