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^PREMIUMS-s^ 



FOR PEARS. 



I have taken Premiums as follows for collections of Pears, which will give our 

 patrons some idea of the varieties and quality of fruit we grow : 



American Pomological Socieiij, Richmond, Va., September, 187 1 ; Boston, Mass.. 

 1873; Chicago, 111., 1875 '} Baltimore, Md., 1877 ; Rochester, N. Y., 1879, 

 Bronze Medals for a large and superior collection of Pears. 



Marijland^opticidlural Societij, Baltimore, September, 1875, First Premium for the 

 largest and finest collection of Pears — also in i876-'77, '78, '79 and '80. 



Penndijrania HiarticuUiwal Societij, Philadelphia, September, 1876, First Premium 

 for a large and superior collection of Pears. 



FOR PLANTS. 



I was awarded the following Premiums at the Cincinnati Industrial Expositioti : 



First Premium — '' Best Group of Crotons." 



First Premium — '' Best Single Specimen of Croton." 



First Premium — '^ Best Group of Dracaenas." 



First Premiu-M — '* Best Group of Marantas." 



First Premium — " Best Single Specimen of Maranta." 



First Premium — "■ Best Single Specimen of Dieffenbachia." 



First Premium — ''Best Single Specimen of Variegated Foliage Plant." 



Second Premium — '' Second Best Group of Variegated Foliage Plants." 



Second Premium — '' For Davallia Mooreana." 



I have also been Awarded for several years, leading Premiums by the Mary- 

 land Horticultural Society for Drac.^nas, Crotons, Foliage Plants, Stove and 

 Green House Plants, Ferns, Etc. In Cut Flowers, for Dahlias, Roses^ 

 Phloxes, Herbaceous Plants, Etc. 



