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Special prizes were awarded as follows: Wm. C. Muschenheim, 
A. C. Wall, gardener, for a miscellaneous collection of flowers, 
cash prize, and for a display of Chrysanthemum Sunflowers, 
special ame Chas. H. Rice, cash prize, for a collection of 
ahlias; F. A. Gees Jas. Stuart, gardener, for a vase 
of Hess ape major, cash prize and certificate of merit; 
Jas. A. Macdonald, R. Hughes, gardener, cash prize, for two 
pots of a 
GEoRGE V. NAsH. 
AUTUMN LECTURES 
Lectures will be delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Museum 
Building of the ena Bronx Park, on Saturday afternoons, 
at four o'clock, as follows: 
Oct. “The ae ea Classification of Vegetable Foods,” 
by Dr. fA H.R 
Oct. II. an Peete of Vegetable Foods,” by Prof. 
es. 
Oct. 18. ‘‘Cereal Foods,”’ by Mr. G. V. Nash. 
Oct. 25. ‘‘Starchy and Sugary Foods,” by Dr. R. A. Har 
Nov. 1. ‘Vegetable Foods of the American Indians,” by a 
out. 
v. 8. “Tropical Vegetable Foods,” by Dr. H. H. Rusby. 
Nov. 15. ‘Edible Fungi,” by Dr. W. A. Murrill. 
v. 22. “The Selection and Preparation of Vegetable 
Nov. 29. ‘‘The Uses and Characteristics of Palms,’ by Dr. 
itton. 
ectures, which occupy an hour, will be illustrated by 
lantern slides and otherwise. Doors closed at 4:00; late comers 
admitted at 4:15. 
he Museum Building is reached by the Harlem Division of the 
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Botanical 
Garden Station, by trolley cars to Bedford Park, or by the Third 
Avenue Elevated Railway to Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 
