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Earl of Pembroke, velvety crimson 

 Gen. Jacqueminot, red 

 Eugene Verdier, flesh rose 



The first prize for best three blooms white went to E. E. Lincoln 

 of Hingham with Frau Karl Druschki, and first for three blooms 

 pink with Baroness Rothschild. Robert Seaver first for three 

 blooms red with Ulrich Brunner. George R. White of ^Manchester 

 first for three blooms of any new hybrid not offered in American 

 catalogues previous to 1901, with Frau Karl Druschki. 



A Silver Medal was awarded Jackson Dawson for a new hybrid 

 rambler rose named Prof. C. S. Sargent (WichuraianaXPink 

 Hybrid). The color is apple blossom shade; flower two inches 

 across; the flowering branches 12 to 14 inches long. Mr. Dawson 

 showed two other rambler roses of almost equal merit. One 

 (WichuraianaX Jacqueminot) has small pink flowers in clusters 

 which are very neat and pretty for indoor decoration; the other, 

 Lady Duncan, (WichuraianaX rugosa) is of warm rose color and a 

 pretty trailer in habit. 



A Silver Medal went to Prof. C. S. Sargent (Charles Sander, 

 gardener) for a new seedling Maximum hybrid Rhododendron. 

 The color is a beautiful light pink and it is as late as Rhododendron 

 Wellesliana. 



A Bronze Medal was awarded to the Bellevue Nurseries for an 

 artistic display in pots of hardy herbaceous and alpine plants and 

 flowers. W. G. Postings of Newport, R. L, received a First Class 

 Certificate for seedling, branching Delphinium Belladonna. W. 

 W. Rawson & Co. took a First Class Certificate for a display of 

 new sweet peas. George Hollis, E. J. Shaylor, and T. C. Thurlow 

 & Co. each got Honorable Mention for displays of peonies. Votes 

 of Thanks went to T. C. Thurlow & Co. for vases of Kalmia 

 latifolia; to W. A. Manda for herbaceous plants; and to R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. for a display of peonies. Gratuities were given to 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, F. J. Rea, W. A. Riggs, W. A. INIanda, Wm. 

 Whitman, and Mrs. Frederick Ayer for miscellaneous displays of 

 herbaceous and other plants and flowers. 



Mr. Shaylor's peonies included Baroness Schroeder, white; 

 Marie Lemoine, ivory white; Aurora, white, semi-double; Pierre 

 Duchartre, blush pink; John Richardson, light pink; Theresa, 

 light pink; Rosa Bonheur, light rose; and Adolph Rosso, red. 



