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Daphne. Bright rosy reddish pink, shading to pale pink, then to a carmine 

 throat ; inferior petals striped and shaded with deepest carmine. 



Diana. Rosy white, variegated with rose and striped with carmine. 



Vulcain. Scarlet, shaded with richest purple. Very fine. It is almost im- 

 possible to describe the rich velvety appearance of this flower; it is unique; 

 in form the flower more nearly approaches the seedlings of ramosus. Very 

 fine. 



Clemence. Rosy red, shaded with carmine and yellow; throat rosy, shading 

 to purple. 



JVapoJeoti III. Vivid scarlet, shading through red to pink, then to white, 

 then merging in a purple throat, distinct white stripes on five petals ; broad 

 yellowish blotch on the lowest, shaded with lake, A brilliant flower. 



GoHah. Rosy red, striped with white and carmine. Flower large and fine. 



Ophir. Dark yellow when first expanding, fading to bright straw color, with 

 purple stains ; carmine stripe on lower petals ; lake throat. 



Raphael. Deep vermilion red, shaded with white, pink and purple. Form 

 perfect. A most lovely variety. 



Rembrandt. Deep scarlet, lighted with purple ; lake throat. Flowers small, 

 but very fine. 



Piuion. Scarlet crimson, lower petals shading from richest lake to a pure 

 white line ; large fine flower. A very striking and beautiful variety. 



Le Poussin. Rosy red, on white ground, shaded with purple. Flowers 

 large, produced as in oppositiflorus, in a dense spike. One of the very best, 

 and most beautiful yet produced. 



Oracle. Bright cherry, marked with purple ; fine form ; dense spike. A 

 very beautiful variety. 



Count de Morny. A very fine variety. Dark rosy red, shading to and 

 lighted with white, with carmine stains. Fine flowers, fine truss. In every 

 way superior. 



Achille. Bright red, mottled with carmine, narrow white line in middle of 

 each petal ; three lower petals broadly marked with white. 



Many of the fine varieties which we have before described were also in 

 the collection of Marshall P. Wilder, which arrived too late to compete for 

 premium. 



Saturday, August 24th, the display was small, and not up to the average of 

 the season. 



There were no pot plants, and, with few exceptions, the collections of cut 

 flowers were inferior. Most of them were only redeemed by fine spikes of 

 Gladiolus, and bunches of Gloxineas and Japan Lilies. 



The best display was made by Hovey &. Co. ; then followed Evers & Com- 

 ley, Barnes & Washburn, Wm. C. Strong, Spooner &- Co., Franklin Winship 

 and others. The display made by Joseph Breck, President of the Society, is 

 always fine ; his stand is never empty, and we often discover many floral rari- 

 ties ; but as Mr. Breck declines competing for premium, the collection does 



