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elaborate but enough was done to show what might be aceompHshed 

 on these Hues. 



The commercial plants showed some improvement though still 

 behind what they should be. Much better plants of the commer- 

 cial class could be seen in the display of Walter Hunnewell. 



The orchid group set up by John Mutch, grower for Wheeler 

 & Co., Waban, was typical of what an orchid display should be and 

 in line with what we shall expect at the Orchid Show next May, 

 only on a grander scale. Fifty feet were taken up, and seventy- 

 one orchid plants and thirty-six cut sprays were used, in all ten 

 genera and twenty-one species. 



The first prize for twenty-five cut blooms of chrysanthemums 

 (Josiah Bradlee Fund) was taken by Morton F. Plant with the 

 following named varieties: Mrs. Norman Davis, white Japanese; 

 Lady Hopetown, pink Jap.; Mrs. L. Thorne, yellow Jap. Incurved; 

 O. H. Broomhead, pink Jap. Reflexed; Beatrice May, white Jap. 

 Inc.; iSIrs. O. H. Kahn, bronze Jap. Inc.; Wm. Duckham, })ink 

 Jap. Inc.; Chehoni, yellow Jap. Inc.; Mrs. F. Pearse, bronze 

 Jap. Inc.; Mrs. Wm. Duckham, yellow Jap. Inc.; Merza, white 

 Jap. Inc.; Reginald Vallis, amaranth Jap. Ref.; Mrs. H. Barnes, 

 terra cotta Jap. Inc.; Leslie jNIorrison, crimson Jap. Inc.; Yellow 

 Miller, yellow Jap.; Clara Wells, yellow Jap. Inc.; W. M. Moir, 

 white Jap. Inc.; Pres't Viger, pink Jap.; Glen view, bronze Jap. 

 Inc.; Frank Payne, pink Jap. Ref.; Mrs. J. C. Neil, yellow Jap. 

 Inc.; F. S. Vallis, yellow Jap.; Brighthurst, pink Jap. Ref.; Mrs. 

 R. F. Felton, bronze Jap. Inc.; and Mrs. H. Partridge, red Jap Inc. 



The Henry A. Gane Memorial Fund prize went to James Nicol 

 with a magnificent vase of Mrs. Jerome Jones. The prize for 

 twelve blooms Japanese went to Thomas Howden with Cheltoni, 

 yellow; Mrs. D. W. West, white; Nellie Pockett, white; Mrs. 

 J. C. Hill, yellow: Mrs. Partridge, crimson; F. S. Vallis, yellow; 

 Mrs. C. Totty, pink; Mrs. J. E. Dunne, bronze; Mdlle. Simon 

 Jossier, white; Morton F. Plant, pink; and Beatrice May, white. 



The first for best twelve Japanese Incurved went to Morton F. 

 Plant with ISIrs. H. Partridge, red; W. M. Moir, white; C. Mon- 

 tigny, yellow; Cheltoni, yellow; Wm. Duckham, pink; Mrs. R. 

 F. Felton, bronze; Mrs. H. Barnes, terra cotta; Nellie Pockett, 

 white; Mrs. Geo. Hunt, yellow; Mrs. O. H. Kahn, bronze; Mrs. 

 J. C. Neil, yellow; and Mrs. F. Pearse, bronze. 



