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exhibit of orchids and tropical plants. The orchids included a 

 beautifully tinted Laelio-Cattleya, Fascination {Cattleya Schroderae 

 X Laelia purpurata); Oncidium Marshallianum, yellow and brown 

 spotted ; Oncidium ampliatum with a large branched spike of yellow 

 and brown; Laelio-Cattleya Martinetti (Laelia tenebrosa XMo.ssiae); 

 and Laelio-Cattleija Canhamiana, var. Rex {Cattleya mossiae, var. 

 Reinbeckiana X Laelia purpurata). A First Class Certificate was 

 awarded the last named variety of which two plants were shown 

 differing in color, showing the result of crossing different colored 

 forms of the same varieties; one had white sepals, the other pink 

 tinted. The specimen of Odoutoglossum Pescatorei was very fine. 

 There were also superb specimens of Phalaenopsis Reinstadtiana 

 and the white Cattleya Mendellii. 



J. T. Butterworth of South Framingham showed two large well- 

 flowered specimens of Cattleya Mossiae and was awarded a Silver 

 Medal. Among Julius Roehrs Co.'s tropical plants were some new 

 kinds; Honorable Mention was made of Tradescantia reginac, a 

 variety with highly lustered foliage; of Dracaena Victoria, yellow 

 variegated of the Massangeana type; and of Heliconia Edwardsia 

 Rex, a broad-leaved variety with bright red tints. 



Honorable Mention was made of cut blooms of Rhododendron 

 giganteum shown by Francis Skinner of Dedham (J. T. Kinsella, 

 gardener); of Doronicum excelsum shown by the Old Town 

 Nurseries of South Natick; and of a display of cut shrubs by the 

 Boston Park Department including Azalea Vaseyi, several species 

 of flowering crabs, and flowering dogwood. 



The Belle vue Nurseries had an interesting display of hardy 

 plants in pots and especially handsome were Campanula persici- 

 folia Moerkeimii and Papaver orientalis in variety. Edward J. 

 Mitton (Joshua Lawson, gardener) had a nicely ffowered group of 

 Calceolaria rugosa Golden Queen; R. «Sc J. Farquhar & Co. 

 Rhododendrons in pots; and William Wliitman a display of Azalea 

 indica. Honorable Mention was made of a large display by W. W. 

 Rawson & Co. of late-flowering tulips, embracing, most of the 

 varieties in the trade. Darwins, Parrots, Rembrandts, and the 

 Cottage varieties were largely represented. There was also a 

 number of unusual kinds I'^presenting specific forms. Noteworthy 

 Cottage tulips were Columbus, c*imson; Caledonia, orange, 



