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with white cloth on which were Japanese emblems in bright 

 colors. From the center of the hall was suspended a pyra- 

 mid of brilliant colors of Japanese construction. The hali 

 was brilliantly lighted by electric light. The plants were ar- 

 ranged in informal groups on the floor, and were very 

 effective. They came from Henry Rieman, Fred Dorner, 

 Berterman Bros., Hill & Co. and John Hack. The competi- 

 tion was severe in many of the classes, Mr. Rieman winning 

 the first in the class for 25 plants. The greatest interest cen- 

 tered in the competition for the national prize, a silver cup 

 given by Mrs. President Harrison for the best new seedling, 

 for which there were upwards of a dozen entries. After an 

 hour's hard work, the cup was awarded to T. H. Spaulding for 

 Ada Spaulding, a globe-flowered Japanese of immense size, the 

 lower half of the flower being rosy pink and the upper half 

 pure white. Mr. Rieman' s Emily Rieman, a large, full, 

 pink-shaded Japanese ; Mr. Dorner's Emily Dorner, a broad 

 petalled whorled bronze, and Mistletoe, a bright silver and 

 lake incurved globular flower, were also very fine, and were 

 awarded first-class certificates of merit. Mr. Spaulding ob- 

 tained first-class certificates for E. G. Hill, Mrs. B. Harrison 

 and Cyclone. Hill & Co. were awarded a first-class certificate 

 for a French variety, Souvenir de 1' Exposition de Marseilles. 

 First prize for 25 varieties, 12 of each, cut-flowers on long 

 stems, was awarded to John Rose, gardener to F. T. McFad- 

 den. This exhibit was the best I have ever seen ; there was 

 not a weak flower in the whole of this showing. Here is his 

 list complete : Mrs. A. Hardy, Golden Dragon, Grandiflorum, 

 Mrs. Irving Clark, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, John Welsh, Mrs. Lang- 

 try, Alcyon, Mrs. Townsend, L. Canning, W. W. Coles, G. F. 

 Moseman, Duchess, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Source d'Or, 

 John Thorpe, Yeddo, La Tonkin, Christmas Eve, Wm. M. 

 Singerly, Louis Bonamay, Mons. A. Deleaux, Martha Hard- 

 ing, Marvel, Cullingfordii. The competition in the other 

 classes for cut-flowers was brisk and the displays good. The 

 competition for designs of various kinds was very close, and 

 as a rule good taste and good workmanship were displayed 

 throughout. 



The display of roses proved that as good flowers can 

 be grown in the west as in the east. Mr. Hunt's collection 

 has not been surpassed at any November exhibition in 



