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Surprise, salmon, Edward Gondy, pink, Miriam Beaver, scarlet, 

 Baltons Victory, lavender, Hope, vermilion pink, Hercules, cerise. 

 Among the miscellaneous exhibits were fine collections of Iris 

 Kaempferi from Iristhorpe Farm and wild flowers from Albert 

 Davidson. F. W. Fletcher was awarded a Silver Medal for a 

 fine collection of • hybrid Delphiniums. The varieties Lassell 

 Blue and a Belladonna hybrid were awarded Certificates of Merit. 



July 21, the Bayard Thayer Estate at Lancaster exhibited 

 Lilium Thayerae one of E. H. Wilson's new lilies from China. 

 This was the first time this lily had been exhibited in this country. 

 It is perfectly hardy, the flowers are recurved, of a rich orange 

 color, and the petals are covered with small black spots, the stem 

 strong and wiry, the best spike shown carrying 21 flowers and buds. 

 It was awarded a Silver Medal. 



The Gladiolus Show which opened on August 11, was not as 

 large nor was the quality of the blooms as good as in former years, 

 due no doubt to the excessively hot dry weather previous to the 

 exhibition. Some of the winning varieties were Frau Elise Bergen, 

 Loveliness, Goliath, Joe Colman, Myrtle, Charlemagne, Moonlight, 

 Austrasia, Sphinx, Queen Wilhelmina, Elizabeth Kurtz, and Murillo. 

 There was a good display of Phlox, some of the best of which were 

 Maid Marion, Stella's Choice, Argon, La Feu de Mond, Paul 

 Carpentier, Cameron, Africa, Elizabeth Campbell, Marquis de 

 St. Paul. Special awards were Silver Medal to C. F. Fairbanks 

 for Gladiolus primulinus hybrids; Silver Medal to the Boston Cut 

 Flower Co., for an artistic arrangement of cut Gladioli in baskets 

 and vases; Certificate of Merit to A. E. Kunderd for seedling 

 Gladiolus Lily White. 



Dahlia Show Sept. 8-9. The Dahlias exhibited at this show 

 were of fine quality, although less numerous than usual. J. K. 

 Alexander made an extensive exhibit of cut blooms, embracing 

 all classes. The Boston Cut Flower Co. was awarded a Silver 

 Medal for an artistic display of Dahhas and other flowers. Thomas 

 Cogger received a First Class Certificate of Merit for Gladiolus 

 Mrs. Keur, a very large flower, color deep pink. Old Town 

 Nurseries exhibited a collection of seedling Gladioli which was 

 awarded Honorable Mention. J. K. Alexander had a splendid dis- 

 play of his Colossal Dahlias. The Colossal type includes all the 



