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prizes were awarded to James McTear, Hovey &. Co., and Martin Trautman, 

 respectively. 



'I'he show of late Phlox was poor. The varieties were good, but the flowers 

 seemed dashed by the rain and in poor condition. The prizes were awarded 

 to Hovey & Co., Evers &- Comley, and Barnes & Washburn, respectively. 



The great beauty of the Exhibition was the display of Gladiolus, (the varieties 

 of gandavensis and floribundus), which was superb, and attracted universal 

 admiration. The improvements in this flower have been wonderful ; it is only 

 a few years since the first of these new hybrids was shown by Edw. S. Rand, 

 Esq., and now they are numbered by hundreds, and are of every shade of white, 

 pink, red, scarlet, and yellow. We give a list of the finest varieties in the 

 collection of each exhibitor : — 



Marshall P. JFilder. Mrs. Bassville, Jeanne d'Arc, Vulcan, Count de Morny, 

 Pline, Clemence, Raphael, Ceres, Louis Van Houtte. 



Joseph Brtck. Isoline, Rembrandt, Erato, Count de Morny, Eldorado, Mrs. 

 Leseble, Canari, Ophir, Princess Mathilda, Mathilde de Landevoisin, Princess 

 Clotilde. 



Hovey fy Co. Othello, Daphne, Le Chamois, Princess Mathilde, Madam 

 Souchet, Brenchleyensis, Calendulaceus, Olympe Lescouger. 



Barnes & Washburn. Ninon de I'Enclos, Lelia, Mons. Corbay, Linne, Sul- 

 phureus, Vesta. 



Spooner &. Co. Napoleon III., Vulcain, Velleda, Jeanne de Arc, Oracle, 

 Pluton, Count de Morny, Le Poussin, Brenchleyensis, Osiris, Othello, Countesse 

 de Bresson, Ophir, Isoline, Daphne, Clemence, Goliah, Raphael, Neptune. 



The prizes were awarded to Spooner & Co., Hovey & Co., and Barnes &, 

 Washburn, respectively. Probably the three finest and most distinct Gladiolus 

 exhibited were Eldorado, Count de Morny, and Le Poussin. 



The following fine varieties have been furnished the Committee by Wm. H. 

 Spooner, Jr., to describe for this report. 



Rebecca. Ground color white, variegated with deep pink ; the three inferior 

 petals striped with deep lake on yellowish white ground. One of the best of 

 the variegated varieties. 



Madam Binder. Pure white ground, slightly tinged with lilac ; lower petals 

 striped with rosy carmine, on white ground. A very strong grower ; throws a 

 magnificent spike. 



Velleda. Perfect rose color ; lower divisions shaded and striped with rosy 

 lilac, emerging in a purple throat. A very large and finely formed flower. 



Isoline. Rosy white, lower petals marked with carmine; throat purple. 

 Fine. 



Bowensis. A tall-growing variety, throwing an immense spike of scarlet 

 crimson flowers, with yellowish markings on inferior petals. 



Jeanne d'Arc. Rosy white petals, tinted with purple; fine form; throat 

 purple. 



N'eptune. Rosy cherry, each petal having a distinct white stripe down the 

 centre, with the addition of carmine tintings on three inferior. Very fine. 



