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William Whitman showed German iris, May Queen, lavender; 

 Innocence, white; Purple King and Doctor, light yellow; also 

 tree peonies, Zonale Pelargoniums, and Azalea mollis. Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner had a nice table of Gloxinias. 



Dr. C. G. Weld showed a neatly grown specimen tree fern, 

 Cibotium Schiedei, and his gardener, Wm. C. Rust, was given a 

 Cultural Certificate for some well-grown specimen Hydrangeas. 



Francis Skinner of Dedham made a good display of Rhododen- 

 dron blooms with the following named varieties: Hannibal, Deli- 

 catissimum, James Bateman, Old Port, Sefton, Purpureum Elegans, 

 Gloriosum, Charles Dickens, Album Elegans, Mrs. Milner, H. H. 

 Hunnewell, and the new Pink Pearl. 



Walter Hunnewell of Wellesley showed two large tables of 

 Rhododendrons and received first prize. Among the varieties 

 exhibited were Kettledrum, Lady Grey Egerton, Mrs. Milner, 

 Lady Armstrong, Album Elegans, Gloriosum, Everestianum, 

 Delicatissimum, Catawbiense Album, Alexander Dancer, Mrs. 

 C. S. Sargent, E. S. Rand, Mum, F. L. Ames, Lady Clermont, 

 Lees Purple, Marshall Brooks, Charles Dickens, Guido, Caractacus, 

 and Mme. Rolle. Mrs. J. L. Gardner had a large display of mixed 

 hybrid Rhododendrons. 



The Bellevue Nurseries made a good display of hardy plants and 

 flowers, among them Stellaria Holostea, Armeria maritima, Veronica 

 re pens, Aquilegia calif ornica, Tradescayitia virginica, Phlox subulata, 

 Campanula per sici folia, Oenothera fruticosa, hybrid Delphiniums, 

 German iris, and Pyrethrum roseum in variety. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. received a Vote of Thanks for a display 

 of Araucaria excelsa. Honorable Mention went to F. J. Rea of 

 Norwood for Phlox divaricafa var. Laphami which may be best 

 described as a robust form of the type. 



On June 15 George Hollis of South Weymouth received a First 

 Class Certificate for peony Snowdrift. 



Peony Exhibition. 



Although not scheduled a Peony Show was held June 19. Prob- 

 ably never was there a finer display. William Whitman (Martin 

 Sullivan, gardener) had over one hundred vases among them Dean 



