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Jessie Shaylor, semi-double type of bloom, with broad guard 

 petals and loosely arranged center petals of same length, intermixed 

 with golden stamens and occasional flecks of crimson on the car- 

 peloides. Color white with tinge of salmon. Awarded Certifi- 

 cate of Merit. 



No. 65, very large bloom of the bomb type, with broad reflexing 

 guard petals, full to the center and making a very deep flower. 

 The guard petals are hydrangea-pink, surrounded with a collar 

 of blush-white and tipped with a crown of same color as the guard 

 petals. Awarded Certificate of Merit. 



Shaylor's Dream, semi-double type, nearly single. Guard petals 

 long and eventually reflexing, pure white with large bunch of yellow 

 stamens in center. Awarded Honorable Mention. 



Alma, Japanese tj^pe, guard petals large with a prominent center 

 of long staminodes with hooked ends, light yellow in color with 

 golden tips. Well developed blooms show a prominent crown 

 of pure white carpeloides with green blotches. Awarded Honorable 

 Mention. 



No. 35, semi-rose type bloom, with broad shell-like guard petals, 

 with collar of broad and crimped petaloides, growing narrower 

 toward the center which is composed of yellow stamens intermixed 

 with a few very small petals. Color is pure satiny-white with a 

 slight ivory tone. Awarded Honorable Mention. 



A Certificate of Merit was awarded T. N. Cook for Climbing 

 Rose, Bonnie Prince. In the competitive Rose classes the following 

 varieties were the winners : Hybrid Perpetuals, Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Ulrich Brunner, Captain Haj^ward, Margaret Dickson, Julius 

 Margotten, White Baroness, John Hooper, Jean Liabaud, Duke 

 of Edinburgh, Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. John Laing, Clio. Hj'brid 

 Tea Roses, Richmond, Lyons, Mrs. Charles Russell, Caroline 

 Testout, Lady Ashtown, Countess Folkstone, Beaute de Lyon, 

 William Shean, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mary Countess of Ilchester, 

 George Dickson, General McArthur, iVugustus Hartman, Ophelia, 

 Carola. i 



On July 7-8 the Sweet Pea Show was held in conjunction with 

 the Sweet Pea Society of America. While the competition was 

 not so strong as in former years the quality ruled high. Some 

 fine new sorts were exhibited the best of which were the following: 



