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exhibition was held on May twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth, con- 
sisting primarily of a large display of lilacs by Mr. T. A. Have- 
meyer. The exhibition for June occurred on the eighth and 
ninth, and the regular July exhibition will also be held this year 
in June, on the twenty-ninth and thirtieth. There will therefore 
be no regular exhibition in July, and that for August will occur 
toward the end of the month. The exhibitions are held in 
the -halls devoted to paleobotany on the ground floor of the 
Museum building. The prizes at these exhibitions are offered 
by the New York Botanical Garden, and are awarded through 
the exhibition committee of the council of The Horticultural 
Society of New York. 
The flowers exhibited, after delighting the many who come to 
view them, are donated at the conclusion of the exhibitions 
to hospitals and other similar institutions, thus giving many more, 
unable to attend, the opportunity of seeing these beautiful 
products of the art of the horticulturist. 
At the exhibition on May 11 and 12, prizes were offered for 
collections of the flowers of shrubs and trees, herbaceous plants, 
bulbs, and for wild flowers and other plants. e F. R. Pierson 
Co. took the first prize for the classes of shrubs and trees, Mr. 
T. A. Havemeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener, taking the second. 
Mr. Havemeyer took the first prize for a collection of narcissus. 
For a collection of wild flowers, the first prize went to Mr. E. B 
Southwick, who also secured a special prize for an interesting 
collection of the English daisy, Bellis perennis. Special prizes 
were also awarded as follows: Lager & Hurrell, for orchids; Jas. 
A. Macdonald, Richard Wagner, gardener, for gloxinias; L. C. 
Tiffany, John Miller, gardener, for four plants of self-colored 
calceolarias; Adolph Lewisohn, John Canning, gardener, for 
three excellent plants of Calceolaria hybrida. 
The exhibition of May 25 and 26 had for its main feature a 
large display of lilacs, over sixty kinds, exhibited by Mr. T. A. 
Havemeyer, who has a very large collection of these delightful 
shrubs at his place at Glen Head, Long Island. The gem of this 
display was Mad. Antoine Buchner, with its lavender buds, 
opening to a white, daintily flushed with rose. Its flower clusters 
