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that it is almost impossible not to consider effectiveness of staging 

 a point in favor of any group in competition; and if this were incor- 

 porated in the rules it would come under the consideration of ex- 

 hibitors as well as the committee. When judging flowers efficient 

 staging should weigh. 



Edward J. Mitton, Joshua Lawson, gardener, staged a fine 

 group of orchids ; among them were Cattleya gigas var. Sanderiana, 

 Cattleya Gaskelliana, Laelia X Cattleya Timora, L. 'pumila var. 

 Day ana, Cattleya Ludemanniana, all very fine specimens. 



The Blue Hill Nurseries exhibited Hydrangea arborescens var. 

 grandiflora for the first time in the halls of the Society. It is a 

 small white-flowered species with sterile heads of bloom, and 

 promises to be a very useful kind for shrubbery and herbaceous 

 borders. The Blue Hill Nurseries also got a First Class Certificate 

 for a strikingly beautiful display of Campanula persicifolia var. 

 Humosa, an intense blue without purple shades. F. J. Rea of 

 Norwood put up a handsome border rose. Ruby King, for which 

 Honorable Mention was given. R. & J. Farquhar & Co. made a 

 striking exliibit of Spanish iris for which Honorable Mention was 

 given. The Harvard Botanic Garden had an attractive exhibit 

 of water plants, always an interesting feature. 



Sweet Pea Exhibition, July 18-19. 



Notwithstanding remarkably dry weather, sweet peas were un- 

 usually fine. All the classes were well filled and competition close. 



Mrs. Lester Leland of West Manchester, E. H. Waterlow, 

 gardener, made a very comprehensive display comprising about all 

 the best kinds in cultivation. Among them were Burpee's Primrose, 

 Spencer, Apple Blossom, and Countess Spencer, soft rose; Helen 

 Lewis, orange and red shades; Queen Alexandra, self colored 

 scarlet: Shasta, white; Helen Pierce, blue, mottled white; Phenom- 

 enal, an orchid- flowered variety with white flowers, edged blue; 

 Gladys Unwin, rose pink; Dorothy Eckford, white; Sadie Burpee, 

 white; Mrs. Dugdale, rose; Prince of Wales, rose crimson, self- 

 colored; King Edward VII, bright crimson; Miss Willmott, 

 orange, pink shaded; Salopin, scarlet; Royal Rose and Janet 

 Scott, pink, buff shaded; Hon. Mrs. Kenyon, deep primrose; 



