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June '22, Honorable Mention was given W. A. Manda, of South 

 Orange, X.J., for Lcelia elegans Mandiana, and a First Class Cer- 

 tificate of Merit was awarded the same person for two new Hybrid 

 Roses, the first being a cross between Rosa Wiclmraiana and Perle 

 des Jardins ; the second a cross between Ro^a Wiclmraiana and 

 Madame Hoste. Both show great possibilities for future culture. 

 A. Silver Medal was awarded to M. H. Walsh for the White Rose 

 Lilian Nordica, and on the following day a First Class Certificate 

 of Merit was awarded to him for the new Rose Joseph S. Fay. 



The display of Delphiniums on June 26 was the finest that 

 has been made for several j^ears past. The spikes were of perfect 

 quality and showed great range of color. On this date Robert 

 Cameron, gardener to the Botanic Garden of Harvard University, 

 made a remarkable exhibit of Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, well 

 worthy of a larger gratuitj' than your Committee, owing to the 

 limited amount of the appropriation, felt able to award. 



July 3, the display of Iris Ksempferi did not compare favorably 

 with exhibits of former years, while Shirley Poppies, English 

 Irises, and Lilium candidum unfortunately had been seriously 

 affected by bad weather and other unfavorable conditions, and 

 were not shown at all. The display of Campanula Medium, how- 

 ever, was undoubtedly the finest that has been made in the Hall. 

 William Thatcher, gardener to John L. Gardner, is deserving of 

 great praise for the high character of the spikes shown. T. C. 

 Thurlow on this date exhibited Rhus Cotinus atropurpureus , which 

 was especially distinct from other types in the deeper purplish 

 effect of its sprays of seed vessels, and which your Committee 

 deemed worthy of a First Class Certificate of Merit. On this date 

 also, Walter H. Cowing exhibited Rosa lucida alba, a pure white 

 and very fragrant variety of our ordinary Rosa lucida, and for 

 this a First Class Certificate of Merit was awarded. 



.luly 10, Hollyhocks w^ere not exhibited, this being due, presum- 

 ably, to the ravages of the Hollyhock disease, which seems to have 

 made serious inroads upon all those collections which in the past 

 have contributed so effectively to our exhibitions. On that 

 day, James Wheeler, gardener to Joseph H. Wliite, made a 

 remarkable displa^^ of ninety varieties of Sweet Peas, all correctly 

 named, and displayed in such a manner as to show the comparative 

 difference as well as the merits of each particular variety. This 



