240 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS. 



September 2 and 3. 



Special Prize, Theodore Lyman Fund. 



Aquatic Plants. — General Display of Nymphaeas, Nelumbiums, 

 and other Aquatic Plants, to include not less than twenty-five 

 blooms of Nymphaeas, Hon. John Simpkins . . . . 50 00 

 Display of twelve Nymphseas and Nelumbiums, the second prize 



to Oakes Ames ......... 8 00 



Regular Prizes. 

 Dahlias. — Double, twelve blooms, distinct named varieties, II. F. 



Burt 5 00 



Second, John Parker ......... 4 00 



Third, Lothrop & Higgins 3 00 



Six blooms, distinct named varieties, H. F. Burt . . . . 3 00 



Second, Lothrop & Higgins ....... 2 00 



Third, L. W. Snow 1 00 



Specimen bloom, Lothrop & Higgins ...... 2 00 



Second, L. W. Snow 1 00 



Liliputian Dahlias, Display of twenty-five bottles, not less than 



eight named varieties, L. W. Snow . . . . . 4 00 



Second, William C, Winter 3 00 



Third, A. Lummus 2 00 



Single Dahlias, Display of not less than eight varieties, William 



E. Endicott 2 00 



Cactus Dahlias, Display filling eighteen bottles, not less than six 



varieties, H. F. Burt 5 00 



Second, William E. Endicott 4 00 



LiLiuM Lancifolium. — Collection of named varieties, Sumner 



Coolidge 4 00 



TROPiEOLUMS. — Display, with their own foliage, filling twenty-five 



vases, Dr. C. G. Weld 4 00 



Second, Miss A. L. Cain 3 00 



Third, James Comley 2 00 



Marigolds. — Display of French and African, filling twenty-five 



vases, James Comley ........ 3 00 



Second, Charles H. Souther 2 00 



Cannas. — Collection of not less than ten named varieties, in spikes, 



with foliage, .lames L. Little . . . . . . . 10 00 



Second, Walter H. Cowing 8 00 



Third, James Farquhar 6 00 



Fourth, Christian Johnson 4 00 



