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fine forms; superba, with large flowers, and Pavardi, with the 
flowers, nae in the bud, of a bright ees pink, As second 
prize in this class went to Mr. H. Darlingt Mr. emeyer 
also took ie first prize for a collection of ete and 
sas the second going to the F. R. Pierson Co. 
e classes for herbaceous plants, Miss B. Potter, of Ossining, 
N. : . €0. lara a gardener, took the first prize for a general 
collection. In the irises, Mr. H. Darlington took first prize for 
a fine collection of ees iris, fourteen vases, showing some 
exquisite forms. The second prize for irises went to Mr. John 
ewis Childs 
ong the orchids, Mr. Clement Moore, Hackensack, N. J., 
took ie first prize for six orchid plants in six varieties, the second 
being won by Messrs. Lager & Hurrell. In the class of three 
orchid plants, Pa varieties, these prize winners were reversed, 
as was the case in the class of one orchid plant 
A number of special prizes were awarde 4, as follows: an 
excellent display of herbaceous oe not for competition, 
exhibited by Messrs. Bobbink & Atkins, bronze medal; a so- 
called pink form of Vanda coerulea, exhibited by Mr. Clement 
Moore, certificate of merit; a fine hybrid of Cattleya aay ll 
and C. Dowtana, raised and exhibited by . Clement Moore 
silver medal; a collection of Laelio- eee ee Cat Gleya 
hybrids, eae by Mr. Clement ee silver medal; three 
fine plants of Fuchsia, vel F. A. Constable, ae Stuart, gar- 
dener; a oe of Dendrobium Sanderae, ane by Mr. W. A. 
Manda, silver medal 
GEorRGE V. Nasu. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT 
Mr. Lex R. Hesler, instructor in the Department of Plant 
Pathology of Cornell University, spent June 23 at the Garden 
looking over specimens of certain parasitic fungi in connection 
with his research work in pathology. 
Dr. L. H. Pennington, professor of botany in Syracuse Uni- 
