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scarlet center; La Reve, soft rose; Inglescombe, yellow; La 

 Merveille, very large, salmon rose; Picotee, white edged and 

 tinted; Silver Queen; Elegans, scarlet; and Axminiensis, salmon 

 red, large blotch. Darwins included Reine Wilhelmina, soft blush; 

 Auber, purple maroon; Gen. Kohler, scarlet; Carl Becker, deep 

 crimson, shading to soft pink; Millicette, heliotrope, fine color; 

 Zanzibar, maroon; Michael Foster, rosy scarlet; and Urania, 

 bright scarlet. In Rembrandts were Victor Hugo, deep scarlet, 

 white margins; Esopus, deep rose with white and scarlet shadings; 

 Aladdin, light lilac rose suffused with pink and flaked white; Semele, 

 soft lavender, marked rosy purple; Hebe, violet with distinct 

 markings of white and purple; and Crimson Beauty, marked white. 



From Robert Cameron of the Harvard Botanic Garden came a 

 selection of the best old and new narcissi and tulips. 



There were also displays of orchids from Mrs. J. L. Gardner; 

 cut flowers from Mrs. E. M. Gill; carnations from M. A. Patten; 

 Canterbury bells from Mrs. Frederick Ayer; and Zonale Pelar- 

 goniums from William Whitman; for all of which gratuities were 

 awarded. 



Rhododendron Show, June 5 and 6. 



The only classes scheduled were Azaleas and Rhododendrons 

 from the Hunnewell Fund and the two Society's prizes for the best 

 displays of herbaceous plants and flowers. The last two were 

 continued during five summer shows, and prizes were awarded 

 according to points made. 



One was for the best exhibit covering from three to five hundred 

 square feet and over, to be given a Gold Medal; the other, twenty 

 bottles or vases and ten genera, for a Silver INIedal. The idea was 

 a good one but it did not induce competition. There is material 

 enough in the vicinity of Boston ; what is wanted is ambition. The 

 large prize — a Gold Medal — went to R. & J. Farquhar and Co., 

 and was worthily bestowed. The Silver Medal went to Walter 

 Hunnewell, who just managed to get within the prescribed limits. 

 Competition in the case of the Messrs. Farquhar could hardly have 

 made any difference in the contest, but very likely would in the 

 other. It would be impossible to give any estimate of the number 



