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silver INIedal to A. Roper of Tewksbury for a promising variegated 

 carnation named Bay State; a Silver Medal to Wm. Nicholson of 

 Framingham for carnation Afterglow, a lovely cerise-pink and 

 finely shaped flower; Honorable Mention to F. C. Green of War- 

 wick, R. I., for the new pink Roman hyacinth Excelsior; a Cul- 

 tural Certificate to William Downs for some splendidly grown 

 yellow snapdragons; a Certificate of Merit to E. A. Wood of West 

 Newton for a promising new red carnation, Mrs. Geo. A. Frost; 

 Certificate of Merit to William Sim of Cliftondale for three new 

 sweet peas, W. W. Smalley, satin pink, Mrs. Alexander Wallace, 

 lavender, and La Marquise, self-colored blue; Honorable Mention 

 to H. A. Dreer Co., Philadelphia, for new blush Queen Alex- 

 andra marguerite; Honorable Mention to W. W. Rawson & Co. 

 for new double Lobelia erinus, Kathleen Mallard; a Cultural 

 Certificate to William Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 of Brookline, for a display of well-flowered plants of Chorizema 

 ilici folia; Honorable Mention to W. A. Manda for the new Aspara- 

 gus elongatus, with the habit of the culinary species, but South 

 African and evergreen; and Honorable Mention to Thos. Roland 

 of Nahant for an interesting display of clipped Cytisus and some 

 neatly grown plants of the Lady Gay climbing rose. 



The display of hard-wooded plants for which the Spring Show 

 in Boston was once noted, when Kenneth Finlayson and other 

 Brookline gardeners competed, was practically nothing. The 

 committee did not think well enough of the only entry in this class 

 to award it the first prize. 



The display of orchids made by Seth A. Borden of Fall River 

 was notable for the excellence of the indiN^dual plants, particularly 

 the Dendrobiums. 



A Gold Medal was awarded to Walter Hunnewell of Wellesley 

 for a magnificent display of seedhng Amaryllis. 



At the Show of May 9 were some good herbaceous Calceolarias 

 from James Crosbie of Medford, and Pelargoniums from William 

 Whitman of Brookline, Martin Sullivan, gardener. The collec- 

 tion of Narcissi from Langwater Gardens, North Easton, W. N. 

 Craig, gardener, was comprehensive and good. There was also 

 a large display of tulips — some fifty varieties — from R. & J. 

 Farciuhar & Co. which attracted much attention. A Certificate 



