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made an interesting and attractive feature of the show. This 

 exhibit was awarded a Gold Medal. 



The group of flowering and foliage plants, and of forced shrubs, 

 Azaleas, Ericas, Clyclamen, Schizanthus, and Cinerarias, were 

 notable features of the show and were of high quality. A Silver 

 Medal was awarded to William Sim for collection of Auriculas, 

 also a Silver Medal for hybrid Polyanthas. Thomas Roland 

 received a Silver Medal for superior culture of Ericas and a similar 

 award went to F. Dorner & Sons Co., for Carnation Laddie. 



Awards of Honorable Mention were made to Charles Holbrow 

 for his new seedling Rose, Christy Miller X President Taft; and to 

 Charles S. Strout for seedling Carnation Snow White. Certificate 

 of Merit was awarded to T. D. Hatfield for Rhododendron lutescens, 

 a small-flowered yellow Rhododendron from Western China and 

 to A. N. Pierson for Climbing Rose, Elizabeth Zeigler. A. N. 

 Pierson was first for new foliage plant with Adiantum gloriosum 

 Lemkesii, an improved gloriosum. Splendid vases of Richmond, 

 Ophelia, Hadley, and Mrs. Bayard Thayer Roses were exhibited 

 in the competitive classes. The winning varieties of Carnations 

 were Pink Sensation, Pocahontas, Matchless, Benora, Doris, and 

 Bella Washburn. The retail florists' displays were extensive and 

 special prizes were awarded to Penn the Florist, H. R. Comley, 

 Houghton Gorney Co., and the Boston Cut Flower Company. 



Iris Show, May 26. On account of the backward season, very 

 few flowers were staged at this exhibition. Miss Grace Sturtevant 

 of Wellesley had a display of dwarf Iris and spring flowers; A. W. 

 Preston, Narcissus; and Victor Heurlin, display of Narcissus and 

 Tulips. 



On June 19 members of the committee visited the Glen Road 

 Iris gardens, Wellesley Farms, and made the following awards : 



Iris Shekinah, (O X Celeste) X Self, a soft pale lemon yellow, 

 deepening to the center, beard orange, the first yeUow of Pallida 

 type and height 3 feet. Silver Medal. 



Iris Empire, (Monsignor X Aurea) Empire Yellow, 27 inches, 

 with the excellent growth and shape of Monsignor, Certificate of 

 Merit. 



Iris Rosette, (Pallida X (Pallida, X Jeanne d'Arc) reddish 

 violet with a strong tendency for both standards and falls to lie 

 upon the horizontal, 3 feet. Certificate of Merit. 



