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for superior cultivation and exhibition of CliantJuis Dampferi^ and 

 to J. F. Huss a First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded for 

 Fennisetiim Eujypellii, a new annual grass resembling a miniature 

 Eulalia, but with long, close feathery blooms, of a showy purplish 

 tinge, being closely allied to Squirrel Grass. Honorable Mention 

 was also granted James Coraley for a new Perennial Pea, a cross 

 between Lathyrus latifolius and L. odoratua. 



October 16, Hon. John Simpkius made a display of early Chrys- 

 anthemums, and a special vase of the Chrysanthemum Mrs. Henry 

 Robinson, for which a First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded. 

 Tliis white variety seems remarkable for its large flowers, purity of 

 color, and earliness. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 



November 10, 11, 12, and 13. 



The Chrysanthemum Show was a success in every sense of the 

 word. The marvellous size and perfection of the flowers shown 

 gave sure proof of the excellence of their culture. Competition 

 was close, rendering the matter of jadgment on the part of the 

 Committee diflficult. The principal exhibitors were Hon. John 

 Simpkius, Joseph H. White, Charles Souther, Mrs. Benjamin P. 

 Cheney, W. Slack, J. W. Howard, and the Waban Conservatories. 

 In cut single blooms, Mr. Simpkins's display was marvellous, one 

 flower being noted with a circumference of twenty-five inches. The 

 vases of ten blooms each were shown to the greatest advantage by 

 the Waban Conservatories. The display for effect, in the Society's 

 large vases, was particularly interesting, and the prizes were very 

 closely competed for. Tliere seems to be no lack of interest shown 

 in the culture of the Chrysanthemum, and it was the general opinion 

 of the Committee that competition was as close as in any previous 

 year. In the new seedlings, J. Ealon, jr., carried off the prize for 

 the best pink variety with Quissett, and for a white variety' with 

 Nonqnit. Joseph H. Wliite received the first prize for the new 

 silvery pink incurved variety, Li Hung Chang, and Charles Souther 

 exhibited a very creditable new bronze colored seedling without 

 name. A display of Violets was made by Francois Supiot, of 

 Germantown, Penn., wliich attracted much attention, and First 

 Class Certificates of Merit were awarded for each of the varieties 



