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The show Avas kept in splendid condition during the second 

 week and additional awards were made. The Japanese garden 

 was in even better condition than during the first week. 



A Silver INIedal was given to William Sim for a large and beautiful 

 display of sweet peas, among them several new varieties. The 

 names and colors of the varieties shown are as follows: Pink 

 Beauty, pink; Florence Denzer, white; Watching, white; Mrs. 

 Alex. Wallace, lavender; Mrs. William Sim, salmon pink; Gov. 

 Fort, salmon pink; Mrs. C. H. Totty, light lavender; Mrs. Smalley, 

 satin pink; Greenbrook, white tinted lavender; Christmas Captain, 

 bronze; Christmas Pink, pink and white; and Wallacea, lavender. 

 A First Class Certificate was awarded Mr. Sim for the new sweet 

 pea Greenbrook and also for the Gov. Fort, and for a new single 

 violet named Kaiser Wilhelm. 



A Vote of Thanks was given to Walter Hunnewell for a display 

 of seedling Amaryllis and gratuities to a number of exhibitors for 

 renewals. 



Exhibition, May 22 and 23. 



On May 22 and 23 the first summer show was held. Had it not 

 been for the additional appropriation made possible by the tre- 

 mendous success of the Japanese Garden the committee thinks with 

 good reason that the exhibitions would have fallen off during the 

 summer. Commercial houses might exhibit for the advertisement 

 they would get but private parties who have been accustomed to 

 some remuneration would not have exhibited as usual. Following 

 the old practice of giving gratuities to worthy exliibits we have 

 had a most successful summer. 



A Cultural Certificate was given to Wm. A. Riggs for a display 

 of Clerodendron Balfouri and ivy-leaved Pelargoniums; and 

 Honorable Mention to R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for a display of 

 cut fiowers and plants Avhich included lilacs, D {centra specfabilis, 

 pansies, and TroUius asiaticus, var. Excelsior. Particularly 

 interesting were some neat little Cactus dahlias in 2^ inch pots, 

 among them Rosa, Glory of Baarn, Duke Henry, Garibaldi, and 

 others; also a new deep blue Japanese hydrangea. 



Julius Roehrs Co. of Rutherford, X. J., made an extensive 



