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Dahlias were the feature and they were especially o;ood. Many 

 of the displays were most tastefully arranged and particular atten- 

 tion evidently was paid to the arrangement of colors. A Silver 

 Medal went to R. & J. Farquhar & Co. for an artistic display of 

 dahlias, and First Class Certificates were awarded them for the 

 Peony Flowered dahlias Bertha Von Suttoner, an elegant flower of 

 rose pink and light yellow; and for Geisha, a flower with scarlet 

 ground, tipped and striped with bright yellow. Honorable Mention 

 was given to Wm. A. Riggs for Peony Flowered dahlias and to 

 Herman Winter of Medford for a collection of Cactus dahlias. 

 Bronze Medals were awarded H. F. Burt of Taunton for a very 

 comprehensive display of dahlias, including all the types; and to 

 J. K. Alexander of East Bridgewater for a tastefully arranged 

 exhibit of the Cactus class. A First Class Certificate was given to 

 W. D. Hathaway of New Bedford for a collection of dahlias. The 

 new Peony Flowered dahlias shown by Wm. A. Riggs included 

 Queen Emma, white; Garibaldi, maroon; Germania, red; King 

 Leopold, creamy white; and Glory of Baarn, pink. 



The Old Town Nurseries made a pretty display of herbaceous 

 flowers set off with grasses. This exhibit included the perennial 

 asters Mme. Soyneur, hyssopifolia, and grandiflora, several 

 phloxes, Centaurea montana, Lobelia cardinalis, Sedum spectabile, 

 Heleniiim mitiimnale, var. grandicephalum, Delphinium elatum 

 hybrids, Gaillardia, and other flowers. Walter Hunnewell's 

 display included sunflowers. Scabious, Solidagos, Hibiscus, Rud- 

 beckias, and many other autimm flowers. 



The Messrs. Farquhar made a brilliant display in large quantity 

 of over two hundred different kinds of autumn flowers. There 

 were over forty varieties of perennial asters, mostly of the A. 

 novae-belgii type including Danitie, Minnie, Brightness, Grandesse, 

 Starlight, Junius, and Mrs. Davis Evans, as well as some varieties 

 of Aster novae-angliae; about twenty-five late phloxes, among them 

 Albion, Reichsgraf von Hochberg, B. Compte, Jeanne d'Arc, Von 

 Goethe, Moliere, and Henry Murger; several handsome Violas or 

 tufted pansies; the following varieties of Montbretias: Martagon, 

 Gov. Davison, Excelsior, Kohinoor, Tanneboen, and California; 

 Anemone japonica Lovely, Tourbelin, and Kreimhilde. Sedums 

 and Semperviviums were used most efl^ectively in giving a rock 



