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T. A. Havemeyer. Among non-commercial growers, for three 
vases of sweet peas, the first prize was secured by Miss M. T. 
Cockcroft, the second by Mrs. J. B. Trevor. 
he classes for vegetables were open to all. Twelve vegetables 
gave Mrs. J. B. Trevor the first prize, and Mrs. F. A. Constable 
the second. Six vegetables brought the first prize to Mr. James 
. Macdonald, the second to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer. Special 
mention was made of a collection of miscellaneous plants exhibited 
Mr. John Lewis Childs. Special prizes were awarded to: 
Mr. Louis C. Tiffany, of Oyster Bay, N. Y., John Miller, gar- 
dener, for twelve chrysanthemum blooms; and to Mr. T. A 
Havemeyer, for collections of lilies and hydrangeas. 
arden exhibited large collections, not for competition, of 
the flowers of herbaceous plants and of shrubs and trees. 
The August Exhibition was held Saturday and Sunday, August 
thirty-first and September first. On account of Monday, the 
second, being Labor Day, the exhibition was continued through 
that day. It was primarily an exhibition of gladioli, for which 
most of the premiums were offered; a few premiums were offered 
for montbretias. Prizes were offered in classes open to all and 
for non-commercial growers. There was a large and magnificent 
display of these attractive flowers, filling the two long center 
tables and several side tables. The flowers were in excellent 
condition at the close of the exhibition and were sent to hospitals 
and other institutions. 
A large collection of gladioli, excellent flowers, exhibited by 
Mr. John Lewis Childs, almost filled one of the long center tables, 
and secured for him the first prize for a collection of named 
varieties, in the open to all class. For twelve varieties, three 
spikes of each, in the same class, the first prize was awarded to 
Mr. Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., for a collection of superb 
flowers, the second going to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer. r. Cowee 
also captured the first prize, in the class open to all, for the best 
vase of any white variety of gladiolus, twenty-five spikes. The 
first prize for a table center piece went to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer. 
The prizes offered to non-commercial growers were won as 
follows: For a collection of named varieties of gladioli, the first 
