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Hole, a very attractive double pink; Lady Lilian Ogle, a handsome 

 single with a yellow center; and Moonstone a single with red sepals 

 and yellow pistils. 



E. J. Shaylor of Wellesley Hills had also over one hundred vases, 

 among them Theresa, pink; White Lady; White Anemone; 

 Adolph Rosso, red; Eugene Verdier, light pink; Duke of Devon- 

 shire, pink, cup-shaped flower; Germaine Bigot, pink; Madame 

 Calot, white; Ceres, a quilled variety with pink sepals and white 

 center; and the lemon-colored Lutea Plenissima. 



T. C. Thurlow & Co. had L'Esperance, pink; Achille, white, 

 flecked red; Mme. de Verneville, Avhite, tipped carmine; Mme. 

 Mechin, bright red; and many others. 



George Hollis had a number of seedlings in his display: Rev. 

 L. W. Atwood, white; Seraph, light pink; Mrs. Josephine March, 

 white; and Pres't C. W. Eliot, pink. Mrs. J. L. Gardner was also 

 an exhibitor showing the very flne variety, Elegans Superbissima 

 in her group. Honorable Mention was made of George Hollis' 

 seedling peonies; of Iris pallida dahnatica exhibited by Charles 

 W. Parker of MarWehead; of German iris seedlings from F. J. 

 Rea; and of an exhibit of Spanish iris and Lilium croceum by W. 

 W. Rawson & Co. Silver Medals were awarded to T. C. Thurlow 

 & Co. and E. J. Shaylor for displays of peonies. 



Rose and Strawberry Exhibition. 



The annual Rose Show was held June 26 and 27 and was fully 

 up to the average in quality of blooms and in number of exhibits, 

 thanks to the very favorable spring and the absence of rose beetles. 

 The first and second prizes of the Theodore Lyman Fund for 

 hybrid perpetual roses were taken by M. H. Walsh of Woods Hole, 

 \A'ith the following named roses : 



Prosper Laugier, crimson 



Marquise de Castellane, rose 



Tom Wood, cherry red 



Ulrich Brunner, red 



Mme. Eugene Verdier, soft rose 



Marie Rady, red 



Eugene Furst 



