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presented a brilliant spectacle against a background of green 

 woodland. 



Of the almost innumerable varieties grown here the following 

 kinds on the day of the committee's visit were conspicuous by reason 

 of their size and beauty of coloring: Mme. Emile Lemoine, Mme. 

 de Verneville, Baroness Schroeder, Marguerite Gerard, in creamy 

 white; Mme. Crousse, Marie Jacquin, Boule de Neige, and Cour- 

 onne d'Or, in more or less clear white; Nobilissima, Therese, 

 Triomphe de 1' Exposition de Lille, Duchesse de Nemours (Guerin), 

 Baron J Rothschild, Miss Brice, and Welcome Guest (Hollis') 

 in various shades of handsome pink; and Fulgida, M. M. Cahuzac, 

 and Adolphe Rousseau in red to crimson. 



The old varieties Pottsii alba and Festiva maxima were in fine 

 condition and suffered nothing in comparison with the more recent 

 productions. 



Henry A. Belcher's Estate at Randolph. 



June 12 the committee visited the fine estate of Henry A. Belcher 

 at Randolph which was entered for the special prizes offered for 

 the best-kept place in ^Massachusetts of one to three acres. 



The lawns, walks, and shrubbery plantings were in perfect 

 condition, and no rubbish pile was anywhere in sight. There 

 were substantial beds of Rhododendrons and Azaleas in large 

 variety, also Kalmias in full bloom. An extensive bed of hybrid 

 lilacs containing some twenty varieties all on their own roots was 

 noted, and there were nearly a hundred varieties of Hybrid Per- 

 petual and Hybrid Tea roses, the former good, the latter fine. 



One of the most interesting objects on the estate was the rockery, 

 a natural ledge of about 10,000 square feet area, planted with 

 dwarf phloxes, ferns, and alpine plants, as well as with conifers, 

 heaths, honeysuckles, and roses. The treatment of this feature 

 of the estate is natural and very pleasing, and leaves an inijiression 

 that lingers in the memory. 



There was also a small range of greenhouses in which are grown 

 a general assortment of flowering and foliage ])lants. Taken as a. 

 whole this {)lace may well serve as an example of what an estate 

 of this extent should be. 



