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Prizes were offered for roses, Japanese irises, sweet peas, her- 
baceous plants, shrubs and trees, and vegetables. 
T re some excellent sweet peas shown. In the open-to- 
all classes, for six vases, six varieties, twenty-five of each, the first 
prize was won by Miss M. T. Cockcroft, of Saugatuck, Ct., 
Adam Paterson, gardener, the second by Miss B. Potter, of 
Ossining, N. Y., Geo. Miers Lata as vase of sweet 
peas, one howard sprays, one ore varieties, exhibited by 
Mr. John I. Downey, ees rei Y., Thos. Ryan eee 
secured the first prize, the second being won by Miss Cockcro 
-commercial eae the three vases of sweet peas, 
ae varieties, twenty-five of each, displayed by Mr. Downey 
obtained the first prize, the oe going to Miss ear 
There were three competitors for the collection of herbaceous 
plants. A fine lot of flowers brought the first prize to Mrs. F. A. 
Constable, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., Jas. Stuart, pee the 
second prize being won by Mr. Geo. D. Barron, of Rye, N. Y., 
Jas. Linane, ies Mr. J. A. Havemeyer, of Glen Head, 
., A. Lahodny, ae captured the first prize for a collec- 
tion of ee and trees, Mr. Barron the second. Six vases of 
Japanese irises, six varieties, gave Miss Cockcroft the first prize. 
For twelve different vegetables Miss Potter won the first prize, 
and for six different vegetables the first prize was secured by 
Mr. Havemeyer 
A special prize was awarded to Miss Cockcroft for a vase of 
gardenias, and to Mr. Max Schling a diploma for a flower basket. 
The judges were Jas. Stuart, M. C. Ebel, Adam Paterson, and 
George V. Nash 
GEORGE V. NASH. 
LATE SUMMER LECTURES 
Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Museum 
Building of the Garden, Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, at 
four o’clock, as follows: 
August 2, ‘‘American Desert Plants,” by Dr. William Tre- 
lease. 
August 9. ‘The Biology of Cheese,”’ by Dr. Charles Thom. 
