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1 ash and 1 elm on the eastern boundary near propagating 
houses. } 
I rie near lake no. 2. 
mlock, I sassafras, and 1 birch in grove northeast 
of pee vee 
2 sassafras on cae to propagating houses 
y branches were broken from other ees. and several 
iguana visitors were drenched and a bieciae ed. ost 
fortunately, there were no casualties. Almost all the laborers 
were engaged for ten days in clearing away ne wreckage which 
blocked driveways and paths at several points 
N. L. Britton, 
Director-in-Chief. 
THE SEPTEMBER FLOWER EXHIBITION 
An exhibition of ee and flowers was held in the Museum 
building on the sixth and seventh, Saturday and Sunday, by 
ae Society of New York, in codperation with the 
Garden. The prizes offered were for cut blooms of gladioli and 
montbretias. The gladioli were especially admired, the excellent 
collection of Mr. T. A. Haveme eyer attracting great attention. 
There were many beautiful things in this exhibit. The following 
are those who won prizes, which were offered by the New York 
Botanical Garden: 
A large display of gladioli gave the first prize, in the open-to-all 
class, for a collection, to Mr. John Lewis Childs, who also won 
first prizes for twelve ene three spikes of each; a white 
variety, twenty-five spikes; a pink variety, twenty-five spikes; 
a collection of cut blooms of mon ane etias. In the class for non- 
commercial exhibits, a collection of gladioli gave the first prize 
to Mr. T. A. Havemeyer, A. Lahodny, gardener; this has already 
been alluded to. He also took first prize in the non-commercial 
class for a white variety, six spikes, with ee a for a pink 
variety, with Panama. The flowers of this latter were superb. 
