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Wm. Palmer of Buffalo, N. Y., was given the same award for Red 

 Lawson, a red sport from the Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. The 

 ■color is rather dull but the variety should prove a very useful one 

 .as it has all the other good qualities of its parents. 



Guttman & Weber again showed their Victory and the flowers 

 were so fine that they were given a Silver Medal for it. 



The variety Winsor, raised by Peter Murray and previously 

 .awarded Honorable Mention, was again shown by the present 

 owners, the F. R. Pierson Co., and awarded a First Class Certi- 

 ficate. It is a promising variety of a fine light pink color. 



The Governor Guild, a new scarlet seedling of considerable 

 promise, was shown by E.N. Pierce & Son, and awarded Honorable 

 Mention. 



The variety Mikado, shown by M. A. Patten, was awarded Hon- 

 orable Mention. It is a large bold flower in the way of Prosperity 

 but marked with a much deeper color and can be considered only 

 in the fancy class. 



R. Witterstaetter of Cincinnati, Ohio, exhibited two new seed- 

 ling carnations, the Aristocrat and Afterglow. They arrived in 

 fine condition and were of beautiful color, fine form, and large size. 



The former is a beautiful cerise-pink in color and the latter a 

 shade between this and a red, a very pleasing and unusual color. 



They were both awarded First Class Certificates. 



Besides the awards for new carnations, J. E. Rothwell was 

 given Honorable Mention for Ltelio-cattleya Adolphus, {L. cinnaba- 

 rina X C Acklandice) and a First Class Certificate for Ljelia Mrs. 

 M. Gratrix, (Z. cinnabarina X L. Digbyana). 



A Cultural Certificate was also awarded Wm. C. Rust for a 

 remarkably well-grown specimen of Dendrobiuvi Aiyisworthii. 



March 4 Walter P. Winsor was awarded a Silver Gilt Medal for 

 & remarkable display of Dendrobiums. There were forty plants 

 in the collection and included twenty-five species and varieties, 

 mostly of the Nobile type, and from among them five were selected 

 as varieties not before shown before the Society and worthy of recog- 

 nition: D. euryalus and D. Dominianum were awarded Honorable 

 Mention; D. Ainsivorthii roseum, a very much improved form, 

 D. X Venus, pure white with maroon throat and tips, and D. nobile 

 Murrhiniacimi, white, suffused soft pink with maroon blotch, were 

 awarded First Class Certificates. 



