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garden effect. For this purpose tlie following named kinds were 

 used; Sedum acre, aurea, o p pos it i folium, senangularis, stoloni- 

 ferum, and kamtschaticum; Sempervivium avernense, Heufellii, 

 Greenii, tectorum, arachnoideum, flageUiformis, and sobaliferum. 

 Besides these were Funkias, Salvias, Digitalis, Gaillardias, Poten- 

 tillas, Rudbeckias, Delphiniums, Veronicas, Hibiscus, Pentstemons, 

 Dianthus, Stokesia cyanea. Lobelia cardinalis, sunflowers, lilies, 

 and about twenty-five different kinds of hardy ferns. 



The Bellevue Nurseries had Aster Parkmani, A. hessarabica, and 

 forms of novae-angliae, Stachys lanata, Clielone Lyoni, Violas in 

 variety, several varieties of Anemone japonica, one especially deeply 

 colored variety named Prince Henry, several hardy chrysanthe- 

 mums, Veronica spicata nana, Digitalis liitea, and a number of kinds 

 which had been seen at previous shows. 



October 24 the Messrs. Farquhar exhibited a Single chrysanthe- 

 mum grown from seed collected in Korea, representing the original 

 Chrysanthemum indicum, one of the progenitors of the present-day 

 race. The flowers are about one inch in diameter, slightly tinted 

 white. The plant grows about eighteen inches high and is very 

 floriferous. Honorable Mention was made of this. 



The Chrysanthemum Show. 



The annual Chrysanthemum Show was held November 5 to 8. 

 In many respects it was better than it has been for years. The 

 specimen plants were nearer the standard and the cut blooms, if 

 not as immerous, were fully up to the average in quality. 



Morton F. Plant's (Thos. W. Head, Supt.) flowers were espe- 

 cially fine and we never saw better specimen plants than those 

 shown by Wm. A. Riggs and Mr. Plant. The specimens of Garza 

 from the last named gentleman were models in training. Dr. 

 C. G. Weld's (Wm. C. Rust, gardener) plants were excellent but a 

 trifle late. Thomas E. Proctor's (James Marlborough, gardener) 

 semi-double pink, Helen Totty, w^as very pretty and paired well 

 with the Garza. 



Walter Hunnewell's exhibit was set up a little out of the ordinary. 

 Some attempt was made by the use of groups of evergreens and 

 other foliage plants to give it a garden effect. The plan was not 



