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show. It carried one back to the now almost forgotten days of 

 carpet bedding. An award of Honorable Mention was given for 

 this display. William Whitman's display of annual and herbaceous 

 plants was very effective. The Blue Hill Nurseries showed Trol- 

 Ims Asiaticus in bloom - — quite out of the season; also Centaurea 

 nigricans in white and pink varieties; Origamim Creticum with 

 small reddish-pink flowers; Salvia azurea; Helenium pumilum 

 ruhrurti; and Aster Novae-Angliae alba. 



F. W. Fletcher of Auburndale exhibited a new violet of the 

 Princess of Wales type named Baronne Rothschild. It is appar- 

 ently an improved form and has the added value of blooming pro- 

 fusely from September until May. Certainly the flowers at this 

 early season were of good quality and sweetly scented. The same 

 exhibitor showed Physostegia Virginica var. grandiflora, a very 

 fine form of the "Obedient plant." It is an imported novelty 

 and promises to be not only useful as a border plant but for florists' 

 use, which was shown in a made-up wreath very effectively. 



Mr. Duncan, Assistant Superintendent of the Boston Parks, had 

 an interesting display of cut flowers. There were vases of Calluna 

 vulgaris, commonly called "Scotch Heather," properly "Ling," 

 which brought up memories of home to many. Some lovely spikes 

 of Tamarix showed what a handsome small tree this is. It appears, 

 however, to succeed only locally and does not do well far from the 

 seashore. B. Hammond Tracy had more Gladioli, one especially 

 fine one named Purity. 



The Rawson Prize for Cactus dahlias of a $25.00 Silver Cup for 

 private gardeners did not bring out as many competitors as we 

 could wish to see. But the flowers were good and the prize went 

 to Wm. A. Riggs of Jamaica Plain. Peirce Brothers of Waltham 

 received a First Class Certificate for chrysanthemum Golden Glow, 

 a finely incurved early, yellow-flowered variety. Honorable Men- 

 tion was given H. A. Drecr Co. for a splendid display of Aquatics. 



Among the best Cactus dahlias shown by the winner of the Raw- 

 son Cup, were — Good Hope, crimson; Mrs. Hawley, yellow; 

 Mrs. Grinstead, carmine; J. M. Stredi^^ck, white; and H. T. 

 Robertson, pink. 



W. H. Crouft"'s Decorative varieties included Gigantea, light 

 yellow; Jeanne Charmant, pink; and J. R. Baldwin, salmon. 



